VIEWERS watching Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters slammed the series as ‘pointless TV’ after its debut episode.
Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters sees seven famous faces embark on a dive expedition to The Bahamas.
Viewers have slammed the new ITV reality show Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters[/caption]
Sir Lenny Henry is among the celebrity line-up[/caption]
Call the Midwife’s Helen George is facing a big fear[/caption]
The line-up includes Lenny Henry, Rachel Riley, Dougie Poynter and Helen George.
Rounding out the group are Ade Adepitan, Lucy Punch and Ross Noble.
Some viewers were left unimpressed with the programme, branding it “pointless”.
Taking to X, one person wrote: “Ok I get it, they’re huge with razor sharp teeth but why is they’re always that one f*****g celebrity that cry’s/shakes/ terrified…
“They’re not going to let you die, ( saying that i wouldn’t do it) #sharkcelebrityinfestedwaters.”
Another wrote: “Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters is single proof that television is at an all time pointless low.”
While a third remarked: “So ….. i probably won’t recognise any celebrities, the sharks will find them tasteless….. and none of them are gonna be eaten. #pointless New TV series tonight.”
Others were more complimentary, as one shared: “Celeb Shark Infested Water is nay too shabby TV tbf.”
A second penned: “This new show is very eye opening and I have already learnt a lot about sharks on the first episode…..”
Leading the expedition are shark experts including Dr. Tristan Guttridge.
It comes as Call the Midwife star Helen George, 41, opened up about facing her biggest fear upon joining the show.
Speaking to The Sun on Sunday ahead of the first episode on ITV1, Helen revealed that she developed the fear, known as aquaphobia, after experiencing a horrendous near-death experience in a swimming pool as a child.
Helen said: “I was terrified of putting my head underwater. I have a real deep-rooted fear.
“I used to love the water when I was really young, but I went to a swimming party when I was six.
“They put those weird Nineties foam mats down. They’re massive yoga mats, really.
“I just remember this moment of being stuck underneath one and not being able to get out. There was that fear of being trapped. I finally made my way up to the surface.
“But I remember no one noticing that I’d gone, and no one really believing what I said, because no one had seen it. From then, I got it in my head about not putting my head underwater.
“I have a really strong image of looking up to the top of the swimming pool and the mats were on top and no one knew I was down there.”
Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters airs on ITV1 and ITVX.
Viewers branded the programme “pointless TV”.[/caption]
