Brian Paddick Is A Celebrity?

It's news to us - we were under the impression that as a former Met Assistant Commissioner, bête noire of the Daily Mail and Lib Dem Mayoral candidate, he had a real career, and wasn't in need of the shameless self-publicity that comes with a stint on "reality" TV. Yet in perhaps the most unexpected appearance since George Galloway's Celebrity Big Brother turn, Brian Paddick has been unveiled as one of the contestants for I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here. Paddick, who is ranked at a paltry 16/1 to win, will appear alongside a combustible crop of characters, including Robert Kilroy-Silk, Esther Rantzen and Star Trek's George Takei.