Comedians do Celebrity Mastermind

Who's on this year's roster?

The raft of comedians taking part in this year’s Celebrity Mastermind has been revealed.

This year’s season kicks off on Monday with comic Desiree Burch competing against newsreader Maryam Moshiri, singer Chesney Hawkes and comic turned Uncanny presenter Danny Robins.

Also taking part are Lucy Beaumont, Felicity Ward, Jen Brister, Laura Smyth, Chloe Petts, Janine Harouni, Susie McCabe, Josh Jones, Stophen Bailey, Greg McHugh and Axel Blake.

The programme’s publicist did not respond to a request about specialist subjects each celebrity will tackle.

Host Clive Myrie said: ‘Celebrity Mastermind is not dissimilar to I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here. The celebs are taken out of their comfort zone, and the pressure is on to succeed, but at least our celebrities don’t have to eat the unmentionables of farm animals.

‘These are people, who are so successful in their own fields, who are willing to put themselves through this frightening challenge. Sitting opposite me is their version of the Bushtucker Trial!’.

Here’s the schedule of who’s on when:

Episode 1: Monday 22nd December

Maryam Moshiri, Chesney Hawkes, Desiree Burch, Danny Robins

Episode 2: Tuesday 23rd December

Sally Ann Matthews, Yinka Bokinni, Felicity Ward, Michael Bradley

Episode 3: Wednesday 24th December

Gareth Malone, Gamba Cole, Yewande Biala, Lucy Beaumont

Episode 4: Friday 26th December

Will Best, Laura Smyth, Nikita Kuzmin, Jayne Wisener

Episode 5: Sunday 28th December

Montell Douglas (Gladiator’s ‘Fire’), Matt Edmondson, Sonnaz Nooranvary, Lewis Goodall

Episode 6: Monday 29th December