Who's Who in the Christmas Special Line Up

As reported by The Sun this week, we may have a line up for this year's Christmas Special.

Returning for a second adventure is captain Scarlet Moffatt, alongside Strictly judge Shirley Ballas, choir leader Gareth Malone, Coronation Street alumni and Strictly contestant Catherine Tyldesley, and Mash Report host and comedian Nish Kumar. Also featuring is a cameo from One Foot in the Grave's Richard Wilson

It's been a while since I've done one of these, but for the uninitiated, let's see who they are:


Scarlett Moffatt

Scarlett Moffatt first became known to viewers when she appeared with her family on 'Gogglebox'. This led to her taking part in and winning the 2016 series of 'I'm a Celebrity...". Since then she's been taken part in panel shows such as 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Virtually Famous and Celebrity Juice. She's also had a regular role since 2017 on 'Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway' and in October 2019 took part in a week-long run of Richard Osman's House of Games.

Shirley Ballas

Ballas is a dance, dance teacher and dance judge on Strictly Come Dancing and as a commentator for its US counterpart Dancing with the Stars. She took over as judge on Strictly in 2017 after Len Goodman departed. Ballas can be seen in panto this December at the Darlington Hippodrome in Jack and the Beanstalk alongside Britain's Got Talent winner George Sampson.

Gareth Malone

Malone has been involved in reality shows since 2007 which mostly see him take different groups of people and form a choir with them. Ranging from pupils at an all-boys school with a determination not to sing, to a group of military wives whose partners had all been deployed to Afghanistan. The Military Wives single 'Wherever You Are' made it to Christmas Number one in 2011. He later mentored a group of celebrities to number one with a cover of Avicii's 'Wake Me Up' in 2014.

Catherine Tyldesley

 Tyldesley is known for her role as Eva Price on 'Coronation Street which she played from 2011 to 2018. More recently she's played a main role in the BBC sitcom 'Scarborough' with Jason Manford and Stephanie Cole and was recently a contestant on Strictly where she was eliminated by judge and TCM teammate Shirley Ballas.

Nish Kumar

Comedian Nish has featured on all the usual comedy panel shows such as Mock the Week, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Cats Does Countdown and QI as well as being a contestant for a series of Taskmaster. He is currently known for being the host of The Mash Report and has a special on Netflix as part of the series 'Comedians of the World'.

Cameo - Richard Wilson

Wilson is by far best known for his role as miser Victor Meldrew in BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave. He also appeared in BBC drama 'Merlin' and had a role in the first series of the revival of Doctor Who in 2005. He may be recognizable to some as the unfortunate dentist in an episode of Mr. Bean and also played himself in an episode of 'Father Ted'.