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I’m A Celebrity’s Ant and Dec arrive in a speedboat in first photo of filming

They're off to meet this year's celebs

Presenters Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly have delighted fans of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! with their first photo from filming the new series.

On their joint Instagram, the duo shared a snap that showed them smiling in their sunnies as they whizzed across a stretch of water in a speed boat.

In the caption of the photo, which they posted on Thursday (14.11.19), Ant and Dec informed followers they were heading out to meet the latest raft of celebrities.

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They wrote: “On our way to meet the class of 2019.”

Excited fans flooded the comments, with one writing: “Hey boys, I can’t wait! I love you guys.”

Another said: “It good to see you together, back on #ImACeleb.”

On our way to meet the class of 2019.

“So excited,” admitted a third.

Someone else commented: “Ahhh what a gorgeous photo of the pair of you! So so excited!”

Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden was among the famous faces to comment on the pic. She was clearly as excited as everyone else, as she wrote, “Yasssssssss” with a heart emoji.

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The 19th series of I’m A Celeb hasn’t started yet, but production has already faced a number of difficulties.

Bosses were reported to be “closely monitoring” bushfires raging across parts of Australia earlier this week, including areas not far from where the show is filmed.

The nearest reported fires were at Queensland’s Lamington National Park, which is 10 kilometres from the I’m A Celebrity camp.

The series is filmed in a dense forest near Murwillumbah, a town in far-north eastern New South Wales, close to the Queensland border.

This year’s confirmed campmates (Credit: ITV)

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And according to the Daily Star, the Australian set was recently taken over by a “chlamydia-riddled” koala bear.

The unwelcome pest was said to have made itself at home, even though the campsite was still being constructed and rehearsals with hosts Ant and Dec were underway.

The koala was apparently so at home, crew members nicknamed it Karl.

– I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! starts on Sunday (17.11.19) at 9pm on ITV

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Nancy Brown
Associate Editor