Holly Willoughby's husband has link to her new BBC show as she gushes over new co-host
08.04.2022 - 18:31
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Holly Willoughby and her husband Dan Baldwin have gone back to when they first met and are working on another show together. The loved-up couple, who have been married for 17 years, first met back in 2004 Holly returned to CITV to co-present Ministry of Mayhem with fellow ITV star Stephen Mulhern.
Dan was one of the producers on the children's TV show and he has also been behind many other top shows, using his production company Hungry Bear Media which he co-founded in 2014 with Juliet Denison.
And the company's latest show is hosted by his wife and comedian Lee Mack as Holly swaps her usual co-host Phillip Schofield for Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof. The BBC show, which airs next week, is inspired by the teachings of Dutch extreme athlete Wim Hof and will see a group of celebrities embark on an "epic adventure of self-improvement, and face a unique test of mental strength like no other".
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A trailer for Freeze the Fear, released at the end of last month, sees co-host Lee joke the eight celebrities are 'victims' while Holly looks concerned as former EastEnders star and close pal Tamzin shakes violently after going bare feet in the ice. And the short clip appears to show her welling up and barely able to look at what the celebrities are going through.
In the trailer, Holly says: "Eight celebs. One Iceman. No red carpet. No enjoying the view. No hot tubs. No hot showers. No feeling in their toes, hands or bum. No escaping. No safety nets. No going back. No idea what they've signed up for," before the clip cuts to the celebrities taking on extreme challenges - and Holly's visible reaction.
But the show, which saw Holly, Lee,