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| Avalanche of bugs (photo: ITV) |
AN insect row has erupted over the popular ITV show featuring Holton-le-Clay's gold medal winning athlete Hollie Arnold MBE.
Thousands of non-native cockroaches have been sprinkled over some contestants during sequences in I'm A Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here which is being screened from North Wales.
Now broadcaster-naturalist Iolo Williams, a co-presenter with Chris Packham of AutumnWatch on BBC-TV, has warned that some of the critturs will most likely escape and may quickly become established in countryside and towns where they could damage fragile eco-systems by spreading disease.
He has also protested about the morality of exploiting wildlife for cheap entertainment.
It is not known if Hollie (26) was one of those who underwent the cockroach test.
But the show's producers know she has a phobia of spiders, so it is not difficult to predict what might lie in store in future episodes.
According to the ITV, the cockroaches were provided by a firm which normally breeds them as live food for exotic zoo creatures.
Although Mr Williams has warned that some could escape via nooks and crannies, or even on clothing, the company says the area where the action involving the insects has been filmed is contained.
In the latest development, it is understood that police rural crime officers are investigating whether any offences have been committed under the Wildlife and Countryside Act
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