Christopher Eccleston has jokingly dubbed the contestants of I'm A Celebrity 2017 "a***holes" over a scheduling clash that left his own show's ratings in the shadows.
The former Doctor Who star, 56, stars in The A Word, a family drama focusing on the relationship between parents Alison (Morven Christie) and Paul (Lee Ingleby) and their children Rebecca (Molly Wright) and Joe (Max Vento), who has autism.
Christopher plays granddad Maurice, father of Alison, whose meddling in the way the family is run is a constant source of annoyance.
But while the show has won rave reviews, it was overshadowed in 2017 when a scheduling clash put it head-to-head with Ant and Dec's prime time staple I'm A Celebrity...