{"id":22643,"date":"2022-09-26T11:17:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T09:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1711945"},"modified":"2022-09-26T11:55:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T09:55:13","slug":"im-a-celebrity-legend-leaves-show-after-20-years","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/im-a-celebrity-legend-leaves-show-after-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m a Celebrity legend leaves show after 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 26 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>ITV has confirmed that Bob McCarron, also known as Medic Bob, won\u2019t appear in the upcoming season of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/im-celebrity-2022-start-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">I\u2019m a Celebrity\u2026 Get Me Out of Here!<\/a>, after a decades long stint on the show.<\/p>\n<p>McCarron was a fan favourite on the series and worked as a medic, famously removing a cockroach from Harry Redknapp\u2019s ear in 2018 and aiding Gillian McKeith when she fainted in 2010.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/19916058\/im-celebrity-medic-leaves-show\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Sun<\/a> first reported his departure, noting that it is due to a busy work schedule including the German version of I\u2019m a Celebrity. It reported that he would be replaced in the 2022 season by a new, unseen medic on the show.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for ITV has said: \u201cBob will always be a friend to the show. We wish him all the very best and thank him for his hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-482584452-8c767e2.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-482584452-8c767e2.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-482584452-8c767e2.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source 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data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-482584452-8c767e2.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Bob McCarron, AKA Medic Bob.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Andreas Rentz\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>This will be the first Australia-based season of the show that McCarron has missed, after he was previously unable to take part in the Wales-based seasons due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Not only will I\u2019m a Celebrity be back filming in Australia for a new season later this year, but hosts Ant and Dec have also confirmed that an <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/im-a-celebrity-all-stars-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">All-Stars series<\/a> is in the works, with some of the show\u2019s most popular former contestants returning for a new run.<\/p>\n<p>This will be filmed at a brand new camp in South Africa, and while the stars set to feature remains under wraps for now, returns for McKeith, Andy Whyment, Jordan Banjo, Georgia Toffolo and Myleene Klass have been rumoured.<\/p> <p>Ant and Dec confirmed the news in a video posted on\u00a0<a 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