29 September 2023 , 16:30
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Paddy McGuinness and a host of celebrities are set to take on one of the most terrifying challenges of their lives in a bid to raise money for Stand Up To Cancer.
The presenter, 50, has signed up for the fundraiser show along with celebrities including former Coronation Street star Beverley Callard, presenter and former Pussycat Doll singer Kimberly Wyatt, Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton and football legend David Ginola. The show, which is named Don't Look Down, will air next month and all of those taking part have been touched by cancer in some way.
The celebrities are tasked with trying to master high-wire walking and over the course of the five-episode show, it will follow their journey as they complete training camp in the Austrian Alps.
Paddy takes on a terrifying challenge (Channel 4)Paddy and his team will be thrown in at the deep end to face their fears throughout a series of mentally and physically challenging exercises. At the end of their training programme, they should all be able to complete the overall challenge of high-wire walking across a London landmark, which is yet to be revealed.
In the trailer ahead of the first episode, Paddy is seen attached to the Corrie star Beverly, as they jump off the Austrian suspension bridge backwards. Beverley is then seen asking herself in disbelief: "Why did I say yes to this? " Meanwhile, the camera then pans to Kimberly who simply describes the mentally challenging exercise as "scary". At the end of the trailer, Paddy is seen talking to the camera saying: "No one wants to be a hundred metres up on a highwire."
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In 2021, Paddy's estranged wife Christine revealed that she underwent the cancer gene test called BRCA, which is a test for breast cancer. This came after her mum, Paddy's mother-in-law, was diagnosed with cancer. Luckily for the mum-of-three, her test results came back negative. During the first lockdown, Christine explained in an interview that her mum had found a lump in her breast and when she went to the doctor she was told that it was a cyst. However, the lump got bigger and on the back of a second doctor's appointment, she was told that it was an aggressive form of breast cancer.
He is dropped from 100ft above land (Channel 4)After a series of treatments, her mum was told she was in remission. But due to social distancing rules laid out by the government, Christine couldn't be there for her mum as much as she wanted to be.
At the time, she told Sunday Mirror's Notebook magazine: "It was an awful time, not being able to be there for her because of the Covid restrictions. But for me, it was that worry when I thought about getting myself tested. It made me think I’m going to have to do it because my mum’s got cancer and I could have this gene. And I haven’t! So it’s a big relief. It doesn’t mean I can’t get cancer, but it means my chances are the same as anybody else’s."
She went on to add: "I put off doing the test because I was thinking how am I going to deal with this if it comes back positive. When I did the Myogenes test I imagined it would be quite invasive – but it’s not. It’s sent in the post – it’s just a saliva test and really quick. When I got the phone call, he said, 'I’ve got your results back about your genes and I’m really pleased to tell you there are absolutely no faulty genes and it’s negative'."
Don’t Look Down for SU2C begins on Tuesday 10th October at 9.30pm on Channel 4