Ant Middleton has landed his own survival show.
The ‘SAS: Who Dares Wins’ chief instructor is set to star in his own Bear Grylls-style programme which will see him take celebrities into the wild, and pro MMA fighter Conor McGregor is said to have already signed up for the programme.
A TV insider said: "Getting a big name like Conor to star in his first major solo show is a coup for Ant.
"It’s going to be interesting to see how Conor fares when he is taken out into the wild – and it’s guaranteed to be seen as Ant encroaching on Bear’s territory.
"For years he has been the go-to man for this kind of format."
The show, which has yet to be given a title, looks set to help the 38-year-old former soldier become "a star in his own right".
The insider added to The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre TV column: "This is seen as Ant’s breakout project from ‘SAS: Who Dares Wins’ – and an attempt to become a star in his own right."
Ant has previously described killing someone as "satisfying" and admitted it feels "like nothing at all".
Writing in his book ‘First Man In: Leading from the Front’, Ant said: "Most people I meet don’t have the courage to ask the question: What’s it like to kill a man?
"Killing someone feels like pulling your trigger finger back a few millimetres. It feels like hearing a dull pop.
"It feels like seeing a man-shaped object fall away from your sights.
"It feels like getting the job done. It feels satisfying.
"But beyond that, killing someone feels like nothing at all."