I saw this in the newsshopper - I don't think I'd be up for it myself but there may be some intrepid souls on here...........


Would you drink your own urine, skin a camel and sleep in its fur or give yourself a polluted water enema for a chance at survival?

Well, you might get the chance to find out as Bear Grylls is scouring south-east London and north Kent for the ballsiest boys and girls to take part in the new series of The Island.

Stripped of all the comforts of civilisation, contestants are cast away on a remote desert island and have to rely on their own guile and ingenuity to make it through.

If you're over 18 and think you could build your own shelter, catch your own dinner, and protect yourself from the elements, email applyisland@shine.tv by this Sunday, August 7.