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Matt Hancock was paid £320,000 ($400,000) to appear on last season’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here and a further £45,000 ($55,700) for Channel 4’s Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, UK parliamentary documents have revealed. UK government rules obliged the former Health Secretary to report in the…

Complaints both berating and defending Matt Hancock and his participation in I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! dominate UK regulator Ofcom’s top-10 list of most complained about TV incidents of the year. Just shy of 2,000 complainants “objected to the inclusion” of the former Health Secretary in…

England European Cup-winning footballer Jill Scott won ITV‘s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! last night but the nation’s eyes were trained on just one contestant, MP Matt Hancock, who came third in a final watched by a peak of 11.3M viewers. Ratings data that has just come in shows the finale…

ITV’s evergreen series I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! was back this weekend and made a return to form after last year’s disappointing launch episode ratings. The Lifted Entertainment-produced celebrity survival format returned to its regular outback base in Australia following two years in the…

Former UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been suspended as a Conservative MP for being a contestant on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!. According to the BBC, Tory whips have been unimpressed with the news this morning that he will be one of the 12 contestants on the Ant and Dec-hosted 2022…

British Health Minister Matt Hancock has warned broadcasters and producers to do more to look after reality TV contestants following the death of Love Island contestant Mike Thalassitis. Thalassitis, who died over the weekend, is the latest star of the ITV2 reality series to have reportedly died by suicide in recent…

We possibly spoke too soon. The battle between 21st Century Fox and Comcast for ownership of Sky could have hit a bump in the road as a result of Boris Johnson's resignation as UK Foreign Secretary. Culture Secretary Matt Hancock, who has overseen the takeover from a political level, has been named Health Secretary in…

UPDATED with Fox comment. The long-running saga of 21st Century Fox's $15 billion attempt to takeover European pay-TV operator Sky continues after British Culture Secretary Matt Hancock warned Disney would have to increase Sky News' budget to £100 million ($132 million) to get a deal over the line. Hancock urged…