Meat Loaf to appear on CiTV show

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Rock singer Meat Loaf has signed up to appear on new CiTV show Bookaboo.

Meat Loaf, real name Marvin Lee Aday, will read The Lamb Who Came To Dinner on the children's series, which features celebrities reading picture books to a rock star dog called Buckaboo.

Alesha Dixon, former footballer David Seaman, comic Al Murray, Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden, Fern Britton and Spice Girl Mel C will also star on the show.

Bookaboo begins on March 2.