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Identities of thirteen Castaways revealed
Published Wednesday, Mar 7 2007, 01:56 GMT | By Neil Wilkes
The thirteen Britons participating in the new series of Castaway have been revealed.
The reimagined series - first aired in 2000, making a household name of Ben Fogle - will follow the group as they attempt to form their own community in a remote area of New Zealand.
The castaways range in age from a 19-year-old gap year student to a 65-year-old ex-Royal Marine and comprise six females and seven males.
The thirteen are:
Francie: An eccentric 56-year-old who describes herself as "noisy, chatty and bossy".
Al: A 24-year-old Rik Waller lookalike who works as a fantasy fiction writer - albeit an unpublished one.
Erica: A 22-year-old kickboxing lapdancer from Bolton who "hates judgemental people".
Jonathan: An unemployed 42-year-old who admits to being "deliberately awkward" and annoying people for the sake of it.
Clare: A 23-year-old young Conservative from Surrey, who names Maggie Thatcher as her greatest idol.
Jason: An unemployed, reformed junkie of crack and heroin.
Alasdair: 19-year-old "Ally Humbo" brags to be "the most heterosexual man in Britain".
Lucinda: A "very dreamy" 26-year-old who believes all men want her.
Joe Chicken: A 33-year-old who adores animals and kissing his friends - whether they want it or not.
Ken: A 65-year-old ex-Royal Marine whose catchphrase is: "a man must have a knife, it's a fact of life".
Hassan: A 25-year-old nice guy construction worker from Suffolk.
Gemma: A 21-year-old from Essex who hates "really posh" people and confesses to never having "mixed with gays or lesbians".
Wendie: A Kathy Burke-lookalike who is a mother-of-four and full-time carer to her own mother.
The series, hosted by Danny Wallace, begins on Friday on BBC One, airing Sunday nights thereafter. Daily updates air on BBC Three.
The reimagined series - first aired in 2000, making a household name of Ben Fogle - will follow the group as they attempt to form their own community in a remote area of New Zealand.
The castaways range in age from a 19-year-old gap year student to a 65-year-old ex-Royal Marine and comprise six females and seven males.
The thirteen are:
Francie: An eccentric 56-year-old who describes herself as "noisy, chatty and bossy".
Al: A 24-year-old Rik Waller lookalike who works as a fantasy fiction writer - albeit an unpublished one.
Erica: A 22-year-old kickboxing lapdancer from Bolton who "hates judgemental people".
Jonathan: An unemployed 42-year-old who admits to being "deliberately awkward" and annoying people for the sake of it.
Clare: A 23-year-old young Conservative from Surrey, who names Maggie Thatcher as her greatest idol.
Jason: An unemployed, reformed junkie of crack and heroin.
Alasdair: 19-year-old "Ally Humbo" brags to be "the most heterosexual man in Britain".
Lucinda: A "very dreamy" 26-year-old who believes all men want her.
Joe Chicken: A 33-year-old who adores animals and kissing his friends - whether they want it or not.
Ken: A 65-year-old ex-Royal Marine whose catchphrase is: "a man must have a knife, it's a fact of life".
Hassan: A 25-year-old nice guy construction worker from Suffolk.
Gemma: A 21-year-old from Essex who hates "really posh" people and confesses to never having "mixed with gays or lesbians".
Wendie: A Kathy Burke-lookalike who is a mother-of-four and full-time carer to her own mother.
The series, hosted by Danny Wallace, begins on Friday on BBC One, airing Sunday nights thereafter. Daily updates air on BBC Three.
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