Biggins 'wanted to secure pension' - Dec 12 2007
I'm a Celebrity winner Christopher Biggins has apparently revealed the reason he went on the show - to secure a pension.

The pantomime dame told Chris Moyles on Radio 1 he "went on I'm A Celebrity because I wanted a pension for the rest of my life", the Daily Star reports.

The former children's television presenter also apparently revealed that he'd like to do a new show.

He is quoted as saying: "I would love to do a good old-fashioned reality show."

The paper claims he is in talks for a new programme.

Biggins was the runaway winner of I'm A Celebrity, beating former Five member Jason 'J' Brown and former supermodel Janice Dickinson in the final.

This Christmas will be the first time Biggins has not performed in a pantomime for 38 years.

He has previously appeared in popular seventies TV sitcoms Porridge and Some Mothers Do 'Ave Em.

Biggins takes I’m A Celebrity crown - Dec 1 2007
Christopher Biggins has beaten Janice Dickinson to be crowned ’King of the Jungle’.

The pantomime star took the I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! title, with Jason ’J’ Brown coming third.

"It’s been a wonderful, wonderful experience and I can’t believe that I’m here, that I’ve done it," Biggins effused.

"I’ve made wonderful friends and I’ve done wonderful things that I never thought I would do. Unbelievable fun, it was just the best."

The tense results followed a dramatic day, in which the contestants faced their own personal nightmares.

Biggins was given the Bushtucker Bonanza on his final trial.

He was asked to eat witchetty grub, a crocodile’s foot, three cockroaches, a kangaroo penis, and the final dish - kangaroo testicles.

At the sight of the last dish, he cried: "Aaaaarrrgh, it’s revolting."

J, who was the first to leave on the final day, said: "I’ve had a blast of a time. I love being outdoors.

"At one stage it was a bit tense in there, there were lots of big personalities. The younger group didn’t have a bad word with one another, it was the older ones."

Runner-up Janice Dickinson won five stars in her final Bushtucker Trial - despite being bitten by a rat.

She had a variety of creepy-crawlies dropped on her including mealworms and cockroaches.

Later, she told Ant and Dec that she equated the jungle experience to childbirth. "It’s the most difficult thing I’ve ever done," she said.

"I thought it was a holiday, I thought it was a spa..." she admitted. "I’d do it again, but I miss my children and my boyfriend and the dog."

Biggin’s Summer Holiday - 15/07/03
Christopher Biggins is currently starring alongside ex- Hear’Say singer Suzanne Shaw in the musical Summer Holiday.

The show based on the 1963 smash-hit film starring Cliff Richard and Una Stubbs features Biggins as Jerry.

Is Biggins The Weakest Link? - 09/12/02
Christopher Biggins, Malandra Burrows and Bobby Davro are among stars taking part in a Christmas edition of The Weakest Link.

They will appear on the BBC1 quiz show dressed in pantomime costumes as Buttons, Princess Apricot Crumble and Aladdin.

The celebrities will be hoping to win up to £50,000 for the charity of their choice.