Celebrity cast for 'The Real Full Monty' revealed

The stars will go all the way

The celebrity cast of ITV's new documentary The Real Full Monty to mark the film's 20th anniversary has been revealed. Harry Judd, Elliott Wright and Matthew Wolfenden are among the stars who will be baring all to raise awareness of men’s cancers.

The nervous celebrities were put through their paces at Shiregreen working men’s club in Sheffield, as featured in the original Full Monty film, where they had their first taste of baring their flesh in front of a live audience, in preparation for their upcoming performance at the London Palladium.

The seven celebrity strippers will star along with host Alexander Armstrong and rehearse under choreographer and co-presenter Ashley Banjo.

Harry Judd, McFly drummer

Elliott Wright, TOWIE star

Wayne Sleep, ballet dancer

Mark Foster, former Olympic swimmer

Matthew Wolfenden, Emmerdale actor

Dom Littlewood, TV Presenter

Danny John Jules, Death in Paradise / Red Dwarf actor

Produced by Spun Gold Television, the group are learning how to strip tease before they strip completely nude in front of 2,000 people for an episode of Tonight at the London Palladium.

Alexander Armstrong said: “We are using this film to raise awareness of men's cancer prostate and testicular, encouraging guys to check themselves and look out for their friends and act on symptoms if they have them. If caught early enough, prostate cancer is nearly 100 per cent curable, but if men are not aware of the problem or ignore symptoms, as story is not such a good one, as prostate cancer kills one man an hour.”

Alexander Armstrong © PA Images

“I hope that by showing these men have the balls to strip off in front of thousands of people, it might encourage otherwise reluctant men to overcome their embarrassment and get themselves checked.”

Ashley Banjo said: “We’re going to have a ball making this show. I’ll make sure viewers are in for a treat by knocking a group of famous novices into shape and preparing them for the strip tease performance of their lives – viewers will see our celebs as they’ve never seen them before!”

The Real Full Monty is commissioned for ITV by Kate Teckman, Factual Commissioner and Sue Murphy, Head of Factual Entertainment.

Sue said: “Hats off to the men who are willing to lay themselves bare to the nation to show us everything they have for what promises to be a hugely entertaining programme and performance boldly led by Alexander and Ashley. We hope their efforts will give this important issue the exposure it needs.”

For Spun Gold Television the Executive Producer is Kevin Mundye and Director is Will Yapp.

Spun Gold’s Executive Producer, Kevin Mundye, said: “The Fully Monty is a special and iconic film and we’re delighted to be able to recreate its warmth, heart and soul for this programme – it is going to enormous amounts of fun. We’re delighted to have Ashley on hand to whip them into shape with Alexander managing the bunch of unlikely lads. This promises to be a no-holds barred, hugely entertaining show.”