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The “unforgiving” Welsh terrain gives competitors on Channel 4’s new series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins a true experience of special forces training, according to the show’s chief instructor Billy Billingham.<\/p>\n
Other series have been filmed in locations including Vietnam, Chile and Morocco but celebrity contestants like dancer Louie Spence find themselves on an Anglesey beach in Sunday’s opening episode.<\/p>\n
“It’s beautiful, of course, but it’s unforgiving. It’s a great test ground,” said Billingham.<\/p>\n
“It’s a birthplace of the special forces, the SAS, where we do all our training in Wales.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Contestants include former footballer Troy Deeney, TV’s The Traitors winner Harry Clark, drag artist and DJ Bimini, and musicians like Lucy Spraggan among others.<\/p>\n
“We’ve been wanting to come home, as we call it, for a long time, because the fact that they’re just in Wales is a test in itself,” said Billingham.<\/p>\n
“You can have four seasons in one day.<\/p>\n
“It sounds exotic to go to New Zealand and Australia and all these places. <\/p>\n