The first series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! was broadcast on ITV from 25 August 2002. Ant & Dec presented the main show on ITV, whilst Louise Loughman hosted the spin-off show ' on ITV2. The winner of this series was radio DJ Tony Blackburn with 55% of the final vote; it raised a total of ã618,799 for the nominated charities, with Blackburn amassing ã184,000 for the National Autistic Society.
In July 2002, London Weekend Television confirmed that a celebrity Survivor-style series was in the final stages of development and was provisionally titled Get Me Out of Here: I'm a Celebrity.
The show began with eight celebrity contestants. They were:
The contestants take part in daily trials to earn food
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All ratings are taken from the UK Programme Ratings website, BARB.
On 7 October 2002, a compilation of clips from the series was released on VHS and DVD by Video Collection International and Granada Media. Released as an "Unseen and Uncut" release, it contains some clips deemed to be too raunchy to be shown on TV.