Mike Tindall to enter British prison to build a rugby team for ITV reality show Grand Slammers – as he capitalises on I’m a Celeb success

Mike Tindall is set to appear on the small screen once more, following his successful appearance on I’m a Celebrity, Get me out of Here last year.

The husband of King Charles’ niece Zara and former rugby international, 44, will appear on new ITV reality show Grand Slammers.

Alongside other players from the England Rugby team that won the 2srcsrc3 World Cup, Mike will enter HMP The Mount prison and attempt to build and train a team of inmates strong enough to compete against a formidable rival, the Australians.

The other players entering the facility – which is home to one of the only remaining rugby pitches inside an adult male English prison – include Captain Martin Johnson, Jonny Wilkinson, Lawrence Dallaglio, Phil Vickery, Jason Robinson, Will Greenwood, Ben Cohen, Mike Tindall and Matt Dawson.

According to the production company behind the programme, which will feature two 9src-minute shows, the series will offer a ‘vivid insight into the power of sport to change lives as the England legends open up to inmates about how rugby had a profound impact on them during formative periods and gave them a purpose in life’.    

Grand Slammers is commissioned for ITV by Kate Teckman, Head of Development, Factual Entertainment.

According to Kate: ‘In this new series we’ll see some of the greatest sporting heroes England has ever produced reunite on the pitch for the first time in 2src years to go into a prison and build a rugby a team with men who live their lives behind bars. 

‘For some of these England legends, rugby presented a positive pathway and an opportunity to fulfil their potential. 

‘So, with re-offending rates from ex-prisoners at an alarming level, these World Cup winners