ITV has reportedly dropped its annual charity strip show The Real Full Monty due to a lack of willing participants.
The programme has been part of the ITV schedules since 2017 - traditionally airing in the weeks before Christmas - and is staged to raise awareness of, and funds for, cancer.
The show follows a group of male celebrities and a group of female celebrities as they prepare for a daunting performance in front of a live audience that culminates in them baring all.
A show source told The Mirror: "Getting celebrities to agree to take off all their clothes in front of not only a live audience, but millions more thanks to the cameras, is no small task.
"Even Coleen Nolan, who has been involved for many years, has told how absolutely terrifying she finds it. So the decision has been made to give it a break.
"It does not mean it will never come back, but there are no plans in the pipeline at this point."
An ITV spokesperson confirmed: "The Real Full Monty has taken a number of guises over the past few years from the original men-only lineup, to a version on ice, in order to raise awareness around cancer. We are resting the format this year."
The broadcaster has also decided not to go ahead with a 2024 edition of Roman Kemp's celebrity choir show Britain Get Singing.
Neil Wilkes
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