Full Monty first look as Megan McKenna, Coleen Nolan and Jeff Brazier lead the stars stripping off
A host of celebrities will be stripping off for the ITV specials
THE first look at this year's all-star cast for The Full Monty have been revealed.
For the first time, both male and female stars will bravely strip off live in front of 2,000 people in a theatre in the documentary that will be broadcast on ITV later this year.
Jeff Brazier, Towie's James Argent, EastEnders star John Partridge, and The Wanted star Tom Parker will strip off for the men alongside John Hartson, Ainsley Harriot and Ugo Monye.
Loose Women star Coleen Nolan, Victoria Derbyshire, Sally Dexter and Megan McKenna will bravely bare all for the women alongside Michelle Heaton, Helen Lederer, Ruth Madoc and Sarah-Jane Crawford.
Journalist Victoria has said that her stripping off on TV to raise awareness of breast cancer is not "nudity for the sake of it" and cannot be compared to a revealing picture by Kim Kardashian.
The broadcaster is one of a group of eight female stars taking part in ITV's The Real Full Monty: Ladies' Night, following the success of an all-male version last year for prostate cancer, and she said she is "completely apprehensive" about it.
The show will see Derbyshire and her co-stars - including Loose Women host Coleen Nolan and former Liberty X singer Michelle Heaton - create a show-stopping performance while battling their nerves and learning to love their bodies for the charitable cause.
Derbyshire, who went through chemotherapy, radiotherapy and a mastectomy following her breast cancer diagnosis in 2015, said that, while she had fears about taking part in the programme, she is comfortable with her body.
She told the Radio Times: "I'm not ashamed of how I look, but I do look different to other women, and the idea of revealing that is absolutely nerve-racking."
Derbyshire, 49, said she does not have "body issues" in her house, and that she walks around naked in front of her partner Mark Sandell and their two sons Oliver and Joe, because it is "no big deal".
"I am happy for them to see what a mum of two who's had breast cancer looks like," she said.
"They don't bat an eyelid. Of course they don't. I'm their mum. But what we are planning to do (on television) is on a different scale altogether."
Derbyshire said that their challenge "couldn't be further away from an Instagram post by Kim Kardashian".
She added: "It's not just nudity for the sake of it, or for looking glamorous. It's nudity for a purpose - to say this is what can happen when you get a diagnosis of breast cancer.
"And this is why it can be OK. And this is what we can do to talk to you about trying to make sure you don't get breast cancer.
"And if you are diagnosed with breast cancer, depending on the diagnosis, you might be able to get through it, like me.
Derbyshire, Nolan and Heaton will be joined by Hi-de-Hi star Ruth Madoc, reality TV star Megan McKenna, Emmerdale actress Sally Dexter, actress Helen Lederer and presenter Sarah-Jane Crawford for The Real Full Monty: Ladies' Night.
Derbyshire said that the eight of them have bonded because "all of our lives have been touched by cancer".
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The Real Full Monty aired last year and saw the likes of Pointless presenter Alexander Armstrong and dancer Wayne Sleep strip off to raise awareness of prostate cancer.
The Real Full Monty: Ladies' Night airs at 9pm on ITV on Thursday March 29.
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