Brookside legend Jennifer Ellison reveals horror injuries during Channel 4's Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins after showing off weight loss

Jennifer Ellison has revealed the injuries she suffered while taking part in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. The former Brookside star is among the 14 famous faces who were whisked off to the Jordanian desert to take part in one of the toughest SAS selection courses.

The Channel 4 show returns to screens on Sunday night (September 4) with Jennifer joined by the likes of former EastEnders actress Maisie Smith, ex-footballer and reality star Ashley Cain, TV personality Calum Best, and javelin Olympic gold medallist Fatima Whitbread for the new series.

They are amongst those brave enough to attempt to pass the notoriously difficult test but it's all for a good cause as they've signed up to help raise money and awareness for Channel 4's cancer initiative, Stand Up to Cancer, with Cancer Research UK.

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Speaking about why she wanted to take part in the grueling show, Jennifer said: "I wanted to do it because I'd not done anything for so long. I've had this kind of break from what I grew up doing and love doing, and kind of lost my identity a little bit. So the opportunity came along and I just thought, 'I'm going to grab it with both hands and see I can still do my stuff'.

It was more of a challenge for me personally, to see if I could test myself and kind of remember who I am and the fire I used to have inside of me."

But if Jennifer's injuries she sustained while taking part are anything to go by, it was pretty brutal. The 39-year-old revealed she ended up in hospital when she broke two ribs, developed an infection in her lung and damaged her spleen. But the accident actually happened early on.

"After I