Bradley Walsh, 58, bravely launched himself out of an aircraft at 12,000 feet, strapped to a seasoned skydiver in tonight’s first instalment of the ITV road trip show. The broadcaster later tweeted a hilarious clip of the nervous presenter falling through the air and cursing loudly in fear, saying: “This video is for every Chaser who Brad has wound up over the years.” Chaser Mark Labbett, 53, quickly took the opportunity to tease Bradley, commenting: “He has just failed his audition for James Bond, Bradley Walsh, licensed to swear. Not tough enough to be a Chaser.”
“Fighting talk from The Beast!” ITV added, retweeting his post.
“I am the reincarnation of Jaws,” Mark joked. “He never said a word even when his parachute failed.”
The cheeky jibe didn’t go unnoticed by fans, with one replying: “Come on ITV, that’s the gauntlet thrown.
“Chaser version of the series and we’ll finally see who is ‘tough enough.’”
The build-up to Bradley and Barney’s plane jump saw the Doctor Who actor making no secret of his nerves.
With the cameras following them en-route to the location, he asked his son: “I am sweating though, are you sweating?
“You’re nervous aren’t you?” Barney said, to which Bradley replied: “Of course I’m nervous.”
After some jittery joking on the ground, Bradley was flown up with Barney and the instructors and launched out of the plane attached to a trained instructor.
Swearing several times on the way down, as he floated gently towards the ground at the end of the fall he exclaimed: “I can’t feel my legs.”
Earlier today, Bradley and Barney appeared on This Morning to talk about their new show together, with the former insisting he “really hated” the plane jump stunt.
Explaining how he had announced he was going to hit the hay the night before, Bradley recalled: “And then in the programme [Barney] says, ‘Well, that’s good. Get some sleep because tomorrow you’re going to jump out of a plane.’
“Silence for about 10 seconds,” he added.
“You hated it didn’t you?” his son asked, at which point, The Chase host replied: “I really hated it.”
Barney also admitted he thought he might have pushed his dad too far at one point.
“I don’t want to spoil it because it’s in a later episode, but there was one point that I thought I’d taken it too far,” he said.
“I had to do the activity first and I was like, wow, this is tough.”
“It actually made us ill for a couple of days,” Bradley said seriously.
Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad continues next Wednesday at 8pm on ITV.