When I found out I was doing the show I had three weeks to get in some sort of shape. Maybe I don’t want to meet up any more. And for the events.

At Hollyoaks they email us all the time, reminding us they’re there and checking in on us. The cold water challenges particularly, I could feel how freezing I was. The remaining recruits were woken up and shoved into a van in the early hours of the morning before they are sent on the run, where they had to evade being captured by a military-trained hunter force. Do you miss the buzz of being able to go out? The smallest in the group, she beat Katie Price (who waved her white flag 24 hours in), ex-footballer John Fashanu, dancer Brendan Cole and a host of other celebs to make it through to the last day, where she just missed out on being picked by Mr Shouty Ant Middleton to have passed selection. Nope.

‘Someone has got to make the move, we can’t just keep faffing around,’ he exclaimed. I knew they just wanted us to try, otherwise we’d have been thrown out. Sleeping was awful at first.

Even before all the crime shows, I was interested in it. I did that with tremendous difficulty, trust me. I actually enjoyed it as a viewer, because I was so sleep-deprived, hungry and pained that I’d forgotten what happened. I’m well excited.

As we chat, she and boyfriend of five years, Greg Whitehurst, are training their puppy, Barbara, a miniature Dachshund (who, dog lovers, already has her own Instagram account – IttyBittyBarbara). Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure some people in Soap Land don’t get on, but I’m not one of them. Here’s a 40 minute workout for you to try, live, with hollyoaks actress and SAS who dares wins contestant Nikki Sanderson. Hollyoaks and Coronation Street star Nikki Sanderson, 36, on the effects of the reality show Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins, dealing with depression, and digging deep. It killed me. Zoom suits me. And for the events. Every bit of it was hard. A roast dinner constantly!

How are you and your boyfriend doing being isolated together? I’m well excited.

- Hollyoaks is on Monday and Tuesday, C4, 6.30pm, E4, 7pm.

I was weak for days after the show.

I want to keep it up.

The former reality star and actress had a disagreement when they are given a rather difficult challenge. Nah.

Nikki Sanderson plays Maxine in Hollyoaks (Image: RAY BURMISTON / LIMEPICTURES) Did you dare watch yourself on Celebrity SAS?

The experience has such an impact on your mental health. How are you and your boyfriend doing being isolated together? We didn’t have a shower the whole time, no deodorant, no hair brush. Hollyoaks Favourites is on Wed-Fri, E4, 7pm, Nikki Sanderson isn't used to getting so mucky, Nikki was put through her paces on Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins, Nikki Sanderson plays Maxine in Hollyoaks, Nikki returned to Coronation Street after 13 years to reunite with Sue Nicholls, Nikki lined up next to her taller SAS co-stars, Nikki carried 18 stone Tony Bellew on her shoulders, Nikki with her boyfriend of five years Greg, Nikki and boyfriend Greg on her Instagram page, Nikki in her uniform on Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins, (Image: Pete Dadds / Channel 4. They’re 15 years old, but I’m proud to look at them and think, ‘Ooh, at one point in my life I looked like that.’. The smallest in the group, she beat Katie Price (who waved her white flag 24 hours in), ex-footballer John Fashanu, dancer Brendan Cole and a host of other celebs to make it through to the last day, where she just missed out on being picked by Mr Shouty Ant Middleton to have passed selection. I knew they just wanted us to try, otherwise we’d have been thrown out.

The emotions came flooding back.

Luckily, after filming I had a bit of time to see my family before lockdown, so I could go to them and request various meals. Then to get through the lot proved I was more capable than I ever knew. I’m not a key worker, it’s crap for some people and amazing for others.

We got half an hour at a time, because we had to do watch-tower duties for a few hours each night, in the rain. I actually enjoyed it as a viewer, because I was so sleep-deprived, hungry and pained that I’d forgotten what happened.

But at the end of the month when you don’t have any money left and you can’t go out, I’d love to do a quiz.

Zoom suits me. To say I was grubby when we finished would be an understatement. A roast dinner constantly! He’s been building things for the house, so we haven’t been sitting bored and hating each other. That’s hugely helpful.

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At Hollyoaks they email us all the time, reminding us they’re there and checking in on us.

If someone wants to do me up and send me out to mingle, I absolutely love it. Still, the Hollyoaks star (who formerly starred in Coronation Street ) was starved, sleep-deprived, frozen nearly to death and carried an 18-stone professional boxer on her shoulders, all without the slightest little moan. Hollyoaks and Coronation Street star Nikki Sanderson, 36, on the effects of the reality show Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins, dealing with depression, and digging deep When you …
We see from your social media you have your FHM covers framed on the wall. They offered me my boots, but after wearing them for eight days they were hideous. Porridge, a boiled egg, some soup, some boiled chicken breast. I was weak for days after the show. Are you looking forward to getting back to Hollyoaks? I was so lazy for a long time. I have to. I can’t complain. What might you be doing if acting hadn’t worked out? Instead I’ll see everyone when lockdown ends. I have to.

Not to be reproduced or redistributed for any use or in any medium not set out above. She gave me my two option sheets, but as I was leaving, stopped me and said, ‘I’d probably focus on the forensics as I can’t see the acting working out.’.

I love seeing my other soap family, the Corrie lot. When I went to my careers officer aged 13, I said I wanted to be an actress, but she asked for another option.

You’re always in wet clothes, you never warm up, you get cut and injured each day and they get infected.

We never slept. Every soap girl did those magazines.

It’s ace. But when I do Zoom calls with work I have to find that one spot in the kitchen that hasn’t got his tools everywhere.

Did you dare watch yourself on Celebrity SAS?

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They offered me my boots, but after wearing them for eight days they were hideous.

), Hollyoaks is on Monday and Tuesday, C4, 6.30pm, E4, 7pm.

We start at 8pm and we’re up until 1am, it’s a night out in itself. ), Hollyoaks is on Monday and Tuesday, C4, 6.30pm, E4, 7pm. Instead I’ll see everyone when lockdown ends.

Running with 30kg on my back, then being handed another 30kg to carry and go off on a 3-hour steep hill hike, I was like, ‘Cheers guys!’ That’s my body weight. - Hollyoaks is on Monday and Tuesday, C4, 6.30pm, E4, 7pm. I had nightmares. I’d got used to being woken up by someone running in, shouting, dragging me out of bed in the middle of the night, so my mind was still thinking that would happen.

You also had the honour of being asked to carry 18-stone boxer Tony Bellew on your shoulders…. If I go from a busy lifestyle to nothingness it’s very hard.

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We bet lockdown seems like a breeze for you now. It’s ace. I was in immense pain.

Every soap girl did those magazines. But there’s still people at the end of the phone now to help us if we’re not feeling good. Even the doctors and psychologists behind the scenes helped so much.

Some scenes gave me anxiety in the pit of my stomach and took me back – the car journeys to the challenges where you had no idea what you were doing, I’d feel sick. Maybe I don’t want to meet up any more. I’m so proud.

There’s always another option! But I have to stay busy to avoid the feeling of a lull.
You also had the honour of being asked to carry 18-stone boxer Tony Bellew on your shoulders…. But when I do Zoom calls with work I have to find that one spot in the kitchen that hasn’t got his tools everywhere.

The duo clash on tonight’s SAS Who Dares Wins (Picture: Channel 4) Joey Essex and Nikki Sanderson clashed during tonight’s Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. That was forensics. Luckily, after filming I had a bit of time to see my family before lockdown, so I could go to them and request various meals. Nikki Sanderson was born on March 28, 1984 in Bury, Lancashire, England. Good! Porridge, a boiled egg, some soup, some boiled chicken breast.

I suffered depression in my 20s and it was a very, very, bad time. I’d got used to being woken up by someone running in, shouting, dragging me out of bed in the middle of the night, so my mind was still thinking that would happen.

I’d love to do it!