This weekend, BBC audiences will see Angela Scanlon appear on Michael McIntyre’s beloved game show, The Wheel.

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The programme is scheduled to broadcast after Strictly Come Dancing as the remaining participants progress to the quarter-finals.

Angela is well-acquainted with the sparkle and glamour of Strictly, having taken part in 2023 alongside professional dancer Carlos Gu.

The duo ultimately secured sixth position, whilst Coronation Street actress Ellie Leach claimed victory in the series.

Nevertheless, behind her cheerful public image and hectic timetable, Angela has admitted to frequently experiencing profound isolation, which became particularly intense during a CoppaFeel! Charity expedition in the Himalayas last November, reports Wales Online.

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Angela was part of the BBC show back in 2023

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During the trek, Angela served as a team captain alongside personalities including Emma Willis, businesswoman Sara Davies and Great British Bake Off champion Candice Brown.

Yet when discussing the experience, the 41-year-old disclosed she endured a ‘complete breakdown’.

In a Substack entry, she remarked: “A couple of days in – I cracked. Full breakdown. Ugly crying into my yak-themed duvet.”

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TV presenter Angela Scanlon

Looking back on her emotions during that period, Angela went on: “What the actual f*** was I thinking? How arrogant was I to believe I’m equipped to hold these brilliant women at such a tender time?”

The television personality acknowledged that the sensation of solitude, which had been affecting her intermittently for years, became magnified.

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She continued: “I was lonely. Not the cute, ‘oh I miss my mates’ lonely.

“The hollow, I have an incredible following of 436K people on Instagram, a full family life, a busy work life and still feel like I’m shouting-into-a-void kind of lonely.”

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Angela opened up about having a ‘breakdown’ on a charity trek (Image: ITV)

This charitable expedition led Angela to establish a grassroots movement known as Hot Messers, a community that celebrates flaws and disorder, which has spawned organised group rambles.

Although she anticipated nobody would turn up, the inaugural gathering proved triumphant, with the subsequent organised walk being ‘double the size’ of the first.