'Guess where we've just popped to for a bit of filming!' Ant and Dec drive fans wild as they share FIRST sneak peak at new I'm A Celeb series at it returns to Wales

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! is set to return to our screens this Autumn.

And presenters Ant and Dec drove fans wild as they shared a first sneak peak of the new series as they headed to Wales on Thursday for a spot of filming.

The Geordie duo, both 45, looked baffled as they posed next to a Welsh village sign that read 'Mynyddislwyn'.

Like last year, the upcoming show will be filmed at the Welsh landmark Gwrych Castle due to the pandemic complicating plans for the usual Australian setting. 

They captioned the funny post: 'Guess where we've just popped to for a little bit of filming.' 

The pair pulled pensive faces in the snap as they both posed in matching navy padded jackets ahead of filming what could be the promotional clip. 

Fans were thrilled to see what they had been up to, with one writing: 'Oooh can't wait for the promo, enjoy that just as much as the series!'

While another added: 'I swear you two never age! Can't wait to see this year's promo! It's been too long since you've been on my screen!' 

A third person tweeted: 'Yes I LOVED the Welsh one last year! Having not watched it for a few years it was a nice change!'

It comes after last week work continued in earnest as a builders prepared Gwrych Castle and its adjacent 236 acre estate ahead of the new series of the show. 

The Grade I listed 19th-century country house, located near Abergele in picturesque Conwy County, north Wales, will play host to the long-running ITV show for the second consecutive year due to travel restrictions surrounding its usual home on Australia's east coast, currently in the midst of another coronavirus lockdown. 

New images from the site showed the castle's skeletal exterior walls as cranes, vans and an accompanying litter of building equipment converged nearby, ready to transform the are into a suitable campsite for this year's yet to be announced celebrity contestants.  

ITV bosses are facing a scramble against time to renovate the dilapidated building - which is now closed to the public - and its surrounding areas ahead of the new series expected to begin in November.

The reality show, which usually films in the Australian wilderness, was forced to relocate to the dilapidated castle following fears Australia could shut its borders because of the ongoing pandemic.

ITV producers have since filed an extensive planning application to the authorities in order to make the country house inhabitable in time for the new series.  

The show is seeking approval for retention of the protective temporary roofs over the dining room and the coach house/blacksmith's shop; Retention/installation of security fencing to ensure the castle and grounds are protected and retention of the new balustrade to the bothy staircase.

Also on the list is re-roofing the dairy; Installation of new doors to the coach house and blacksmith's shop; Removal of a small section of modern concrete flooring from the wash house and provision of a new electrical supply cabinet adjacent to the drive.

According to The Sun, ITV plans to splurge millions on repair works in the castle over three or four months ahead of the show filming in the coming months.  

An inside source told the paper of the essential renovation: 'When it was first announced that I’m A Celebrity was going to be staged in Gwrych Castle the team did a miraculous job of ensuring the building was safe and usable for filming.

'But these new renovations will ramp up the facilities and provide basic amenities which they had to do without in 2020 due to the speed at which they had to make the shift.' 

The listed property suffered at the hands of freak flash flooding last year that left exposed areas deluged and some rooms without roofs. 

Formerly the country retreat of aristocrat Lloyd Hesketh Bamford-Hesketh, the castle was saved from disrepair by Gwrych Castle Preservation Trust in 2018.

The castle is said to be haunted by the Countess of Dundonald who owned the building until her death in 1926.

Known as The Woman in White, she is said to have been angry at her husband for stripping the castle of valuables and selling them. A ghostly white figure has been seen at the windows.

The last series of I'm A Celeb, won by Giovanna Fletcher, 35, was a ratings hit as it got 14.3 million viewers. It ended up being the second most watched series in the history of the show, which started in 2002.