Holly's guilt over filming abroad

Although Holly Willoughby is delighted to be advancing her career with a new Netflix show, she’s worried about leaving her family behind when she films in Costa Rica

- Isobel Pankhurst

Holly Willoughby has landed a new gig hosting a high-profile show for Netflix, in which celebrities attempt to beat survival expert Bear Grylls. But she’s said to be feeling torn about spending time so far away from her husband, Dan Baldwin, and their children.

Holly, 43, who is mum to Harry, 14, Belle, 12, and Chester, nine, will be heading to Costa Rica to film the show.

With the working title Bear Hunt, it is due to be shown on the platform in 2025 and has been described as an “action-packed competition show where a group of unlikely British celebrities are dropped into the Central American jungle as prey for one of the world’s most fearsome predators – Bear Grylls”.

It is a fabulous career move for Holly, but a source has told new she is feeling an element of reluctance to leave her family.

“Holly will naturally miss her children and husband when she is away – she had lived in a lovely bubble with them while she took time off work, so it will be hard being away,” the source said.