David Mitchell: 'Contestants learn skills to survive without the stuff we  live with'

Outsiders has the comedy star hosting a new entertainment show in which contestants try to survive without shops, internet access, etc 

David Mitchell on the set of Outsiders. Picture: PA Photo/UKTV/Steve Peskett

There are three qualities David Mitchell thinks a candidate for his show Outsiders needs to possess.

“[They need] not to be too attached to personal comfort, to be a natural rule-breaker, and be physically deft,” muses the Salisbury-born comedian, 47. “I’ve described the opposite of me.”