A WHEELER Dealers prima is returning to screens with a marque caller amusement aft quitting the motoring series.
Ant Anstead hosted the Discovery format alongside amusement stalwart Mike Brewer.
He replaced Edd China who near Wheeler Dealers nether acheronian clouds aft 14 years.
But petrol caput Ant - who is dating Bridget Jones' Renée Zellweger - discontinue the amusement successful 2020 aft accumulation moved from the US backmost to the UK.
Now the 45-year-old returns to screens with his marque caller amusement Ant Anstead: Born Mechanic.
Starting connected October 24, it volition spot the TV hunk renovate a 500-year-old farmhouse that he’s conscionable bought for his parents to discontinue in.
To money the costly project, the dad-of-three volition reconstruct classical cars earlier selling them connected for a tidy profit.
His caller amusement volition besides diagnostic his household for the precise archetypal clip - thing which Ant is apprehensive about.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, helium said: "In 26 shows this is the archetypal clip I've exposed my household and of people I'm tense astir it.
"I've got done the peeks and troughs of being connected TV, having a existent miniscule magnitude of illustration and realising there's immoderate truly harmful parts of that.
"We're successful an property wherever radical tin beryllium incredibly mean, but I'd similar to deliberation my family's equipt for that.
Mike Brewer teases 'ultimate project' successful Wheeler Dealers' Aussie tour
"My parents person thing to beryllium to anyone, they've been joined for 52 years and they've some been successful the New Years Honours List for the enactment they bash for foundation and community."
Born Mechanic besides was a accidental for Ant to walk clip with his brothers.
He revealed: "This is the astir clip I've spent with my brothers for 20 years.
"It's the astir we've ever connected, it's the astir we've ever spoken.
"It's brought the household unneurotic successful a mode that's truthful remarkable, truthful healing and it's really, truly brilliant."
Ant Anstead: Born Mechanic, Thursdays from 24 October, 9pm connected Quest and watercourse connected discovery+
Wheeler Dealers presenters implicit the years
By Conor O'Brien, TV Reporter
Wheeler Dealers has been on-screen since 2003, but its on-air squad has changed aggregate times.
Here is simply a look astatine the motoring show's antithetic presenters from implicit the years.
- Mike Brewer: (Series 1 - present): Car trader turned presenter Mike has been portion of Wheeler Days from its beginning. He remains progressive successful the car industry, done Mike Brewer Motors.
- Edd China (Series 1 to Series 13): Edd was the show's archetypal mechanic, who's besides appeared connected shows including Top Gear. He near Wheeler Dealers successful 2017, aft 13 bid arsenic co-host.
- Ant Anstead: (Series 14 to Series 16): After Edd's departure, Ant signed up arsenic Wheeler Dealers' caller co-host. Ant's accomplishment came astatine a clip erstwhile the amusement was being filmed successful the United States. He yet near erstwhile it was decided for the programme to instrumentality to the UK.
- Marc "Elvis" Priestley: (Series 17 - present): The show's existent mechanic is Marc Priestley, nicknamed "Elvis". Before his existent gig connected Wheeler Dealers, Marc worked for McLaren Racing arsenic a Formula One mechanic and subordinate of the pitstop unit from 2000-2009.