A contestant on a reality TV show who ate a live water-spider during a 'bushtucker' trial has sparked hundreds of complaints in the UK.

Ferne McCann, 25, was shown munching and swallowing a large spider on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! as hosts Ant and Dec struggle to look on.

McCann ate a live water-spider as part of a bushtucker trial on reality television.

The scene has prompted 553 complaints to the broadcasting watchdog Ofcom and a further 500 complaints to the broadcaster ITV, the Daily Mail reported.