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Everton FC legend Neville Southall is to star in a new reality TV show where celebrities have one week to learn Welsh.

The former goalkeeping great will appear in Cariad@Iaith:Love4Language 2014 on the Welsh channel S4C next month.

Eight contestants including the 55-year-old must learn Welsh in a week, while being followed each step of the way by TV cameras.

Southall, who was born in Llandudno in north Wales, will be joined by Ian ‘H’ Watkins from the pop group Steps, MTV’s The Valleys star Jenna Jonathan and BBC Wales weather presenter Behnaz Akghar.

The series will also feature Cutting It actress Sian Reeves, musicals actor and singer John Owen Jones, Big Brother winner Sam Evans and Casualty’s Suzanne Packer.

Sioned Wyn Roberts, content commissioner at S4C, said: “As you can see we’ve got eight big names on Cariad@Iaith this year, and they’re an eclectic mix to say the least.

“They come from all different walks of life and are famous in very different fields.

“S4C’s cameras will be following them every step of the way and the footage is sure to be great TV. I wish them all the best of luck.”

The eight celebrities will stay at Nant Gwrtheyrn, a residential Welsh language course centre in Llithfaen near Pwllheli.

They will attend an intense lesson every day with tutors Nia Parry and Ioan Talfryn, before taking part in activities through the medium of Welsh.

A programme introducing the celebrities will be broadcast on Saturday, June 14 at 8pm, and Nia Parry and Matt Johnson will bring the latest gossip from the show every night between Monday, June 16 and Friday, June 20 at 8.30pm and 9.25pm.

The final will take place on Saturday, June 21 at 8pm.

Southall, who during his teenage years worked as a binman and only turned professional in his early 20s, became was one of the best goalkeepers of his generation – winning the FWA Footballer of the Year award in 1985.

He moved to Everton from Bury for £150,000 in 1981.

The crowd favourite went on to make a club record 578 league appearances, notching up 750 games in all competitions, and won a record 92 caps for Wales.

His honours at Goodison Park included winning the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1985, the First Division in 1984–85 and 1986–87 and the FA Cup in 1984 and 1995.

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