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Celebrity Hunted eliminates two more stars

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Celebrity Hunted spoilers follow.

Celebrity Hunted for Stand Up to Cancer was back on our screens tonight (Tuesday, April 18), but it was sadly game over for comedy duo James Acaster and Ed Gamble.

While on the run, the pair made a risky move in trying to pull off an epic TV crossover and hide in the Taskmaster house, a place they're both very familiar with.

While at the house, the cocky pair decided to call the Hunters' hotline in an attempt to taunt the Hunters — who, of course, traced their location.

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Awaiting the Hunters, James and Ed filled some water guns and planned to lie and claim they were filled with urine to keep their captors at bay.

As the Hunters approached, the pair split up, with James firing off the water gun and shouting: "This is piss!" But he soon found himself surrounded by Hunters with no escape route.

After being captured, James told the Hunters: "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't loving this, watching you guys try to find my friend Ed Gamble."

Meanwhile, Ed had managed to run out the back of the house and through a golf course, eventually making it to his getaway car, which was being driven by the Taskmaster series director.

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Rightfully assuming James had been caught, Ed made the decision to try to travel back to his home in East London. However, his wife was at work and he didn't have his keys, so Ed stopped by his local brewery instead.

While there, he used the brewery's Instagram to contact his wife, Charlie, sending her a coded message to let her know it was him. Charlie soon called the brewery — which altered the Hunters, who had her phone tracked.

Ed thought he'd be safe at the brewery but Charlie disagreed, so the pair headed to a climbing centre next door.

As expected, the Hunters arrived at the brewery... but Ed had managed to evade them, for now.

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Inside the climbing centre, staff members gave Ed a walkie-talkie and promised to alert him if the Hunters arrived. It was a smart plan until Charlie used Apple Pay at the centre's café, once again letting the Hunters know where Ed was.

When Ed got word the Hunters were outside, he hatched a plan to get out, borrowing a hoodie from staff to disguise himself.

But sadly, Ed's luck had finally run out. In a dramatic scene, he was chased down and captured on a residential street in London.

In the end, Ed said it was "a bit of a shame to get caught" but also admitted he was happy to now finally get to go home.


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