It's A Scouse Life star on the terrifying moment he 'died' during day out

E4's new reality show It's A Scouse Life follows nine young personalities as they navigate life, love and business in Liverpool.

The pilot episode aired on Tuesday night (November 12), introducing viewers to Georgia, Jonny, Jess, Rain, Liam, Leon, Melina, Ant and Jenny. Produced by Optomen Television, the pilot showed the group attending glitzy parties, house-hunting and furthering their careers, concluding with a dramatic confrontation between the two feuding leading ladies, Melina and Georgia.

Anthony Jacobs, 27, is one of the young Merseysiders in the central cast, but it isn't the star's first appearance on TV. Back in 2015, he appeared on Good Morning Britain to tell his remarkable story of being brought back from the dead by seven strangers.

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Then aged 18, Anthony had gone to play football but suddenly collapsed when his heart stopped beating. Recounting the day, he told GMB hosts Ben Shephard and Susanna Reid: "It was just a normal morning really. I put my kit on, we set up the goals and then from that point on it was all just a blur."

Appearing alongside him was his mum Maxine Farah and groundsman Mike Pugh, who was one of the group that performed CPR on Anthony, ultimately saving his life.

"When we come over Anthony was just lying on the floor," Mike began. "Straight away we knew he was dead. He was grey, he was not responsive. One of our colleagues was performing CPR on him and then we all literally rallied round and did a relay on him."

It took the work of seven people performing CPR on him for over 30 minutes to keep him alive. When an ambulance arrived they managed to restart his heart, but Anthony said he didn't start to come around properly "until a few days after" the incident.

As reported by the Liverpool Echo at the time, Anthony was later fitted with a defibrillator and told he could no longer play football or rugby. The ordeal prompted him to support his mum's fundraising campaign to make defibrillators available at amateur football clubs and sports pitches.

It's A Scouse Life's pilot episode airs again on November 15 at 8pm on E4