Danny Dyer urges fans NOT to watch his new Channel 5 drama series Heat 

Danny Dyer shocked fans during an appearance on This Morning on Monday as he urged viewers not to watch his new Channel 5 show Heat. 

The actor, 55, appeared on the ITV daytime show ahead of making his dramatic return to the TV screen following his EastEnders exit earlier this year.

His new series which is set to air over four night from Tuesday, sees Danny portray Steve Cameron who’s drama will unfold as his explosive family secrets come to light during a devastating bushfire in Australia. 

The TV star has warned viewers that they might struggle to cope with the dark content due to it being even more dramatic than anything he portrayed on EastEnders.

Speaking to Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary, Danny said: ‘It’s a nutty bit of work. Channel 5. 

Drama: His new series which is set to air over four night from Tuesday, sees the actor, 55, portray Steve Cameron who’s drama will unfold as his explosive family secrets come to light during a devastating bushfire in Australia

‘I got this script and I read it and thought [exasperated exhale]. This is just… I’m going to be straight, I’m here to promote it but, if you don’t like dark things, don’t go near it.’

Danny went on to reveal that each episode of the four part series will end on a more dramatic cliffhanger than the last which fans might find to ‘dark’. 

He continued: ‘It’s dark. It’s so dark – I was thinking “Can they put this on the telly?”

However Danny, who will star alongside Darren McMullen, Jane Allsop, Pia Miranda and Olympia Valance, said once viewers start watching they will be more and more hooked by the drama. 

He promised: ‘It’s brilliant. It gets so much better. It’s not bad, the first one.’

Danny filmed the new series Down Under and admitted the weather was not what he expecting and that he ‘couldn’t shake’ the jet lag. 

He told ITV viewers: ‘I thought I want to fill in the sunshine! And I got to Melborne and it was raining. There were hailstones.

‘The jet lag I had for 10 days. I couldn’t shake it off. In episode one, you can see I’m staggering around.’

He told This Morning fans: ‘I got this script and I read it and thought [exasperated exhale]. This is just… I’m going to be straight, I’m here to promote it but, if you don’t like dark things, don’t go near it’

‘It’s so dark’: Danny went on to reveal that each episode of the four part series will end on a more dramatic cliffhanger than the last which fans might find to ‘dark’

Channel 5’s official synopsis of the new show states: ‘Heat unfolds to the backdrop of the looming Australian bushfire season when two families, who are long-time friends, venture to a secluded home for a summer vacation.

‘As secrets and lies unravel it becomes a tinderbox – and not everyone will make it out alive.’

Heat will air on Channel 5 at 9pm on Tuesday 11th July and feature nightly until Friday 14th July.