The BBC hope their festive Olympic Superstars show will lead to a longer-term revival of the hit programme of the 1970s and 1980s - although one of the London 2012 athletes who features in the Christmas special jokes that he will be hiding in embarrassment when it is screened.
Superstars became a family favourite as top sportsmen from Formula One's James Hunt to judo star Brian Jacks took part and through famous moments such as Kevin Keegan crashing his bike.
The Olympic special, to be screened next Saturday evening, pits 16 heroes from London 2012 against each other - from double gold-winning runner Mo Farah to boxing's Nicola Adams and Anthony Joshua, triathlon's Brownlee brothers, rower Kath Grainger and equestrian pin-up Laura Bechtolsheimer among others.
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Wilson says that for 'must watch TV', fans should tune in for the kayak head-to-head between himself and Farah.
'The two worst kayakers against each other,' he said.
'I went out like a dingbat and ended up against the wall and Mo went the wrong way, about 18 times, then capsized.'
In other events, Wilson reveals, 'me and the javelin did not see eye to eye and the 800 metres was so tough it felt like my lungs were bleeding. My sport is all about standing still and I was up against these supreme athletes like the Brownlees, Robbie Grabarz and Anthony Joshua.'
The BBC paid the competitors undisclosed fees for taking part. 'But it wasn't about the money, it was great fun to do, even if it won't be for me to watch it,' said Wilson.
The show's main presenter, Gabby Logan, confirmed that the BBC want further shows.
'Hopefully, we're trying to do another one so we want contestants to tell their friends that they all had a great time and keep the calibre of the guests really high profile,' she said.
'This will stand the show in good stead to hopefully re-establish Superstars again. I think it would be great to mix Olympians up with other sportspeople - rugby, footballers and cricketers. That would be the nub of it.'
Selling: Carl Hester open to offers Hester still a sellerOlympic dressage gold medallist Carl Hester is still hopeful of selling wonder horse Valegro, despite dismissing reports that a Saudi prince wanted to buy the gelding for £20million as 'complete and utter fantasy'.
Hester joked that he 'spotted a few billionaires' watching as Charlotte Dujardin triumphed again on Valegro at Olympia last week.
He says he remains hopeful of 'developments in the New Year' and would be open to British investors securing the horse for Dujardin, who won two gold medals on him at London 2012, to ride towards Rio in four years' time.
Leeds fans urge new owners to reveal details of £17m takeoverLeeds United supporters have greeted the takeover of their club by the Dubaibased GFH Capital with cautious optimism but say they want more details about the new owners' finances, background and plans.
GFHC now own 100 per cent of Leeds in a takeover that sources say cost £17million up front to buy out chairman Ken Bates and other shareholders, and will cost a further £17m when Leeds win promotion. GFHC and Leeds have declined to confirm any financial details.
Bates was unpopular with some fans but will remain as chairman until the end of this season and then become president.
Neither GFHC nor Leeds have said whether he will be paid for those roles.
End of an era: Ken BatesDan Moylan, of the Square Ball fanzine, said: 'On the one hand I'm happy because, to all intents and purposes, it's the end of Ken Bates's tenure and the new owners are saying all the right things. On the other hand we now need the new owners to flesh out their plans with hard detail and tell us what the plan is in a year, two years, three years. They say they want Leeds to be sustainable. How will that happen?'
The takeover does not include GFHC buying Leeds's Elland Road stadium or the Thorp Arch training ground, both of which are owned by unknown parties through an offshore firm in the Caribbean.
John Boocock, founder of the Leeds List group, the oldest online community of Leeds fans, which started in 1996, said: 'We want to know where the cash to buy the club came from, why the company that controls the club will not be registered in Britain where we can examine the accounts, but in the Cayman Islands, and what money precisely will be available in January.
'We weren't too impressed by the claim that the squad is good enough when we get players back from injury.'
Gary Cooper, head of the Leeds United Supporters Trust, said: 'The new owners did well in saying they want to work with the fans and the community and a lot of the supporter base will buy into that.
'We're led to believe we'll get the chance soon to meet the owners and we hope we will be able to get answers to all our outstanding questions.'
Asked for further details about the GFHC takeover, a Leeds spokesman told Inside Sport: 'The new owners answered all the questions they were asked at their press conference and won't be answering any more.'
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