ANT and Dec joked that they were "literally pen pals" as they signed books together despite being confined to their mansions.

The Geordie duo recently announced they are releasing a new book to celebrate 30 years of working in TV together.

The boys are currently isolating with their families due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the two looked  tanned and relaxed as they jokingly ‘tossed’ copies between their two houses via the magic of camerawork and revealed fans can get signed copies.

The short video was captioned: “…and catch! We’re literally pen pals ✏️ Signing limited edition copies of #OnceUponATyne for @whsmithofficial”

It also included a link to where fans can get their hands on a collectors edition signed copy.

The TV favourites released their first autobiography in 2009 and will follow it up with a new book called Ant & Dec: Once Upon A Tyne in September.

Taking to Instagram, Ant said: "We've got a book coming out to celebrate 30 years of working together on the telly.

"It's full of backstage stories and gossip of our 30 years working together and it's very good isn't it Dec?"
Dec adds: "Yes it is, it's out September 3rd and you can preorder it."

The pair have become two of the nation’s most celebrated and well-loved TV personalities over the last 30 years hosting I’m a Celebrity, Britain’s Got Talent, Saturday Night Takeaway and more.

They first stepped into the limelight in the early 90s when they starred in children’s TV show, Byker Grove.

The pair then released the single “Let’s Get Ready to Rhumble” under their character names PJ & Duncan before settling on a career in TV presenting.

The new book's description reads: "Celebrating 30 years together, Ant & Dec look back on three decades in the spotlight, with the full behind-the-scenes story and never-before-seen photos of the shows that made them the nation's best loved stars."

But it hasn't all been smooth sailing over the last 30 years and Dec admitted he wanted to "punch and hug" Ant when he heard he had been arrested for drink-driving in 2018.

The Geordie duo are famously best friends but angry Dec said the scandal almost caused them to split up.

“We had a heart-to-heart. I said, ‘Look, forget everything – TV, the partnership – you’ve just got to go and get well.’

"I think I said I’d give everything up if he could just be happy again.”

Then he got angry. “How could he do that? I wanted to punch him and hug him at the same time – and I didn’t know which one I wanted to do first.”

The toll of the arrest and subsequent conviction took its toll on their friendship and they have admitted that they "considered splitting up".

"For the first time in many years, all we talked about were deep things like how we felt, and what the future held, and where we were, and all the chaos that has come along, especially for me," McPartlin told the magazine.

But after Ant took a year off from TV the pair are back and bigger than ever.

Last week they smashed ratings records with 11 million viewers for Saturday Night Takeaway – despite having no live audience for the show.

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