A FORMER Hot Ice showgirl has set temperatures soaring after appearing in a sexy g-string swimming-pool romp in the award-winning ITV comedy Cold Feet.

Millions of Sunday-night viewers tuned in to watch the scene in which Deborah Bouchard, 28, and Australian actress Kimberley Joseph, who plays Jo, dived topless into a hotel pool after a night of drunken party games.

The sultry brunette - a professionally trained ice skater from Cheshire - plays fitness instructor Sarah Johnston in the hit show which also stars Helen Baxendale, James Nesbitt and John Thompson.

She was also shown playing a raunchy game of strip poker in a hotel room with a group of male and female colleagues.

Deborah said: "It starts out as a simple fun night out for the girls but ends up with them going much further than they intended.

"It's raunchy more than rude, so I don't mind skinny-dipping for a show that is so highly regarded in the business. I was extremely nervous before filming because I had never done anything like that before but I had worked with the director before and knew it was going to be tasteful.

"It was actually quite liberating. We were basically being paid to have a good laugh."

A Cold Feet spokeswoman said: "It is an explosive episode and Deborah has got some really sexy lines.

"She did a great job for us. We are proud the series will be going out on such a high."