Which stand-up comedian ran 43 marathons in 52 days in 2009 in order to raise money for Sport Relief?
"1984 for his achievements, including winning the St. Leger Stakes on Commanche Run that year, Piggott's record-breaking 28th British classic win. In 1994, Piggott won the award again for his ""services to racing"". Comedian David Walliams received the award in 2006 ""for his outstanding achievement of swimming the English Channel for charity"", which raised over £1 million for Sport Relief. Fellow comedian Eddie Izzard was presented with the award in 2009 after running 43 marathons in 51 days for Sport Relief. In 1983, the team of ""Australia II"" received an International Team Award in recognition of their victory in the"
"of 43 marathons over 51 days for Sport Relief. On 15 September, Eddie arrived in Trafalgar Square, marking the end of his 43rd marathon in only 51 days. He ran a day, 6 days a week for 7 weeks straight, covering across the UK. Izzard raised over £1,152,510 for Sport Relief. On 23 February 2016, Izzard began a series of 27 marathons in 27 days running across South Africa for Sport Relief; the number 27 refers to the number of years spent in prison by Nelson Mandela. He completed the last marathon on 20 March, arriving at the statue of"
"comedy role model as Monty Python, and John Cleese once referred to him as the ""Lost Python"". In 2009, he completed 43 marathons in 51 days for Sport Relief despite having no prior history of long-distance running. He has won numerous awards including a Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for his comedy special ""Dress to Kill"", in 2000. Izzard's website won the Yahoo People's Choice Award and earned the Webby Award. Izzard is openly ""straight transvestite"" having cross-dressed both on and offstage. Izzard has campaigned for various causes and has been a Labour"
"'Longest Marathon Radio DJ (team)' and by the end of the show (at 10:00), they had hit the 51 and a half-hour mark. The duo opted to 'round it off' by going to 10:30 and thus set a new record of 52 hours. In doing so, they raised a final total of £2,406,648 for Comic Relief, which is an average of £46,282 for each hour they were on air. During the attempt the duo were joined by many celebrity guests including the Wanted, Chipmunk, Jimmy Carr, Craig David, Katy Perry and Ricky Gervais. The grand total has since increased to"
"version was shown on the Fridays on BBC1 at 8:30pm before the main event. On 27 February 2012, comedian John Bishop took on a week of challenges billed as ""John Bishop's Week of Hell"". Originally John was to complete the challenge with James Corden but he had to pull out due to his commitments with the West End Show ""One Man, Two Guvnors"". John rowed, ran and cycled 295 miles from Paris to London in just five days. John raised £3,412,261. His programme was shown the day before ""Sport Relief"" night at 9:00pm on BBC1. """"The One Show"" 1000"" ran"
"Dave broke the ""Guinness World Record"" for the 'Longest Marathon Radio DJ (team)' and by the end of the show (at 10:00), they had hit the 51 and a half hour mark. The duo opted to 'round it off' by going to 10:30 and thus set a new record of 52 hours. In doing, so they raised a final total of £2,406,648 for Comic Relief, which is an average of £46,282 for each hour they were on air. During the attempt, the duo were joined by many celebrity guests, including Paul O'Grady, Phillip Schofield, The Wanted, Chipmunk, Jimmy Carr, Craig"
"music video entitled ""Desert Bus Killed the Internet Star"" (a parody of ""Video Killed the Radio Star"") describing the events of the marathon. On 25 August 2009, the third marathon run was announced, set to start on 20 November 2009. At 18:42 GMT-0 on 26 November 2009 the marathon completed, raising over $140,000 (after all e-cheques had cleared) for Child's Play. One notable donor, going by the alias ""Octopimp"", donated nearly $10,000 alone, becoming a mascot of sorts in the event's live chatroom and in turn inspiring many other high-number donations and auction bids. The fourth marathon run was announced"
"3hr 59min. He has also walked the length of Ireland twice, each time raising money for the Marie Keating Foundation, now linked to Cancer Research in the UK. Each year the foundation holds charity balls and various events, raising funds to keep their mobile units on the road. In 2009 Keating climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for Comic Relief; joining him were Gary Barlow, Chris Moyles, Ben Shephard, Kimberley Walsh, Denise van Outen, Fearne Cotton, Alesha Dixon and Cheryl Cole. In June 2009 Keating received a Special Achievement Award from Cancer Research UK – he was singled out for"
"show. The fifth and final day saw Miranda plan a wedding in one day. ""Miranda's Mad March"" raised £1,140,615 for Comic Relief. On Thursday 14 March 2013 at 20:00 GMT, BBC One aired a documentary called ""Comic Relief: Through Hell and High Water"", the programme followed six celebrities as they took part in the Zambezi River challenge. Jack Dee, Dara Ó Briain, Melanie Chisholm, Chelsee Healey, Greg James and Phillips Idowu. The challenge was a bid to raise £1,000,000 for Comic Relief. The total which was announced on 15 March 2013, totalled to £1,196,000 from this challenge alone. Nick Grimshaw"
"across the UK to raise money for Sport Relief. He ran from London to Cardiff to Belfast to Edinburgh and back to London, carrying the flag of the country — England, Scotland, or Wales — in which he was running. In Northern Ireland he carried a self-designed green flag bearing a white dove. The blog ""Eddie Iz Running"" documented his 43 marathons in 51 days, covering at least 27 miles per day (totaling more than 1,100 miles), ending on 15 September 2009. He received a special award at BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2009 for his achievements. In"
"stand-up show ""John Bishop's Britain"". On a 2013 episode of ""The Jonathan Ross Show"", he said he had been vegetarian for 27 years. In 2013, PETA declared him to be one of the ""Sexiest Vegetarians"" of the year. In September 2016, Bishop was ranked tenth place on ""Forbes"" Top 10 Highest Paid Comedians List where he had earned £5.4 million a year, making him the UK's highest earning comedian. John Bishop John Joseph Bishop (born 30 November 1966) is an English comedian, presenter and actor, who is also known for his charity work, having raised £4.2m for Sport Relief 2012."
"London Marathons; so far he has raised nearly £100,000 for Parkinson's UK. He currently cohosts a running themed podcast with fellow comedian and runner Paul Tonkinson called Running Commentary. https://www.acast.com/runningcommentary Rob Deering Rob Deering (born 1972), is an English comedian, musician and writer. Deering was the host and writer of three series of ""Out to Lunch"" on BBC Radio 2. He also hosted ""99 Things to Do Before You Die"" on Channel 5. In 2007, Deering appeared on a special edition of ""The Weakest Link"", winning the show and answering all his questions correctly. Deering also appeared on the Channel"
"a guest on shows including ""Banter"", ""4 at the Fringe"" on BBC Radio 4 and ""Jammin"" on BBC Radio 2. He has also guest starred in ""Jason Manford's Comedy Rocks"". Deering grew up in London and Oxfordshire and lives in London with his wife Julia and their children. He took part in the 'Laughing for a Change' project in 2014, which aimed to raise awareness of mental health through a comedy tour, also featuring Mrs Barbara Nice and Seymour Mace. The project was supported by Time to Change. Deering is an avid runner and has run eight marathons including five"
"from 16–25 March, 1,000 One Show viewers ran a mammoth 1,000-mile, ten-day relay through cities across Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England. Starting on the Isle of Mull, our brave team ran night and day to finish triumphantly on The Mall in London. ""The Frank Skinner Dipping Challenge"" was on Sport Relief day, brave Frank is threw himself in at the deep end for Sport Relief and facing one of his biggest phobias – swimming. He did a length, 25 metres, in front of 3,000,000 people on the Sport Relief show. On Saturday 10 March, celebrity teams from England, Ireland,"
"Football Club. He has said that he is ""deadly serious"" about football. ""I still go down the pub and play football with my mates"", he commented in 2010. He played for Conference South team Basingstoke Town F.C. before becoming a comedian. In April 2010, Howard ran the London Marathon for the first time with both his brother and sister, to raise money for Epilepsy Society. He completed the 26-mile course in 4 hours and 15 minutes, beating his target time of 5 hours. Sponsorship has raised over £7,000 to date. For Sport Relief 2010 he took part in the BT"
"continuous standup routine, beating the record held by Lindsay Webb from Australia. He completed 40 hours of standup comedy, the first 17 hours and 14 minutes without any repetition of material. Marley's record was broken by David Scott on April 30, 2013 with a time of 40 hours and 8 minutes. Bob Marley (comedian) Robert Cochrane Marley Jr. (born April 4, 1967) is an American comedian. He has appeared on ""The David Letterman Show"", ""Late Night with Conan O'Brien"", and Comedy Central. He can be seen in the film ""The Boondock Saints"". He also goes by the name ""Billy"". In"
"suit, was the first person to complete the 2012 Olympic Marathon Course in a time of six days. After surviving leukaemia, Scott has raised more than £5 million for a number of charitable causes, through what he calls ""alternative charity fundraising events"", including the following: List of Lloyd Scott's Charity Challenges • April 1989: London Marathon – Just three weeks before life saving bone marrow transplant for leukaemia • April 1990: London Marathon – Less than a year after transplant to show there is 'life after leukaemia'. • October 1992: Snowdonia Marathon – Britain's toughest marathon • November 1993: Everest"
"company, called ""Stripey Horse"". Moyles announced in February 2011 that both he and Vitty would, in aid of Comic Relief, attempt to present Radio 1's Longest Show Ever with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave for Comic Relief, a record previously held by Simon Mayo. The show began at 6:30am on Wednesday 16 March and at 7:31pm on Thursday 17th Moyles and Vitty reached the 37-hour mark which gained them the record for the Longest Radio Show in BBC Radio 1 history. They continued to broadcast and at 8.30am Friday 18th broke the Guinness World Records' record for the 'Longest Marathon"
"he was confirmed as one of the presenters of Channel 5's Football League highlights show, ""Football League Tonight"", alongside Kelly Cates. Riley then co-hosted alongside Lynsey Hipgrave during the 2016-17 season before both co-hosts were replaced by Colin Murray ahead of the 2017-18 EFL season. Riley appeared as himself in Armando Iannucci's award-winning political satire ""The Thick Of It"" in 2009. Riley is a charity ambassador for Joseph's Goal and the Steve Prescott Foundation (SPF), for whom he runs regular marathons. His fundraising efforts saw him run 100 miles in 2014 and four marathons in eight weeks in 2015. He"
"Sport Relief 2012 Sport Relief 2012 was a fund raising event organised by Comic Relief. It was broadcast on BBC One and BBC Two on the evening of 23 March 2012 from 7:00 pm to 1:45 am live from the BBC Television Centre. The TV event raised a massive £50,447,197, which is the highest figure ever raised. In the autumn of 2011, David Walliams swam of The Thames in eight days. During the eight days Walliams suffered from illness and flu. Walliams took time to recover after the event due to the intake of Thames water that contained bacteria and"
"Subway managed to raise £407,763. BBC Two's special Comic Relief edition of Top Of The Pops, drew an impressive 6.73m (31.6%) over 35 minutes. Best bits from the series so far. Pre-recorded final installment. The BT Red Nose Climb saw nine celebrities successfully scale 19,330 feet (5,890 m) to reach the summit of Africa's highest mountain to raise money for Comic Relief. On 27 February 2009, Gary Barlow, Ronan Keating, Chris Moyles, Ben Shephard, Cheryl Cole, Kimberley Walsh, Denise Van Outen, Fearne Cotton, and Alesha Dixon set off to Tanzania to tackle Mount Kilimanjaro with project manager and guide Jeremy"
"celebrities cycled an end-to-end journey through the UK, raising over £1 million for Sport Relief. Walliams suffered a serious fall when tackling the Kirkstone Pass, a thousand-foot climb in the Lake District but was able to complete the ride. In March 2011 Walliams undertook ""24 Hour Panel People"", in which he took part in back to back recordings of various panel show formats over the course of 24 hours to raise money for Comic Relief. The recordings were streamed live on the BBC website. He took part in 19 episodes of ""classic"" TV panel shows. From 5 to 12 September"
"part of a Guinness World Record attempt, in aid of Comic Relief. The pair stayed on air for 52 hours in total setting a new world record for 'Radio DJ Endurance Marathon (Team)’ after already breaking Simon Mayo's 12-year record for Radio 1's Longest Show of 37 hours which he set in 1999, also for Comic Relief. The presenters started on 16 March 2011 and came off air at 10:30am on 18 March 2011. During this Fearne Cotton made a bet with DJ Chris Moyles that if they raise over £2,000,000 she will appear on the show in a swimsuit."
"was won by Robert Webb. It raised over £300,000 for Comic Relief. The second series, in aid of Sport Relief, aired from 20 February 2010 until 14 March and was won by Rufus Hound. The third series aired between 19 February 2011 and 12 March in aid of Comic Relief, and was won by James Thornton and Charlie Baker. A fourth series aired from 18 February until 17 March 2012 in aid of Sport Relief, and was won by Rowland Rivron. The fifth ran from 16 February 2013 until 9 March 2013, and was won by Antony Cotton. The series'"
"a period of 3 days. In 2010 Packer and BBC presenter Kate Silverton, with other personalities, took part in the National Three Peaks Challenge for Sport Relief, climbing the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales in 72 hours. The challenge was the focus of the BBC documentary ""A Major Mountain to Climb"". He also took part in the 2010 London Marathon, completing it in 26 hours. From January to December 2012, Packer walked 2012 miles throughout the U.K. and Northern Ireland, to raise awareness of his charity. In September 2015, Packer again walked a marathon through London, taking 14"
"March 2010, Izzard took part in the Sport Relief Mile event. On 16 February 2016 the BBC announced that Izzard would attempt to run 27 marathons in 27 days, through South Africa for Sport Relief. The significance of the number 27 came from the number of years spent in prison by Nelson Mandela. In total Izzard would aim to run more than 700 miles, in temperatures of up to 40 °C. Izzard completed his first marathon on 23 February. He attempted such a project in South Africa in 2012, but withdrew with health concerns. He completed the marathon challenge on"
"the longest serving breakfast presenter on Radio 1, breaking the record previously set by Tony Blackburn. In March 2011, Moyles and his colleague Dave Vitty beat the record for the longest continuous Radio 1 show, on Radio 1's Longest Show Ever with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave for Comic Relief. Between 16 and 18 March they beat both Simon Mayo's 1999 record of 37 hours and the 'Radio DJ Endurance Marathon (Team)' Guinness World Record by broadcasting for 52 hours for Comic Relief initially raising £2.4 million, and with an audience of 2.84 million, it was the most popular live"
"Relief Mile and Swimathon both returned. John Bishop, Gary Lineker, David Walliams, Claudia Winkleman, Davina McCall, Greg James and Alesha Dixon hosted. Ore Oduba and Dan Walker hosted 'Clash of the Titans' taking over from Logan and Balding. The total raised was £55,444,906. Sport Relief 2018 took place from Saturday 17 to Friday 23 March 2018 and was filmed live from dock10. The total raised was £38,195,278. The Sport Relief Mile was created to give the campaign a focus with an event that was open to anyone to run, walk, jog, wheel, bounce or crawl, regardless of ability or age."
"to visit a fifth high school, Rauschenberg's mission was to send a healthy message to kids. Dane Rauschenberg Dane Rauschenberg (born May 31, 1976) is an American long-distance runner, author and attorney who ran 52 marathons, one every weekend, throughout 2006. He raised over $43,000 for charity, as part of an effort he called ""Fiddy2"". Rauschenberg graduated from Penn State University. Leading up to Rauschenberg's 2006 effort, he ran a few marathons, qualifying for and running the Boston Marathon. Rauschenberg's first marathon was the Harrisburg Marathon in 2001, which he finished in a time of 4:12:07, 159th overall of 281"
"respite, and David Tennant in a Ugandan hospital. On 16 March 2011 at 6:30am GMT, Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave began their challenge – BBC Radio 1's Longest Show Ever with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave for Comic Relief. Originally the challenge was to attempt to broadcast for more than 37 hours to break the record for the longest show in BBC Radio 1's history, set by Simon Mayo in 1999. On the day of the challenge starting, the team announced they would attempt to set a brand new Guinness World Record for 'Radio DJ Endurance Marathon (Team)' – aiming"
"Cri du Chat Syndrome Support Group. On 19 March 2014, Whiley undertook a challenge for ""Sport Relief"", in which she walked, jogged and ran on a treadmill for 26 hours, with a five-minute rest break each hour. She did this to raise money for the Sport Relief appeal that same week. While completing the challenge she hosted two radio shows. The achievement impressed members of the band Coldplay, who donated £260,000 to Sport Relief. On Whiley's presenting style, ""Times"" columnist Caitlin Moran has stated ""her on-screen style that seems to inspire the main rage – a decades-long, squirming awkwardness that"
"Dead Man Running Dead Man Running is a 2009 British comedy crime film directed by Alex De Rakoff, written by De Rakoff and John Luton, and starring Tamer Hassan and Danny Dyer. Football players Ashley Cole and Rio Ferdinand served as executive producers. After an increasing number of his clients fail to make good on their payments, Mr. Thigo (Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson) decides to take matters into his own hands, travelling to London to make an example of local bad boy and debtor Nick (Tamer Hassan). Thigo gives Nick just 24 hours to pay back the £100,000 he owes,"
"with 14 staff paid over £60,000 with remuneration for the year, excluding pensions, for Kevin Cahill, chief executive of £120,410. In 2002, Comic Relief and BBC Sport teamed up to create Sport Relief, a new initiative, aiming to unite the sporting community and culminate in a night of sport, entertainment and fund-raising on BBC One. Sport Relief is a biennial charity event, and the campaign deliberately alternates years with Red Nose Day, Comic Relief's flagship event. Red Nose Day occurs in odd-numbered years, and Sport Relief in even-numbered years. In 2009, Comic Relief launched a website calling for a financial"