Walliams to join Sports Relief challenge

David Walliams is to join rower James Cracknell on the last leg of his Sports Relief challenge.

The Olympic gold medalist will row, cycle and swim 14,000 miles from the UK to Africa next month to raise money for the charity.

Walliams, who swam the English Channel for Sports Relief in 2006, will join Cracknell after he has rowed from England to France and cycled 1,000 miles to the tip of Spain.

The pair will then swim 12 miles across the Strait Of Gibraltar to Morocco.

Cracknell said: "I'm going to need all the help I can get by the end of this challenge and David is a real pro. So having him there on the day will be a massive boost."