Little Britain star David Walliams succeeded in his bid to swim the English Channel for charity.

The Little Britain comedian, who entered the water at Shakespeare Beach in Dover, Kent, at 0530 BST on Tuesday, reached France at about 1600 BST. He had expected the crossing to take 14 hours,
but made it in 10 hours and 30 minutes. Walliams undertook the swim as part of Sport Relief, for which he hopes to raise about £500,000. "I'll just be in a pair of Speedos and goggles," says David Walliams just before his attempt to swim the English Channel.
Walliams has spent the last 11 months training with former Olympic pentathlete Greg Whyte. During the crossing, he had to swim through shoals of jellyfish, and cope with water temperatures as low as 15C.

Andrew king skipper of one of the escort boats and owner of the Channel Crossing Association said ”Mr Walliams was a very fit man and surprised everyone with the speed of the crossing, he must have trained very hard, and I can only congratulate him on a job well done. There are more than 600 ship movements and 80 to 100 ferry crossings between Dover and Calais every day - and it's the job of the accompanying pilot boat to keep the swimmer out of the path of these vessels. This is why we exist the Channel Crossing Association will endeavour to help anyone who would like to try and cross the channel by any method Safely”













A well deserved drink