24-hour panel show marathon

David Walliams is to host a 24-hour-long panel show for Comic Relief.

The challenge will be broadcast live online over the weekend of March 5 to 6, then edited down for a BBC Three special.

It will include episodes of Have I Got News for You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Just A Minute and Celebrity Juice as well as some specially commissioned rounds.

Other comics taking part in the 24 Hour Panel People marathon will include Jason Manford, Sean Lock and Leigh Francis.

‘This is an amazing challenge,’ said Walliams ‘I just hope I don't fall asleep or burst into tears.’

The Come Fly With Me star previously swam the English Cannel and the Strait of Gibraltar to raise money for Sport Relief.

Meanwhile his and Matt Lucas’s Little Britain characters Lou and Andy will meet Dennis the Menace in a special Comic Relief edition of the Beano comic.

Walliams said: ‘I've said yes to a lot of things in the name of Red Nose Day but this was by far the least painful.’

Published: 16 Feb 2011