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The River Thames. Britain's most iconic river.

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But it was never meant to be a 140-mile-long swimming pool.

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Until comedian David Walliams decided to swim it for Sport Relief.

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'I chose the Thames cos I thought it would be an amazing challenge.'

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Bye!

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I thought it would capture people's imaginations.

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Cos most people in the UK know the Thames, have seen it.

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And I know people like to see people off the TV suffer!

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And suffer he did.

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This is the inside story of what David went through.

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Your body's not meant to do this much swimming...day after day.

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Putting his body through agony...

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The whole purpose of this challenge was to try replicate

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what it feels like to be 80-years-old on a continual basis!

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Testing his determination in eight days of incredible highs...

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I've never applauded him before, isn't that the odd thing?

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I've been to lots of his shows.

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..and terrible lows.

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-How you feeling?

-Like I'm going to vomit.

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That is one very tired, sick man.

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David's challenge is as epic as it is daunting.

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He is aiming to swim a gruelling 140 miles down the Thames

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from rural Gloucestershire to Central London.

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To stand any chance, David has to juggle the day job

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with up to ten hours a week swimming.

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-What do you think about...?

-I think mainly about you.

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-I am very touched!

-Sometimes about Matt, but mainly you!

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This is history in the making.

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This is the first-ever bomb into the Olympic pool.

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And that is how the Olympic ceremony's going to start,

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with an overweight transvestite comedian

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bombing into the Olympic pool!

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I do think there's something powerful about doing something hard.

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Because if you really put yourself out there,

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I think the public are likely to engage a bit more, and think,

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"Oh, he must be doing this for a really good reason."

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I think people just think I'm not the kind of guy who would do that,

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you know?

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Because I'm quite effeminate and don't look particularly, like, fit,

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it comes as a real surprise to people that I've got this kind of resolve.

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This isn't David's first charity endurance swim.

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-Best of luck, son.

-If I don't see you again, you've been a very good father.

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-Thank you!

-You've been a wonderful mother.

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In 2006 he swam the Channel, and raised over £1 million

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for projects Sport Relief supports, here and abroad.

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'In the documentary there's a really nice clip of my dad applauding,

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'and that's what you want more than anything in life, I think,

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'is to make your parents proud.'

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Um...

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But my dad died three years ago,

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so it's just my mum now.

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This is going to be hard, and this is going to be harder for me

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because Peter was here for the Channel swim,

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and he was there, and he was so proud of him.

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And when I think of Peter just really enjoying the day,

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and being there and being so proud of David,

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that was fantastic.

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The Thames is a whole new challenge.

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To prepare him, Professor Greg Whyte will be training David.

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For me, the visibility is worse than it has been in the Channel

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-or Gibraltar.

-Yes, it is worse.

-No doubt about it.

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Former Olympian Greg is an endurance specialist

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and knows all about the difficulties of river swimming - unlike David.

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The first thing that struck me when I jumped in was there is no visibility.

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When I jumped in, I was like, "It's black! What's happened?! I've died!"

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I didn't realise. I've just died and it's black. Oh.

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But the temperature of the water is, what, about 15, 16?

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-Yes.

-You told me, when we started,

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"Oh, it's going to be about 22 or something."

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And you also said, "It's almost TOO hot!" That's what he said to me!

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A little bit of cold, and a little bit of poor visibility, you want to man up.

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Would be wrong if I dropped out now?

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David's eight-day challenge starts in rural Lechlade,

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in the heart of the Cotswolds, near to the source of the Thames.

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CHEERING

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"I'm a Lech-lady!" Very good! Thank you very much!

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-Wow! Another cake! That's beautiful!

-Wow!

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To be honest, I'd be demoralised if no-one had come to see me.

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Come on, who's taking the picture?

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This is ultimately all about trying to raise money,

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and awareness. If no-one cared that I was going to get in and swim,

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the whole thing, for me, would be pointless.

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It's amazing.

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And the amount of money he's going to raise is astounding.

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Is just an amazing thing he's doing,

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so that's one of the reasons we're down here.

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Plus, she fancies him!

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David's supermodel wife Lara

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and mum Kathleen are in Lechlade to see David start his big swim.

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-Take care of yourself.

-Thank you.

-I love you.

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'You wouldn't be normal if you weren't anxious for somebody.'

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-Because he's my son...

-He's adorable.

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..and mothers are anxious for their children,

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whatever age they are and whatever they do.

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-Lara, do you feel the same?

-Of course I feel the same.

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I don't think anyone would want their husband to spend ten hours a day

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in the freezing cold River Thames!

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No, it's not a pleasant thought.

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CHEERING

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As the crow flies,

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it's only 57 miles to Central London,

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but the way the Thames meanders means, to get there,

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David must swim 140 miles.

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It's like swimming the Channel every day.

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I've just got to sort of chip a bit off, you know?

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Day one, just take it two hours at a time,

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pause, have a quick drink, half an hour.

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Then two hours. Just blocks. I think it's the only way you can do it.

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If you get in and think, "This is mile one of 140,"

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it would be overwhelming.

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Is he coming? He's got this very determined streak in him, I think.

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And as well, I think he thinks you don't let people down.

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If you say you're going to do something, you do it.

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You don't sort of, "Oh, I don't feel like that today, I won't bother."

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His father was quite a determined sort of person.

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I think perhaps both of us are that way inclined.

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You know, we don't give up on things easily.

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If things go wrong, we try and sort something out and get it done.

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To finish, David will have to overcome many hurdles.

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The Thames is full of debris,

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unpredictable currents,

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and, just the day before, 300 tons of raw sewage was pumped into it,

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so the risk of infection is high.

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But the immediate danger

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is the unseasonably cold temperature of the water.

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We know what water temperature is, it's 15 degrees centigrade.

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That's two degrees lower than the Channel. It's incredibly cold.

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He's going to have to survive that for 140 miles.

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The cold was always going to be a problem.

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David's choice to swim without a wetsuit

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has turned out to be the wrong decision.

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'It really depletes you when it's freezing cold.

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'Not only physically, but mentally as well.

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'And all I was thinking was, "It's cold, it's cold, it's cold."

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'That's all I was thinking about.'

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Don't worry about the shivering, because that's natural. It's shivering thermogenesis.

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David is suffering from the early stages of hypothermia.

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He's got what's called the after-drop,

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so the body temperature, as you exit the water, plummets very rapidly,

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and what he's doing now is the body responds by shivering to create heat.

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'It's not nice going into hypothermia and shivering,'

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because your body is out of control.

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'Obviously you're shivering because your body is trying to get warm,

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'but it's a really frightening feeling.'

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Thank you.

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All I could think about for the first hour or so, was just how cold it was,

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-and it was awful because it really puts you off.

-It eats you.

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I couldn't think of anything else other than how cold it was.

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I could see you were blue on your back.

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That's cos I'm part Smurf!

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# Just keep on, keep on swimming

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# Just keep on, keep and swimming

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# Just keep on, keep on swimming

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# And don't look back any more. #

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Hello! CHEERING

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Nice to see you!

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Blimey!

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-I'm a rock star.

-Aren't you cold?

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I am quite cold, but sometimes I'll tell you a secret -

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I wee in my wetsuit.

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CHEERING Don't tell anyone!

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But sometimes I wee in it, and that warms me up.

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Best not to do it in your clothes now,

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cos it doesn't have the same effect!

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-I'm going to get back in.

-Good luck!

-Thanks a lot.

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See you soon. APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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The public are turning up in their droves to support David

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and give money to Sport Relief by texting a donation or giving cash.

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Three months before the swim, David went to Kisumu in Kenya,

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to see where some of the money will go.

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Of the 160,000 people who live in this town,

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20,000 are children sleeping rough.

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One little orphaned boy called Philip

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made a particularly big impression on David.

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-You've brought me here - this is where you sleep?

-Yeah.

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Right here?

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-This one is ours.

-So you all sleep together to keep warm?

-Yeah.

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This is in the middle of two really, really busy, noisy roads.

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Is it safe here to sleep?

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Yeah, here is safe to sleep because there is security there.

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There's security there for the mall, so that's why you chose this place?

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Yeah, because of some comes to disturb us, someone goes to tell him.

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I couldn't imagine in a million years,

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anyone thinking that this is OK that these kids sleep like this.

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Philip's parents died four years ago,

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and had no option but to live on the streets.

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To survive, he scavenges for anything he can find to sell.

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-What about this?

-I'll take it. I have another one of them.

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And then you try and sell these bits, do you?

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-Yes, I sell them to get money.

-So you can buy food?

-Yeah.

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When Philip can't find enough junk,

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he has no other choice but to beg for food.

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-So you eat leftovers?

-Yes.

-OK.

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What, do you come into this restaurant here?

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THEY SPEAK THEIR OWN LANGUAGE

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Is he going to give you a bit of his food?

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'When you see children... Philip is 12.

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'When I think of the kids in my family, I've got a couple of nephews,

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'and the thought that they would be in a situation like that

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'is just so, so horrific.'

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And then you'll eat that a bit later? There wasn't much there.

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'When you're told that there are 20,000 kids on the streets in Kisumu,

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'it's hard to process that.

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'But when you meet them as individuals, it's much more affecting.

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'And that's one of the things that spurs you on.'

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David is two hours behind schedule.

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The freezing conditions have slowed him down,

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and the safety team are worried about the risks of him swimming in the dark.

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Trainer Greg goes in to pick up the pace.

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Greg's supporting and encouraging him.

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He's in a lot of pain right now.

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And he's trying to keep the pace,

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to keep him going at a pace which will get us through before darkness.

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APPLAUSE AND CHEERING

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It's so unbelievably gruelling.

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Not just swimming that distance, but also being that cold.

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I really don't like failing, and on the first day,

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being 2.5 miles behind was a real drag, and suddenly I was thinking,

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"We're not going to do this in eight days, it will be nine or ten days."

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We're starting a huge day of swimming already feeling rough.

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Cos, you know, my arms,

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my back and my neck... Thank you.

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..is all really achy.

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So it's like, I've got to start a 20-mile day of swimming

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in that state, rather than being fresh.

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It's a big day. It's a really big day.

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We're up at six o'clock in the morning,

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for what was going to be an 18.5-mile day,

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but we have two miles to try to squeeze up, if possible.

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So it's going to be a longer day today.

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And the weather forecast is horrendous.

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What's going to keep me going on these really long swims

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is actually the thought of food.

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Because when you're doing lots of exercise, you think,

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"I can actually eat anything I like!"

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Because you're burning the calories.

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So all the time I'm in there, I'm just thinking, "Right, I'm going to have...

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"some chocolate. At lunchtime I'm going to have a burger and chips,

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"and I'll have a pizza." I'm going to eat all these bad foods

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you're not meant to eat, for energy.

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Blimey. What have we got in the way of food?

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-We've got that lady's cake.

-Chocolate. We've got some cake.

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I'd like to have a bit of that lady's cake cos it was so nice.

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The Times say, "Fundraiser Walliams

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"finds the Thames a chilling experience.

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"The comedy star, 40-years-old... blah, blah..."

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-They always put your age in papers.

-Why is that?

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-Good coverage. What's this one?

-This is the Sun.

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-And I get a thing in the "Sun Says", which I'm very pleased about.

-Really?

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"Such selfless dedication demands our admiration."

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Well put.

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-That's THE SUN saying that.

-See what I mean?

-That's nice, isn't it?

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It is, it's very nice.

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-CHANTING:

-David! David! David!

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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When I heard that he was swimming, he inspired me,

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and I feel happy that he's doing stuff for children who don't have much.

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He's got a lot of guts to swim all that way.

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-A lot of strength.

-He does deserve a break.

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HE GROANS

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The repetitive motion of front crawl is causing muscle damage,

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so David needs hard physio at every break to try and relieve the pain.

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It's a very tough schedule.

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What we don't want to do is accumulate lost miles.

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So what we want to do is make sure that if we lose miles,

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we catch them up soon as we can.

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Preparing for this relentless schedule was crucial.

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MUSIC: Theme from "You Only Live Twice"

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Three weeks before the Thames challenge,

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Greg took David to Lake Annecy in France.

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It was no holiday - just mile after mile of arduous swimming.

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It's just, you know, it's tough going.

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I like swimming, but it's knackering.

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It'd be a long way to walk or run, wouldn't it?

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Swimming is really knackering.

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This boot camp isn't just about training,

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it's also about being prepared mentally.

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What happens is it starts off physical, the training is incredibly physical, getting ready for it,

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and as we get closer to the challenge,

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the training gets tougher and tougher, and it becomes much more psychological.

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He's such a show off, isn't he?

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'For David, it has been really very difficult.'

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There's been so much training and so much practising for months and months,

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and every day he has to go swimming for hours and hours.

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I don't know how he does it.

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HE GIGGLES

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'Yes, I think he's going to complete it.'

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He's so stubborn, he's not going to give up just like that!

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And he's been training so hard.

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The thing is, what's it going to be like

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day three, four, five, six, seven of the Thames?

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That's what I worry about.

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I've said I'll do it, so I can't get out of it now.

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Back in the Thames, day two is proving

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to be exhausting for David.

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His body is struggling with the demands of the swim.

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He's running out of time to get to the final stop at Abingdon.

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-WOMAN:

-Well done, David, keep going!

-Give me a minute!

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I just felt very sort of desperate and alone in there,

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and I did get stressed.

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What time is it?

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It is 8 o'clock on the dot. Good work. Really good.

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'And I suppose I thought I was failing, you know?'

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I was still behind, it was getting dark,

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and I was probably most frustrated with myself.

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CHEERING

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We've got to make sure that you're going to be finishing in daylight.

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We shouldn't have let you do it tonight.

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All those people - it was fantastic - wanted to get you to the end,

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but we can't let you swim in the dark again.

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We were till 8:30pm in that lock, and it was too dangerous.

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I'd been swimming for probably ten hours, I was really cold,

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and I suppose it's when you've been giving everything you've got,

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but it's just not been enough.

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HE GRUNTS AND GROANS

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Day three, and on top of exhaustion and muscle pain,

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David has been struck down by sickness.

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I just don't think I can eat any more. I just feel so sick.

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Get some fluid down then for me.

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And take that vitamin, too, get that down you.

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And it is so hot in here,

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it might be worth going outside for a little wander.

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The medical team think David has swallowed bacteria

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washed into the river after yesterday's torrential rain.

0:21:090:21:13

-How much has he actually eaten this morning?

-Nothing.

0:21:130:21:16

David might still eat.

0:21:160:21:17

This is not a guy who gets up in the morning

0:21:170:21:19

and waits till lunchtime to eat. He likes to eat.

0:21:190:21:22

Exercise is energy-led.

0:21:220:21:24

You have to have energy on board, and that is catastrophic.

0:21:240:21:28

When you're feeling really sick, what you should be doing

0:21:310:21:35

is just lying in bed, with your mum bringing you Lucozade and Rich Tea biscuits.

0:21:350:21:40

At no point does your mum say what you should really do is go swimming in a river.

0:21:400:21:45

And also, knowing that you are so far behind,

0:21:450:21:50

it's really demoralising. And you start feeling sorry for yourself

0:21:500:21:53

when you're ill, as well. But unfortunately Greg made me get back in.

0:21:530:21:58

So I didn't really have much choice!

0:21:580:22:00

-How are you feeling?

-Just like I'm going to vomit.

-Do you?

0:22:010:22:05

That is one very tired, sick man.

0:22:060:22:09

And we're squeezing everything we can out of him at the moment.

0:22:090:22:13

'There's a point sometimes when you're really sick

0:22:130:22:17

'that you're almost begging to die because it's such a terrible feeling.

0:22:170:22:22

'I really felt, at certain points, that I was sinking.'

0:22:220:22:25

-Are you worried about him, Greg?

-Yeah, seriously worried,

0:22:250:22:29

because he's not a guy that gives up.

0:22:290:22:32

And he's not feeling good.

0:22:320:22:34

'But I just thought, if I CAN put one arm in front of another,

0:22:340:22:39

'then I can get nearer to the finish line.

0:22:390:22:43

'And as long as I could still do that,

0:22:430:22:46

'I was still achieving something.'

0:22:460:22:49

APPLAUSE

0:22:490:22:51

-WOMAN:

-Come on, David! Well done, David!

0:22:520:22:56

Hello!

0:22:570:22:59

'With someone in David's situation, what's the best thing to do?'

0:22:590:23:04

The best thing to try and do is stop swimming and go home

0:23:040:23:08

and lie down! He doesn't have that choice.

0:23:080:23:11

He's got diarrhoea, he's losing fluids, he's not able to eat,

0:23:150:23:19

so he's got no energy. And it's a downward spiral from there.

0:23:190:23:22

-How's the sickness feeling?

-I feel so sick.

0:23:230:23:26

Is it getting a little bit better?

0:23:260:23:28

No, my stomach feels totally churned up.

0:23:300:23:32

David is given an anti-sickness tablet

0:23:320:23:35

to try and settle his stomach.

0:23:350:23:38

-Just leave it there.

-OK.

0:23:380:23:40

I've got soup at the next stop, and hot chocolate.

0:23:410:23:45

Anything else in particular? Anything running through your mind at all?

0:23:450:23:48

-I can't hear you.

-Huh?

-I can't hear you.

-OK!

0:23:480:23:52

So I can say whatever I like now?

0:23:520:23:56

Thank you.

0:23:560:23:58

-Here's something to cheer you up. The total so far.

-Ah.

0:24:020:24:06

Bordering on quarter of a million.

0:24:060:24:10

It's good, it's all worth it. Making a big difference. Keep it together.

0:24:100:24:15

Hearing the current total is a timely reminder

0:24:150:24:18

of why David is putting himself through this.

0:24:180:24:21

To raise as much money as he can

0:24:210:24:23

to help vulnerable adults and children, here and abroad.

0:24:230:24:26

Kids just like Philip - the 12-year-old homeless boy

0:24:280:24:31

David met in Kisumu in Kenya,

0:24:310:24:33

who is one of thousands in this city with no home.

0:24:330:24:37

But there's one place Philip and his friends can feel safe.

0:24:370:24:41

The HOVIC Centre,

0:24:410:24:42

a project Sport Relief supports that offers an education and shelter.

0:24:420:24:47

That's very good, isn't it?

0:24:520:24:54

Thank God there is somewhere that these kids can come

0:24:540:24:57

and brush their teeth and have a wash and have something to eat.

0:24:570:25:03

How's your breakfast? Nice?

0:25:030:25:06

This is the one place Philip can call home since being orphaned.

0:25:060:25:10

Does it feel very different, the life you had four years ago,

0:25:100:25:13

when your mum and dad were alive?

0:25:130:25:15

Yeah.

0:25:150:25:17

-And do you think about your mum and dad a lot?

-Sometimes I'm just alone.

0:25:200:25:25

It's OK.

0:25:350:25:36

It's OK to be sad.

0:25:360:25:38

-I think they'd be very proud of you.

-Yeah.

0:25:430:25:48

Living in this very, very difficult situation.

0:25:480:25:51

You are an amazing little boy.

0:25:520:25:55

May I have a hug?

0:25:550:25:57

APPLAUSE

0:26:090:26:11

I don't like failing.

0:26:250:26:28

Um...I'm thinking about, you know,

0:26:280:26:32

the people I met in Kenya, on the last trip I did with Sport Relief,

0:26:320:26:36

and how the money will help people. And I just don't want to give up.

0:26:360:26:41

You know? I mean, I sort of do.

0:26:410:26:44

If there were no consequences,

0:26:440:26:45

if I could just stop and no-one would mind, I would.

0:26:450:26:50

But I feel like I'd be letting people down.

0:26:500:26:52

That is so undignified.

0:26:570:26:59

The whole purpose of this entire challenge

0:26:590:27:03

is to try and replicate what it feels like

0:27:030:27:05

to be 80-years-old on a continual basis!

0:27:050:27:08

The anti-vomiting tablet starts to kick in.

0:27:130:27:16

-CHANTING:

-David! David! David! David! David!

0:27:160:27:21

I thought I'd have to at least take this day out to get better,

0:27:210:27:24

but Greg was determined that we could push on.

0:27:240:27:27

But I don't think I could have done it without that pill.

0:27:270:27:31

I didn't feel good,

0:27:310:27:34

but at least I didn't feel like I was going to throw up.

0:27:340:27:37

-# BBC Radio 1! #

-Scott Mills!

0:27:370:27:42

David pushes on into the afternoon of day three.

0:27:420:27:46

His sickness is big news, and Radio 1 are keen to talk to him

0:27:460:27:49

about how he's feeling.

0:27:490:27:51

-SCOTT MILLS:

-'Hi, David!'

-DAVID CROAKS: 'Hello, my darling.'

0:27:510:27:55

-'Oh, God!'

-THEY LAUGH

0:27:550:27:57

'I've had a bit of a tough day today.'

0:27:570:28:00

'I know.'

0:28:000:28:02

'I was really a bit tearful, Scott, I don't mind telling you.'

0:28:020:28:06

'It's awful because you've got targets to reach places to get to -

0:28:060:28:10

-'it's a lot of pressure.'

-Yeah.'

0:28:100:28:14

-Are you going to play ABBA for me today?

-'Um...ABBA?'

0:28:140:28:19

You keep saying you're going to play a song for me,

0:28:190:28:22

and it's always the songs that YOU want, never the ones that I want.

0:28:220:28:26

'It's just the ones on the playlist.'

0:28:260:28:28

I bet YOU like Dancing Queen by ABBA.

0:28:280:28:31

-It's probably the best song ever recorded.

-'It's a brilliant song.'

0:28:310:28:35

-You know it was written about me?

-'Um...yes!'

0:28:350:28:38

"DANCING QUEEN" PLAYS ON SPEAKERPHONE

0:28:430:28:47

# You can dance, you can jive

0:28:500:28:53

# Having the time of your life

0:28:530:28:57

# Oooh, see that girl

0:28:570:29:00

# Watch that scene

0:29:000:29:02

# Diggin' the dancing queen

0:29:020:29:05

# Diggin' the dancing queen... #

0:29:120:29:15

Hello. Do you want to give me that baby?

0:29:150:29:18

-Oh, I'd love to.

-Yes?

0:29:180:29:22

-A beautiful baby.

-Thank you.

-Well, nice to meet you.

0:29:220:29:25

LAUGHTER

0:29:250:29:27

I'll take that!

0:29:270:29:28

-Bye!

-ALL: Bye!

0:29:280:29:31

CHEERING

0:29:310:29:35

BOAT HORNS HONK

0:29:370:29:40

'It's been a day of two halves.'

0:29:490:29:51

There'll be plenty of people watching, saying, "Why didn't Greg

0:29:510:29:55

"stop him from getting in the water? Why did he make him get in the water?"

0:29:550:29:58

But it's because sometimes you've just got to push through it.

0:29:580:30:01

We've lost four miles today, but to turn that on its head,

0:30:010:30:05

if you take a look at the first session of today,

0:30:050:30:08

actually, for me, he's had 12 bonus miles today

0:30:080:30:11

because actually it looked like he wasn't going to do anything at all today.

0:30:110:30:15

CHEERING

0:30:190:30:22

I'm really overwhelmed. I'm just glad he's OK now.

0:30:310:30:34

He seems all right, but I've been so worried all day

0:30:340:30:37

and I feel so bad I couldn't be with him.

0:30:370:30:40

But he's clearly very, very, very brave.

0:30:400:30:45

'The thing that's been astonishing is the people coming out to see me.'

0:30:480:30:52

I've never had such appreciation.

0:30:520:30:55

I've played arenas with Matt on the Little Britain Live Tour,

0:30:550:30:58

which was incredible, but it's different, you know.

0:30:580:31:01

They've come to see as show and you entertain them for two hours

0:31:010:31:04

and, at the end, they show their appreciation.

0:31:040:31:07

But just for people, all those people, to come and just see

0:31:070:31:11

you kind of do a bit of swimming and then get out of the water and wave...

0:31:110:31:15

It's extraordinary.

0:31:150:31:17

I've never known anything like it.

0:31:170:31:20

I mean, you know, it's not just down to me being on TV.

0:31:200:31:25

It's the challenge,

0:31:250:31:26

it's the fact that it's sort of struck a nerve with people.

0:31:260:31:30

David's Thames tummy from yesterday

0:31:380:31:40

means he is four miles behind schedule.

0:31:400:31:43

Today, he has to swim flat-out

0:31:430:31:46

to Reading, 18 miles away.

0:31:460:31:49

-I knew these middle days would be the hardest.

-Yeah.

0:31:590:32:03

It's nice there are still people out to support me. I'm just very stiff.

0:32:030:32:07

-Yeah?

-Your body's not meant to do this much swimming in one day,

0:32:070:32:12

day after day.

0:32:120:32:13

Urgh!

0:32:130:32:16

Argh!

0:32:160:32:18

Right, do the other side.

0:32:180:32:19

-Urgh!

-That's it.

0:32:190:32:22

-It's like someone's punched you repeatedly in the arm.

-Yeah, yeah.

0:32:220:32:27

Can I have a kiss? You're all wet.

0:32:270:32:30

That was quite lingering.

0:32:300:32:32

-You want more?

-No, thank you.

0:32:320:32:34

LAUGHTER

0:32:340:32:35

Thank you very much.

0:32:350:32:38

It was quite a long time,

0:32:420:32:46

kissing somebody you've just met.

0:32:460:32:48

CHEERING

0:32:530:32:56

-Come on David!

-Come on, David!

0:32:560:32:59

David pushes on towards Reading, the half-way mark,

0:33:110:33:15

and the crowds seem to be getting bigger and bigger.

0:33:150:33:19

It's really taken off and captured people's imaginations.

0:33:190:33:22

But I'm really glad because it's been really hard work.

0:33:220:33:25

I must say, if I'd done all this and no-one cared,

0:33:250:33:27

I would have felt a bit stupid, so I'm glad.

0:33:270:33:31

But it's been bigger than I thought.

0:33:310:33:33

You know, people have wanted to come out and see me.

0:33:330:33:36

It feels like a real sort of British event.

0:33:360:33:40

I'm like a sort of one man amphibian Royal Wedding,

0:33:400:33:44

with people sort of waving and cheering.

0:33:440:33:46

You know, they're waving their Union Jacks from the banks,

0:33:460:33:50

so somehow I've... I don't know. It's like Britishness.

0:33:500:33:54

Some sort of expression of Britishness.

0:33:540:33:56

I suppose the eccentricity.

0:33:560:33:59

People of Reading! CHEERING

0:33:590:34:03

This is David Walliams off the TV.

0:34:030:34:06

LAUGHTER AND CHEERING

0:34:060:34:07

Thank you so much for coming out to support me

0:34:070:34:09

and this fantastic cause, Sport Relief.

0:34:090:34:13

I've seen how your money can help people living in poverty

0:34:130:34:16

in the UK and around the world.

0:34:160:34:18

So you all coming out to support me means a lot.

0:34:180:34:21

And let's not forget the people it's helping,

0:34:210:34:24

because me swimming is really quite boring. LAUGHTER

0:34:240:34:27

But helping people living in poverty is exciting. Thank you very much.

0:34:270:34:31

APPLAUSE

0:34:350:34:37

This is my team, my wetsuit team.

0:34:450:34:48

I've got three young guys here who won a competition on Radio 1

0:34:480:34:52

to put a wetsuit on me.

0:34:520:34:55

-Having a lovely old time!

-The lucky winners(!)

0:34:550:34:58

I hand-picked them personally,

0:34:580:35:00

from the photos they sent in.

0:35:000:35:03

-Only open to boys.

-You've put me right off!

0:35:050:35:08

CHEERING

0:35:080:35:12

We were running out and we were thinking, "Are we going to see him?

0:35:120:35:16

And then, all of a sudden, you just hear this massive cheer

0:35:160:35:19

-"He's round the corner!"

-Yeah, yeah.

-Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

0:35:190:35:23

It was quite remarkable.

0:35:230:35:25

I know he swam the channel, which is a flipping good thing to have done.

0:35:250:35:29

Amazing. I must say, he keeps going all the time with Delhi belly

0:35:290:35:33

or whatever he's got, Thames trouble.

0:35:330:35:35

When you live in the home counties and not in the big city,

0:35:350:35:38

you're not normally part of things like this. It's great to be

0:35:380:35:41

more out in the sticks and be part of a challenge...

0:35:410:35:44

A little village like Shiplake, this is exciting.

0:35:440:35:47

We'll be talking about this for a long time.

0:35:470:35:50

I have to say, my kids thought that we were coming out

0:35:500:35:52

to support Robbie, Williams, so...(SNORTS)

0:35:520:35:55

Slight disappointment on their part then.

0:35:550:35:57

Keep going!

0:36:000:36:02

It's lovely waving at people you've never met,

0:36:020:36:05

but it's also really nice to see a friendly face.

0:36:050:36:08

Ha-ha! This is insane. Hey, David!

0:36:080:36:11

CHEERING

0:36:110:36:13

'I was genuinely, really beaming when I saw Jimmy Carr,

0:36:130:36:16

'because he always makes me laugh, he always makes me smile.'

0:36:160:36:20

CHEERING

0:36:200:36:22

How are you?

0:36:220:36:24

It's Jimmy Carr!

0:36:240:36:25

CHEERING

0:36:250:36:26

Thank you, thank you.

0:36:260:36:28

'I sponsored you for 50p,'

0:36:280:36:30

-but per length.

-Oh, right.

-It's only one...

0:36:300:36:33

-One length.

-I mean, it's fine. I will pay if you finish.

0:36:330:36:36

Will you do something again, do you think, to help others?

0:36:360:36:40

No, no I don't think so. I've given it quite a lot of thought.

0:36:400:36:43

That isn't just off the top of my head.

0:36:430:36:45

David Walliams, everyone! He's from television.

0:36:460:36:50

David, do one of your catchphrases. There's an audience.

0:36:500:36:53

It's a weird thing now to see a friend

0:36:540:36:57

become as famous for doing this as he is for his comedy.

0:36:570:37:00

Yeah, it's odd, isn't it?

0:37:000:37:03

Come on, David! And the other fella!

0:37:030:37:06

You know, I've seen him a bit this year in...

0:37:070:37:10

It's that thing of, "Are you coming out tonight?

0:37:100:37:12

"Coming out to dinner?" "No, I can't.

0:37:120:37:14

"I've got to get up at six and be in a lake."

0:37:140:37:17

"Oh, right. We're going to dinner."

0:37:170:37:20

"Sure you want to go in a lake? It doesn't sound as good."

0:37:200:37:23

"We're going somewhere nice." "No, lake."

0:37:230:37:26

It's weird how many things he's got going.

0:37:260:37:28

He does the comedy thing, he does the children's book thing.

0:37:280:37:32

That's been weirdly... Who knew?

0:37:320:37:34

Who knew people would want to buy a children's book off him?

0:37:340:37:37

I think it's weird.

0:37:370:37:38

But he's got a very nice line and, actually,

0:37:380:37:40

the children's books are all about the self-loathing,

0:37:400:37:44

all about feeling a bit strange, like you don't quite belong.

0:37:440:37:48

David's taken that feeling of "I don't quite fit in"

0:37:480:37:51

and he's used it to his advantage, whether through comedy and seeing

0:37:510:37:55

the world in a different way or through something like this where

0:37:550:37:59

you've got a sort of singular determination.

0:37:590:38:01

You know, a real, "Right, I'm going to do this despite what they say."

0:38:010:38:05

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:38:050:38:10

-Oh, what's that?

-Alcohol.

0:38:100:38:12

David has fully recovered from his sickness, but is still in pain.

0:38:120:38:16

The rubbing from the wetsuit has stripped the skin

0:38:160:38:19

off the back of his neck.

0:38:190:38:21

Argh! Arrgh!

0:38:210:38:25

Have you noticed, David? I'm not crying like a baby. Here, look.

0:38:250:38:29

Hard, mate. Ah, god!

0:38:290:38:32

Ooh! That really is hurting. Holy schmoly!

0:38:320:38:38

-Perfectly good reaction.

-HE LAUGHS

0:38:380:38:41

That really does hurt, doesn't it?

0:38:410:38:43

Yeah. I mean, it's worse than what we had,

0:38:430:38:45

the original pain. This new pain that you create.

0:38:450:38:48

It really, really does hurt. Ooh!

0:38:480:38:50

CHEERING

0:38:500:38:51

At least the ever increasing crowds keep coming.

0:38:510:38:54

I got into the habit of thinking,

0:38:540:38:56

"Well, if there's people, I'll wave."

0:38:560:38:58

You know, because you'd occasionally get them at bridges and places.

0:38:580:39:02

And then it became like certain places,

0:39:020:39:04

it was just all people along the side and then I had to just...

0:39:040:39:08

I was thinking, "Right, who are you going to wave to?"

0:39:080:39:10

"You've got to swim. It can't all be waving."

0:39:100:39:13

So I think, "OK, someone with a sign."

0:39:130:39:16

They get a wave because they've put some work in

0:39:160:39:18

to that sign. OK, kids get a wave.

0:39:180:39:21

And then someone with a flag gets a wave

0:39:210:39:23

and I'm like, "Oh, no. That's still too many people."

0:39:230:39:27

I would swim for a bit and then wait and then wave.

0:39:270:39:30

And then Greg would tell me get a move on and stop waving!

0:39:300:39:33

How far is he?

0:39:330:39:36

I think you can hear from the cheers of the crowd on the other bank

0:39:390:39:43

that David Walliams is just round the bend of the Thames.

0:39:430:39:46

Marlow was incredible,

0:39:460:39:48

because I was swimming in to be live on TV,

0:39:480:39:51

so there were probably even more people there

0:39:510:39:54

because they heard about it through The One Show.

0:39:540:39:58

And there was synchronised swimmers, there was Angela Rippon.

0:39:580:40:02

And his wife, obviously the first person to greet him

0:40:020:40:05

and give him a big kiss.

0:40:050:40:07

-I know, sorry. My wife has to come first.

-Of course she has.

0:40:070:40:11

David, you must be so pleased to get your feet on dry land.

0:40:110:40:15

Oh, definitely. What an amazing turn out of people in Marlow.

0:40:150:40:18

There's a lot of people missing The One Show tonight to be here.

0:40:180:40:22

CHEERING

0:40:220:40:24

'And then I was taken round in a boat to wave at people.

0:40:260:40:30

'Never in my life has waving in itself been enough.'

0:40:300:40:33

I've had to sort of do something,

0:40:330:40:36

'like say something funny or dress up.'

0:40:360:40:39

I'll have my own little Dave-mobile soon, for waving at people.

0:40:390:40:42

'It was incredible.'

0:40:420:40:44

I've never had that before

0:40:440:40:46

and it was really overwhelming.

0:40:460:40:49

At that point, I thought maybe the swim should be extended.

0:40:530:40:58

Maybe I should keep going for the rest of my life,

0:40:580:41:01

and pop up in places and wave to people

0:41:010:41:04

if I'm going to get this kind of adulation.

0:41:040:41:06

CHEERING

0:41:060:41:10

The next stretch of David's challenge is from Marlow to Windsor.

0:41:230:41:28

London is almost in touching distance.

0:41:280:41:31

It's a 17 mile swim, so he will need lots of energy.

0:41:310:41:36

I think three. Three sachets, don't you think?

0:41:360:41:40

He probably needs 16 if he's swimming the Thames,

0:41:400:41:43

but three's going to have to do.

0:41:430:41:47

Now, water.

0:41:470:41:49

I can't believe

0:41:490:41:51

that this is what we're doing

0:41:510:41:54

for a man who's swimming the Thames.

0:41:540:41:57

That this is what he gets.

0:41:570:41:59

Me ripping sachets of some

0:41:590:42:02

probably slightly bland porridge.

0:42:020:42:06

It's just kind of highly skilled.

0:42:060:42:09

When he decided to swim the Channel, I remember him saying

0:42:120:42:16

that he just wanted to give something back.

0:42:160:42:20

He was never sporty at school, and that's what's amazing.

0:42:200:42:23

To do something like this, which is all about just getting

0:42:230:42:26

through the day and seeing what you and your body and your spirit

0:42:260:42:29

and your soul can cope with, it kind of reminds us

0:42:290:42:32

how the people we're raising money for are living.

0:42:320:42:35

You know, because that's how they're living. Just getting by, very poor.

0:42:350:42:40

So I think it also reminds me of that.

0:42:400:42:43

David's fans continue to flock to the banks,

0:42:430:42:46

but one in particular gets a bit too close for comfort.

0:42:460:42:51

I was swimming along and then this...

0:42:510:42:53

I heard this plop behind me and I thought,

0:42:530:42:56

"Ooh, has somebody got in the water?" And then I saw it was a dog.

0:42:560:43:00

I love dogs and I sort of doggy-paddled along with it.

0:43:000:43:03

That was sweet.

0:43:030:43:05

Then the dog tried to get out of the water and couldn't,

0:43:070:43:10

and the owner tried to pull it

0:43:100:43:12

by the sort of harness lead thing.

0:43:120:43:15

And then that broke,

0:43:150:43:17

so then I swam back and pushed the dog up onto the bank.

0:43:170:43:21

Yay!

0:43:210:43:23

CHEERING

0:43:230:43:26

Yeah, David Walliams saved my dog.

0:43:280:43:30

-No, I didn't expect that!

-HE LAUGHS

0:43:300:43:33

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

0:43:330:43:37

Oh, no!

0:43:370:43:38

-He can't eat that!

-SHE LAUGHS

0:43:380:43:40

He's been swimming for five days.

0:43:400:43:44

He can't have that!

0:43:440:43:46

I think I've done quite well in making you...

0:43:460:43:49

-There's no spoon even.

-It's meant to be porridge.

-What happened?

-Um...

0:43:490:43:54

Do you want to eat it with my glasses? They've got a nice bowl.

0:43:540:43:58

-What is this?

-You could maybe...

-Why have you come here?

0:43:580:44:02

-Just to torment me?

-To help, look!

0:44:020:44:04

Have a croissant, darling.

0:44:040:44:06

-Disgusting!

-Dip it with a croissant.

0:44:060:44:08

What I actually need to tell you is...

0:44:080:44:10

-What have you put in it?

-Porridge and water.

0:44:100:44:14

Why have you done this to me?

0:44:140:44:16

Because I thought you needed this level of support.

0:44:160:44:19

CHEERING

0:44:190:44:22

# Well, I won't back down

0:44:220:44:26

# No, I won't back down

0:44:260:44:30

# You can stand me up at the gates of hell

0:44:300:44:35

# But I won't back down

0:44:350:44:39

# Gonna stand my ground

0:44:390:44:43

# Won't be turned around

0:44:430:44:47

# And I'll keep this world from dragging me down...#

0:44:470:44:51

I'm here for you!

0:44:510:44:52

David's remarkably disciplined and remarkably focused.

0:44:560:45:00

He's seriously one of the most focused people I've ever known.

0:45:000:45:03

-Have you done your Ronnie Corbett impression?

-Not yet, no.

-Have you done your Tom Jones?

0:45:030:45:08

When he did his cross-Channel swim,

0:45:080:45:11

he was training for that while he was on tour.

0:45:110:45:13

So it was amazing that I don't think he missed a single training session

0:45:130:45:17

when he was doing that, so he really is a very driven, very focused,

0:45:170:45:22

very determined, stubborn,

0:45:220:45:25

unpleasant, nasty man. That's how I would sum him up.

0:45:250:45:29

-What's the worst part of it?

-The cold.

0:45:290:45:33

Maybe just the pain in my arms and shoulders because

0:45:330:45:38

your body's not designed to do that for ten hours a day.

0:45:380:45:41

Yeah. You've done a lot of things

0:45:410:45:43

your body's not designed to do though, to be fair.

0:45:430:45:46

LAUGHTER

0:45:460:45:48

-And you've not complained before.

-No, I know!

-If anything, you've...

0:45:480:45:52

-You know, you've...

-Welcomed it!

-Yeah.

0:45:520:45:54

When are you going to do Ronnie Corbett?

0:45:540:45:56

If you think I'm so predictable that I would just fall into...

0:45:560:46:01

..a Ronnie Corbett...impression...

0:46:020:46:05

-Please, it would keep me going.

-RONNIE CORBETT VOICE: Ha-ha-ha!

0:46:050:46:09

I'll never forget the day! Ha-ha-ha! There was David,

0:46:090:46:13

swimming down the Thames.

0:46:130:46:16

I said, "Come in, the water's lovely."

0:46:160:46:19

-CHANTING:

-David Walliams! David Walliams! David Walliams!

0:46:190:46:23

Can I ask you some questions?

0:46:230:46:26

David?

0:46:260:46:29

Can I ask you some questions?

0:46:290:46:31

David! You rude man!

0:46:320:46:36

Could I ask you some questions? Oi!

0:46:360:46:40

You! Hello!

0:46:400:46:43

-What?

-Would you please give me some attention.

-What?

0:46:430:46:46

-I just wanted to chat to you for a minute.

-Well, I can't. I'm swimming.

0:46:460:46:50

-Is there going to be any more Little Britain?

-No!

0:46:500:46:53

-Right, well carry on.

-OK, thank you.

0:46:530:46:57

I'm doing OK.

0:46:590:47:01

I mean, it's hard, I'm finding it tiring, but I'm going to keep going.

0:47:010:47:05

It's just knowing all these people have come out to support me.

0:47:050:47:10

It got bad. We left the lock

0:47:100:47:12

about seven, eight minutes ago.

0:47:120:47:15

I think about two minutes in, it got really scary.

0:47:150:47:19

But I'm just going to keep going. I'm not going to give up.

0:47:190:47:22

I've got this idiot in front of me who keeps getting in the way.

0:47:220:47:25

I mean, I could do without that.

0:47:250:47:27

There's a new series of Strictly starting tonight, so get a move on!

0:47:270:47:31

I've never applauded him before, isn't that the odd thing?

0:47:480:47:50

I've been to lots of his shows.

0:47:500:47:53

CHEERING

0:47:530:47:56

It was fantastic. I actually cried.

0:48:010:48:03

Yeah.

0:48:030:48:05

Because to see all these people cheering him...

0:48:050:48:08

Yeah.

0:48:080:48:11

6.00am.

0:48:220:48:24

Still dark, but swim we must.

0:48:250:48:29

Today's goal is to get to Teddington lock,

0:48:300:48:33

marking the end of the non-tidal Thames.

0:48:330:48:37

It is 24 miles away.

0:48:370:48:39

David has never swam that far before in one day.

0:48:390:48:42

In the really dark periods, you know,

0:48:440:48:47

when Greg says dig deep after you've already swum 20 miles,

0:48:470:48:51

it's good to remember why you're doing it and what good it can do.

0:48:510:48:56

I've done loads of fun things as well,

0:48:560:48:57

you know for Comic Relief, sketches and things like that, but there's...

0:48:570:49:02

But the effect of doing something hard just seems greater to me.

0:49:020:49:06

It seems to resonate more with people.

0:49:060:49:09

-Hello, Mum. How are you?

-Hello, darling.

-How are you?

0:49:100:49:13

-I'm all right, how are you?

-Yeah, OK!

0:49:130:49:16

'But it's amazing, I think, you know, the amount of people.'

0:49:160:49:19

-If people respond to you, you do better.

-Perform better, yeah.

-Yeah.

0:49:190:49:25

You said that when you first did a school play

0:49:250:49:28

and you started to be a bit... Act up a bit that you thought, "This is great."

0:49:280:49:33

It's called showing off!

0:49:330:49:35

SHE LAUGHS

0:49:350:49:36

I don't think I've ever been quite so proud of him as what he's achieved this week.

0:49:360:49:42

I know his father would've been so proud.

0:49:420:49:44

Although he's successful in his professional life,

0:49:440:49:48

that he's so prepared to do things for other people.

0:49:480:49:52

That he hasn't thought, "Well, I'm where I am but I haven't got to give anything back."

0:49:520:49:57

The fact he's prepared to give things back makes you very proud.

0:49:570:50:01

CHEERING

0:50:010:50:02

# You said that I'm the best swimmer you've seen

0:50:020:50:06

# Give me a ring

0:50:060:50:09

# You sat there up on your high chair... #

0:50:120:50:17

CHEERING, APPLAUSE AND HONKING

0:50:170:50:19

David has already swum the equivalent of the Channel,

0:50:210:50:25

21 miles, but still has three to go.

0:50:250:50:27

But conditions are getting worse due to the after-affects

0:50:270:50:30

of a hurricane that has swept in from the Atlantic.

0:50:300:50:34

The point is now, he is...physically exhausted.

0:50:340:50:38

He's done, like, 124 miles by the time he finishes today, in seven days.

0:50:380:50:43

You can imagine the physical exhaustion that comes with that.

0:50:430:50:47

Add on top of that the psychological exhaustion. This is day after day.

0:50:470:50:51

Very little sleep and what sleep he is getting is pain sleep

0:50:510:50:54

because his body's in pain.

0:50:540:50:56

And the weather conspires to make it that much more miserable.

0:50:560:51:00

Come on, David!

0:51:000:51:02

You needed to get to Teddington Lock before it got dark.

0:51:020:51:05

I swam about 20 miles and then I was told that the light was fading.

0:51:050:51:10

It was just about to get dark and could I speed up?!

0:51:100:51:13

Which, when you've swum 20 miles and someone says, "Can you speed up?"

0:51:130:51:17

It's like, "I'll TRY!"

0:51:170:51:18

You've got to really drive it now, cos we haven't got much light left. You've really got to push it.

0:51:180:51:23

-Come on!

-Whoo! Whoo! Come on, David!

0:51:230:51:30

'I just thought in my head, "Right, how fast would you swim'

0:51:310:51:35

"if a shark was following you?"

0:51:350:51:38

I thought, "It'd be quite fast!" So I just thought of that.

0:51:380:51:41

Come on, David!

0:51:410:51:44

Whoo!

0:51:480:51:50

Whoo!

0:52:030:52:05

-CHANTING:

-David, David, David, David!

0:52:070:52:11

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:52:120:52:16

I mean, look. It's insane. There's thousands of people.

0:52:200:52:24

You just get goosebumps all over.

0:52:240:52:27

But I think he deserves it. He's a hero, he swam 124 miles in a week.

0:52:270:52:35

Swimming! That's ridiculous. He's never allowed to do it again.

0:52:370:52:43

It's the last day.

0:52:480:52:50

After more than 70 hours of relentless swimming,

0:52:500:52:53

David has 16 miles to go.

0:52:530:52:56

I CAN believe it's the last day

0:52:560:52:58

because I've been swimming for seven days

0:52:580:53:00

for 125 miles and I am ready for it to end.

0:53:000:53:05

So you go, "It's only 15 miles to go."

0:53:050:53:10

15 miles is a long way to swim!

0:53:100:53:11

How many people have swum 15 miles in a day? So...I can believe it.

0:53:110:53:18

My arms can believe it, my neck can believe it, my back...

0:53:180:53:22

I mean, it's just constant, constant pain now.

0:53:250:53:28

Nobody should ever swim in this stretch of the Thames.

0:53:380:53:42

It's far too hazardous. A law is being passed to ban it.

0:53:420:53:46

David is only able to do this because of the safety boats

0:53:460:53:49

that are watching him.

0:53:490:53:51

Getting in after Teddington Lock, I was definitely more nervous

0:53:520:53:56

cos if you stand on a bridge in central London

0:53:560:53:58

and look at the river,

0:53:580:53:59

there's no way you want to get in there and swim.

0:53:590:54:03

It's travelling really fast, it's really wide.

0:54:030:54:06

The water's brown and so...

0:54:060:54:10

I really was quite scared even though I was at the end.

0:54:100:54:13

I thought, "This is a much more hostile environment to swim in."

0:54:130:54:17

Once the tide turns it'll be too strong to swim against,

0:54:170:54:21

and he will have to get out and wait. It's not over yet.

0:54:210:54:24

I'm just thinking I hope nothing goes wrong,

0:54:240:54:27

I hope no-one drops a brick on me from a bridge or...

0:54:270:54:30

You know, I drown or the tide changes

0:54:300:54:33

or Godzilla comes out of the Thames or something cos then it's all over!

0:54:330:54:38

Stay nice and tight on that right, mate, OK? So straight in...

0:54:380:54:42

'So I'm just praying that everything just goes totally smoothly.'

0:54:420:54:46

Eight painful and exhausting days.

0:54:570:55:01

Swimming through seven long counties.

0:55:040:55:08

One dog saved.

0:55:210:55:22

Over 68,000 calories burned.

0:55:240:55:28

111,352 strokes.

0:55:280:55:34

And a sea of people turning up to see the fastest man ever

0:55:360:55:40

to swim 140 miles of the River Thames.

0:55:400:55:45

CHEERING

0:55:450:55:46

Sometimes people write in articles, why on earth is he doing it?

0:55:510:55:54

I know exactly why I'm doing it

0:55:540:55:56

because I've seen how the money raised through Comic Relief

0:55:560:56:00

and Sport Relief helps people around the world and the people I met

0:56:000:56:04

and especially Philip, the homeless boy in Kenya.

0:56:040:56:08

That's my motivation. There is no other motivation for this.

0:56:080:56:12

I mean, it's amazing.

0:56:220:56:24

He has raised, without a doubt, in excess of £1 million.

0:56:240:56:27

He is the most remarkable man. Tremendous.

0:56:270:56:32

# We've got open arms

0:56:320:56:35

# For broken hearts

0:56:350:56:41

# Like yours, my boy

0:56:410:56:45

# Come home again. #

0:56:450:56:48

-CHANTING:

-David, David, David, David, David!

0:56:480:56:53

CHEERING

0:56:590:57:01

-# Everyone's here

-# We've got open arms

0:57:010:57:05

# Everyone's here. #

0:57:050:57:07

So proud that he's achieved this,

0:57:070:57:10

-I don't know where he gets all the strength from.

-No.

0:57:100:57:12

Somewhere deep down inside he finds it.

0:57:120:57:15

David was inspired to do this extraordinary challenge

0:57:160:57:19

by his trip to Kenya.

0:57:190:57:21

It costs just £5 to feed ten street kids there for a whole week.

0:57:210:57:25

Sport Relief does crucial work

0:57:300:57:33

helping vulnerable people at home and abroad.

0:57:330:57:36

Such a sense of relief.

0:57:520:57:54

When I saw that it was front page news on about four papers,

0:57:540:57:58

I was like, "Blimey!" This is big.

0:57:580:58:00

It was an incredible feeling. "I'm front-page news tomorrow!"

0:58:000:58:05

And it's not something bad, it's something good. Which is a change!

0:58:050:58:11

-I think I'll manage the trunks on my own!

-Are you sure?

0:58:110:58:14

Let's go and have a drink.

0:58:140:58:16

# We've got open arms

0:58:160:58:20

# For broken hearts

0:58:200:58:25

# Like yours, my boy

0:58:250:58:32

# The moon wants a scrap or a cuddle

0:58:320:58:36

# The moon is face down in a puddle

0:58:360:58:40

# And everyone's here. #

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