:00:16. > :00:22.John Bishop is a comedian, not an athlete. He is about to take on a
:00:22. > :00:32.unique challenge for Sport Relief. John is going to be the first
:00:32. > :00:36.
:00:36. > :00:42.person ever to cycle... And wrote, run 295 miles between two of the
:00:42. > :00:49.world's most famous cities. He will be Cycling the gruelling one London
:00:49. > :00:54.85 miles from Paris to Calais. Rowing 26 back-breaking miles
:00:54. > :01:03.across the English Channel and winning three marathons back-to-
:01:03. > :01:12.back from Dover to London, all in just five days. I massively under
:01:12. > :01:18.estimated this. A mass of the! The end result is worth having, I am
:01:18. > :01:25.not prepared to stop. This is the story of John's extraordinary
:01:25. > :01:29.journey. I will put �1 million he will finish this. The even the
:01:29. > :01:36.waltzes are joining in. He is raising a lot of money by putting
:01:36. > :01:46.himself through hell. A top man, doing a great thing. He is still my
:01:46. > :01:52.
:01:52. > :02:02.dad, but he is like a national hero now. He will change so many lives.
:02:02. > :02:02.
:02:02. > :02:08.The biggest problem for me is I have come out and there is a degree
:02:08. > :02:14.of enthusiasm, to be honest with you, I was not expecting. I am in
:02:14. > :02:19.London and as I am stood here facing 3,500 cock knees, trying to
:02:19. > :02:27.pick my words carefully up is because the only words in my head
:02:27. > :02:31.was "calm down". John Bishop is a 45-year-old comedian from Liverpool.
:02:31. > :02:36.On the road for much of the year and constantly in demand. Success
:02:37. > :02:42.came late for John after he made a radical decision to change his life.
:02:42. > :02:48.Six years ago I was still doing a normal job. My whole life has
:02:48. > :02:51.changed dramatically. I work for pharmaceutical company in the sales
:02:51. > :02:57.and marketing department. I was doing the corporate life and doing
:02:57. > :03:01.a bit of stand-up. I thought, if I don't do it, then I am not doing it
:03:01. > :03:06.because I am married with three kids and a mortgage and everything
:03:06. > :03:11.else. I am going to end up blaming my own kids for me not taking a
:03:11. > :03:16.chance. I thought that is not the way to be because I will be in my
:03:16. > :03:25.50 saying I could have done something, but I did not. Doing
:03:25. > :03:31.stand-up comedy is the most joyful thing I have ever done in my life.
:03:31. > :03:35.As regards to the comedy, that came out of the blue. He seems to hold
:03:35. > :03:41.an audience. It is like he is sitting in a pub with his mates. I
:03:41. > :03:45.don't know how he does it. I could not stand up and do a speech at a
:03:45. > :03:52.family gathering. I don't know where he gets it from. It must be
:03:52. > :04:01.the milkman. Growing up I was the youngest of four, growing up on a
:04:01. > :04:05.council estate where there wasn't a lot of money. I wasn't able to have
:04:05. > :04:12.the opportunity to do stuff. So when it comes to having a challenge
:04:12. > :04:22.placed in front of me, it is a test of who you are as a person. Off on
:04:22. > :04:23.
:04:23. > :04:28.a big adventure. This will be a true test of character and an
:04:28. > :04:38.experience he will never forget. There is no going back, the point
:04:38. > :04:53.
:04:53. > :04:58.of no return. What ever happens now This morning, John, is setting off
:04:58. > :05:06.on his epic journey between does two of the world's most iconic
:05:06. > :05:11.cities. It will take him five days to get home. I am anxious to get
:05:11. > :05:17.going to be honest. I have to make sure I don't fail or end up in the
:05:17. > :05:21.corner crying and sucking my thumb. Which I feel like doing! For world
:05:21. > :05:26.champion cyclist, Chris Boardman is keeping John Company for the first
:05:26. > :05:32.20 kilometres of his ride. He knows how hard the next 24 hours of going
:05:32. > :05:37.to be, even if John doesn't. John is doing the equivalent of one of
:05:37. > :05:43.the longest Tour de France stages. The weight of expectation on John
:05:43. > :05:47.is massive. He will go by bike from Paris to Calais, then rode the
:05:47. > :05:56.Channel, and in the UK will run three marathons in as many days to
:05:56. > :06:01.get to the finish line. The people of Britain are following his every
:06:01. > :06:10.move. He is oping to raise over a million pounds. But this to work,
:06:10. > :06:17.he needs as much publicity as he can get. It starts now, 8:15am,
:06:17. > :06:24.Monday morning. Good morning to Mr John Bishop. Good morning, how are
:06:24. > :06:28.you? Here you are ready to cycle 185 miles in a date. Are we
:06:28. > :06:38.starting you laugh? A apparently you are going to start me off. It
:06:38. > :06:42.
:06:42. > :06:50.is time to get on my bike. He is putting on his glasses. Are you
:06:50. > :07:00.ready? I am ready. You week of Health as Sport Relief starts in
:07:00. > :07:26.
:07:26. > :07:30.It is manned isn't it. You are quite balanced on a bike. Being
:07:30. > :07:40.able to go round the art a tree on foot was brilliant. Now I just
:07:40. > :07:41.
:07:41. > :07:50.carry on to Calais. Good luck with that. Thanks for making the effort.
:07:50. > :08:00.Have fun on your right. Chris, you are a start. Where is my police
:08:00. > :08:02.
:08:02. > :08:07.gone? The last civilian. Chris has got John off to a great start. He
:08:07. > :08:17.is in good spirits, even though he hasn't quite got the hang of his
:08:17. > :08:37.
:08:37. > :08:47.Act some man just called me an idiot in French. I was trying to
:08:47. > :08:47.
:08:47. > :08:53.balance like experienced riders do. The problem is, my thoughts is in
:08:53. > :08:57.the clips, and if you lose your balance and you cannot get it out
:08:57. > :09:06.quickly enough. That has dented my ego. I am glad Chris Boardman was
:09:06. > :09:15.not here to see that. It would have been embarrassing. Let's get the
:09:15. > :09:19.miles on. It is only 10:30am and John will be on his bike until
:09:19. > :09:24.midnight at the earliest. If he is late into Calais, he will miss the
:09:24. > :09:34.tide that will help carry the boat to Dover and that will be over
:09:34. > :09:34.
:09:34. > :09:44.before it begins all John's training is for this.
:09:44. > :09:47.
:09:47. > :09:54.He has to dig deep to keep going. Someone to talk to to break it up a
:09:54. > :10:02.little bit. But, what can you do? John is putting himself through
:10:02. > :10:11.this to help save lives. Sport Relief asked him to go to Sierra
:10:11. > :10:17.Leone in Africa to see where the money is going. I might come here
:10:17. > :10:25.today and just be so overwhelmed, I feel it is to bigger thing to put
:10:25. > :10:31.right. It maybe I come away from this and say, it won't make any
:10:31. > :10:37.difference at all. This is the only children's hospital in Sierra Leone.
:10:37. > :10:42.It is fighting to keep children alive. Many die of malaria,
:10:42. > :10:48.pneumonia and diarrhoea. All of which are preventable and treatable.
:10:48. > :10:53.John is hoping to raise enough money to vaccinate a quarter of a
:10:53. > :10:57.million children. On the way in, I did not know what to expect. You
:10:57. > :11:02.think you have seen a lot in your life, but when you come to
:11:02. > :11:07.somewhere like this. This is the raw end of what Sport Relief is.
:11:07. > :11:12.This country has one of the worst child mortality rates in the world.
:11:12. > :11:22.In Sierra Leone, diseases that are easily treated in the UK are
:11:22. > :11:23.
:11:23. > :11:30.killers. You can only imagine what it feels like to know some of the
:11:31. > :11:34.children in here are possibly not going to make it. On the morning
:11:35. > :11:43.John was at the hospital, three children passed away from
:11:43. > :11:53.preventable diseases. This little girl died from the effects of
:11:53. > :12:12.
:12:12. > :12:22.diarrhoea. It is the hardest thing a mother could ever have to face.
:12:22. > :12:23.
:12:23. > :12:33.The sound came out of her mum. Only a parent who has lost can make that
:12:33. > :12:36.
:12:36. > :12:44.sound. This is here every single day, 365 days of the year. These
:12:44. > :12:48.people are living it. When you see that, you just think anything,
:12:48. > :12:52.anything that changes its and moves it up a little bit has to be a good
:12:52. > :12:57.thing. I think I have come here at the right time. The training was
:12:57. > :13:01.getting difficult, trying to train when it is freezing cold and then
:13:01. > :13:10.all of a sudden you come in and you realise it makes it such a
:13:10. > :13:15.difference. And it gives you a little bit of impetus. This trip to
:13:15. > :13:20.Serie A owner was the focus John needed to us day training. Even
:13:20. > :13:29.though it was the last thing he wanted to do. It is 7:30am, the
:13:29. > :13:36.kids are getting up and I have got to go for an hour and a half runs.
:13:36. > :13:42.The dog does not want to do it. That is exactly what I feel like.
:13:42. > :13:45.His arduous regime has been planned by his coach, Professor Greg Whyte,
:13:45. > :13:52.an expert in endurance training who will be supporting him all the way
:13:52. > :13:58.to the finish line. He is pensive, it is about success and completing
:13:58. > :14:03.the challenge. It has to be successful. So, to attend he has
:14:03. > :14:09.got a lot of pressure on him. you tomorrow. Greg has devised a
:14:09. > :14:16.three-month plan to get John fit. His first priority is to build up
:14:16. > :14:21.his stamina by getting him running. Greg start him on 10 kilometre runs
:14:21. > :14:28.which quickly build sou one, for Marathon. This is officially the
:14:28. > :14:38.furthest on the longest I have ever ran in my life. I am not even being
:14:38. > :14:38.
:14:38. > :14:46.chased. 27 miles, over a marathon. I am absolutely battered. I wish I
:14:46. > :14:55.had something funny to say. He does look tired this morning, but he was
:14:55. > :15:01.in bed by 8pm last night. He was falling asleep up the table. He is
:15:01. > :15:06.ticking off his little homework. I am doing this, I am doing that.
:15:06. > :15:10.the time he has finished, John will have run the distance between
:15:10. > :15:13.Edinburgh and London, cycled the length of Britain and rode the
:15:13. > :15:19.length of the Thames. When he rose across the Channel he will be
:15:19. > :15:25.helped by Denise Lewis. I am not a great swimmer, I might drown.
:15:25. > :15:31.Freddie Flintoff. It is a particularly enjoyable, I am not
:15:31. > :15:35.sure Steve Redgrave likes it. Davina McCall. Oh my God, it is a
:15:35. > :15:45.canoe. They have all done some individual training but have only
:15:45. > :15:46.
:15:46. > :15:56.John knows it will be a mental and a physical battle. In my head, I
:15:56. > :16:00.
:16:00. > :16:04.can do it. If I put it altogether I can't. I'm breaking it down. It
:16:04. > :16:09.might be that half-way through it I just give up. But, all right, I
:16:09. > :16:14.have got nothing left. I won't give up. That is the one thing I know I
:16:14. > :16:21.won't do. I won't give up. There might be nothing left. I might not
:16:21. > :16:25.be able to do it. John has been cycle on his own for the -- cycling
:16:26. > :16:35.on his own for the last 80 miles. He is beginning to tire. Right now,
:16:36. > :16:39.
:16:39. > :16:43.what he needs is some moral support. Let's make him a proper Scouser! I
:16:43. > :16:48.know you are just an ordinary lad from Liverpool, but will you hurry
:16:48. > :16:52.up so we can get to Calais? These are John's mates. They have helped
:16:52. > :17:02.him with his training and have come to the half-way point in France to
:17:02. > :17:08.
:17:08. > :17:14.push him on to Calais. There he is. APPLAUSE I'm glad to see you. This
:17:14. > :17:20.is great. The whole set-up. Is this our tent or has someone been
:17:20. > :17:26.murdered?! LAUGHTER The time is 6.10pm. We set off at 9.00am. We
:17:26. > :17:31.have to do the same again, plus probably some time. As he slows, we
:17:31. > :17:36.are looking at 2.00am. He has to be up at 6.00am to get in the boat and
:17:36. > :17:46.row across the Channel. It is a mind game now. It will get tougher
:17:46. > :17:52.
:17:53. > :17:57.Change your gear, John. Nice and steady. In spite of his friends'
:17:57. > :18:02.best efforts, John has fallen an hour-and-a-half behind schedule. He
:18:02. > :18:12.can't afford to be late at the coast as time and tide wait for no
:18:12. > :18:18.
:18:18. > :18:26.John arrives at his last pit-stop before Calais. Tightening in his
:18:26. > :18:32.back and neck muscles mean he is in constant pain. What time is it?
:18:32. > :18:38.1.30am. How long have we been on the bike? We got on at 9.00am so we
:18:38. > :18:46.have been on for 12, 13, 14, 15- and-a-half, 16-and-a-half hours.
:18:46. > :18:53.We've got at least... We have two- and-a-half hours to go. It's good,
:18:53. > :18:58.it is looking good. 25 miles away in Calais, John's welcoming
:18:58. > :19:02.committee is waiting for him. Davina, Denise and Freddie all have
:19:02. > :19:12.to be up at the crack of dawn, but they want to be there when John
:19:12. > :19:19.
:19:19. > :19:25.# There's only one Johnny Bishop! # Never thought I would hear you lot
:19:25. > :19:35.sing my name! The longest day in my life by a mile. It's been the
:19:35. > :19:38.
:19:38. > :19:48.longest day in my life by a mile. There's still no sign of him. I'm
:19:48. > :19:48.
:19:48. > :19:55.in two minds whether to wait or go to bed. I have to be fresh. He must
:19:55. > :20:05.have had an horrific day. After a gruelling 18 hours on his bike,
:20:05. > :20:08.
:20:08. > :20:13.John arrives in Calais at 4.00am, two hours before his alarm call.
:20:13. > :20:23.I've only done 20% of the challenge! I have underestimated
:20:23. > :20:35.
:20:35. > :20:40.this, massively. Today was hard. I'm absolutely goosed. I've had an
:20:40. > :20:44.hour's kip. This is ridiculous. all John had in reserve was his
:20:44. > :20:47."power nap", he would be in big trouble. To stand a chance of
:20:47. > :20:54.getting back to England before nightfall, he will need a little
:20:54. > :20:59.help from his friends. I think the sense of responsibility, his bike
:20:59. > :21:04.ride was much longer than anticipated. He is going to be
:21:04. > :21:10.exhausted, tired, so it is like - I will be rowing for two people today
:21:10. > :21:15.- that is my job! It is quite daunting. I'm not frightened. I
:21:15. > :21:20.know I have trained hard. I have never been in a boat for more than
:21:20. > :21:25.two-and-a-half hours at a stretch. It will be seven hours. I'm a bit
:21:25. > :21:34.daunted. I want to get started. I have just been sat here. I want to
:21:34. > :21:37.get in the boat and get home! and his crew now face an arduous
:21:37. > :21:41.26-mile row across the English Channel. There are only four of
:21:41. > :21:45.them in a boat designed for six and there are no pit-stops in the sea.
:21:45. > :21:49.The Channel tides go up-and-down so if they go off course, they could
:21:49. > :21:54.end up landing anywhere on the east coast of England. The good news is
:21:54. > :22:04.that after last night's rain, the weather is dry and the sea is still
:22:04. > :22:12.but John's not convinced. Apparently, this is meant to be
:22:12. > :22:17.calm. Sleep-deprived and nauseous, John is relying on his fresh-faced
:22:17. > :22:27.mates and cox, Mike Gilbert, who has rowed the Channel twice before.
:22:27. > :22:29.
:22:29. > :22:37.Let's get this show on the road! just a little - listen up. You have
:22:37. > :22:47.�285,000 in the bag! CHEERING don't have to do it now! Let's go
:22:47. > :22:48.
:22:48. > :22:58.back! LAUGHTER �285,000! OK, come forward, standby to give way and
:22:58. > :23:05.
:23:05. > :23:15.It is going to get choppy now. Really concentrate. There and away.
:23:15. > :23:20.
:23:20. > :23:24.And there. And away. There. And These four are rowing rookies, but
:23:24. > :23:28.they are in safe hands. The coastal authorities know what they are
:23:28. > :23:32.doing and they have mike on the rudder. They are following his
:23:32. > :23:40.every instruction, which includes swapping position in the boat every
:23:40. > :23:50.hour. Sounds easy? Not so much for John in the state he is in. You all
:23:50. > :23:51.
:23:51. > :23:56.right? We are six miles in, the one that I am worried about is John.
:23:56. > :24:04.One hour's sleep and he is in the boat. He's looking a little bit
:24:04. > :24:12.ropey. I think we might have broken him. Everybody OK? You are doing an
:24:12. > :24:18.awesome job! You are flying. JB, how are you feeling?
:24:18. > :24:22.hallucinating. Not surprised. talking to a dolphin! You are doing
:24:22. > :24:32.awesome. Keep it going. As the team row hard for home, John's brain is
:24:32. > :25:05.
:25:05. > :25:08.struggling to tell his body what to Easy. John's deteriorating rapidly.
:25:08. > :25:16.Lack of sleep means his co- ordination has gone and even the
:25:16. > :25:22.basics are getting too difficult for him. Freddie signals for help.
:25:22. > :25:27.We are half-way across with John starting to flag badly. Worried
:25:27. > :25:33.about the sleep deprivation. Energy levels are incredibly low. Even
:25:33. > :25:39.Freddie is concerned about him. I'm a bit worried. He is not John
:25:39. > :25:45.Bishop. I will try and give him some drugs to see if that is going
:25:45. > :25:55.to work for him. If they can't give John the boost he needs to keep
:25:55. > :26:02.
:26:02. > :26:07.going, Greg may be forced to take All the rowers can hope for is that
:26:07. > :26:17.the high-energy supplements kick in and make him work as a team to help
:26:17. > :26:44.
:26:44. > :26:48.Still with me, John? Mr Bishop, Sir. The power bars and painkillers
:26:48. > :26:52.start to take effect. From somewhere, John finds the energy he
:26:52. > :27:02.needs to keep on track for Dover. Thanks to the support of Mike the
:27:02. > :27:25.
:27:25. > :27:34.cox and his friends, the end is in If the singing has not woken John
:27:34. > :27:39.up, there is something on the horizon that will! It is not
:27:39. > :27:49.looking good, this. Not looking too healthy. What shall we do? That is
:27:49. > :27:49.
:27:49. > :27:59.enormous! Let's row! That's improved my energy levels seeing
:27:59. > :28:05.
:28:05. > :28:15.After eight exhausting hours at sea, the team finally make it into
:28:15. > :28:20.
:28:21. > :28:25.harbour. CHEERING I can hear people screaming. APPLAUSE They have rowed
:28:25. > :28:35.26 back-breaking miles to get home and this leg of the challenge
:28:35. > :28:41.
:28:41. > :28:47.nearly broke John. I don't know how he did the last
:28:47. > :28:53.bit. Amazing. He really is. I can't believe he has three marathons to
:28:53. > :28:57.do as well. It is great, to come home and get a reception. But just
:28:57. > :29:07.in the middle, if I hadn't been with those three, I couldn't have
:29:07. > :29:09.
:29:09. > :29:17.Finally, at 8.00pm, John arrives at his hotel. Before he can get much-
:29:17. > :29:22.needed sleep, he needs an ice bath to repair any muscle damage he's
:29:22. > :29:27.suffered since he started the challenge. We will go ten minutes,
:29:28. > :29:36.OK? Today was tough. I definitely hit the wall today, no doubt about
:29:36. > :29:43.it. The seeing double was scary. You look at your oar when you are
:29:43. > :29:47.rowing and I was trying to pick one of the two! Mike the cox was
:29:47. > :29:51.pulling me through and I got through it. I was quite emotional
:29:51. > :29:58.at the end, to have shared that experience. I will never ever do
:29:58. > :30:08.that again. None of us will. And then when we got in, there was a
:30:08. > :30:14.
:30:14. > :30:20.crowd there, it was such a surprise. John is not even halfway through
:30:20. > :30:30.his challenge. Ahead, perhaps the hardest bit yet. Three marathons in
:30:30. > :30:32.
:30:32. > :30:42.as many days. How are you feeling? Tell-tale signs of a bit of a kit
:30:42. > :30:47.and pains. I am shattered. Ouch. Now it is just a case of getting
:30:47. > :30:52.going isn't it? In the last 48 hours, John has had just seven
:30:52. > :30:57.hours sleep, and his body is showing signs of work. The doctor
:30:57. > :31:03.places take which she will hope will help the flow of blood and
:31:03. > :31:07.reduce the swelling. Thanks a million. Helping John set the pace
:31:07. > :31:17.and drum up support in his first marathon is Comedy Dave from Radio
:31:17. > :31:23.
:31:23. > :31:30.One. Now at last on home turf and the
:31:30. > :31:34.British public are turning out to get behind him. Thanks very much.
:31:34. > :31:38.The nice thing about here is hopefully, what will help you is
:31:38. > :31:44.you will have people coming out on the street and it makes a big
:31:44. > :31:50.difference. It really does give you a lift. It is just the boost John
:31:50. > :32:00.needs. He is a Super man, and doing a wonderful thing to raise this
:32:00. > :32:01.
:32:01. > :32:05.money. Absolutely amazing. It is harder to win that all day, my
:32:05. > :32:11.shoulders will be knackered. Over the next three days, John will 182
:32:11. > :32:15.miles to London and that is more than a marathon a day. Today's run
:32:15. > :32:25.will take him through Ken's, over the North Downs to Faversham.
:32:25. > :32:27.
:32:27. > :32:30.you OK? Thought it was all over then. That is what is good about
:32:30. > :32:38.Sport Relief, that is the most exercise she has done in the number
:32:38. > :32:47.of years. 6.5 miles from Dover and Comedy Dave hands the pacemaking
:32:47. > :32:57.baton over to Dermot O'Leary. to see you. POW brilliance is
:32:57. > :32:59.
:32:59. > :33:04.that?! -- how brilliant it is that. Unlike Dermot, John is a relatively
:33:05. > :33:10.new face on television. His transformation from sales manager
:33:10. > :33:20.to stand up came at a difficult time in his marriage to Melanie.
:33:20. > :33:21.
:33:21. > :33:26.Melanie, we split up for two years. I had the kids every weekend. So,
:33:26. > :33:31.Monday night's we just depressing. I bet. I went to a comedy club
:33:31. > :33:37.because I thought it was something I could do on my own on a Monday. I
:33:37. > :33:44.had no interest in comedy whatsoever. The man said, it is �4
:33:44. > :33:49.to get in, will three of you put your name down to have a go?
:33:49. > :33:54.Fortunately we got back together and I said to her, if I do enough
:33:54. > :34:02.gigs, we can break even. John was fortunate enough to be in a
:34:03. > :34:10.position to be able to change his life for the better. On his trip to
:34:10. > :34:19.Africa earlier this year, he met a little girl who also want to change.
:34:19. > :34:24.Kadiatu lives in Sierra Leone's bigger sum. Her home is right next
:34:24. > :34:29.to a river and as there is barely any running water or sanitation,
:34:29. > :34:39.people are forced to use it as a toilet. Can you explain where we
:34:39. > :34:51.
:34:51. > :35:00.You can see why. Can you imagine asking your 11-year-old daughter to
:35:00. > :35:04.go to the toilet into the river? The money Sport Relief has raised
:35:04. > :35:09.has already paid for new taps providing clean, safe drinking
:35:09. > :35:16.water, but so much more needs to be done. There is still no real sewage
:35:16. > :35:26.system, so 600 people have to share each toilet. What are your worries
:35:26. > :35:27.
:35:27. > :35:37.for the future? What are the things you worry about? You lost your
:35:37. > :35:38.
:35:38. > :35:47.sister? Millions of children die unnecessarily every year from
:35:47. > :35:53.water-borne diseases. Just come here for 10 minutes. Just stand
:35:53. > :35:58.with Kadiatu and tell me you don't want to do something about it.
:35:58. > :36:03.Sport Relief is helping to deliver clean water, vaccinations and
:36:03. > :36:13.better education for kids here. What do you want to be when you
:36:13. > :36:24.
:36:24. > :36:31.grow up? A lawyer? You want to be a I said, what do you want to be when
:36:31. > :36:41.you grow up and she said a lawyer. I wanted to start crying. No one
:36:41. > :36:58.
:36:58. > :37:04.wants a handout, they just want a Thanks everyone. John, this is
:37:04. > :37:11.where I leave you. Dermot's stint is up and leaves John to run the
:37:11. > :37:16.final 11 miles of his first marathon alone. He is a guy who
:37:16. > :37:26.laughs at his unique way. That is a stand-up, compares it to his own
:37:26. > :37:27.
:37:27. > :37:34.life. His focus is extraordinary. Gentlemen from the BBC has asked me
:37:34. > :37:44.to give you this. Is this real? This is the total. Can you see
:37:44. > :37:46.
:37:46. > :37:50.that? �600,000. It has blown me out of the water. 27 gruelling miles
:37:50. > :38:00.are finally over and at the finish line in Faversham, the crowds are
:38:00. > :38:12.
:38:12. > :38:18.out in force. He might be shattered, but the
:38:18. > :38:23.crowds have kept him going. I think the generosity of spirit of the
:38:23. > :38:29.English people. In France, I was isolated and we did a lot of it in
:38:29. > :38:33.the dark. And obviously on the Channel there is no one there. In
:38:33. > :38:40.some respects I am blown away by how many people even know what is
:38:40. > :38:46.going on. John's biggest supporter is his wife, Melanie. She has been
:38:47. > :38:52.closely following his progress so far on the internet. It has been
:38:52. > :39:02.really upsetting. I watch the rowing today and I was crying.
:39:02. > :39:21.
:39:21. > :39:26.has come down sooner than planned It is day number four, and it could
:39:26. > :39:31.not be off to a worse start for johns. He has had a terrible night
:39:31. > :39:37.at a time when he really needs his rest. I was very sick last night.
:39:37. > :39:43.Apparently what happens, your body, if you over exercise, your body
:39:43. > :39:51.reacts and refuses food. Still exhausted and with an empty stomach,
:39:51. > :40:01.he starts his long-running day. From Faversham to Gravesend.
:40:01. > :40:04.
:40:04. > :40:09.# Bishop but we love you #. John needs all of the help he can
:40:09. > :40:19.get, so he has asked his wife to run with him for the first leg.
:40:19. > :40:20.
:40:20. > :40:26.do you feel? Wrath. OK. Have you ever ran together at home? You used
:40:26. > :40:34.to be really competitive. You did. No, you did. The three miles in and
:40:34. > :40:40.we are having a domestic. John and Mel met at university and have been
:40:40. > :40:48.married for 19 years. What is the secret, John? Spend a lot of time
:40:48. > :40:54.away from home. Go on tour a lot. Mel has given him an early lift,
:40:54. > :41:04.but three hours in, John is struggling to keep any sort of pace.
:41:04. > :41:09.
:41:09. > :41:19.Thank you. Come on. I know you are struggling, John, but you have just
:41:19. > :41:22.
:41:22. > :41:29.got to keep going haven't you? at that. Thank you. What he has
:41:29. > :41:33.been doing has been amazing and we are 100% behind him. We have been
:41:33. > :41:43.sponsoring him, so we wanted to cheer him on as he runs along the
:41:43. > :41:44.
:41:44. > :41:54.road. Thank you. He hasn't eaten to luck -- since last night and even
:41:54. > :41:57.
:41:57. > :42:02.that he could not keep down. His energy levels are utterly depleted.
:42:02. > :42:10.No one knows him better than Mel, and she has never seen him in such
:42:10. > :42:16.a bad way. Thank you. Thank you. is struggling. Really, really
:42:16. > :42:23.struggling now. I find it quite upsetting. I have seen him tired
:42:23. > :42:28.and very stressed, but this is something... It is complete
:42:28. > :42:33.exhaustion. He is asleep. It is not a great place to be, and he has
:42:33. > :42:39.still got over half a marathon to do. He is absolutely dead on his
:42:39. > :42:46.feet. But he has got to keep going, he does not have a choice. It is
:42:46. > :42:50.going to be tough for him. John's priority is food and not sleep. He
:42:50. > :42:53.needs to load up on cards to get through the next 13 miles. But the
:42:53. > :43:03.rice and bread he is having for lunch are proving difficult to
:43:03. > :43:05.
:43:05. > :43:15.stomach. -- carbs. With only a few mouthfuls of food inside him, John
:43:15. > :43:24.sets off again. Thank you. somehow, and with the support of
:43:24. > :43:32.the people of Kent, he carries on. Thank you. He looks knackered, to
:43:32. > :43:37.be honest. I wouldn't want to be doing it. Would you? No way.
:43:37. > :43:43.for the money. It is not just the great British public who are
:43:43. > :43:50.turning a to cheer him on. He has no idea I have come to run
:43:50. > :44:00.with him today. You are doing really well. What are you doing
:44:00. > :44:31.
:44:31. > :44:39.here?! Ready? I will run with youth. You are my favourites dancer, johns.
:44:39. > :44:45.-- Scouser. John is now nearly halfway through his final ones. The
:44:45. > :44:48.carnival spirit has given him a new lease of life. With eight miles,
:44:48. > :44:54.John makes Eddie talk to Sir Joseph Williamson's School in Chatham.
:44:54. > :44:59.They raise �28,000 last Sport Relief, which they hope to beat at
:44:59. > :45:07.this time. It is amazing how much money he has raised. It is also
:45:07. > :45:14.work Chris Moyles hands over FF2 Skinner to keep John on track.
:45:14. > :45:20.can do another 40 miles, and then do another five miles on vapour. I
:45:20. > :45:26.think he is on Weber. John makes his living by making people laugh,
:45:26. > :45:29.but it is getting harder and harder to smile. The road is full of
:45:30. > :45:39.people cheering and nobody wants to see you in bits. It takes it away
:45:40. > :45:43.
:45:43. > :45:53.from them. I don't go to have to # Life goes on
:45:53. > :45:55.
:45:55. > :45:59.# Day after day... # # Every way... #
:45:59. > :46:04.# So ferry # Across the Mersey. #
:46:04. > :46:14.Against all the odds, John completes his second marathon.
:46:14. > :46:24.
:46:24. > :46:28.want to see he is all right. He's He's raised loads of money. Proud
:46:28. > :46:36.of him. Hopefully, he will make it. He is fantastic. He is doing an
:46:36. > :46:46.amazing job. We love him. It is all for a really good cause. Chris
:46:46. > :46:59.
:46:59. > :47:06.Moyles is a leg! And Frank Skinner. Straight in there. Oh. My whole
:47:06. > :47:12.body is hurting. My feet, the shins, the front of my shins, hamstrings -
:47:12. > :47:22.everything. If anyone's got any doubts about how cold this is,
:47:22. > :47:24.
:47:24. > :47:29.those ducks were yellow when I put It is the last day of John's five-
:47:29. > :47:34.day Sport Relief Challenge. So far, he's travelled over 260 miles under
:47:34. > :47:43.his own steam. Today, he is facing his final marathon and he is
:47:43. > :47:53.running on empty. Oh (BLEEP)... Yards from the start, it is obvious
:47:53. > :47:53.
:47:53. > :48:02.he is suffering. I know (BLEEP)... Cheers, mate. All right, mate. My
:48:02. > :48:06.right shin. Oh. John's got stabbing pains in his right leg, but he
:48:06. > :48:16.manages to stagger on, knowing the next pit-stop is only a few miles
:48:16. > :48:22.
:48:22. > :48:32.away. Thanks, mate. Good luck. Thank you. Argh! Oh. Thanks. Thank
:48:32. > :48:39.
:48:39. > :48:43.HORN SOUNDS Cheers, mate. John finds something deep inside to keep
:48:43. > :48:51.going. The support he is getting from the public is driving him on,
:48:52. > :49:01.even though he is in agony. Morning! Morning! APPLAUSE Thank
:49:02. > :49:03.
:49:03. > :49:10.you. Thank you. Thanks. Thank you. 20 quid. How brilliant is that? It
:49:10. > :49:16.does give you a lift, a lift like you wouldn't imagine to be honest.
:49:16. > :49:22.HORNS SOUND Cheers, mate. John's still got virtually a whole
:49:22. > :49:28.marathon to run on his damaged leg - the result of four days of
:49:28. > :49:34.extraordinary physical endurance. At the next stop, Greg calls for an
:49:34. > :49:44.emergency physio session. John's condition is causing real concern.
:49:44. > :49:44.
:49:44. > :49:49.Argh! That's it! Right there. is not happy with what he has found
:49:49. > :49:52.and he is worried John may be doing himself lasting damage. One of the
:49:52. > :49:57.things we are worried about is whether there's a hairline fracture
:49:57. > :50:02.in the bone, the shin bone itself. That can happen with stress, the
:50:02. > :50:07.amount of stress that he has undertaken in that leg. That is
:50:07. > :50:13.very bad news. That is quite a serious injury. It could stop him.
:50:13. > :50:17.Argh! We are looking after him. We are making sure that he remains
:50:17. > :50:23.safe, his health remains safe, however if this continues to get
:50:23. > :50:28.worse, we will have to talk to him about it. John's exhausted. Greg
:50:28. > :50:34.treats his strained muscles, abrasions and blisters, straps his
:50:34. > :50:38.leg up and gives John whatever he needs to keep going, including some
:50:38. > :50:45.moral support. John's brother Eddie and Robbie Savage have turned up to
:50:45. > :50:51.run the next leg with him. I'm not into comedians, but he is brilliant.
:50:52. > :50:58.He has my sense of humour, which is very funny! LAUGHTER But a
:50:58. > :51:08.completely different dress sense! Look at the shorts! He is in a lot
:51:08. > :51:13.
:51:13. > :51:17.of pain. He's a winner. He will do As John approaches Greenwich Park,
:51:17. > :51:23.his two youngest sons give him the lift he will need. We will run
:51:23. > :51:29.through the park to support him, talk to him while we are running.
:51:29. > :51:39.Hopefully, we will not just talk about school. Dad's in red! I know,
:51:39. > :51:48.
:51:48. > :51:53.I can see him. Let's go. How have you been? It's been an interesting
:51:53. > :52:03.week. It's all right. It's all right, mate. Good to see you,
:52:03. > :52:13.
:52:13. > :52:17.Oh. Argh! He is doing something like this for kids he's never met
:52:17. > :52:23.before and he is like putting himself through utter pain. You
:52:23. > :52:30.have seen his leg, all bruised. He just keeps on going. Come on, John!
:52:30. > :52:38.Come on, Robbie! APPLAUSE At the final pit-stop, John's eldest son,
:52:38. > :52:44.Joe, is there to meet him. How are you? This is the last chance the
:52:44. > :52:52.medics have to examine John's leg. I don't think the bone is broken.
:52:52. > :52:59.That is just causing pressure. Argh! Yeah, yeah. YEAH! They are
:52:59. > :53:06.doing everything they can to keep him moving. I don't think it is as
:53:06. > :53:11.bad as it could be. No-one seems to be agreeing with me. LAUGHTER When
:53:11. > :53:17.he finishes, he will need an x-ray, but for now he is given the go-
:53:17. > :53:27.ahead to carry on. As he slowly makes his way into London, John
:53:27. > :53:35.
:53:35. > :53:40.barely has the energy to run let John limps towards the finish line.
:53:40. > :53:46.His achievements are monumental by anyone's standards. So proud of him.
:53:46. > :53:51.I think going out to Sierra Leone, seeing what the money does, that
:53:51. > :53:56.spurred him on to do it. It will make a difference. Him doing this
:53:56. > :54:04.will make it all worthwhile for other people. Staggering the
:54:04. > :54:14.support. Staggering. It will be what helps him. Thank you. I'm so
:54:14. > :54:19.
:54:19. > :54:29.proud of him. So proud of him. John finally has the finish line in
:54:29. > :54:30.
:54:30. > :54:38.his sights. He is like a national hero. He's done so much and he will
:54:38. > :54:44.change so many lives and save so many lives as well. Mixed emotions.
:54:44. > :54:54.Dead proud and dead worried about him. He hasn't half gone through it,
:54:54. > :54:54.
:54:54. > :55:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 63 seconds
:55:58. > :56:02.John Bishop, everybody! Have you any idea how much you have raised
:56:02. > :56:12.for Sport Relief? I haven't. No idea. I have got the official
:56:12. > :56:36.
:56:36. > :56:42.figure right here. Want to hear it? I have to say that's blown me away!
:56:42. > :56:45.This week's over. It's done with. It will be forgotten. That money is
:56:45. > :56:49.going to change lives and it is going to change the lives of people
:56:49. > :56:55.that we don't know, people we haven't met and what's going to
:56:55. > :56:59.happen is they are going to have a better life and then they will
:56:59. > :57:09.contribute to all of us having a better life. On their behalf, I
:57:09. > :57:11.
:57:11. > :57:21.have got to thank you. APPLAUSE absolutely, yeah, just relieved
:57:21. > :57:26.
:57:27. > :57:30.that he is here now and he will be all right. CHEERING I can't thank
:57:30. > :57:35.people enough for the goodwill. People were patting me on the back,
:57:35. > :57:43.people were cheering me. But also they are the people who saw me, the
:57:43. > :57:49.people who were 300, 400, 500, 1,000 miles away who thought, "I am
:57:49. > :57:55.now motivated enough to pick up my phone and send a text" or to join
:57:55. > :58:02.the Sport Relief Mile. They are the people that I thank. If I had done
:58:02. > :58:11.all of this and they hadn't done their bit, then it would have been
:58:11. > :58:16.worthless. I thank them. You can still do your bit tonight. It is
:58:16. > :58:20.really easy. Text the word "HELP" to 70005 and you will be donating
:58:20. > :58:26.�5 to Sport Relief. All the money will be added to John's total to