BBC Two announces Famously Unfit… for Sport Relief 2018

Famously Unfit… for Sport Relief is a brand new show which will be air on BBC Two as part of this year’s exciting week of Sport Relief activity.

Published: 1 February 2018
Sport Relief is about all of us doing something active to help raise money for brilliant causes. But these celebrities have gone the extra mile – literally. We can only celebrate their bravery, watch in awe and donate.
— Liz Warner, CEO, Comic Relief
  • Famously Unfit… for Sport Relief will broadcast on BBC Two during the week of Sport Relief in March 2018
  • The celebrities taking charge of their fitness are fashion journalist, author and designer Susannah Constantine; presenter and actor Les Dennis; actress and comedienne Tameka Empson and actor and comedian Miles Jupp  

The hour-long programme will see celebrities Susannah Constantine, Les Dennis, Tameka Empson and Miles Jupp push themselves to the limit as they embark on a mission to regain their fitness and help inspire the great British public to get active and do their part for Sport Relief too.

The show will follow the four of them over 10 weeks as they run, row and swim their way back to fitness. The programme will culminate in one of the UK’s hardest and most demanding physical challenges, which will see the four celebs tackle a muddy and exhausting obstacle course in freezing temperatures.

Helping them on their way will be former Olympian, world renowned sports scientist and physical activity expert Professor Greg Whyte OBE and Dr Zoe Williams, presenter of BBC Two’s Trust Me, I’m A Doctor.

The show will also feature visits to a number of Comic Relief funded projects in the UK. These projects are just some of the ways in which money raised through Sport Relief helps vulnerable people in the UK and across world to live happier, healthier and safer lives.

Famously Unfit… for Sport Relief is made for BBC Two by Little Gem. It has been commissioned by Patrick Holland, Controller, BBC Two and Tom McDonald, Head of Commissioning, Natural History and Specialist Factual. The Commissioning Editor is Diene Petterle.

Liz Warner, CEO, Comic Relief, says: “Sport Relief is about all of us doing something active to help raise money for brilliant causes. But these celebrities have gone the extra mile - literally - and put their bodies publicly through extreme rigour. We can only celebrate their bravery, watch in awe and donate. Thank you Susannah, Miles, Tameka and Les.”

Ben Gale of Little Gem says: “We are delighted to be teaming up with the BBC, Sport Relief and the Famously Unfit…for Sport Relief team to demonstrate just how effective peer power can be in getting - and staying - fit. And with the added motivation of raising money for some very good causes."

Notes to Editors
Famously Unfit…for Sport Relief will broadcast on BBC Two ahead of the Sport Relief 2018 night of TV on Friday 23 March, which will broadcast live from MediaCity, Salford for the first time.

Sport Relief brings the nation together to get active, raise money and change lives. Since 2002, Sport Relief has raised over £335 million. The money raised by the public will be spent by Comic Relief to tackle the critical issues affecting people across the UK and the world. This year, Sport Relief culminates in a week of activity from Saturday 17th to Friday 23 March, leading to an unmissable night of TV on the BBC.

Comic Relief is a UK charity which aims to create a just world, free from poverty, where everyone is safe, healthy, educated and empowered. Since 1985, Comic Relief has raised over £1 billion. That money has helped, and is helping, people both at home in the UK and across the world. For information about Comic Relief and the work it carries out, please visit Comic Relief, registered charity 326568 (England/Wales); SC039730 (Scotland)

Little Gem is an independent production company set up by Ben Gale and Natasha Bondy in 2014 to produce entertaining factual programmes with first class storytelling at their heart.

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