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Comic John Bishop's marathon challenge

Aching comic John Bishop limped home at the end of his first BT Sport Relief marathon yesterday - and will have to run two more in as many days to complete his "Week Of Hell" challenge.

John Bishop falls asleep while rowing English Channel

Comedian John Bishop completed his gruelling cross-Channel row tonight, despite becoming "delirious" and nodding off during the journey.

Video: John Bishop runs through Kent for Sport Relief

John Bishop has set off on the final leg of his charity fundraising challenge for BBC Sport Relief in Kent.

John Bishop begins triathlon for Sport Relief

Comedian John Bishop has begun his epic triathlon to raise money for the BBC charity Sport Relief.

John Bishop suffers bike fall on Sport Relief challenge

John Bishop's Sport Relief challenge got off to a bumpy start, when the comedian fell off his bike during the first hour of his 185-mile journey across France.

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John Bishop joins triathlon team for Sport Relief

John Bishop is facing the most gruelling challenge of his life. He aims to cycle, row and run from the Eiffel Tower to Trafalgar Square.

Video: John Bishop set for Paris to London challenge

John Bishop is training for a five day triathlon from Paris to London to raise money for Sport Relief.

Jonathan Ross returned tonight with another roster of famous faces gracing his slightly nauseating ITV set and actually, it was good to have him back.

Sure, many viewers have concluded in his BBC absence that Graham Norton is actually the far funnier, warmer and less self-indulgent chat show host, but Ross is still a competent presenter within the format.

Besides which, he can still pull in some big names, as he proved on tonight's show.
First up was Professor Brian Cox, who charmed Ross and the audience alike with his scientific banter and use of something called a Van Der Graaf generator (best not to ask) to help give the eponymous host some extra oomph in his hair.

Slightly less charming - but as funny as ever - was comedian John Bishop, who regaled us with anecdotes from his involvement in Sport Relief, leading seamlessly on to the three young athletes who were next to stir things up on Ross' sofa.

It's too early in the year for us to have Olympic fatigue already - although we're close - so the presence of swimmer Francesca Halsall, heptathlete Louise Hazel and Taekwondo champion Jade Jones was welcome as the trio talked through their hopes to rake in the gold for Britain this summer and challenged Ross and his guests to some physical activity in the studio.

And to top it all off, rising US songstress Lana Del Ray appeared on the show and mesmerised everyone with That Voice and Those Lips.

As series launches go, this was a good'un.

The last time Ross shared a stage with Brian Cox it was during the latter's Night with the Stars show, in which he made Ross do elaborate maths on a blackboard in front of a celebrity audience at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Ross wailed it was "the worst thing that has happened to me as an adult", so he may look to have his revenge on Cox now.

Also on the guest list is Liverpool comic John Bishop and there's music from Lana Del Rey, the retro-glamour-puss whose debut Video Games was a sensation before it was released. Expect her to smoulder.