Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb

In 2009 a group of celebrities climbed Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, to raise funds for Comic Relief. This year a new set of climbers took on the challenge.

 

Alexander Armstrong teamed up with Strictly Come Dancing Head Judge Shirley Ballas, former MP Ed Balls, broadcaster Anita Rani, Love Island’s Dani Dyer, Dan Walker from BBC Breakfast, NFL pundit Osi Umenyioram and Little Mix members Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock to scale the 5895m peak. Almost all members of the group were affected by altitude sickness, some severely, but they battled on, aiming to reach the summit in the morning of 1st March.

A one-hour documentary on the climb will be broadcast on Wednesday 13th March at 9pm on BBC1, in the run-up to the main Comic Relief show that Friday. Were they successful? Well...

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