They did it!
On Thursday 1 September 2011 our celebrity Swim team completed their challenge by successfully swimming 56 miles of gruelling Irish Sea in an incredible 35 hours and 18 minutes.
Watch their amazing achievement on The Big Celebrity Swim, first shown on Channel 5 and now available to watch online.
You can also take a look at photos from the challenge and read the latest updates from the team on our Facebook page.
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About the challenge
At 9.00pm on 30 August 2011, our brave swimmers set off from Holyhead on a relay swim across the notoriously treacherous Irish Sea.
Led by captain Ronan Keating, the team included celebrities Jason Bradbury, Jenny Frost, Steve Parry and Pamela Stephenson, along with five other swimmers and one reserve.
They swam day and night, suffering jellyfish stings, sleep deprivation and wetsuit chafing. They touched down at the finish line in Wicklow in Ireland at 8.18am on Thursday 1 September – a fantastic achievement by a determined team.
Proudly sponsored by the Samsung Galaxy SII
Cancer Research UK are delighted to announce that Samsung has become headline sponsor of our first ever celebrity led fundraising challenge.
As part of its sponsorship, Samsung has pledged to donate £3,500 for every mile the team completes.
The team recorded their experiences on their Galaxy S II Smartphone and the Galaxy 10.1 tablet.