Sport Relief 2016 number of run-up events and was presented by Gary Lineker, Davina McCall, David Walliams, Claudia Winkleman, John Bishop, Greg James,and Alesha Dixon. Stars including Danny Dyer, Clare Balding, Olivia Colman, Rochelle Humes and Marvin Humes presented appeal films. James Bay has recorded the official Sport Relief Single for 2016, a new version of his single "Running" recorded at the Abbey Studios in London. TV programmes that led up to the main event included: Sport Relief 2016 Sport Relief 2016 is a fundraising event organised by Sport Relief. A number of run-up events took place and the main event consisted of
Sport Relief of 43 marathons over 51 days for Sport Relief. On 15 September, Eddie arrived in Trafalgar Square, marking the end of his 43rd marathon in only 51 days. He ran a day, 6 days a week for 7 weeks straight, covering across the UK. Izzard raised over £1,152,510 for Sport Relief. On 23 February 2016, Izzard began a series of 27 marathons in 27 days running across South Africa for Sport Relief; the number 27 refers to the number of years spent in prison by Nelson Mandela. He completed the last marathon on 20 March, arriving at the statue of