View video of 5 live Breakfast presenter Shelagh Fogarty braving the icy waters of the Serpentine in London’s Hyde Park to swim a mile for Sport Relief.

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“I’ve always been drawn to water. Maybe it’s all the fun it’s given me, all the adventures. Perhaps it’s how I feel when I’m in it – I feel free.” – Robson Green

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Right everyone, it is time to set your digital / video recorders. Bob Holman and his friend Dave Pratten are appearing with Robson Green in his Wild Swimming Adventure programme due to go out on ITV1 at 9pm on Tuesday 8 December 2009, with the second part on 15 December 2009.

Click to read more about their adventure.

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Sydney Olympic 5000m silver medallist and double World Cross Country Champion Sonia O’Sullivan is Ireland’s greatest ever runner. Having now hung up her spikes after a spectacular running career, O’Sullivan’s latest challenge involves swapping her running shoes for goggles proving that swimming is a sport that can be enjoyed by all.

O’Sullivan took part in the inaugural British Gas Great East Swim which took place at Alton Water in Suffolk on 26 September 2009.

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Actor Robson Green experiences serene lakes, iconic rivers and chilly seas in a brand new series for ITV1. Along the way he met with up club member Bob Holman and a diverse range of wild swimmers who keep Britain’s waters alive with their passion for getting back to nature and finding our greatest watery locations. Read how Bob helped Robson rekindle his own passion for wild swimming and love affair with the water in their visit to Devon’s Tinside Lido.

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Wonder if Steve McFadden, better known to millions of soap fans as Phil Mitchell in Eastenders, remembered this famous exchange from 1985 before setting a fantastic example by joining 38 open water swimmers in Falmouth to help raise cash for the RNLI:
Andy: We are going to be clinically obese.
Sam Mitchell: Yeah, but you’ll still love me when I’m fat, won’t you?
Andy: No

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