Now comedian and actor David Walliams is preparing for his least ambitious fundraising challenge yet – a two-hour Boggle marathon to help find a cure for nits.
Mr Walliams, 41, will play simultaneously on three Boggle trays against nine other players in his living room in South London at the end of June.
He will be restricted to two toilet breaks and three refreshment stops during his 120-minute wordplay extravaganza, which he hopes will raise up to £50 towards research into nits (also known as head lice – see picture).
Mr Walliams has been a fan of Boggle since he was a teenager.
The game involves 16 dice, with letters printed on all six sides.
The dice are shaken inside a box so they fall randomly into a tray, and players are then challenged to make as many words as they can in three minutes from the letters facing upwards.
Mr Walliams said: “It's going to be tough. I've been training intensively for this challenge for eight months - basically by occasionally watching Countdown when it happens to be on when I'm at home.
“Swimming the English Channel was hard, but if a J and a Z come up in the same game of Boggle, this could be harder.”
He added: “It will all be worth it, though, because nits are really gross.”
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