Paddy McGuinness to cycle 300 miles for Children in Need

BBC Radio 2 presenter Paddy McGuinness volition rhythm astir 300 miles to rise wealth for Children successful Need’s 2024 Appeal.

In November, McGuinness volition instrumentality connected the Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge, which volition spot him rhythm done 3 nations and 8 counties.

He volition commencement connected Monday 11 November successful Wrexham and rhythm done Flintshire, Cheshire, Merseyside, Lancashire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Dumfriesshire and Lanarkshire.

He aims to decorativeness the situation connected the greeting of Friday 15 November successful Glasgow.

The presenter, who hosts the Sunday lunchtime programme connected Radio 2, volition implicit the rhythm connected a BBC Children successful Need customised and modified Raleigh Chopper - a bicycle fashionable with children successful the 1970s.

Speaking astir the challenge, the 51-year-old broadcaster said: "As a kid, I didn’t person overmuch and utilized to beryllium truly jealous of my mates riding astir connected those bikes, truthful I’m truly honoured to enactment BBC Children successful Need by getting peddling to rise arsenic overmuch wealth arsenic imaginable for the charity.

"‘No likey, nary bikey’ conscionable isn’t an option," helium joked, refashioning his celebrated Take Me Out catchphrase.

McGuinness has been a Radio 2 presenter since April 2024 and is champion known arsenic the big of shows including Take Me Out, Top Gear and Question of Sport.

Last year, chap Radio 2 presenter, Vernon Kay, raised much than £6m for the foundation with his ultra-marathon.

The DJ ran from Leicester to Bolton - a region of 116 miles - implicit 4 days.

Kay said helium knows "exactly what Paddy volition beryllium going through".

"I and the remainder of our Radio 2 buddies volition beryllium supporting him each pedal of the way, particularly up each those hills - ouch!"

Children successful Need is the BBC foundation which helps amended the lives of disadvantaged children and young radical astir the UK.

The BBC Children successful Need's televised entreaty volition instrumentality spot connected 15 November connected BBC One.