David Walliams won the ‘Landmark Award’ at tonight’s National Television Awards ceremony.

The brand new Britain’s Got Talent judge was being recognised for the huge swimming challenge which he took on last year in aid of Sports Relief.

Starting on 5 September 2011, Walliams swam the 140 mile swimmable length of the river Thames, completing his challenge on 12 September 2011 reaching Westminster Bridge.

During the challenge he was struck down with symptoms of hypothermia, severe stomach problems due to the bacteria in the water and suffered a torn disc. The Little Britain star swam up to twelve hours each day and upon finishing his eight-day swim,it was announced that he had raised over one million pounds for Sport Relief.

Accepting his award tonight, Walliams said:

All it was was showing off. I would like to share this award with the man you saw in the film, Professor Greg Whyte. He’s been behind all the Sports Relief challenges. All I can say is that it was the best and worst week of my life.

It was the worst week because I had to swim 140 miles and it was the best week of my life because you all came out and supported me and most importantly donated all your money.

Never one to stay serious for long, David then joked that Alan Carr may have something up his sleeve for 2012 and laughed:

I’ve got a bit of an exclusive, because I was talking to Alan Carr earlier and he says he’s going to do it this year in a thong!

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