Press Release - London Marathon - 8/18/22

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

       Famous faces get ready to take on the 2022 TCS London Marathon

        Celebrities prepare to complete the famous 26.2-mile course
                         on Sunday 2 October 2022                 
						
Stars from the worlds of film, music, TV and sport are taking on the 
challenge of running the 2022 TCS London Marathon on Sunday 2 October.

Among the famous faces is award-winning actor Cynthia Erivo, who is also a 
renowned singer, songwriter and guest judge on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing.

Londoner Erivo knows what it takes to complete a marathon, having run the 
TCS New York City Marathon in 2016 – but this will be the first time she 
has tackled her home-town marathon.

Erivo won a Tony Award in 2016 for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for 
her portrayal of Celie Harris Johnson in The Color Purple and a Grammy for 
Best Musical Theatre Album the following year. She was also nominated for 
both Golden Globe and Academy Awards for her portrayal of American 
abolitionist Harriet Tubman in the film Harriet.

Acclaimed film and TV star Stephen Mangan will also be on the Start Line. 
Mangan – who has most recently appeared in BBC drama The Split and provided 
the voice of the eponymous character in Postman Pat: The Movie – will be 
raising money for Marie Curie.

Other celebrities taking part include McFly drummer Harry Judd and radio 
DJs Chris Stark and Reece Parkinson. Reality TV star Mark Wright will also 
be hoping to make the Start Line this year after injury prevented him from 
doing so in 2021.

The full list of famous faces preparing to take part on Sunday 2 October 
is:

- Sam Bird: Jaguar TCS Formula E driver
- Dr Rangan Chatterjee: British physician, author, television presenter and 
podcaster
- Emon Choudhury: BBC Two's 2020 Race Across the World winner 
- James Cracknell: double Olympic rowing gold medallist
- Cynthia Erivo: actor and singer
- Chris Evans: radio and television presenter
- Jenni Falconer: radio and TV presenter
- Harry Judd: musician
- Stephen Mangan: actor
- Danny Mills: pundit and former England footballer
- Greg O'Shea: 2019 Love Island winner and Irish Olympian
- Reece Parkinson: radio and TV presenter
- Chris Stark: radio DJ
- Iwan Thomas MBE: TV presenter and former GB Olympian
- Helen Thorn: comedian, podcaster and one half of Scummy Mummies
- Stephen Warnock: former England footballer
- Mark Wright: TV personality

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