Walliams on carrying the torch

David Walliams passes the Olympic Flame to Torchbearer Philip Packer on the Torch Relay leg between Islington and and The City of London Credit: LOCOG

Little Britain comedian and charity fundraiser Walliams carried the flame at around 8.30am outside Islington Town Hall, as it made its way towards St Paul's Cathedral.

The 40-year-old, whose fundraising feats include swimming the English Channel, the River Thames and the Straits of Gibraltar, added: