Stephen Fry was full of praise for fellow broadcaster Jeff Stelling after he led a march from Wembley to Wycombe to fundraise for a prostate cancer charity. 

Former Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling, 68, led a 26.2-mile march from Wembley Stadium to Adams Park in High Wycombe on Sunday, September 17 in honour of the late Bill Turnbull, another presenter who was also an avid Wycombe Wanderers fan. 

Stelling was joined by 400 supporters to take on the challenge, telling a spokesperson for the Wycombe Wanderers FC that Bill would be "so proud" of the number of people who took part and helped to raise over £210,000 for Prostate Cancer UK.

Actor and comedian Stephen Fry, who was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2018, was one of many who voiced their support for the event, with Fry especially praising Stelling for playing an instrumental part in funding "life-changing research" into the disease.

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Speaking on Saturday, September 16, Fry said: “For more than 25 years Jeff was an institution on Saturday afternoons, entertaining the nation and delivering with astounding fluency and flair the football scores and news as it all happened. He is a master of his craft, but he is also a wonderful human being.”

He also paid tribute to Bill Turnbull, who passed away in August 2022, saying: "Bill and I are indelibly linked after our announcements of our own prostate cancer diagnoses came within just days of each other over five years ago, sparking a movement that saw thousands of men across the UK get an early diagnosis that saved or extended their lives.

“I and so many others also owe Jeff the greatest debt for his selfless work for this wondrous charity. Back in 2016 prostate cancer was not something I had given any thought to, but goodness me how that has changed.

“Thanks to his fundraising, Prostate Cancer UK will be able to fund life-changing research that will benefit so many men and their families and friends. Men like me. And for that, I will be forever grateful.”

All proceeds from Jeff Stelling's Football March 2023 went towards funding research into earlier prostate cancer diagnosis.