Jack Whitehall gives £1k to brothers who copied his cliffhanging stunt by spending night on a rock face to raise Christmas cash for children’s hospice

  • The comedian inspired Daniel MacDiarmid (13 years old) and Calvin MacDiarmid (18 years).
  • They were suspended for 24 hours on a Pembrokeshire, Wales cliff of 115ft.
  • Whitehall phoned Daniel, a a pupil at Lewes Old Grammar School in East Sussex 
  • The brothers raised £5,000 to buy Christmas presents for children at a hospice










Two brothers were inspired by him to do their daringest stunt.

And now comedian Jack Whitehall has donated £1,000 to help the teenagers raise money for presents at a children’s hospice.

Daniel MacDiarmid, 13, and his brother Calvin, 18, spent 24 hours on a platform suspended on a 115ft cliff in Pembrokeshire – including a night being battered by 50mph winds – after seeing Whitehall perform the same stunt.

Comedian Jack Whitehall donated £1,000 to help two teenagers raise money for presents at a children’s hospice

Comedian Jack Whitehall donated £1,000 to help two teenagers raise money for presents at a children’s hospice

Daniel MacDiarmid, 13, and his brother Calvin, 18, (pictured together during the stunt) spent 24 hours on a platform suspended on a 115ft cliff in Pembrokeshire

Daniel MacDiarmid (13 years old) and Calvin MacDiarmid (18 years old), spent 24 hours suspended from a 115ft high cliff in Pembrokeshire.

Whitehall phoned Daniel, a pupil at Lewes Old Grammar School in East Sussex, after tracking him down through the school’s headmaster.

Whitehall told him: ‘Well done. Whitehall said to him: ‘Well done. You are more brave than I am!

“Even though I had to do it together with my mother, she snores.

‘Very inspiring that you are doing this and thinking of others at this time of year.’

Donating £1,000, Whitehall wrote: ‘Well done. You are braver than me! Although I did have to do it with my mother and she snores. Very inspiring that you are doing this and thinking of others at this time of year’

Donating £1,000, Whitehall wrote: ‘Well done. I am braver than you! Even though I had to do it together with my mother, who snores, Very inspiring that you are doing this and thinking of others at this time of year’

The brothers have raised £5,000 to buy Christmas presents for children at the Chestnut Tree House hospice near Arundel, West Sussex

The brothers have raised £5,000 to buy Christmas presents for children at the Chestnut Tree House hospice near Arundel, West Sussex

Daniel said: ‘The challenge was pretty scary.

‘It was dark and noisy and although we were wrapped up warm, we were being buffeted by 50mph gusts of winds.’

The brothers have raised £5,000 to buy Christmas presents for children at the Chestnut Tree House hospice near Arundel, West Sussex.

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