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Royal marines in the team, a busman�*s holiday as he swam from the support boat to a beach near dover. hooter wails. well, that hooter meant the challenge had started. changeover. after sean and andy, came graeme's turn to swim for an hour. among cargo ships and ferries, with only the light of the support boat to guide him. that was tough. well done. greatjob. each swimmer entered the water after precisely 60 minutes. isla's dad was up next. i'm quite emotional, to be honest. yeah, i'll bet. yeah.

Graeme souness and five other swimmers are about to attempt a non—stop relay swim across the english channel. their calling, their mission their inspiration are people like 14—year—old isla, who has the rare genetic disorder, epidermolysis bullosa, eb. isla was in dover to see them off. her mum, rachel, by her side, her sister, emily, on the phone from america and her dad andy on the boat as part of the swim team. how are we feeling? ready. really? really ready. nervous? not in the slightest. a final good luck call before the channel crossing started. how are you? good. very good. so wha...

Obviously she had that win and then a series of defeats are now a series of injuries. very, very difficult. i was 19 and 20. some peoplejust of injuries. very, very difficult. i was 19 and 20. some people just saw me as a piggy bank. this moment was meant to be the ultimate. she will learn from that. last month, the football legend graeme souness told us here on breakfast he was taking on the challenge of swimming the channel. he was inspired by a 14—year—old girl named isla, who has the rare skin disease eb, and yesterday graeme completed the 21—mile journey as part of a six—person re...

Tonight. the hunt not only for a cure but for anything to make people's lives easier. a phenomenal journey. we will meet the team, talk to isla and herfamily. if you have been a fan of graeme souness, you will see him as you have never seen him before. iam will see him as you have never seen him before. i am very much looking forward to hearing his reflections and these almost a day after they completed the challenge. i hope he is awake because i know i am struggling. i is awake because i know i am struggling-— is awake because i know! am stru~lin-. . , , ., struggling. i am sure he is. that...

A mixture of elation, but also i'm knackered, i'm knackered. she had counted them out and isla counted them back in. i think they swum well. i wasn't on the boat, so i don't know but from what i've been hearing, they swum very well. i'm proud of them. yeah, they're proud of you, too. you know that, don't you? yeah. there is no cure for eb but graeme, andy and the team have raised more than £1 million — money that will fund research into repurposing existing drugs in an attempt to treat and to cure. this challenge may be over, but the fight against eb — the most cruel of diseases — is no...