Encouraging listeners to donate through their JustGiving charity webpage, the University’s community radio station produced 24 shows in 24 hours during 20 - 21 March, with people able to donate until last Friday night (28 March).

A series of competitions ran throughout the broadcast via Radio Lab’s Twitter feed, which included listeners having to tweet in a hangover selfie. The best entrant won a VIP night out in Liquid & Envy Nightclub, Luton.

Calum Steel, Radio Lab Manager, said: “The support we received on our JustGiving account has been fantastic. Radio Lab initially hoped to raise £500 but we have beaten that target.”

He added: "We raised money for Sport Relief because a lot of the Radio Lab presenters are studying Sports Journalism and sport has been such a massive part of our lives and how we got to where we are today.

"Sport Relief raises a lot of money for people in the UK and overseas and we wanted to do our bit to help a great cause."

As part of the 24-hour broadcast, Radio Lab presenters Luke Gregory and Jacob Roch followed in the footsteps of Match of the Day pundits Alan Shearer and Robbie Savage.

But instead of sitting on a mammoth 90,000 seats at Wembley, Luke and Jacob chose Kenilworth Road – home of Luton Town FC.

Sitting on all 10,226 seats in approximately three hours, the duo then summoned up enough energy to present their Radio Lab slot from the ground.

You can see how Luke and Jacob fared in their challenge via the Luton Today website

Photo (left to right): Eleanor Webb, Matt Bass, Sophie Lee, Tanya Cleere and Calum Steel.