Edith BowmanEdith BowmanRadio presenter Edith Bowman has won the Comic Relief Does Fame Academy contest.

The 30-year-old Scot beat EastEnder Kim Medcalf in the final.

The contest, based on the BBC's Fame Academy, had lasted more than a week.

Bowman revealed that the series had attracted 8.25 million telephone votes and raised more than £1,322,000 for Comic Relief.

Earlier in the evening, comedian Adrian Edmondson had been voted off.

The former Young Ones and Bottom star had progressed to the final night through a series of madcap performances.