Hugh Bonneville, Barbara Windsor and Christopher Biggins are some of the celebrity names to play God in the musical Spamalot.

The Monty Python comedy will launch the Summer of Spamalot Charity Gods at London's Playhouse Theatre from next Monday (July 15). It will also feature Bradley Walsh, Larry Lamb and Simon Callow as God.

All the guests will replace Eric Idle in a video performance. Downton Abbey star Bonneville will be the first to appear.

He said: "I wanted to play God in Spamalot in order to support Scene & Heard, a North London charity, which helps young people... I'm also delighted to be involved with the show because an ancestor on my mother's side was in fact one of the knights who say 'Ni'."

Windsor will play the first female God and added: "I wanted to play God in Spamalot because having been 4ft 10.5 inches tall all my life, this would be the first and only time people would look up to me."

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Joe Pasquale currently stars in the West End musical as Prince Arthur alongside Bonnie Langford.

Money raised will go to charities supported by the guest stars, including Headley Court Rehabilitation Centre, The Make A Wish Foundation, the Great Ormond Street Hospital, Scene & Heard, Stage For Age and Keats Community Library.