IN PICTURES: Week eight of the London 2012 Olympic torch relay

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BRITISH sporting icons Sir Steve Redgrave and Sir Roger Bannister are among the torchbearers and the relay will call in at the birthplace of the Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and the Olympic venues for canoe slalom, rowing and sailing.

HISTORIC MOMENT: Valerie Mylechreest and Dean Lightwood stand with Penny Elsom (right), the daughter of Commander Bill Collins who was chief organiser of the 1948 Olympic Torch Relay, outside his former home in Corfe Castle, Dorset (Getty Images)

ALL SMILES: Valerie Mylechreest carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay as Corfe Castle can be seen in the background (Getty Images)

COASTING: Lisa Devine holds the Olympic Flame at Durdle Door in Dorset during Day 56 of the London 2012 Torch Relay (Getty Images)

SEASIDE: Thomas Mules holds the Olympic Flame on Pulpit Rock, Portland Bill on the Isle of Portland, at the beginning of Day 56 of the London 2012 Torch Relay (Getty Images)

READY, SET, GO: Thomas Mules carries the Olympic Flame on the Isle of Portland, at the beginning of Day 56 of the London 2012 Torch Relay (Getty Images)

MAKING HISTORY, AGAIN: Olympic gold medalist former sprinter Michael Johnson holds the Olympic Flame at Stonehenge at the beginning of Day 55 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay (Getty Images)

SAINT MIKE: Olympic gold medalist former sprinter Michael Johnson holds the Olympic Flame in front of Salisbury Cathedral during Day 55 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay (Getty Images)

FUTURE OLYMPIANS: Schoolgirls from Leadenhall School, Salisbury, hold the Olympic Torch of Olympic gold medalist former sprinter Michael Johnson at Salisbury Cathedral during Day 55 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay (Getty Images)

TRAILBLAZER: BBC sport presenter Clare Balding carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through the streets of Newbury (Getty Images)


CHANGEOVER: Kirstie Nash passes the Olympic Flame to Phillip Blowfield outside Winchester Cathedral during Day 54 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay (Getty Images)

THROUGH THE STREETS: Oliver Leonard carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg through the streets of Basingstoke (Getty Images)

UNDER THE KEYSTONE: Lee Umpleby carries the Olympic Flame through Caversham Court Gardens in Reading at the beginning of Day 54 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay (Getty Images)

EARLY BIRD: Torchbearer Ian Harding carries the Olympic Flame alongside the River Thames in Reading during Day 54 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay (Getty Images)

LEGEND: Former Olympic gold medalist and torchbearer Sir Steve Redgrave carries the Olympic Flame on a boat on the River Thames on the Torch Relay leg between Wallingford and Henley on Thames (Getty Images)

ICON: Sir Roger Bannister, who broke the four-minute mile barrier in 1953, passes the Flame to torchbearer Nicola Byrom on the track at Iffley Road Stadium, Oxford at the beginning of Day 53 of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay (Getty Images)

ROYAL APPROVAL: Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh observe as Torchbearer Phillip Wells holds the Olympic Flame outside Windsor Castle (Getty Images)

BIG HAIR: Former Colombian footbaler and Torchbearer Carlos Valderrama Palacio carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Slough and Windsor (Getty Images)

FAST MOVER: Former F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton holds the Olympic Flame before his Torch Relay leg through Luton (Getty Images)

TEAM GB STAR: Former Badminton player Gail Emms carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Milton Keynes and Bletchley (Getty Images)

POLITICAL SUPPORT: Prime Minister David Cameron watches the Olympic Flame Kiss with his nominated Torchbearer Clive Stone MBE and torchbearer Roland Read in Woodstock, West Oxfordshire (Getty Images)

LEISURELY: Edward Roberts carries the Olympic Flame on a punt on the River Cam on the Torch Relay leg through Cambridge (Getty Images)

SUPPORT: Huge crowds are expected for day 53 of the Olympic torch relay, with a number of famous faces carrying and watching (Getty Images)

DIFFERENT: An unusual hand-over as Riessen Hill passes the Olympic Flame to Sarah Toll on the Torch Relay leg between Hatfield and St Albans (Getty Images)

FUNDRAISER: Thomas Isaacs who raised £350,000 pounds for Parkinson's research, carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City (Getty Images)

FAMOUS FACE: TV Chef and Torchbearer Jamie Oliver carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay journey between Newport and Saffron Walden (Getty Images)

EMOTIONAL: Mark Reynolds holds the ashes of his brother and originally nominated Torchbearer, David, as he carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Newmarket and Cambridge (Getty Images)

WILD RIDE: Zachary Franklin carries the Olympic Flame on a raft down the Lee Valley White Water Centre on the Torch Relay leg between Harlow and Waltham Cross (Getty Images)

POPULAR: Former Olympian and Torchbearer Iwan Thomas carries the Olympic Flame on the Torch Relay leg between Newmarket and Cambridge (Getty Images)

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