Strictly Come Dancing star Tess Daly visited the National Film and Television School with national treasure Pudsey Bear for Children in Need this year.

The NFTS, in Station Road in Beaconsfield, welcomed the presenter - who lives locally - to film pre-recorded items for the 2020 broadcast of Children in Need on Friday night.

Tess stepped down as presenter of the star-studded annual fundraising telethon in 2019 after 11 years but she still supports the charity.

She visited the NFTS with Pudsey to film a comedy sketch and an intro to one of the charity's heart-rending fundraising appeal videos.

They were filmed within the school's state-of-the-art facilities on stage four and the dubbing theatre.

In between breaks in filming, Pudsey made time to wave hello to NFTS students and take a selfie with Gromit, the NFTS’ very own mascot who has a permanent place outside one of the school’s teaching block, the Rose Building.

The much loved stop motion animation character was created by graduate of the school Nick Park when he brought Wallace and Gromit to life in his Oscar-nominated graduation film, A Grand Day Out in 1989.

On filming at the NFTS, Tim Fransham, BBC Children In Need appeals producer-director said: “It was a real pleasure to film some of our Children in Need segments at the NFTS.

"The range of facilities and equipment were fantastic and we enjoyed bringing a slice of real life industry work into the school.

"Pudsey really enjoyed meeting some of the students and we’re looking forward to some of them joining us in the industry in the near future.”