STARS of the Channel 4 hit Fresh Meat were stranded for hours following a motorway crash while on a fundraising bus tour of universities for Comic Relief.

The actors, including comic Jack Whitehall, were held up for four hours on the M62 near Huddersfield after a major incident on Friday.

A lorry hit the central reservation and shed its load of wiring. The driver was uninjured in the smash but the westbound carriageway between junctions 23 and 22 at Saddleworth was closed for hours, causing traffic chaos.

It meant the Fresh Meat crew – which was completed by Greg McHugh, Kimberley Nixon, Joe Thomas and Zawe Ashton – had to abandon plans to visit Manchester and Sheffield universities.

During the hold-up Whitehall tweeted: “So we have been stuck on the M62 for three hours haven’t moved so sorry to anyone that’s waiting for us.

“We’re stranded.”

McHugh, who plays nerdy Howard, said: “We’re not moving but we are trying as hard as we can to keep the fundraising total moving.”

They were making their way from Newcastle to Loughborough via different campuses along the way.

Comic Relief takes place next Friday, March 15.