Happiness is a good gunging session!

Seven-year-old Simon, from Bexhill, got fed up with being ordered to retrieve rubber bricks from the bottom of Battle Abbey Prep School's Penland Road pool during swimming lessons.

So he wrote to hit BBC children's programme Get Your Own Back asking for their help.

The show, presented by Dave Benson-Phillips, features aggrieved youngsters competing for the chance to turn the tables on parents or teachers by ritually humiliating them in front of millions of viewers.

The adults are put through a variety of degrading challenges like having to dress up as chickens and take part in ludicrous games.

It culminates in the dreaded 'gunge plunge' - when the losing adult is smothered in gallons of foul toxic-looking goo.

Simon's wish was granted and he and Harry will appear on the next series of the show, scheduled for later in the year.

Harry said: "I've no idea what's in store for me. The first the school or I knew was when the BBC phoned.

"I've not seen the show but I've been told the format basically consists of mass humiliation for the adults. I'm not too bothered.

"I suppose I'm a bit of a big kid and there's a part of me looking forward to getting gunged.

"I do push the kids quite hard and Simon's a strong little swimmer so maybe I am guilty of getting him to retrieve bricks from the bottom more than others. But we also have a lot of fun. They're terrific kids.

"I wonder if I'll be saying that after the show though?"