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Red Nose Day 2007



 
 
Red Nose Day 2007, was a fund raising event organized by Comic Relief, broadcast live on BBC One
BBC One

BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
 and BBC Two
BBC Two

BBC Two is the second major terrestrial television channel of the BBC, aimed at a wide range of subject matter and interests, and specialising in intelligent yet popular programme genres....
 from the evening of March 16 2007 to early the following morning. It was part of "The Big One" campaign. Presenters introduced the show in two halves, one titled 'The funny' and the other titled 'The money'.

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Time Presenters
19.00-20.00 Lenny Henry
Lenny Henry

Lenworth George Henry Order of the British Empire is an England actor, writer and comedian....
 and Fearne Cotton
Fearne Cotton

Fearne Cotton is an England presenter known for presenting a number of popular TV programmes such as Top of the Pops and the Red Nose Day telethon....
20.00-21.00 Kate Thornton
Kate Thornton

Kate Louise Thornton is an England journalist and television presenter, most famous for being the first host of The X Factor , and best known internationally for her coverage of the Concert for Diana....
 and Paul O'Grady
Paul O'Grady

Paul James O'Grady Order of the British Empire is an England comedian and television & radio presenter, who achieved fame as the creator of comic drag character #Lily Savage , a vampish Birkenhead woman....
21.00-22.00 Chris Evans and Davina McCall
Davina McCall

Davina Lucy Pascale McCall is an Great Britain actress and television presenter, most notable for her work on Channel 4's Big Brother UK reality TV series....
22.00-22.30 Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson is an English people Presenter and journalist who specialises in motoring. He is best known for his role on the BBC Television show Top Gear along with co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May....
, Richard Hammond
Richard Hammond

Richard Mark Hammond , nicknamed "Hamster" due to his size, is a British presenter of radio and television, best known for co-presenting the television programme Top Gear since 2002....
 and James May
22.30-00.00 Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Ross may refer to:* Jonathan Ross , English television and radio personality* Jonathan Ross , United States Senator, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court...
 and Fearne Cotton
Fearne Cotton

Fearne Cotton is an England presenter known for presenting a number of popular TV programmes such as Top of the Pops and the Red Nose Day telethon....
00.00-01.35 Graham Norton
Graham Norton

Graham William Walker is an Irish people actor, comedian and television presenter. He is known by his stage name Graham Norton....
 and Davina McCall
Davina McCall

Davina Lucy Pascale McCall is an Great Britain actress and television presenter, most notable for her work on Channel 4's Big Brother UK reality TV series....
01.35-03.05 Russell Brand
Russell Brand

Russell Edward Brand is an England comedian, actor, columnist and presenter of radio presenter and television presenter.Brand achieved mainstream fame in the UK for presenting a Big Brother spin-off, Big Brother's Big Mouth, and for his The Russell Brand Show , among other television series and award ceremonies....
03.05-04.30 Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg is an award-winning England actor, comedian, writer, film producer and film director. He is best known for his starring roles in Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Run, Fatboy, Run, and for the comedy series Spaced....
 and Nick Frost
Nick Frost

Nicholas John Frost is an England actor, comedian and screenwriter.He is best known for his work with Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg in the role of Mike in the comedy Spaced, Ed in Shaun of the Dead, as well as PC Danny Butterman in Hot Fuzz....



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Title Appeal by Location Problem Solution
'Nothing can Prepare You' Ant and Dec Kenya
Kenya

The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....
 
Poor hygiene and waste disposal £
Pound sterling

----The pound sterling , subdivided into 100 pence , is the currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown dependency and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory....
90 builds a toilet cubicle that reduces the spread of disease.
'Net Danger' Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor

Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish people actor, singer, and adventurer who has had success in mainstream, independent film and Art film films....
 
UK Internet child grooming
Child grooming

Child grooming, in the context of this article, refers to actions deliberately undertaken with the aim of befriending and establishing an emotional connection with a child, in order to lower the child's inhibitions in preparation for child sexual abuse....
 
£20 can keep a child safe.
'14 In One Room' Ant and Dec Kenya Malnutrition
Malnutrition

Malnutrition is a general term for a medical condition caused by an improper or inadequate diet and nutrition.According to the World Health Organization, hunger and malnutrition are the single gravest threats to the world's public health and malnutrition is by far the biggest contributor to child mortality, present in half of all cases....
 
£60 gives a Kenyan child food for a month.
'Care for the Carers' ? UK 11 year old girl cares full time for both of her disabled parents £15 can give her a day out
'Preventable and Curable' Davina McCall
Davina McCall

Davina Lucy Pascale McCall is an Great Britain actress and television presenter, most notable for her work on Channel 4's Big Brother UK reality TV series....
 
Tanzania
Tanzania

Tanzania , officially the United Republic of Tanzania , is a country in East Africa that is bordered by Kenya and Uganda on the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique on the south....
 
Malaria
Malaria

Malaria is a Vector -borne infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites. It is widespread in Tropics and subtropical regions, including parts of the Americas, Asia, and Africa....
 is killing children due to lack of medication and trained nurses
60p pays for medication to save a life.
'Safety Net' Davina McCall Tanzania Disease spreading by parasites £2.50 buys a mosquito
Mosquito

Mosquitoes are common flying insects in the family Culicidae that are found around the world. There are about 3,500 species. They have a pair of scaled wings, a pair of halteres, a slender body, and six long legs....
 net which can prevent fatal infections
'Families Reunited' Fearne Cotton
Fearne Cotton

Fearne Cotton is an England presenter known for presenting a number of popular TV programmes such as Top of the Pops and the Red Nose Day telethon....
 
UK Teenagers who have run away from home getting into trouble Comic Relief can keep them safe.
'A Kind of Miracle' Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly, Order of the British Empire is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname The Big Yin ....
 
Somaliland
Somaliland

Somaliland is an autonomous region, which is part of the Somalia located in the Horn of Africa. The Republic of Somaliland considers itself to be the successor state of the former British Somaliland protectorate....
 
Comic Relief has helped provide medical supplies and an ambulance.
'Why?' Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox is a British musician, vocalist and Academy Award-winning songwriter. She is both a solo artist and the lead singer of the musical duo Eurythmics, hailed as "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" by members of the rock industry on the VH1 show 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll in 1999....
 
Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
 
Report about those who have been saved and those less fortunate.
'Life Line' Davina McCall UK Victims of wife beating With money, Comic Relief can help.
'Child in Danger' ? Tanzania Child malnutrition £38 can buy six months food for a child.
'Darfur' Michael Palin
Michael Palin

Michael Edward Palin, Order of the British Empire is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his Travel documentary....
 
Darfur
Darfur

Darfur is a region in Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by History of the Anglo-Egyptian co-dominium....
, Western Sudan
Sudan

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
 
Genocide
Genocide

Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.While precise genocide definitions, a legal definition is found in the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ....
 and victims of rape
Rape

Rape, also referred to as sexual assault, is an assault by a person involving sexual intercourse with or sexual penetration of another person without that person's consent....
 
£15 helps rape victims.
'Lifesaving Care' Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly, Order of the British Empire is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname The Big Yin ....
 
Cabrera
Cabrera

Cabrera may refer to:Places:* Cabrera, Balearic Islands* Cabrera, Dominican Republic, a town in the northeast of the Dominican Republic...
 
AIDS
AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the HIV ....
 sufferers deny illness and treatment to save face
Money supports community hospitals who take away the social stigmata.
'Child by Child' ? Tanzania A child named Grey is suffering from Malaria Comic Relief has halved the death rate of people suffering from the same condition.
'Slavery In The UK' Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson is a two-time Academy Award-, Emmy Award-, BAFTA Award- and Golden Globe-winning English actress, comedian, and screenwriter. She is also a patron of the Refugee Council....
 
UK A girl who left her own country in search of a new life, ended up a sex slave in a UK brothel Comic Relief gave the girl a new life.


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Title Brief Decription Starring
Mr Bean's
Mr. Bean

Mr. Bean was a British comedy television series of 14 half-hour episodes starring Rowan Atkinson as the title character. Different episodes were written by Rowan Atkinson, Robin Driscoll, Richard Curtis and one by Ben Elton....
 Wedding
Brand new Mr. Bean sketch in which Bean sabotages a couple's wedding. Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Atkinson

'Rowan Sebastian Atkinson' is an England comedian, actor and writer, famous for his work on the classic sitcoms Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line and Mr....
, Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen is a United Kingdom actor, known for his role as MI5 agent Tom Quinn in the BBC television drama series Spooks and for starring as Fitzwilliam Darcy in the 2005 film version of Pride and Prejudice ....
, Michelle Ryan
Michelle Ryan

Michelle Claire Ryan is an England actress.She was previously best known for portraying the role of Zoe Slater on the BBC soap opera EastEnders....
, Selina Cadell
Selina Cadell

Selina Cadell is an English people actress.A familiar face in British television, film, and theatre over the last thirty years, Selina Cadell has appeared in a wide range of supporting and lead roles....
 and David Haig
David Haig

David Haig is an Olivier Award-winning England actor and FIPA Award-winning writer. He is known for his versatility, having been successfully cast in dramatic, serio-comic and comedic roles, playing characters of varied social classes....
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Harry Hill's TV Burp

Harry Hill's TV Burp is a popular British Academy Television Awards-winning United Kingdom television comedy programme, produced by Avalon Television for ITV, and is hosted by the stand-up comedian Harry Hill....
A special version of the show. Harry Hill
Harry Hill

Matthew Keith Hall , better known as Harry Hill, is a BAFTA award-winning England comedian, author and television presenter and former medical doctor, who began his career in comedy with the popular radio show Harry Hill's Fruit Corner....
, Mr. Blobby
Mr. Blobby

File:Mr Blobby.jpgMr Blobby is a fictional character who featured on Noel Edmonds' Saturday night entertainment show Noel's House Party, which was often a ratings winner in the 1990s....
Comic Relief Does Little Britain Live
Little Britain Live

Little Britain Live is a stage show based on the TV sketch series Little Britain, performed by its stars, Matt Lucas and David Walliams, and directed by Jeremy Sams....
Several extracts from the live show of Little Britain
Little Britain

Little Britain is a character-based comedy sketch show first appearing on BBC radio and then television. It was written by stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams....
 performed at the Hammersmith Apollo
Hammersmith Apollo

The 'HMV Apollo' is a major entertainments and concert venue located in Hammersmith, London, England. Designed by Robert Cromie in Art Deco style, it opened in 1932 as the 'Gaumont Palace' cinema....
 on November 22 2006
Matt Lucas
Matt Lucas

'Matthew Richard Lucas' is an England comedian, writer and actor. He is perhaps best known for his acclaimed work with David Walliams in the television sketch show Little Britain and spoof interview series Rock Profile, as well as for his portrayal of the surreal scorekeeping baby George Dawes in the Vic and Bob comedy panel game Sho...
, David Walliams
David Walliams

David Walliams is an England comedian, writer and actor, known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the sketch show Little Britain and its predecessor Rock Profile....
, Russell Brand
Russell Brand

Russell Edward Brand is an England comedian, actor, columnist and presenter of radio presenter and television presenter.Brand achieved mainstream fame in the UK for presenting a Big Brother spin-off, Big Brother's Big Mouth, and for his The Russell Brand Show , among other television series and award ceremonies....
, David Baddiel
David Baddiel

David Baddiel is an English comedian, novelist and television presenter....
, Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman

Dennis Waterman is an English actor and singer, best known for his tough-guy roles in television series such as The Sweeney and Minder ....
, Kate Moss
Kate Moss

Katherine "Kate" Ann Moss is an England Model . She has appeared on over 300 magazine covers. She is known for her waifish figure, uncommonly short height for a fashion model, and appearances in many advertising campaigns....
, Dawn French
Dawn French

'Dawn Roma French' is an United Kingdom actor, writer and comedian. In her career, she has been nominated for six BAFTA Television Award. She is best-known for starring in and writing her sketch comedy, French and Saunders, alongside her comedy partner Jennifer Saunders, and for playing the lead role of Geraldine Granger in the sitcom Th...
, Anthony Stewart Head, Paul Putner
Paul Putner

Paul Putner is an England comedy and actor.He was born in East Grinstead. He studied at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art where he won, amongst other prizes, the Kenneth More prize for comedy acting....
 and Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross (television presenter)

Jonathan Stephen Ross Order of the British Empire is a triple BAFTA Award-winning England film critic and presenter of radio and television. Working extensively with the BBC, Ross has presented The Film programme since 1997, his own chat show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross since 2001, and a radio show on BBC Radio 2 beginning in 19...
The Catherine Tate Show
The Catherine Tate Show

The Catherine Tate Show is an award-winning United Kingdom television sketch comedy written by Catherine Tate who stars in all of the show's sketches, which feature a wide range of The Catherine Tate Show characters....
Lauren Cooper
Lauren Cooper

Lauren Alesha Masheka Tanesha Felicia Jane Cooper is a fictional character in The Catherine Tate Show. Lauren is one of the show's main characters and is played by Catherine Tate....
 has a new teacher who looks like Doctor Who
Tenth Doctor

The Tenth Doctor is the tenth Doctor #Changing faces of the fictional character known as Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC Science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
 
David Tennant
David Tennant

David Tennant is a Scotland actor. Already a well-known theatre actor, Tennant achieved wider fame for his TV role as the Tenth Doctor in BBC's Doctor Who as well as in Casanova , and his film role as Death Eater#Barty Crouch, Jr in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ....
Elaine Figgis
The Catherine Tate Show characters

The following characters appear in the comedy sketch series The Catherine Tate Show on BBC Two. Comedian Catherine Tate portrays all of the characters featured most prominently in the show, which she has created with Derren Litten and her team of writers....
 dates Daniel Craig
Daniel Craig
Daniel Craig

Daniel Wroughton Craig is an England actor. His early film roles included The Power of One, A Kid in King Arthur's Court and the television episodes Sharpe's Eagle and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Daredevils of the Desert....
Geordie Georgie
The Catherine Tate Show characters

The following characters appear in the comedy sketch series The Catherine Tate Show on BBC Two. Comedian Catherine Tate portrays all of the characters featured most prominently in the show, which she has created with Derren Litten and her team of writers....
 has a bone to pick with Lenny Henry
Lenny Henry
Lenny Henry

Lenworth George Henry Order of the British Empire is an England actor, writer and comedian....
Lauren Cooper
Lauren Cooper

Lauren Alesha Masheka Tanesha Felicia Jane Cooper is a fictional character in The Catherine Tate Show. Lauren is one of the show's main characters and is played by Catherine Tate....
 is on work experience at No.10
10 Downing Street

Number 10 Downing Street is the residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The headquarters of Her Majesty's Government, it is situated on Downing Street in the City of Westminster in London, England....
 
Prime Minister
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom and the head of government Her Majesty's Government....
 Tony Blair
Tony Blair

Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair is a British politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007....
Joannie "Nan" Taylor
Joannie Taylor

Joannie 'Nan' Taylor is a fictional character in The Catherine Tate Show. She is one of the main characters of the show and is portrayed by Catherine Tate....
 goes on Deal Or No Deal
Deal or No Deal (UK game show)

Deal or No Deal is the United Kingdom version of the Endemol game show, which was first broadcast on Channel 4 on 31 October 2005. Presented by Noel Edmonds, the show is normally broadcast from 4:15pm to 5pm on weekdays and on Sunday evenings in a varying time slot, normally lasting 45 minutes and sometimes an hour for special episodes ....
 
Noel Edmonds
Noel Edmonds

Noel Ernest Edmonds, Deputy Lieutenant is an English television presenter, Senior management and philanthropist, who made his name as a disc jockey on BBC Radio 1 in the UK....
One Love: Ricky Gervais In Kenya Satirical appeal video featuring Gervais and a number of celebrities. Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais

Ricky Dene Gervais is an England comedian, author, actor, Television director, Television producer, screenwriter and former pop music musician....
, Stephen Merchant
Stephen Merchant

Stephen James Merchant is a British Comedy Award-, BAFTA-, Emmy- and Golden Globe-award winning United Kingdom writer, director, and comic actor....
, Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver

James Trevor 'Jamie' Oliver, Order of the British Empire , frequently nicknamed The Naked Chef, is an England celebrity chef and media personality, well known for his role in campaigning against the use of processed foods in national schools....
, Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof

Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof KBE, known as Bob Geldof , is an Republic of Ireland singer, songwriter, actor and political activist who became famous as a member of the Rock music The Boomtown Rats....
, Andi Peters
Andi Peters

Andi Peters is an England television presenter, voice actor and executive. He initially obtained national TV exposure as a presenter within CBBC playing second fiddle to Ed the Duck, and subsequently acquired technical experience....
 and Bono
Bono

Paul David Hewson , also known by his stage name Bono, is the main vocalist of the Ireland rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2....
.
Mitchell and Webb
Mitchell and Webb

Mitchell and Webb are a United Kingdom comedy double act, comprising David Mitchell and Robert Webb . They are best known for starring in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show ....
Numberwang Carol Vorderman
Carol Vorderman

Carol Jean Vorderman Order of the British Empire is an English businesswoman and television presenter, best known for co-hosting the popular Channel 4 game show Countdown from its first show on 2 November 1982 until 12 December 2008....
, Johnny Ball
Johnny Ball

Johnny Ball is a United Kingdom television personality, a great popular mathematics and the father of former BBC Radio 1 DJ, and TV host, Zo? Ball....
 and Bill Turnbull
Bill Turnbull

Bill Turnbull is an English people journalist and presenter, currently employed by the BBC and best known for presenting BBC Breakfast....
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Table Of Reds, a special rendition of Lady in Red. Chris De Burgh
Chris de Burgh

Chris de Burgh is an Irish-based musician and singer-songwriter who holds British nationality . A musician who writes a variety of mixed instrumental material, Chris de Burgh had huge success in Ireland, Britain and the United States with the 1986 hit "The Lady in Red "....
 and Hazel Irvine
Hazel Irvine

Hazel Irvine , is a television presenter from the United Kingdom. Educated at Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh, she achieved an M.A. in History of Art at the University of St....
Aardman Animations
Aardman Animations

Aardman Animations, Ltd., also known as Aardman Studios, is an Academy Awards-winning United Kingdom animation studio based in Bristol, United Kingdom....
Creature Comforts
Creature Comforts

Creature Comforts was originally a 1989 short film made in United Kingdom about how animals feel about living in a zoo, and later became a series of commercials for Heat Electric....
 Preview of new American version made for CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
 
 
EastEnders'
EastEnders

EastEnders is a popular and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985. It currently ranks within the top of the most watched shows in the United Kingdom....
 Wellard
Wellard

Wellard was a fictional character dog in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He is a Belgian Tervuren, though all the dogs that have played him have all been female....
 the dog in claymation form
Marc Wootton
Marc Wootton

Marc Wootton is an England character comedian. He is perhaps best known for his role as an obviously fake medium and psychic, Shirley Ghostman, on the BBC Three series, High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman....
 (voice)
The Vicar of Dibley
The Vicar of Dibley

The Vicar of Dibley is a British sitcom created by Richard Curtis and written for its lead actress, Dawn French, by Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, with contributions from Kit Hesketh-Harvey....
A spoof of Celebrity Wife Swap
Wife Swap

Wife Swap is a reality television programme, produced by United Kingdom independent television production company RDF Media and created by Stephen Lambert ....
Dawn French
Dawn French

'Dawn Roma French' is an United Kingdom actor, writer and comedian. In her career, she has been nominated for six BAFTA Television Award. She is best-known for starring in and writing her sketch comedy, French and Saunders, alongside her comedy partner Jennifer Saunders, and for playing the lead role of Geraldine Granger in the sitcom Th...
, Sting, Trudie Styler
Trudie Styler

Trudie Styler is an actress and producer. She is married to the musician Sting ....
, Emma Chambers
Emma Chambers

Emma G. Chambers is an England actor....
, Gary Waldhorn
Gary Waldhorn

Gary Waldhorn is an England actor best known for his role as David Horton in the British sitcom The Vicar of Dibley, but who has also had a noteable television and theatre career....
, James Fleet
James Fleet

James Fleet is a United Kingdom actor. He is most famous for his roles as the bumbling and well-meaning Tom in the 1994 United Kingdom romantic comedy film Four Weddings and a Funeral, and the dim-witted Hugo Horton in the BBC situation comedy television series The Vicar of Dibley....
, Roger Lloyd Pack
Roger Lloyd Pack

Roger Lloyd Pack is an England acting, he is best known for his role as Trigger in Only Fools and Horses....
, Trevor Peacock
Trevor Peacock

Trevor Peacock is an England character actor who has had roles such as Jim Trott in The Vicar of Dibley, Rouault in Madame Bovary and Old Bailey in Neverwhere....
, John Bluthal
John Bluthal

John Bluthal is a film and television actor, mostly in comedy....
 and Richard Armitage
Richard Armitage (actor)

Richard Armitage is an England actor....
Sawing A Lady In Half A sketch featuring a magic trick. Paul O'Grady
Paul O'Grady

Paul James O'Grady Order of the British Empire is an England comedian and television & radio presenter, who achieved fame as the creator of comic drag character #Lily Savage , a vampish Birkenhead woman....
The Mighty Boosh
The Mighty Boosh

The Mighty Boosh, colloquially referred to as The Boosh, is the collective name for the creators of the British comedy written by and starring comedians Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding....
A live sketch on stage. Julian Barratt
Julian Barratt

Julian Barratt is an England comedy, musician, music producer and actor. Julian is best known for playing the character of Howard Moon in the cult comedy The Mighty Boosh....
 and Noel Fielding
Noel Fielding

Noel Fielding is an English people artist, comedian and actor. He is known for his role as Vince Noir in The Mighty Boosh, which he also co-writes with fellow actor Julian Barratt....
The Impressionists Movie based satire Jon Culshaw
Jon Culshaw

Jonathan Peter Culshaw is a United Kingdom Impressionist and comedian. He was educated at St Bede's RC High School, Ormskirk, and St John Rigby College, Orrell....
, Jan Ravens
Jan Ravens

Jan Ravens is an England actress and Impressionist , famous for her voices on Spitting Image and Dead Ringers ....
, Phil Cornwell
Phil Cornwell

Phil Cornwell is an England comedian, actor, Impressionist and writer. He is probably best known as being part of the Dead Ringers television and radio series....
 and Ronni Ancona
Ronni Ancona

Veronica 'Ronni' Ancona is a Scottish Impressionist and actress of Italian/Jewish ancestry who won the Best TV Comedy Actress award at the British Comedy Awards 2003 for her work in Big Impression....
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The Greatest Worst Bits of Comic Relief Special version of Time Trumpet
Time Trumpet

Time Trumpet is a six-episode television comedy series which aired on BBC Two during Summer 2006 in television. The first full show was broadcast on Thursday 3 August 2006 at 10pm; a 10 minute preview had been broadcast two weeks earlier....
, exposing Comic Relief's goofs, including the truth behind the Dawn French - Hugh Grant kiss.
Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci

Armando Iannucci is a Scotland comedian, writer, director, performer and radio producer....
, Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson is a two-time Academy Award-, Emmy Award-, BAFTA Award- and Golden Globe-winning English actress, comedian, and screenwriter. She is also a patron of the Refugee Council....
, Mark Watson
Mark Watson (comedian)

Mark Andrew Watson is a British Stand-up comedy and novelist. He was born in Bristol of a Welsh family....
, Joanna Neary, Richard Ayoade
Richard Ayoade

Richard Ellef Ayoade is an England comedian, actor, writer and director.Ayoade was born an only child to a Norwegian mother and a Nigerian father....
, David Sant, Andy Zaltzman
Andy Zaltzman

Andrew Zaltzman is a British comedian who largely focuses on political material. He is a graduate of University College, Oxford.He has written for Bremner, Bird and Fortune and appeared on BBC4's Never Mind the Full Stops and The Late Edition....
, Adam Buxton
Adam Buxton

Adam Offord Buxton is a United Kingdom comedian, who together with his comedy partner Joe Cornish wrote and presented the Channel 4 comedy series The Adam and Joe Show, as well as Adam and Joe Go Tokyo....
, Matthew Holness
Matthew Holness

Matthew Holness is an England comedian and actor. Hailing from Whitstable in Kent, Holness read English literature at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he was vice-president of the Cambridge Footlights....
, Paul Whitehouse
Paul Whitehouse

Paul Whitehouse is an Welsh actor, writer and comedian. He became known for his work with Harry Enfield and as one of the stars of the popular British Broadcasting Corporation sketch show, The Fast Show....
, Rob Brydon
Rob Brydon

Rob Brydon is a Wales actor, comedian and impressionist most famous for his role as Keith Barret in the BBC comedy Marion and Geoff and its spin-off The Keith Barret Show, as well as the host of panel quiz Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive....
 and Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Atkinson

'Rowan Sebastian Atkinson' is an England comedian, actor and writer, famous for his work on the classic sitcoms Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line and Mr....


le class="wikitable"> Artist(s) Song Notes Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud are a British girl group that were created on the ITV1 talent show Popstars in 2002. The group, consisting of Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh, have been successful in achieving a string of 20 consecutive UK Top 10 singles , two UK number one albums, and having been nominated for fo...
 vs. Sugababes
Sugababes

Sugababes are a BRIT Award-winning pop music group based in London, UK. The group consists of Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range, and Amelle Berrabah....
Walk This Way
Walk This Way

"Walk This Way" is a song by United States hard rock rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry . It was originally released as the second single from their 1975 album Toys in the Attic ....
  This song reached number 1 in the UK Singles chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
 on 2007-03-18 as the official single. Brian Potter
Brian Potter

Brian Chelsea Potter, one of many fictional characters played by Peter Kay, is the owner of The Phoenix Club in both That Peter Kay Thing and Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights....
, Andy Pipkin
Lou and Andy

Louis 'Lou' Bob Todd and Andrew 'Andy' Pipkin are fictional characters from the cult BBC TV and radio show Little Britain, played by David Walliams and Matt Lucas respectively....
 and The Proclaimers
The Proclaimers

The Proclaimers are a Scottish band composed of Twin#Monozygotic twins Charlie and Craig Reid . They are best known for the songs Letter from America , I'm on My Way , and I'm Gonna Be ....
I'm Gonna Roll (500 Miles)
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

"I'm Gonna Be " is a song written and performed by Scotland pop music band The Proclaimers. It was released on their 1988 Sunshine on Leith album, and subsequently as a single....
  This song reached number 1 in the UK Singles chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
  on 2007-03-25 However, the previous week 2007-03-18 It reached number 3, based on downloads alone. Take That
Take That

Take That are an England pop music musical group consisting of members Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, and, formerly, Robbie Williams....
Patience
Patience (Take That song)

"Patience" is a song by the British boy band Take That. "Patience" is the first single from their comeback album Beautiful World ....
   The Killers
The Killers (band)

The Killers are an American alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2002. The group consists of Brandon Flowers , Dave Keuning , Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr....
Read My Mind
Read My Mind (song)

"Read My Mind" is a song by Las Vegas, Nevada-based rock band The Killers and is the sixth track on their second album Sam's Town, released in October 2006....
   When You Were Young
When You Were Young

"When You Were Young" is a song written and performed by Las Vegas, Nevada-based rock band, The Killers , and is the third track on their second album Sam's Town, released in October 2006....
   Chris Moyles
Chris Moyles

Christopher Moyles is an England Presenter from Leeds. He currently hosts the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show, entitled The Chris Moyles Show....
, Patrick Kielty
Patrick Kielty

Patrick Kielty is a Northern Irish comedian and television personality. He was born in Dundrum, County Down, Northern Ireland.Background...
 and Jimmy Carr
Jimmy Carr

James Anthony Patrick "Jimmy" Carr, Jr. is an England comedian, author, actor and presenter of radio presenter and television presenter, known for his deadpan, satire and often very Black comedy....
My Way
My Way (song)

"My Way" is a song with lyrics written by Paul Anka and popularized by Frank Sinatra. The melody is based on a French Language song "Comme D'habitude" composed by Claude Fran?ois and Jacques Revaux....
  

Top Gear of the Pops


final presented by Patrick Kielty
Patrick Kielty

Patrick Kielty is a Northern Irish comedian and television personality. He was born in Dundrum, County Down, Northern Ireland.Background...
 and Claudia Winkleman
Claudia Winkleman

Claudia Anne I. Winkleman is a British television presenter, radio personality and journalist. She is the daughter of Eve Pollard, former editor of the Daily Express#Sunday Express and Barry Winkleman, a former publisher of Times Atlas of the World....
 with judges Craig Revel Horwood
Craig Revel Horwood

Craig Revel Horwood is an Australian dancing, choreography, and theatre director in the United Kingdom....
, Lesley Garrett
Lesley Garrett

Lesley Garrett Order of the British Empire is an England soprano, broadcaster and media personality....
 and Richard Park
Richard Park (broadcaster)

Richard Park is Executive Director of Global Radio. He was previously a media consultant and broadcaster in the UK and has also made appearances as the 'Headmaster' of BBC TV's Fame Academy programmes....
 and featuring Tricia Penrose
Tricia Penrose

Patricia "Tricia" Penrose is an England actor and singer.She is best known for her role as Gina Ward in ITV1's long-running 1960s drama Heartbeat ....
 singing "If I Ain't Got You
If I Ain't Got You

"If I Ain't Got You" is a song recorded, written, and produced by American contemporary R&B-soul music singer Alicia Keys for her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys ....
" and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson also known as TPT, is a well-known one-time England "it girl", television personality, television presenter and Model ....
 - "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
These Boots Are Made for Walkin'

"These Boots Are Made for Walkin" is a pop music song composed by Lee Hazlewood and first recorded by Nancy Sinatra. It was released in February 1966 and hit #1 in the United States and United Kingdom Pop charts....
".
lass="link1" onMouseover='showByLink("m1059620",this)' onMouseout='hide("m1059620")'href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Alan_Sugar">Alan Sugar
Alan Sugar

Sir Alan Michael Sugar is an England entrepreneur, businessman, and television personality.From origins in the East End of London, Sugar now has an estimated fortune of ?830m , and was ranked 92nd in the Sunday Times Rich List 2008....
 decides which celebrity
Celebrity

A celebrity is a widely-recognized or notable person who commands a high degree of public and media attention. The word stems from the Latin verb "celebrare" but one may not become a celebrity unless public and mass media interest is piqued....
 apprentice is not raising enough money for Comic Relief and fires them.

ol children design a suit for Lenny Henry to wear whilst presenting tonight's show.

my Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May present their own Top Gear
Top Gear (current format)

Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi-National Television Awards and International Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, primarily automobile....
 take on the axed chart show Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a long-running United Kingdom UK Singles Chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006....
 featuring performances from Lethal Bizzle
Lethal Bizzle

Lethal Bizzle is a rapping born to Ghanaian parents. In December 2004, he released the single "Pow ", also known as "Forward Riddim", which was banned from airplay by some mainstream radio stations....
, McFly, Travis
Travis (band)

Travis are a Scotland alternative rock band from Glasgow, comprising Francis Healy , Dougie Payne , Andy Dunlop and Neil Primrose . Travis have twice been awarded British album of the year at the annual BRIT Awards, and are often credited with having paved the way for bands such as Coldplay, Keane and Snow Patrol....
 and Supergrass
Supergrass

Supergrass are an England alternative rock band from Oxford. The band consists of brothers Gaz Coombes and Rob Coombes , Danny Goffey , and Mick Quinn ....
.
Westwood presents a special edition of Pimp My Ride
Pimp My Ride

Pimp My Ride is a Television show produced by MTV. Each episode consists of taking one automobile in poor condition and restoring it, as well as custom car it....
 in which he visits an old peoples home in Staffordshire
Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked Counties of England in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the National Forest, England lies within its borders....
 and then pimps their dishevelled 12 year old LDV
LDV Limited

For other uses see LDVLDV Group Limited, formerly Leyland DAF Vans, is a UK van manufacturer, based in the Ward End area of Birmingham, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Russian GAZ group....
 community transport bus.






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Red Nose Day 2007, was a fund raising event organized by Comic Relief, broadcast live on BBC One
BBC One

BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
 and BBC Two
BBC Two

BBC Two is the second major terrestrial television channel of the BBC, aimed at a wide range of subject matter and interests, and specialising in intelligent yet popular programme genres....
 from the evening of March 16 2007 to early the following morning. It was part of "The Big One" campaign. Presenters introduced the show in two halves, one titled 'The funny' and the other titled 'The money'.

Presenters

Time Presenters
19.00-20.00 Lenny Henry
Lenny Henry

Lenworth George Henry Order of the British Empire is an England actor, writer and comedian....
 and Fearne Cotton
Fearne Cotton

Fearne Cotton is an England presenter known for presenting a number of popular TV programmes such as Top of the Pops and the Red Nose Day telethon....
20.00-21.00 Kate Thornton
Kate Thornton

Kate Louise Thornton is an England journalist and television presenter, most famous for being the first host of The X Factor , and best known internationally for her coverage of the Concert for Diana....
 and Paul O'Grady
Paul O'Grady

Paul James O'Grady Order of the British Empire is an England comedian and television & radio presenter, who achieved fame as the creator of comic drag character #Lily Savage , a vampish Birkenhead woman....
21.00-22.00 Chris Evans and Davina McCall
Davina McCall

Davina Lucy Pascale McCall is an Great Britain actress and television presenter, most notable for her work on Channel 4's Big Brother UK reality TV series....
22.00-22.30 Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson is an English people Presenter and journalist who specialises in motoring. He is best known for his role on the BBC Television show Top Gear along with co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May....
, Richard Hammond
Richard Hammond

Richard Mark Hammond , nicknamed "Hamster" due to his size, is a British presenter of radio and television, best known for co-presenting the television programme Top Gear since 2002....
 and James May
22.30-00.00 Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross

Jonathan Ross may refer to:* Jonathan Ross , English television and radio personality* Jonathan Ross , United States Senator, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court...
 and Fearne Cotton
Fearne Cotton

Fearne Cotton is an England presenter known for presenting a number of popular TV programmes such as Top of the Pops and the Red Nose Day telethon....
00.00-01.35 Graham Norton
Graham Norton

Graham William Walker is an Irish people actor, comedian and television presenter. He is known by his stage name Graham Norton....
 and Davina McCall
Davina McCall

Davina Lucy Pascale McCall is an Great Britain actress and television presenter, most notable for her work on Channel 4's Big Brother UK reality TV series....
01.35-03.05 Russell Brand
Russell Brand

Russell Edward Brand is an England comedian, actor, columnist and presenter of radio presenter and television presenter.Brand achieved mainstream fame in the UK for presenting a Big Brother spin-off, Big Brother's Big Mouth, and for his The Russell Brand Show , among other television series and award ceremonies....
03.05-04.30 Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg is an award-winning England actor, comedian, writer, film producer and film director. He is best known for his starring roles in Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Run, Fatboy, Run, and for the comedy series Spaced....
 and Nick Frost
Nick Frost

Nicholas John Frost is an England actor, comedian and screenwriter.He is best known for his work with Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg in the role of Mike in the comedy Spaced, Ed in Shaun of the Dead, as well as PC Danny Butterman in Hot Fuzz....


Donation progress


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Appeals

Title Appeal by Location Problem Solution
'Nothing can Prepare You' Ant and Dec Kenya
Kenya

The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the northeast, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border....
 
Poor hygiene and waste disposal £
Pound sterling

----The pound sterling , subdivided into 100 pence , is the currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown dependency and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory....
90 builds a toilet cubicle that reduces the spread of disease.
'Net Danger' Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor

Ewan Gordon McGregor is a Scottish people actor, singer, and adventurer who has had success in mainstream, independent film and Art film films....
 
UK Internet child grooming
Child grooming

Child grooming, in the context of this article, refers to actions deliberately undertaken with the aim of befriending and establishing an emotional connection with a child, in order to lower the child's inhibitions in preparation for child sexual abuse....
 
£20 can keep a child safe.
'14 In One Room' Ant and Dec Kenya Malnutrition
Malnutrition

Malnutrition is a general term for a medical condition caused by an improper or inadequate diet and nutrition.According to the World Health Organization, hunger and malnutrition are the single gravest threats to the world's public health and malnutrition is by far the biggest contributor to child mortality, present in half of all cases....
 
£60 gives a Kenyan child food for a month.
'Care for the Carers' ? UK 11 year old girl cares full time for both of her disabled parents £15 can give her a day out
'Preventable and Curable' Davina McCall
Davina McCall

Davina Lucy Pascale McCall is an Great Britain actress and television presenter, most notable for her work on Channel 4's Big Brother UK reality TV series....
 
Tanzania
Tanzania

Tanzania , officially the United Republic of Tanzania , is a country in East Africa that is bordered by Kenya and Uganda on the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique on the south....
 
Malaria
Malaria

Malaria is a Vector -borne infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites. It is widespread in Tropics and subtropical regions, including parts of the Americas, Asia, and Africa....
 is killing children due to lack of medication and trained nurses
60p pays for medication to save a life.
'Safety Net' Davina McCall Tanzania Disease spreading by parasites £2.50 buys a mosquito
Mosquito

Mosquitoes are common flying insects in the family Culicidae that are found around the world. There are about 3,500 species. They have a pair of scaled wings, a pair of halteres, a slender body, and six long legs....
 net which can prevent fatal infections
'Families Reunited' Fearne Cotton
Fearne Cotton

Fearne Cotton is an England presenter known for presenting a number of popular TV programmes such as Top of the Pops and the Red Nose Day telethon....
 
UK Teenagers who have run away from home getting into trouble Comic Relief can keep them safe.
'A Kind of Miracle' Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly, Order of the British Empire is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname The Big Yin ....
 
Somaliland
Somaliland

Somaliland is an autonomous region, which is part of the Somalia located in the Horn of Africa. The Republic of Somaliland considers itself to be the successor state of the former British Somaliland protectorate....
 
Comic Relief has helped provide medical supplies and an ambulance.
'Why?' Annie Lennox
Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox is a British musician, vocalist and Academy Award-winning songwriter. She is both a solo artist and the lead singer of the musical duo Eurythmics, hailed as "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" by members of the rock industry on the VH1 show 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll in 1999....
 
Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
 
Report about those who have been saved and those less fortunate.
'Life Line' Davina McCall UK Victims of wife beating With money, Comic Relief can help.
'Child in Danger' ? Tanzania Child malnutrition £38 can buy six months food for a child.
'Darfur' Michael Palin
Michael Palin

Michael Edward Palin, Order of the British Empire is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his Travel documentary....
 
Darfur
Darfur

Darfur is a region in Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by History of the Anglo-Egyptian co-dominium....
, Western Sudan
Sudan

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
 
Genocide
Genocide

Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group.While precise genocide definitions, a legal definition is found in the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ....
 and victims of rape
Rape

Rape, also referred to as sexual assault, is an assault by a person involving sexual intercourse with or sexual penetration of another person without that person's consent....
 
£15 helps rape victims.
'Lifesaving Care' Billy Connolly
Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly, Order of the British Empire is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname The Big Yin ....
 
Cabrera
Cabrera

Cabrera may refer to:Places:* Cabrera, Balearic Islands* Cabrera, Dominican Republic, a town in the northeast of the Dominican Republic...
 
AIDS
AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the HIV ....
 sufferers deny illness and treatment to save face
Money supports community hospitals who take away the social stigmata.
'Child by Child' ? Tanzania A child named Grey is suffering from Malaria Comic Relief has halved the death rate of people suffering from the same condition.
'Slavery In The UK' Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson is a two-time Academy Award-, Emmy Award-, BAFTA Award- and Golden Globe-winning English actress, comedian, and screenwriter. She is also a patron of the Refugee Council....
 
UK A girl who left her own country in search of a new life, ended up a sex slave in a UK brothel Comic Relief gave the girl a new life.


Sketches

Title Brief Decription Starring
Mr Bean's
Mr. Bean

Mr. Bean was a British comedy television series of 14 half-hour episodes starring Rowan Atkinson as the title character. Different episodes were written by Rowan Atkinson, Robin Driscoll, Richard Curtis and one by Ben Elton....
 Wedding
Brand new Mr. Bean sketch in which Bean sabotages a couple's wedding. Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Atkinson

'Rowan Sebastian Atkinson' is an England comedian, actor and writer, famous for his work on the classic sitcoms Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line and Mr....
, Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen is a United Kingdom actor, known for his role as MI5 agent Tom Quinn in the BBC television drama series Spooks and for starring as Fitzwilliam Darcy in the 2005 film version of Pride and Prejudice ....
, Michelle Ryan
Michelle Ryan

Michelle Claire Ryan is an England actress.She was previously best known for portraying the role of Zoe Slater on the BBC soap opera EastEnders....
, Selina Cadell
Selina Cadell

Selina Cadell is an English people actress.A familiar face in British television, film, and theatre over the last thirty years, Selina Cadell has appeared in a wide range of supporting and lead roles....
 and David Haig
David Haig

David Haig is an Olivier Award-winning England actor and FIPA Award-winning writer. He is known for his versatility, having been successfully cast in dramatic, serio-comic and comedic roles, playing characters of varied social classes....
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Harry Hill's TV Burp

Harry Hill's TV Burp is a popular British Academy Television Awards-winning United Kingdom television comedy programme, produced by Avalon Television for ITV, and is hosted by the stand-up comedian Harry Hill....
A special version of the show. Harry Hill
Harry Hill

Matthew Keith Hall , better known as Harry Hill, is a BAFTA award-winning England comedian, author and television presenter and former medical doctor, who began his career in comedy with the popular radio show Harry Hill's Fruit Corner....
, Mr. Blobby
Mr. Blobby

File:Mr Blobby.jpgMr Blobby is a fictional character who featured on Noel Edmonds' Saturday night entertainment show Noel's House Party, which was often a ratings winner in the 1990s....
Comic Relief Does Little Britain Live
Little Britain Live

Little Britain Live is a stage show based on the TV sketch series Little Britain, performed by its stars, Matt Lucas and David Walliams, and directed by Jeremy Sams....
Several extracts from the live show of Little Britain
Little Britain

Little Britain is a character-based comedy sketch show first appearing on BBC radio and then television. It was written by stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams....
 performed at the Hammersmith Apollo
Hammersmith Apollo

The 'HMV Apollo' is a major entertainments and concert venue located in Hammersmith, London, England. Designed by Robert Cromie in Art Deco style, it opened in 1932 as the 'Gaumont Palace' cinema....
 on November 22 2006
Matt Lucas
Matt Lucas

'Matthew Richard Lucas' is an England comedian, writer and actor. He is perhaps best known for his acclaimed work with David Walliams in the television sketch show Little Britain and spoof interview series Rock Profile, as well as for his portrayal of the surreal scorekeeping baby George Dawes in the Vic and Bob comedy panel game Sho...
, David Walliams
David Walliams

David Walliams is an England comedian, writer and actor, known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the sketch show Little Britain and its predecessor Rock Profile....
, Russell Brand
Russell Brand

Russell Edward Brand is an England comedian, actor, columnist and presenter of radio presenter and television presenter.Brand achieved mainstream fame in the UK for presenting a Big Brother spin-off, Big Brother's Big Mouth, and for his The Russell Brand Show , among other television series and award ceremonies....
, David Baddiel
David Baddiel

David Baddiel is an English comedian, novelist and television presenter....
, Dennis Waterman
Dennis Waterman

Dennis Waterman is an English actor and singer, best known for his tough-guy roles in television series such as The Sweeney and Minder ....
, Kate Moss
Kate Moss

Katherine "Kate" Ann Moss is an England Model . She has appeared on over 300 magazine covers. She is known for her waifish figure, uncommonly short height for a fashion model, and appearances in many advertising campaigns....
, Dawn French
Dawn French

'Dawn Roma French' is an United Kingdom actor, writer and comedian. In her career, she has been nominated for six BAFTA Television Award. She is best-known for starring in and writing her sketch comedy, French and Saunders, alongside her comedy partner Jennifer Saunders, and for playing the lead role of Geraldine Granger in the sitcom Th...
, Anthony Stewart Head, Paul Putner
Paul Putner

Paul Putner is an England comedy and actor.He was born in East Grinstead. He studied at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art where he won, amongst other prizes, the Kenneth More prize for comedy acting....
 and Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross (television presenter)

Jonathan Stephen Ross Order of the British Empire is a triple BAFTA Award-winning England film critic and presenter of radio and television. Working extensively with the BBC, Ross has presented The Film programme since 1997, his own chat show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross since 2001, and a radio show on BBC Radio 2 beginning in 19...
The Catherine Tate Show
The Catherine Tate Show

The Catherine Tate Show is an award-winning United Kingdom television sketch comedy written by Catherine Tate who stars in all of the show's sketches, which feature a wide range of The Catherine Tate Show characters....
Lauren Cooper
Lauren Cooper

Lauren Alesha Masheka Tanesha Felicia Jane Cooper is a fictional character in The Catherine Tate Show. Lauren is one of the show's main characters and is played by Catherine Tate....
 has a new teacher who looks like Doctor Who
Tenth Doctor

The Tenth Doctor is the tenth Doctor #Changing faces of the fictional character known as Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC Science fiction on television series Doctor Who....
 
David Tennant
David Tennant

David Tennant is a Scotland actor. Already a well-known theatre actor, Tennant achieved wider fame for his TV role as the Tenth Doctor in BBC's Doctor Who as well as in Casanova , and his film role as Death Eater#Barty Crouch, Jr in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ....
Elaine Figgis
The Catherine Tate Show characters

The following characters appear in the comedy sketch series The Catherine Tate Show on BBC Two. Comedian Catherine Tate portrays all of the characters featured most prominently in the show, which she has created with Derren Litten and her team of writers....
 dates Daniel Craig
Daniel Craig
Daniel Craig

Daniel Wroughton Craig is an England actor. His early film roles included The Power of One, A Kid in King Arthur's Court and the television episodes Sharpe's Eagle and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Daredevils of the Desert....
Geordie Georgie
The Catherine Tate Show characters

The following characters appear in the comedy sketch series The Catherine Tate Show on BBC Two. Comedian Catherine Tate portrays all of the characters featured most prominently in the show, which she has created with Derren Litten and her team of writers....
 has a bone to pick with Lenny Henry
Lenny Henry
Lenny Henry

Lenworth George Henry Order of the British Empire is an England actor, writer and comedian....
Lauren Cooper
Lauren Cooper

Lauren Alesha Masheka Tanesha Felicia Jane Cooper is a fictional character in The Catherine Tate Show. Lauren is one of the show's main characters and is played by Catherine Tate....
 is on work experience at No.10
10 Downing Street

Number 10 Downing Street is the residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The headquarters of Her Majesty's Government, it is situated on Downing Street in the City of Westminster in London, England....
 
Prime Minister
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom and the head of government Her Majesty's Government....
 Tony Blair
Tony Blair

Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair is a British politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007....
Joannie "Nan" Taylor
Joannie Taylor

Joannie 'Nan' Taylor is a fictional character in The Catherine Tate Show. She is one of the main characters of the show and is portrayed by Catherine Tate....
 goes on Deal Or No Deal
Deal or No Deal (UK game show)

Deal or No Deal is the United Kingdom version of the Endemol game show, which was first broadcast on Channel 4 on 31 October 2005. Presented by Noel Edmonds, the show is normally broadcast from 4:15pm to 5pm on weekdays and on Sunday evenings in a varying time slot, normally lasting 45 minutes and sometimes an hour for special episodes ....
 
Noel Edmonds
Noel Edmonds

Noel Ernest Edmonds, Deputy Lieutenant is an English television presenter, Senior management and philanthropist, who made his name as a disc jockey on BBC Radio 1 in the UK....
One Love: Ricky Gervais In Kenya Satirical appeal video featuring Gervais and a number of celebrities. Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais

Ricky Dene Gervais is an England comedian, author, actor, Television director, Television producer, screenwriter and former pop music musician....
, Stephen Merchant
Stephen Merchant

Stephen James Merchant is a British Comedy Award-, BAFTA-, Emmy- and Golden Globe-award winning United Kingdom writer, director, and comic actor....
, Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver

James Trevor 'Jamie' Oliver, Order of the British Empire , frequently nicknamed The Naked Chef, is an England celebrity chef and media personality, well known for his role in campaigning against the use of processed foods in national schools....
, Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof

Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof KBE, known as Bob Geldof , is an Republic of Ireland singer, songwriter, actor and political activist who became famous as a member of the Rock music The Boomtown Rats....
, Andi Peters
Andi Peters

Andi Peters is an England television presenter, voice actor and executive. He initially obtained national TV exposure as a presenter within CBBC playing second fiddle to Ed the Duck, and subsequently acquired technical experience....
 and Bono
Bono

Paul David Hewson , also known by his stage name Bono, is the main vocalist of the Ireland rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2....
.
Mitchell and Webb
Mitchell and Webb

Mitchell and Webb are a United Kingdom comedy double act, comprising David Mitchell and Robert Webb . They are best known for starring in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show ....
Numberwang Carol Vorderman
Carol Vorderman

Carol Jean Vorderman Order of the British Empire is an English businesswoman and television presenter, best known for co-hosting the popular Channel 4 game show Countdown from its first show on 2 November 1982 until 12 December 2008....
, Johnny Ball
Johnny Ball

Johnny Ball is a United Kingdom television personality, a great popular mathematics and the father of former BBC Radio 1 DJ, and TV host, Zo? Ball....
 and Bill Turnbull
Bill Turnbull

Bill Turnbull is an English people journalist and presenter, currently employed by the BBC and best known for presenting BBC Breakfast....
.
Table Of Reds, a special rendition of Lady in Red. Chris De Burgh
Chris de Burgh

Chris de Burgh is an Irish-based musician and singer-songwriter who holds British nationality . A musician who writes a variety of mixed instrumental material, Chris de Burgh had huge success in Ireland, Britain and the United States with the 1986 hit "The Lady in Red "....
 and Hazel Irvine
Hazel Irvine

Hazel Irvine , is a television presenter from the United Kingdom. Educated at Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh, she achieved an M.A. in History of Art at the University of St....
Aardman Animations
Aardman Animations

Aardman Animations, Ltd., also known as Aardman Studios, is an Academy Awards-winning United Kingdom animation studio based in Bristol, United Kingdom....
Creature Comforts
Creature Comforts

Creature Comforts was originally a 1989 short film made in United Kingdom about how animals feel about living in a zoo, and later became a series of commercials for Heat Electric....
 Preview of new American version made for CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
 
 
EastEnders'
EastEnders

EastEnders is a popular and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985. It currently ranks within the top of the most watched shows in the United Kingdom....
 Wellard
Wellard

Wellard was a fictional character dog in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He is a Belgian Tervuren, though all the dogs that have played him have all been female....
 the dog in claymation form
Marc Wootton
Marc Wootton

Marc Wootton is an England character comedian. He is perhaps best known for his role as an obviously fake medium and psychic, Shirley Ghostman, on the BBC Three series, High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman....
 (voice)
The Vicar of Dibley
The Vicar of Dibley

The Vicar of Dibley is a British sitcom created by Richard Curtis and written for its lead actress, Dawn French, by Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, with contributions from Kit Hesketh-Harvey....
A spoof of Celebrity Wife Swap
Wife Swap

Wife Swap is a reality television programme, produced by United Kingdom independent television production company RDF Media and created by Stephen Lambert ....
Dawn French
Dawn French

'Dawn Roma French' is an United Kingdom actor, writer and comedian. In her career, she has been nominated for six BAFTA Television Award. She is best-known for starring in and writing her sketch comedy, French and Saunders, alongside her comedy partner Jennifer Saunders, and for playing the lead role of Geraldine Granger in the sitcom Th...
, Sting, Trudie Styler
Trudie Styler

Trudie Styler is an actress and producer. She is married to the musician Sting ....
, Emma Chambers
Emma Chambers

Emma G. Chambers is an England actor....
, Gary Waldhorn
Gary Waldhorn

Gary Waldhorn is an England actor best known for his role as David Horton in the British sitcom The Vicar of Dibley, but who has also had a noteable television and theatre career....
, James Fleet
James Fleet

James Fleet is a United Kingdom actor. He is most famous for his roles as the bumbling and well-meaning Tom in the 1994 United Kingdom romantic comedy film Four Weddings and a Funeral, and the dim-witted Hugo Horton in the BBC situation comedy television series The Vicar of Dibley....
, Roger Lloyd Pack
Roger Lloyd Pack

Roger Lloyd Pack is an England acting, he is best known for his role as Trigger in Only Fools and Horses....
, Trevor Peacock
Trevor Peacock

Trevor Peacock is an England character actor who has had roles such as Jim Trott in The Vicar of Dibley, Rouault in Madame Bovary and Old Bailey in Neverwhere....
, John Bluthal
John Bluthal

John Bluthal is a film and television actor, mostly in comedy....
 and Richard Armitage
Richard Armitage (actor)

Richard Armitage is an England actor....
Sawing A Lady In Half A sketch featuring a magic trick. Paul O'Grady
Paul O'Grady

Paul James O'Grady Order of the British Empire is an England comedian and television & radio presenter, who achieved fame as the creator of comic drag character #Lily Savage , a vampish Birkenhead woman....
The Mighty Boosh
The Mighty Boosh

The Mighty Boosh, colloquially referred to as The Boosh, is the collective name for the creators of the British comedy written by and starring comedians Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding....
A live sketch on stage. Julian Barratt
Julian Barratt

Julian Barratt is an England comedy, musician, music producer and actor. Julian is best known for playing the character of Howard Moon in the cult comedy The Mighty Boosh....
 and Noel Fielding
Noel Fielding

Noel Fielding is an English people artist, comedian and actor. He is known for his role as Vince Noir in The Mighty Boosh, which he also co-writes with fellow actor Julian Barratt....
The Impressionists Movie based satire Jon Culshaw
Jon Culshaw

Jonathan Peter Culshaw is a United Kingdom Impressionist and comedian. He was educated at St Bede's RC High School, Ormskirk, and St John Rigby College, Orrell....
, Jan Ravens
Jan Ravens

Jan Ravens is an England actress and Impressionist , famous for her voices on Spitting Image and Dead Ringers ....
, Phil Cornwell
Phil Cornwell

Phil Cornwell is an England comedian, actor, Impressionist and writer. He is probably best known as being part of the Dead Ringers television and radio series....
 and Ronni Ancona
Ronni Ancona

Veronica 'Ronni' Ancona is a Scottish Impressionist and actress of Italian/Jewish ancestry who won the Best TV Comedy Actress award at the British Comedy Awards 2003 for her work in Big Impression....
.
The Greatest Worst Bits of Comic Relief Special version of Time Trumpet
Time Trumpet

Time Trumpet is a six-episode television comedy series which aired on BBC Two during Summer 2006 in television. The first full show was broadcast on Thursday 3 August 2006 at 10pm; a 10 minute preview had been broadcast two weeks earlier....
, exposing Comic Relief's goofs, including the truth behind the Dawn French - Hugh Grant kiss.
Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci

Armando Iannucci is a Scotland comedian, writer, director, performer and radio producer....
, Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson is a two-time Academy Award-, Emmy Award-, BAFTA Award- and Golden Globe-winning English actress, comedian, and screenwriter. She is also a patron of the Refugee Council....
, Mark Watson
Mark Watson (comedian)

Mark Andrew Watson is a British Stand-up comedy and novelist. He was born in Bristol of a Welsh family....
, Joanna Neary, Richard Ayoade
Richard Ayoade

Richard Ellef Ayoade is an England comedian, actor, writer and director.Ayoade was born an only child to a Norwegian mother and a Nigerian father....
, David Sant, Andy Zaltzman
Andy Zaltzman

Andrew Zaltzman is a British comedian who largely focuses on political material. He is a graduate of University College, Oxford.He has written for Bremner, Bird and Fortune and appeared on BBC4's Never Mind the Full Stops and The Late Edition....
, Adam Buxton
Adam Buxton

Adam Offord Buxton is a United Kingdom comedian, who together with his comedy partner Joe Cornish wrote and presented the Channel 4 comedy series The Adam and Joe Show, as well as Adam and Joe Go Tokyo....
, Matthew Holness
Matthew Holness

Matthew Holness is an England comedian and actor. Hailing from Whitstable in Kent, Holness read English literature at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he was vice-president of the Cambridge Footlights....
, Paul Whitehouse
Paul Whitehouse

Paul Whitehouse is an Welsh actor, writer and comedian. He became known for his work with Harry Enfield and as one of the stars of the popular British Broadcasting Corporation sketch show, The Fast Show....
, Rob Brydon
Rob Brydon

Rob Brydon is a Wales actor, comedian and impressionist most famous for his role as Keith Barret in the BBC comedy Marion and Geoff and its spin-off The Keith Barret Show, as well as the host of panel quiz Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive....
 and Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Atkinson

'Rowan Sebastian Atkinson' is an England comedian, actor and writer, famous for his work on the classic sitcoms Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line and Mr....


Musical performances


The show
Artist(s) Song Notes
Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud are a British girl group that were created on the ITV1 talent show Popstars in 2002. The group, consisting of Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts, and Kimberley Walsh, have been successful in achieving a string of 20 consecutive UK Top 10 singles , two UK number one albums, and having been nominated for fo...
 vs. Sugababes
Sugababes

Sugababes are a BRIT Award-winning pop music group based in London, UK. The group consists of Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range, and Amelle Berrabah....
Walk This Way
Walk This Way

"Walk This Way" is a song by United States hard rock rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry . It was originally released as the second single from their 1975 album Toys in the Attic ....
 
This song reached number 1 in the UK Singles chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
 on 2007-03-18 as the official single.
Brian Potter
Brian Potter

Brian Chelsea Potter, one of many fictional characters played by Peter Kay, is the owner of The Phoenix Club in both That Peter Kay Thing and Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights....
, Andy Pipkin
Lou and Andy

Louis 'Lou' Bob Todd and Andrew 'Andy' Pipkin are fictional characters from the cult BBC TV and radio show Little Britain, played by David Walliams and Matt Lucas respectively....
 and The Proclaimers
The Proclaimers

The Proclaimers are a Scottish band composed of Twin#Monozygotic twins Charlie and Craig Reid . They are best known for the songs Letter from America , I'm on My Way , and I'm Gonna Be ....
I'm Gonna Roll (500 Miles)
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

"I'm Gonna Be " is a song written and performed by Scotland pop music band The Proclaimers. It was released on their 1988 Sunshine on Leith album, and subsequently as a single....
 
This song reached number 1 in the UK Singles chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
  on 2007-03-25 However, the previous week 2007-03-18 It reached number 3, based on downloads alone.
Take That
Take That

Take That are an England pop music musical group consisting of members Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, and, formerly, Robbie Williams....
Patience
Patience (Take That song)

"Patience" is a song by the British boy band Take That. "Patience" is the first single from their comeback album Beautiful World ....
 
 
The Killers
The Killers (band)

The Killers are an American alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2002. The group consists of Brandon Flowers , Dave Keuning , Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr....
Read My Mind
Read My Mind (song)

"Read My Mind" is a song by Las Vegas, Nevada-based rock band The Killers and is the sixth track on their second album Sam's Town, released in October 2006....
 
 
When You Were Young
When You Were Young

"When You Were Young" is a song written and performed by Las Vegas, Nevada-based rock band, The Killers , and is the third track on their second album Sam's Town, released in October 2006....
 
 
Chris Moyles
Chris Moyles

Christopher Moyles is an England Presenter from Leeds. He currently hosts the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show, entitled The Chris Moyles Show....
, Patrick Kielty
Patrick Kielty

Patrick Kielty is a Northern Irish comedian and television personality. He was born in Dundrum, County Down, Northern Ireland.Background...
 and Jimmy Carr
Jimmy Carr

James Anthony Patrick "Jimmy" Carr, Jr. is an England comedian, author, actor and presenter of radio presenter and television presenter, known for his deadpan, satire and often very Black comedy....
My Way
My Way (song)

"My Way" is a song with lyrics written by Paul Anka and popularized by Frank Sinatra. The melody is based on a French Language song "Comme D'habitude" composed by Claude Fran?ois and Jacques Revaux....
 
 


Top Gear of the Pops
Artist(s) Song Notes
Lethal Bizzle
Lethal Bizzle

Lethal Bizzle is a rapping born to Ghanaian parents. In December 2004, he released the single "Pow ", also known as "Forward Riddim", which was banned from airplay by some mainstream radio stations....
Mr. Deliberately cut short by Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson is an English people Presenter and journalist who specialises in motoring. He is best known for his role on the BBC Television show Top Gear along with co-presenters Richard Hammond and James May....
 who labelled it as 'just noise' and referred to him as "Jizzy Tissue" throughout the rest of the show.
Travis
Travis (band)

Travis are a Scotland alternative rock band from Glasgow, comprising Francis Healy , Dougie Payne , Andy Dunlop and Neil Primrose . Travis have twice been awarded British album of the year at the annual BRIT Awards, and are often credited with having paved the way for bands such as Coldplay, Keane and Snow Patrol....
Closer
Closer (Travis song)

"Closer" is a song by Scotland band Travis , and is the third track on their 2007 studio album The Boy with No Name. The song was released as the first single from that album in the United Kingdom on April 23 2007 ....
The only song that was taken seriously.
Supergrass
Supergrass

Supergrass are an England alternative rock band from Oxford. The band consists of brothers Gaz Coombes and Rob Coombes , Danny Goffey , and Mick Quinn ....
 and Adrian Edmondson
Adrian Edmondson

Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson is an England actor, comedian, film director and writer. He is probably best known for his comedic roles as the stereotypical violent punk rocker Vyvyan Basterd in The Young Ones , and Eddie Hitler in Bottom , which he also wrote together with co-star Rik Mayall, his long-time double act....
Richard III
Richard III (song)

"Richard III" is a song by the band Supergrass. It was the second single to be released from In It for the Money, the band's second album. The single was preceded by "Going Out", which was released over a year before....
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond
Richard Hammond

Richard Mark Hammond , nicknamed "Hamster" due to his size, is a British presenter of radio and television, best known for co-presenting the television programme Top Gear since 2002....
 and James May 'glammed' up the song using excessive dry ice, a wind machine and 'Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler is a Welsh people Rock music singer. Born Gaynor Hopkins, she is recognisable by her highly distinctive, husky voice....
 doves' (chickens).
McFly Top Gear Blues (a.k.a Sofa, Administration, Hyundai) Written by McFly during the production of the programme using the words 'Sofa', 'Administration' and 'Hyundai' but without 'Love', 'Baby' and 'Heart'.
Justin Hawkins
Justin Hawkins

Justin David Hawkins is an England musician and singer-songwriter, best known for being the former lead singer and lead guitarist of The Darkness, alongside his brother, guitarist Dan Hawkins ....
Red Light Spells Danger With James May (keyboard), Richard Hammond (bass), Jeremy Clarkson (drums)


Features


Comic Relief Does Fame Academy

Live final presented by Patrick Kielty
Patrick Kielty

Patrick Kielty is a Northern Irish comedian and television personality. He was born in Dundrum, County Down, Northern Ireland.Background...
 and Claudia Winkleman
Claudia Winkleman

Claudia Anne I. Winkleman is a British television presenter, radio personality and journalist. She is the daughter of Eve Pollard, former editor of the Daily Express#Sunday Express and Barry Winkleman, a former publisher of Times Atlas of the World....
 with judges Craig Revel Horwood
Craig Revel Horwood

Craig Revel Horwood is an Australian dancing, choreography, and theatre director in the United Kingdom....
, Lesley Garrett
Lesley Garrett

Lesley Garrett Order of the British Empire is an England soprano, broadcaster and media personality....
 and Richard Park
Richard Park (broadcaster)

Richard Park is Executive Director of Global Radio. He was previously a media consultant and broadcaster in the UK and has also made appearances as the 'Headmaster' of BBC TV's Fame Academy programmes....
 and featuring Tricia Penrose
Tricia Penrose

Patricia "Tricia" Penrose is an England actor and singer.She is best known for her role as Gina Ward in ITV1's long-running 1960s drama Heartbeat ....
 singing "If I Ain't Got You
If I Ain't Got You

"If I Ain't Got You" is a song recorded, written, and produced by American contemporary R&B-soul music singer Alicia Keys for her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys ....
" and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson also known as TPT, is a well-known one-time England "it girl", television personality, television presenter and Model ....
 - "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
These Boots Are Made for Walkin'

"These Boots Are Made for Walkin" is a pop music song composed by Lee Hazlewood and first recorded by Nancy Sinatra. It was released in February 1966 and hit #1 in the United States and United Kingdom Pop charts....
".

Comic Relief Does The Apprentice

Alan Sugar
Alan Sugar

Sir Alan Michael Sugar is an England entrepreneur, businessman, and television personality.From origins in the East End of London, Sugar now has an estimated fortune of ?830m , and was ranked 92nd in the Sunday Times Rich List 2008....
 decides which celebrity
Celebrity

A celebrity is a widely-recognized or notable person who commands a high degree of public and media attention. The word stems from the Latin verb "celebrare" but one may not become a celebrity unless public and mass media interest is piqued....
 apprentice is not raising enough money for Comic Relief and fires them.

Comic Relief Does Beat The Boss

School children design a suit for Lenny Henry to wear whilst presenting tonight's show.

Top Gear of the Pops

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May present their own Top Gear
Top Gear (current format)

Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi-National Television Awards and International Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, primarily automobile....
 take on the axed chart show Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a long-running United Kingdom UK Singles Chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006....
 featuring performances from Lethal Bizzle
Lethal Bizzle

Lethal Bizzle is a rapping born to Ghanaian parents. In December 2004, he released the single "Pow ", also known as "Forward Riddim", which was banned from airplay by some mainstream radio stations....
, McFly, Travis
Travis (band)

Travis are a Scotland alternative rock band from Glasgow, comprising Francis Healy , Dougie Payne , Andy Dunlop and Neil Primrose . Travis have twice been awarded British album of the year at the annual BRIT Awards, and are often credited with having paved the way for bands such as Coldplay, Keane and Snow Patrol....
 and Supergrass
Supergrass

Supergrass are an England alternative rock band from Oxford. The band consists of brothers Gaz Coombes and Rob Coombes , Danny Goffey , and Mick Quinn ....
.

Pimp My Red Nose Ride

Tim Westwood presents a special edition of Pimp My Ride
Pimp My Ride

Pimp My Ride is a Television show produced by MTV. Each episode consists of taking one automobile in poor condition and restoring it, as well as custom car it....
 in which he visits an old peoples home in Staffordshire
Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked Counties of England in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the National Forest, England lies within its borders....
 and then pimps their dishevelled 12 year old LDV
LDV Limited

For other uses see LDVLDV Group Limited, formerly Leyland DAF Vans, is a UK van manufacturer, based in the Ward End area of Birmingham, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Russian GAZ group....
 community transport bus. The finished bus came complete with waterproof seating, a walking stick rack and an onboard bingo hall.

Stash of Celebrity Swag

Justin Lee Collins
Justin Lee Collins

Justin Lee Collins is a Britain comedian, television presenter, radio presenter and amateur darts player from Bristol, often known as 'JLC'....
 and Alan Carr
Alan Carr

Alan Carr is a Britain stand-up comedy and presenter of radio presenter and television presenter, noted for his Camp demeanour....
 raid a celebrity's mansion in an updated version of Through the Keyhole
Through the Keyhole

Through the Keyhole is a light-hearted panel game, hosted by David Frost where panelists are given a video tour of a mystery guests property and attempt to identify them....
 and steal some of their belongings. Viewers can call in to win the bag of swag if they can guess, from the really obvious clues, who the swag belongs too. This phone-in competition was later subject to an investigation in which it was revealed the winner was faked. After the first two genuine callers got the answer wrong the queue was lost. After a delay the third caller and subsequent winner was faked by a crew member.

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