Comic Relief 2007 Preview - The Big One

This Friday 16th is Red Nose Day. We have a preview of what you can expect from Comic Relief 2007 below...

You can join a whole host of stars on BBC1 on Friday as the bi-annual charity bonanza, now in its 11th year, aims to raise millions for those in need in the UK and the around the world. The BBC will be broadcasting comedy treats between 7pm and 3am in an attempt to get you to part with some cash.

If you can handle the jarring juxtaposition between the comedy items and distressing videos and can tolerate being endlessly reminded of the telethon's phone number (trust us, you'll know 08457 910 910 off-by-heart by the weekend) then there's potentially a fair bit of good comedy this year, after all, it is being billed as 'The Big One'.

The highlights are probably the new Little Britain, Mr Bean and The Vicar of Dibley shorts (oh, and Top Gear making their own unique version of Top of the Pops) but there's plenty more too. Below we've picked out some of the comedy highlights from the schedule...

note: the timings we've given are mainly guesses as it will be a live show and thus there are no exact times.

19:15pm - Mr Bean Special 19:45pm - Harry Hill's TV Burp 20:00pm - Creature Comforts, then Catherine Tate 20:30pm - Little Britain Live, then Dead Ringers 21:15pm - The Vicar of Dibley 21:30pm - Mitchell and Webb Numberwang 21:50pm - Peter Kay 22:00pm - Top Gear takes over Top of the Pops (see BBC2) 22:45pm - More Catherine Tate, then Ricky Gervais 23:00pm - More Little Britain Live 23:30pm - Borat 23:45pm - Armando Iannucci's worst Comic Relief moments 00:00am - More Little Britain Live 00:30am - Mitchell and Webb sing 01:00am - The Mighty Boosh 01:30am - Simon Pegg and Nick Frost with the best from past Comic Reliefs.

To find out more about Comic Relief and how to donate see the Official Red Nose website.

To get you in the mood here's a video Ricky Gervais filmed for RND03...