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Comic Relief

Comic Relief

  • TV variety
  • BBC One
  • 1988 - 2025
  • 22 episodes

Every two years the biggest British comedy stars and shows come together to raise money for charity. Stars Lenny Henry, Jonathan Ross, Griff Rhys Jones, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and more.

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Comic Relief 2025

Davina McCall, Joel Dommett, Alison Hammond, Jonathan Ross, Alesha Dixon, Tom Allen and AJ Odudu host the fund-raising extravaganza from MediaCityUK in Salford. Sketches feature shows including Strictly Come Dancing, The Gladiators, Not Going Out and Beyond Paradise. Highlights include Billy Monger's one-day endurance Ironman Challenge in Hawaii and Jamie Laing's 150-mile plus run from London to Salford. Sugababes take to the Red Nose Day stage for the first time since 2007, while the Rock Choir performs a moving rendition of Keane's classic Somewhere Only We Know.

Notes

Show crosses over to BBC Two between 22.00 and 22.40.

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 21st March 2025
Time
7pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
280 minutes

Videos

Not Going Beyond Paradise

A huge BBC crossover is coming to cause comedy chaos.

Exclusively for Red Nose Day 2025, the worlds of two of the BBC's most loved programmes collide for the first time ever as Sally Bretton, who plays both Lee's wife Lucy in Not Going Out and DI Humphrey Goodman's wife Martha Lloyd in Beyond Paradise, takes on both roles in a hilarious mix-up of mistaken identities.

Joining Sally are her onscreen husbands: Lee Mack, who plays Lee in Not Going Out, and Kris Marshall, who plays DI Humphrey Goodman in Beyond Paradise. Zahra Ahmadi also appears as Esther Williams from Beyond Paradise, and fans will spot more familiar faces from both shows throughout the sketch.

The sketch sees the characters' worlds unexpectedly collide, setting the stage for a comedy of errors that's not to be missed.

Expect identity mix-ups, misunderstandings, and classic slapstick humour in this unmissable Comic Relief special.

The Gladiators with Chabuddy G

A brand new 'G'ladiator is stepping into the arena for Comic Relief!

Kurupt FM's self-appointed manager Chabuddy G is stepping into the legendary Gladiators arena for an exclusive Red Nose Day 2025 showdown.

Full of confidence and bravado, Chabuddy G arrives at Sheffield Arena convinced he's about to join the ranks of the mighty Gladiators. But his dream of arena domination is short-lived when he discovers he's not a Gladiator at all - he's a contender whose first challenge is a head-to-head duel with none other than human powerhouse Bionic.

Can Chabuddy G hold his own, or will Bionic's pugil stick bring his dreams crashing down? And more importantly, what Gladiator name will he bestow upon himself?

Strictly Come Dancing: The New Pro Dancers

Are Rachel Parris and Russell Kane the next Strictly stars?

Starring Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, the sketch follows the journey of Melissa (Rachel Parris) and Johnny (Russell Kane), two unlikely newcomers who take on the challenge of joining the Strictly professional line-up due to new inclusivity rules, which require a certain percentage of professionals to be... amateurs!

Filmed in an observational documentary style, the sketch tracks their surprising audition process as Melissa and Johnny land the job as Strictly's first-ever amateur professional dancers. But in a sad twist of fate, both their celebrity partners mysteriously pull out of the next series at the last minute, citing identical farcical injuries.

But Tess and Claudia, always quick on their feet, hatch a clever plan.

OASIS: The Reunion: The Movie

In this exclusive sketch for Red Nose Day 2025, an Inbetweeners reunion is on the cards as James Buckley and Joe Thomas take on the roles of legendary Gallagher brothers, Liam and Noel, in a parody charting their journey from Manchester lads to global rock superstars.

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