Comic Relief
- TV variety
- BBC One
- 1988 - 2024
- 21 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.
- Due to return on 21st March 2025
Press clippings Page 23
Comic Relief set to smash £100 million mark
The Comic Relief total is on course to hit a record- breaking £100million.
Will Payne, The Mirror, 20th March 2011Comic Relief's mix of mirth and misery done to a turn
BBC show features appearances from Andy Murray, Kim Cattrall and Simon Callow - plus Ronnie Corbett hiding in the bushes.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 19th March 2011BBC inquiry called after guard's Red Nose Day insult
BBC chiefs launched an inquiry yesterday after a security guard told a radio guest with a severe facial disfigurement that she had taken "Red Nose Day a bit too far".
Andy Bloxham, The Telegraph, 19th March 2011Comic Relief: £74.3m total sets Red Nose Day record
Comic Relief has raised £74.3m, the highest figure reached on the night of the show in its 23-year history.
BBC News, 19th March 2011Comic Relief telethon peaks with 12.4m
Comic Relief was an outstanding success for BBC One last night, attracting a peak audience of over 12.4m, early viewing figures indicate.
Paul Millar, Digital Spy, 19th March 2011The Best of Comic Relief 2011
Do you remember when Comic Relief's fundraising was mostly restricted to buying silly red noses, cheap T-shirts and a novelty pop song in the run-up to the live telethon? That still happens, but these days you can't escape Comic Relief for weeks, sometimes months, before the big day itself, and it's subsidized by loads of celebrity-led specials. This year we've had the return of Let's Dance For Comic Relief every Saturday (celebs reenacting famous dances for phone votes), the Red Nose Desert Trek five-day endurance (celebs walk across Kenya for cash), [Chris Moyles' Longest Ever Radio Show (52 hours, raising £2.6m from listeners), 24 Hour Panel People (David Walliams enduring a day-long marathon of panel show guesting), a week-long Comic Relief Does Glee Club special for kid's TV, and probably a few more I've forgotten.
Dan Owen, Dan's Media Digest, 19th March 2011Comic Relief review: the agony and the ecstasy
Last night we endured the annual marathon of heartstring-tugging, tin-rattling mirth that is Comic Relief.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 19th March 2011Comic Relief 2011: 10 funniest moments
The comedy hits of the annual telethon.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 19th March 2011Comic Relief 2011: 10 most cringey moments
The comedy flops of the annual telethon.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 19th March 2011Red Nose Day: Fake That ready for Comic Relief
Take That come face to face with their comedy doubles in a special sketch to be screened during tonight's Comic Relief TV extravaganza.
BBC News, 18th March 2011