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.
Press clippings Page 31
Despite a few brief look-ins from some of Comic Relief's old guard, and a noticeably scant trace of any kind of "new generation" preparing to inherit their mantle, what dominated this year's labours was an obsessive dependency upon big set-piece events and conceits.
Ian Jones, Off The Telly, 14th March 2003The closing clips package also highlighted another factor: how much the essence of Comic Relief has changed, especially over the last few years - fewer sketches, far fewer comedians seemingly involved "on the ground" - and how incredibly funny a lot of those early shows still remain.
Ian Jones, Off The Telly, 16th March 2001Nothing is more likely to bring home to you the horror of the human condition than seven hours of concentrated comedy. It is like being shot to death with popcorn.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 13th March 1989