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.
- Catch-up on Episode 23
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Comic Relief ditch plastic red noses
Plastic red noses are no more. That's because Comic Relief has ditched the plastic in favour of plant based red noses for next year's big fundraiser.
BBC, 6th October 2020Comedy shows nominated in Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 2020
Defending The Guilty, Feel Good, GameFace, Mum, Sex Education and Stath Lets Flats are amongst the nominees for the Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 2020.
British Comedy Guide, 25th August 2020Comic Relief reveals Big Night In total
The UK Government's match funding came to a close on 23rd June and £74,026,927 has been raised.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 2nd July 2020The Vicar Of Dibley to return
Dawn French is to reprise her role as The Vicar Of Dibley for a sketch for Thursday's BBC TV charity broadcast, The Big Night In.
British Comedy Guide, 19th April 2020Comic Relief to return for BBC's coronavirus Big Night In show
BBC One is to broadcast The Big Night In on Thursday 23rd April, a show in which Comic Relief and Children In Need team up for the first time to "offer some light relief and entertainment" in the face of the coronavirus crisis.
British Comedy Guide, 7th April 2020Stacey Dooley: Comic Relief work wasn't 'sinister'
Stacey Dooley has written a new response to the Comic Relief "white saviours" row, saying her intentions were never "sinister".
BBC, 13th June 2019Comic Relief to cut back on celebrity appeals
Comic Relief is to send fewer celebrities abroad after criticism that stars like Stacey Dooley were going to Africa as "white saviours".
BBC, 12th June 2019Post-Comic Relief criticism of David Lammy is a joke
The objection is not about what Comic Relief do. Since they were founded they have raised over £1 billion for good causes both in the UK and abroad, and that is worthy of praise. The objection is in how Comic Relief and similar organisations portray the work they are doing. Images have an unfortunate history of racialised appropriation. Actively combating this torrid tradition would be a step in the right direction when it comes to overturning centuries of nationalist power play.
James Hanton, The Student Newspaper, 28th March 2019Red Nose Day raises £8m less than 2017
The BBC's Comic Relief broadcast drew 600,000 fewer viewers than the last event.
Jim Waterson, The Guardian, 18th March 2019Comic Relief 2019: MP speaks out after donations drop
MP David Lammy has tweeted a response to a call for him to apologise after an £8m drop in donations to Comic Relief.
BBC, 18th March 2019