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.
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Red Nose Day Actually review
It's the ones who don't care about age who stay youngest. Forget the Botox, and just have a good laugh.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 25th March 2017Red Nose Day Actually talking points
The showpiece featurette of Friday night's Comic Relief telethon was Red Nose Day Actually, a 12-minute mini-sequel to Richard Curtis's Marmite-effect 2003 romcom Love Actually. Here are all the talking points from the charidee reunion sketch...
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 25th March 2017Red Nose Day 2017 raises over £71 million
Red Nose Day has raised over £71 million pounds for good causes in the UK and abroad. Some of the highlights from the TV show can be watched here.
British Comedy Guide, 25th March 2017Postscript: Comic Relief 2017
Red Nose Day raised over £71m for great causes around the world. But it was also a highly divisive evening for audiences.
Paul Holmes, The Velvet Onion, 25th March 2017Was this year's Red Nose Day Show a disaster?
What was interesting here was the disconnect between Edinburgh Fringe favourites and a mainstream BBC audience. What the former crowd adores the latter abhores.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 25th March 2017The 5 best moments from Comic Relief
Hugh Grant danced to Hotline Bling and Jeremy Kyle got shouted at...
Frances Taylor, Radio Times, 25th March 2017Richard Curtis on Alan Rickman and Red Nose Day
The screenwriter and director reveals how he reunited the stars for Red Nose Day Actually.
Richard Curtis, Radio Times, 24th March 2017Red Nose Day: what happens to my Comic Relief donation?
From bake sales to the bank and beyond, follow your money behind the scenes at the annual Comic Relief appeal and meet the team making it happen.
The Guardian, 24th March 2017Africa deserves better from Comic Relief
This biannual guilt trip perpetuates Band Aid stereotypes. Can we finally look at the issues behind the problems, and inspire anger as well as donations?
David Lammy, The Guardian, 24th March 2017The stage of the O2 in Greenwich is the new home for the Comic Relief charity fundraising extravaganza. Here the hosts include Lenny Henry, Jonathan Ross and Sally Phillips, while those doing a turn include Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer and Ed Sheeran. We can also look forward to James Corden's Car Pool Karaoke with Take That, Greg Davies over on BBC2 and the cast of Love Actually in Red Nose Day Actually. Dig deep.
Jonathan Wright, The Guardian, 24th March 2017