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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Postscript: 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 2017James Corden and Take That interview
People in LA always talk about the traffic," says James Corden, who moved over to Los Angeles exactly two years ago to host The Late Late Show. "And they always talk about the carpool lane..."
Craig McLean, Radio Times, 24th March 2017Red Nose Day 2017 TV highlights revealed
BBC One's Comic Relief broadcast on Red Nose Day (Friday 24th March) will feature highlights including sketches from
British Comedy Guide, 14th March 2017Behind the scenes of Comic Relief's Love Actually
Richard Curtis has reunited stars of his soppy film favourite for Red Nose Day Actually. Will it be happy endings all round? Warning: spoiler.
Tom Lamont, The Guardian, 12th March 2017