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Comic Relief

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.

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Not Going Beyond Paradise

A huge BBC crossover is coming to cause comedy chaos.

Exclusively for Red Nose Day 2025, the worlds of two of the BBC's most loved programmes collide for the first time ever as Sally Bretton, who plays both Lee's wife Lucy in Not Going Out and DI Humphrey Goodman's wife Martha Lloyd in Beyond Paradise, takes on both roles in a hilarious mix-up of mistaken identities.

Joining Sally are her onscreen husbands: Lee Mack, who plays Lee in Not Going Out, and Kris Marshall, who plays DI Humphrey Goodman in Beyond Paradise. Zahra Ahmadi also appears as Esther Williams from Beyond Paradise, and fans will spot more familiar faces from both shows throughout the sketch.

The sketch sees the characters' worlds unexpectedly collide, setting the stage for a comedy of errors that's not to be missed.

Expect identity mix-ups, misunderstandings, and classic slapstick humour in this unmissable Comic Relief special.

From Episode 23.

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