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Red Nose Day, the telethon fundraising event which makes millions for the Comic Relief charity. This night of celebration raises money to help end child poverty in the UK and around the world. Read on to find out more about this year’s festivities, and the origins of the event.
In the UK, Red Nose Day 2022 will take place on Friday 18th March. Until 2021, Red Nose Day was held every other year, but it will now be held annually. The run-up to the big day usually involves fundraising events across the UK for charity Comic Relief.
TV specials are also aired throughout the week, concluding with a live Red Nose Day telethon, hosted by Comic Relief co-founder Sir Lenny Henry. TV stars and celebrities will come together for a three-hour telethon, during which viewers will be encouraged to pitch donations. Some of the UK’s best loved celebrities will be putting in an appearance over the course of the evening.
Stand up comic and star of shows Fresh Meat and Bad Education, Jack Whitehall, will feature in the night’s proceedings. Viewers can also expect to see Double act French and Saunders, Olympic swimmer Tom Daley, and Strictly Come Dancing winners Rose Ayling Ellis and Giovanni Pernice. The evening will also feature comedy greats David Walliams and Matt Lucas, actor and funny man Guz Khan, and Repair Shop presenter Jay Blades.
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The Great British Bake Off, returns once again as a whole of host of stars take on baking challenges in an effort to raise money and awareness for Stand Up to Cancer. The Channel 4 series, which started on airing on Tuesday March 22, will see contestants take on a range of challenges including making decorated biscuits, a technical round involving making madeleines and an another round to showcase their secret baking talents.
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer is back for 2022 with a star-studded line-up taking part. The Channel 4 series sees famous faces bake to inspire viewers to do the same and raise awareness for Stand Up to Cancer. Among the contestants taking part this year are Ben Miller, Ruby Wax, Ellie Goulding, and Motsi Mabuse.
The newest season of Stand Up to Cancer Bake off is due to air tonight with 19 celebs joining together under the familiar white tent.
David Tennant opened the 2022 Red Nose Day fundraiser by giving a special tribute to Zoe Ball who is missing the show due to getting Covid.
As schools, shops and businesses across the UK raise funds for Red Nose Day 2022, here’s what you need to know about Comic Relief – and when Red Nose Day beganEvery mid-March, people all over the UK don iconic red noses and take part in fundraising activities to raise money to help to end child poverty and hunger. The UK’s funny fundraising campaign, spearheaded by Comic Relief, sees Red Nose Day held every two years – with schools, businesses and celebrities raising money to help aid Comic Relief’s mission of tackling poverty in the UK and across the world.
Red Nose Day, the telethon fundraising event which makes millions for the Comic Relief charity. This night of celebration raises money to help end child poverty in the UK and around the world. Read on to find out more about this year’s festivities, and the origins of the event.
David Beckham had fans doing a double take when he posted an adorable snap on Friday, proudly sporting a full head of grey hair while twinning with daughter Harper as they celebrated Red Nose Day together.MORE: David Beckham shows off his suit for Brooklyn's wedding to Nicola Peltz and WOWThe football legend took to his Instagram and shared the adorable snap with his 71.3 million followers – and it had a great response!WATCH:David shares sweet post for International Women's Day Harper playing footballCaptioning the post, he wrote: "Happy Red Nose Day @rednoseday from daddy & HarperSeven."READ: David Beckham showcases his pride in daughter Harper as she unveils new talentMORE: Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz reveal their maid of honour for upcoming weddingIn the candid snapshot, the father-daughter pair can be seen at home, twinning with matching Red Nose Day noses and fans were quick share their thoughts on his natural hair colour. David and Harper looking cute on Instagram for Red Nose DayOne fan wrote: "I'm loving the grey" with a heart eyes emoji, whilst another cheekily joked: "Stopped using Just for Men Becks?"A third praised his and Harper's bond, writing: "Father and daughter love," whilst a fourth added: "so cute".
Red Nose Day is back. Comic Relief’s flagship fundraising event returns today with the aim of generating millions of pounds to help people live free of poverty, violence and discrimination.
Little Britain is back on BBC iPlayer and viewers are unhappy that some 'racist and bigoted' sketches left in.
One of the biggest charity entertainment nights of the year is almost upon us, with many huge names uniting to raise money for BBC Comic Relief 2022, Red Nose Day tomorrow (Friday, March 18). This year’s programme will be hosted by Comic Relief legend Sir Lenny Henry, alongside Zoe Ball, Paddy McGuinness, Alesha Dixon, and David Tennant, all live from the studio.
Little Britain has returned to BBC iPlayer two years after the sketch show was axed in light of the Black Lives Matter protests.The show came under fire for offensive scenes including ones regularly featuring "blackface", as David Walliams frequently wore black make-up and a large afro wig to play a black woman called Desiree DeVer. David's co-star Matt Lucas also dressed as a Thai bride, called Ting Tong, a Jamaican coffee stand worker named Precious Little and a Pakistani airport worker called Taaj for Come Fly With Me.