Comic Relief

Name: Comic Relief
Genre: Comedy
Released: February 5, 1988
Cast: Davina McCall, Dermot O'Leary, Jonathan Ross, Graham Norton, Fearne Cotton

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Series Details & Credits

BBC-1 | BBC | Release Date: February 5, 1988

Starring: Davina McCall, Dermot O'Leary, Jonathan Ross, Graham Norton, Fearne Cotton, Lenny Henry, Alan Carr, Claudia Winkleman, Lorraine Kelly, Jimmy Carr, Ronni Ancona, Michael McIntyre, Nadia Sawalha, Jack Whitehall, Chris Moyles, Kara Tointon, Scott Mills, Craig David, Kevin Bridges, Olly Murs, Peter White (IV), Dave Vitty

Summary: Comic Relief is the BBCs biennial fund raising event, which raises millions for the charity of the same name. The charity supports people suffering both in the UK and the third world.
Comic Relief began on Christmas Day 1985 with a fund raising event on the BBC's Late, Late Breakfast Show hosted by Noel Edmonds. More live events followedComic Relief is the BBCs biennial fund raising event, which raises millions for the charity of the same name. The charity supports people suffering both in the UK and the third world.
Comic Relief began on Christmas Day 1985 with a fund raising event on the BBC's Late, Late Breakfast Show hosted by Noel Edmonds. More live events followed until finally Comic Relief was allowed to take over the BBCs main channel on February 5th 1988 for the first of the 'Red Nose Day' variety shows. The result has been a phenomenal success, gaining national cult status and taking over the normal lifestyles of millions of people who pull out all the stops to do something seriously daft for charity and put their hands in their pockets for a good cause. The most common thing to see in the UK, in the run up to Red Nose day, is the Red Nose itself which has taken on many different forms over the past 20 years.
The effect of Comic Relief's variety show cannot be understated, raising the total raised from £15 million in 1985 to £337 million in 2003 and all of it goes to charity.
Each 6-hour show is an amalgamation of hundreds of TV Celebrities, Comedians and Musicians work, as they all pull together to partly amuse the British public, but most importantly make sure we know exactly why they're doing it. Regular film inserts are featured demonstrating the poor lifestyles people suffer and what we, the viewers can do about it. Celebrities like Lenny Henry, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Billy Connelly, Victoria Wood and Davina McCall deliberately subject themselves to poverty and famine in Ethiopia and other third world countries to create devastatingly real and poignant accounts of what the more unfortunate people around the world have to put up with every day of their lives.
This isn't just a show, it's a national institution and without it, there would be a lot more people a lot worse off around the world today.… Expand

Genre(s): Comedy

Recent Episodes

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S9:E9. Comic Relief 2011: What a Cracker
Air Date: December 28, 2011
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S9:E8. Comic Relief's 24 Hour Panel People
Air Date: March 25, 2011
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S9:E7. Comic Relief 2011 Highlights
Air Date: March 20, 2011

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Series Overview
Season 9

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- Season 9 Overview
  Air Date: March 3, 2011
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  S9:E9. Comic Relief 2011: What a Cracker
  Air Date: December 28, 2011
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  S9:E8. Comic Relief's 24 Hour Panel People
  Air Date: March 25, 2011
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  S9:E7. Comic Relief 2011 Highlights
  Air Date: March 20, 2011
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  S9:E6. Comic Relief 2011
  Air Date: March 18, 2011
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  S9:E5. The Big Red Nose Desert Trek
  Air Date: March 17, 2011
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  S9:E4. BBC Radio 1's Longest Show Ever
  Air Date: March 16, 2011
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  S9:E3. Comic Relief: Girl on Wire
  Air Date: March 11, 2011
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  S9:E2. Comic Relief: Famous, Rich and in the Slums (2)
  Air Date: March 10, 2011
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  S9:E1. Comic Relief: Famous, Rich and in the Slums (1)
  Air Date: March 3, 2011
Season 8

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- Season 8 Overview
  Air Date: February 3, 2009
Season 7

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- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: February 10, 2007
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: February 5, 1988
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: February 5, 1988
Season 4

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  Air Date: February 13, 2001
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: February 4, 1999
Season 2

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  Air Date: February 6, 1997
Season 1

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  Air Date: February 5, 1988