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Comic Relief
Genre	Charity telethon
Created by	BBC Richard Curtis Lenny Henry
Presented past	Lenny Henry Emma Willis Paddy McGuinness Zoe Ball David Tennant Alesha Dixon Romesh Ranganathan Clara Amfo Rob Beckett Joe Sugg (See full list)
Country of origin	United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland
Original language	English language
Production
Production locations	BBC Boob tube Middle (1988–2013) The London Palladium (2015) The O2 (2017) BBC Elstree Heart (2019–21)[1] Dock10 (2022–)[two]
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running fourth dimension	Various
Product company	BBC Studios Entertainment Productions
Release
Original network	BBC One BBC Two
Original release	5 Feb 1988 (1988-02-05) – nowadays
Chronology
Related shows	Children in Need (1980–) Sport Relief (2002–2020)

Comic Relief is an operating British charity, founded in 1985 past the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to the famine in Ethiopia.^[3] The concept of Comic Relief was to get British comedians to make the public laugh, while raising money to help people around the world and in the United Kingdom.^{[three] [4]} A new CEO, Samir Patel, a digital expert, was announced in January 2021.^[5]

The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Carmine Nose Day, an annual (previously biennial) telethon held in March. The start live fundraising evening, held on 4 April 1986, featured comedians and popular stars, including Rowan Atkinson, Billy Connolly, Stephen Fry, Kate Bush and co-founder Lenny Henry.^[vi]

A prominent annual event on British television, Comic Relief is one of 2 loftier-profile telethon events held in the Uk, the other existence Children in Need, held annually in November. At the end of the Red Nose Day telethon on 14 March 2015, it was announced that in the xxx-twelvemonth history of Comic Relief, the Red Nose Solar day and Sport Relief appeals had raised in excess of £1.4 billion.^[7] According to the OECD, Comic Relief's financing for 2019 development increased by 31% to US$46.iii million.^[viii]

Red Nose Day history [edit]

Comic Relief was launched live on Noel Edmonds' Belatedly, Tardily Breakfast Prove on BBC1, on Christmas Day 1985 from a refugee camp in Sudan. The idea for Comic Relief came from the charity worker Jane Tewson, who established it as the operating name of Charity Projects, a registered charity in England^[9] and Scotland.^[x]

On 4, five and 6 April 1986^[11] the inaugural live fund-raising show,^[12] "Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Alive", was staged at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London featuring popular alternative comedians and pop stars (including Rowan Atkinson, Billy Connolly, Stephen Fry, Lenny Henry, Kate Bush-league and Cliff Richard^[xiii]). An audio recording was released on WEA which included a live performance of the charity unmarried "Living Doll" past Cliff Richard and the Young Ones.^[11]

The highlight of Comic Relief is Red Olfactory organ Solar day.^[3] On eight Feb 1988, Lenny Henry went to Federal democratic republic of ethiopia and celebrated the very start Red Olfactory organ Day Telethon. Over 150 celebrities and comedians participated. The event raised 15 million British pounds sterling and attracted xxx 1000000 tv viewers on BBC1. To date, Richard Curtis and Lenny Henry are nevertheless active participants of the Red Olfactory organ Day Telethon which continues to enhance funds for numerous charities that help children in need and tackle worldwide poverty.

The charity states that its aim is to "bring virtually positive and lasting modify in the lives of poor and disadvantaged people, which we believe requires investing in piece of work that addresses people's immediate needs besides as tackling the root causes of poverty and injustice".^[14]

Ane of the fundamental principles backside working at Comic Relief is the "Gilt Pound Principle" where every unmarried donated pound (£) is spent on charitable projects. All operating costs, such as staff salaries, are covered by corporate sponsors, or interest earned on money waiting to exist distributed.

Currently, its main supporters are the BBC, BT, Sainsbury's supermarket chain and British Airways. The BBC is responsible for the live television extravaganza on Ruby Olfactory organ Mean solar day; BT provides the telephony, and Sainsbury's sells merchandise on behalf of the charity.

The July 2010 accounts for charity registration 326568 prove grant payments of £59 million, net assets of £135 million, with an investment portfolio held in a range of managed pooled funds and fixed term deposits. The boilerplate total-time staff was 214, with 14 staff paid over £60,000 with remuneration for the yr, excluding pensions, for Kevin Cahill, chief executive of £120,410.

In 2002, Comic Relief and BBC Sport teamed upwards to create Sport Relief, a new initiative, aiming to unite the sporting customs and culminate in a night of sport, amusement and fund-raising on BBC One. Sport Relief was a biennial charity effect, and the campaign deliberately alternated years with Ruby-red Nose Day, Comic Relief'due south flagship event. Red Nose Twenty-four hours occurs in odd-numbered years, and Sport Relief in even-numbered years.

In 2009, Comic Relief launched a website calling for a financial transaction tax, the "Robin Hood" tax.

At the end of the 2015 Cherry-red Olfactory organ 24-hour interval telethon on 14 March information technology was announced that in the thirty-year history of Comic Relief the Scarlet Nose Mean solar day and Sport Relief appeals had raised in excess of £1bn (£1,047,083,706).^[7]

In 2021, it was announced that Ruddy Nose Day would get an almanac consequence and starting from 2022, there would be no more Sport Relief telethons, for the same year onwards, the entreatment shows of Cerise Olfactory organ Twenty-four hours would now took place at the onetime Sport Relief studio at Dock10, MediaCityUK in Salford.^{[15] [xvi]}

On television receiver [edit]

The television programming begins in the afternoon, with CBBC having various related reports, money raising events and celebrity gunging. This is all in-between the regular programmes, simply after the 6 o'clock news, the normal BBC One schedule is suspended at 7 pm in favour of a live show, with a intermission at 10 pm for the regular news programme. Whilst the BBC News at Ten is aired on BBC 1, Comic Relief continues on BBC 2, and then resumes on BBC 1 at 10:35 pm, with each hr overseen by a different celebrity squad. These celebrities practise the work for free, as practice the crew, with studio space and production facilities donated by the BBC.

Regular themes throughout the shows include parodies of contempo popular shows, films and clips, events, and specially filmed versions of comedy shows.^[17] Smith and Jones, and a parody sketch starring Rowan Atkinson are both regularly featured.^{[18] [19] [20] [21]}

Presenters [edit]

• Adam Buxton (2003)
• Joe Cornish (2003)
• Emmet & Dec (2001–2003)
• Lenny Henry (1999, 2003–2007, 2011–2022)
• Bob Mortimer (2003)
• Graham Norton (2003–2011, 2017)
• Vic Reeves (2003)
• Jonathan Ross (2001–2013, 2017)
• Chris Evans (2005, 2007)
• Davina McCall (2005–2015, 2021)
• Dermot O'Leary (2005, 2011–2013)
• Fearne Cotton fiber (2007–2011, 2015)
• Russell Make (2007, 2013, 2017)
• Jeremy Clarkson (2007)
• Nick Frost (2007)
• Richard Hammond (2007)
• James May (2007)
• Paul O'Grady (2007)
• Simon Pegg (2007)
• Kate Thornton (2007)
• Alan Carr (2009–2013)
• James Corden (2009)
• Tess Daly (2009, 2015)
• Noel Fielding (2009, 2017)
• Mathew Horne (2009)
• David Tennant (2009, 2013, 2019–2022)
• Claudia Winkleman (2009–2015)
• Reggie Yates (2009)
• Kevin Bridges (2011)
• Jimmy Carr (2011)
• Michael McIntyre (2011–2013)
• Jack Whitehall (2011–2013)
• John Bishop (2013–2015)
• Rob Brydon (2013)
• David Walliams (2013–2015)
• Sarah Millican (2015)
• Greg James (2015)
• Rob Beckett (2017–2019)
• Greg Davies (2017)
• Warwick Davis (2017)
• Miranda Hart (2017)
• Joe Lycett (2017)
• Sally Phillips (2017)
• Romesh Ranganathan (2017–2019)
• Luisa Omielan (2017)
• Richard Osman (2017)
• Clara Amfo (2019)
• Zoe Ball (2019, 2022)
• Alesha Dixon (2019–2022)
• Paddy McGuinness (2019–2022)
• Joe Sugg (2019)
• Emma Willis (2019)
• Jason Manford (2021)
• Amanda Holden (2021)
• AJ Odudu (2022)
• Vernon Kay (2022)

1980s and 1990s [edit]

1988 [edit]

The First Red Olfactory organ Solar day was held on Friday 5 February 1988 with the slogan: "The Manifestly Red Nose", and raised £15meg.^[22]

1989 [edit]

The 2nd Red Olfactory organ Twenty-four hours was held on Fri 10 March 1989 with the slogan: "Red Nose Day 2", and raised £27million.^[22] (This is also when the upshot would start mostly being scheduled in mid-March, oftentimes close to, or on 17 March – St Patrick'south Day.)

1991 [edit]

The 3rd Reddish Nose Day was held on Friday 15 March 1991 with the slogan "The Stonker", and Raised £20 million. The charity song was a double A-sided single featuring "The Stonk" performed past Hale & Step and "The Smile Song" performed by Victoria Wood.

1993 [edit]

The Fourth Red Olfactory organ Mean solar day was held on Friday 12 March 1993 with the slogan "The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes", and Raised £18 million.

1995 [edit]

The Fifth Cerise Nose Twenty-four hour period was held on Friday 17 March 1995, with the slogan "What A Divergence A Mean solar day Makes", and Raised £22 1000000.

1997 issue [edit]

The 1997 Red Nose Mean solar day event was held on 14 March. Its slogan for the yr was "Small Modify – Large Difference". The outcome raised over £27m for charitable causes.^[23] The Spice Girls song "Who Do You Call up You Are" became the official Comic Relief single of this event and sold 672,577 copies.^[24] The telethon was hosted past Father Ted Crilly (Dermot Morgan) and Male parent Dougal McGuire (Ardal O'Hanlon), characters from the sitcom Male parent Ted.

1999 event [edit]

The 1999 Cerise Nose Day was held on 12 March and raised over £35m. Perennial hosts Jonathan Ross and Lenny Henry were joined by Davina McCall, Chris Evans, Ben Elton, Jack Dee and Julian Clary, with Peter Snow providing regular updates on donations. Angus Deayton hosted a alive cross-over console game, Accept I Got Buzzcocks All Over. A parody of the Doctor Who serial starring Rowan Atkinson equally the Doctor, Physician Who and the Curse of Fatal Death, was featured during the evidence, every bit was Wetty Hainthropp Investigates (a Victoria Wood parody of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates) and The Naughty Boys (a mock 1967 airplane pilot for Men Behaving Badly).

On Radio 1, Simon Mayo set the record of 37 hours of consecutive broadcasting (which was subsequently broken in March 2011 by Chris Moyles on the same station for 52 hours, "BBC Radio 1'south Longest Evidence Ever with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave for Comic Relief", the world record for the longest evidence in radio history). The 1999 Comic Relief song was "When the Going Gets Tough" past Boyzone.

2000s [edit]

2001 effect [edit]

The 2001 Blood-red Olfactory organ 24-hour interval was held on 16 March. The total raised was £55 meg .^[25] As well as donations on the night of the Telly evidence, money is raised from countrywide sponsored events and from merchandising, specially of the blood-red noses themselves. 5.8 meg red noses were sold,^{[ citation needed ]} approximately ane-tenth of the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland population. Glory Big Brother i was produced in award of Comic Relief, with the finale airing equally part of the Blood-red Nose 24-hour interval festivities.

2003 event [edit]

The 2003 Red Nose Twenty-four hour period was held on 14 March. The fund raising activities included Lenny Henry providing the vocalisation of the speaking clock between ten and 23 March with the toll of the call going to Comic Relief. On the nighttime of the live show itself, £35m was raised, an on-the-night record.^{[ citation needed ]} A full of £61.half-dozen 1000000 was raised that twelvemonth, setting a new record.^[25]

Jack Dee stood outside at the height of a pole for the duration of the show, parodying the acts of David Blaine. Celebrity Driving Schoolhouse led up to the event, with the test results announced during the telethon: they all failed.

The hosts of Red Nose 24-hour interval 2003 were:

• Jonathan Ross
• Lenny Henry
• Anthony McPartlin
• Declan Donnelly
• Vic Reeves
• Bob Mortimer
• Graham Norton
• Adam Buxton
• Joe Cornish

Shows included [edit]

As usual a variety of specially filmed versions of television shows were fabricated. Popular BBC talent show Fame University returned as Comic Relief does Fame Academy. Other shows included:

• EastEnders
• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
• University Challenge
• Celebrity Driving Schoolhouse

Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan, a parody of Harry Potter, starring Dawn French every bit Harry Potter, Jennifer Saunders as Ron Weasley and Miranda Richardson every bit Hermione Granger.

2005 consequence [edit]

The 2005 Cherry-red Nose Day was held on eleven March, and was hosted by a collection of television stars:

• Chris Evans
• Lenny Henry
• Davina McCall
• Graham Norton
• Dermot O'Leary
• Jonathan Ross

The 2005 effect was also noteworthy for supporting the Make Poverty History campaign – many of the videos recorded for the MPH campaign (including videos by Bono and Nelson Mandela) were shown throughout the evening. £65m was raised.^[26]

Shows included [edit]

As usual a variety of specially filmed versions of television shows were fabricated. Popular BBC talent show Comic Relief does Fame Academy was attended by celebrities singing embrace versions of songs. Viewers voted for their favourite, with the proceeds going to the cause and the celebrity. Other shows included:

• Absolutely Fabulous
• Little Great britain I Desire That One
• The Vicar of Dibley
• Greenish Wing
• Spider-Found Man, a parody of Spider-Man starring Rowan Atkinson.
• My Family

McFly released the official unmarried, a double A-side of "All About You/You've Got a Friend" which reached Number 1 in the UK singles chart, and too Number 1 in the Irish gaelic singles nautical chart. The cover is predominantly cherry and features the members of McFly dressed in carmine, wearing red noses, in honor of Red Olfactory organ Day.

Raised by March 2006: £65 million.^[25]

2007 event [edit]

2007'southward Cherry Nose Day was held on xvi March. Its tagline is "The Big I" which is too representative of the novelty nose. Walkers, Kleenex and Andrex besides promoted the charity, too every bit Sainsbury'due south. The event raised £67.7 meg.^[25]

2009 event [edit]

The 2009 event took place on Friday 13 March 2009. Fundraisers had three different olfactory organ designs to cull from: "this ane", "that one" and "the other i" – all with dissimilar facial expressions. The Saturdays provided the official unmarried, a embrace of 'Just Tin can't Get Enough'. The event raised £82.3 million.^[25]

2010s [edit]

2011 event [edit]

The 2011 event took place on Friday 18 March 2011. £74.3 one thousand thousand was raised on the nighttime, the highest always 'on the nighttime' total. This was browbeaten past £0.8 one thousand thousand on Red Olfactory organ Day 2013'south on the night effect. The total for the whole campaign was £108.4 one thousand thousand, the highest and then far raised for one consequence.^[25]

In addition to the continued absenteeism of Rowan Atkinson, ii more prominent supporters of the charity were absent-minded for 2011 – this was the starting time ever Comic Relief event to characteristic no input from Dawn French, and the first for over ten years to characteristic no input from Matt Lucas. Similarly, several other frequent contributors from previous years appeared merely in appeal films or as part of the 24 Hour Panel People result. Lenny Henry however finally returned after an absence to perform comedic material.

2013 issue [edit]

The 2013 event took place on Friday 15 March 2013. By the terminate of the night, Comic Relief raised £75,107,852. In total that twelvemonth Comic Relief raised £100.3 meg.^[25]

Ane Management recorded the official single "One Way or Another", a medley of Blondie's "Ane Way or Some other" and "Teenage Kicks" past The Undertones. The unmarried was released on 17 February 2013.^[27]

2015 event [edit]

The 2015 effect took place on Fri 13 March 2015. Information technology was circulate live for the beginning fourth dimension at the London Palladium, with £99.iv million being raised.^[25]

2017 event [edit]

The 2017 event took place on Friday 24 March 2017, broadcast alive from Building Six at The O2 in London. It was widely criticised, for both the quality of sound, sketches, and going from films on poverty to a beige contest.^{[ commendation needed ]} The event raised £82.1 million.^[25]

2019 event [edit]

The 2019 upshot took place on Friday 15 March 2019 live from BBC Elstree Centre. The event raised £63,548,668.

2020s [edit]

2021 event [edit]

The 2021 effect took identify on Friday 19 March 2021. The effect raised £52 million and was one time once again hosted by Sir Lenny Henry alongside Davina McCall, Paddy McGuinness, David Tennant and Alesha Dixon.

Sketches included a crossover betwixt Catherine Tate'due south Nan character and James Bond (Daniel Craig), a Comic Relief Zoom meeting featuring Jack Whitehall and diverse celebrities and a trailer for 2020 - The Movie featuring Keira Knightley, Michael Sheen, Jodie Whittaker, KSI, Anna Friel and Matriarch Joan Collins. Sheen and Tennant too starred in a special edition of their TV show Staged while McGuinness and his Acme Gear co-stars, Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris were asked questions by kids in a segment hosted by Radio one's Jordan North. The Vicar of Dibley's Geraldine Granger (played by Dawn French) appeared alongside the Reverend Kate Bottley to open the show. At that place were musical performances from The Proclaimers, Gabrielle and the cast of Back to the Future the Musical. Afterwards the main bear witness, Amanda Holden and Jason Manford presented The Great Comic Relief Prizeathon.^[28]

2022 event [edit]

Cherry-red Nose Solar day took place on 18 March 2022.^[29]

Some of 2022's fundraising challenges that have already taken place include a 100-mile river claiming, which saw BBC Radio 1 presenter Hashemite kingdom of jordan Due north rowing from London to Burnley,^{[30] [31]} and Tom Daley'south Homecoming Challenge^[32] which involved rowing, pond, cycling and running.^[33] Footage of the latter challenge, which took place between the Aquatics Heart in London and Plymouth, will feature in a BBC Ane documentary called Tom Daley's Hell of a Homecoming which was broadcast on 14 March 2022.^[33]

The chief Red Nose Day programming was split up into three sections with the iii-hour comedy special and The Smashing Comic Relief Prizeathon ^[34] actualization on BBC One before and after the news, whilst Comic Relief at the Movies took a 10pm slot on BBC Two.^[35]

The 2022 Comic Relief show featured parodies of The Repair Shop (with Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and Dame Judi Dench) as well every bit various popstars in David Walliams and Matt Lucas' Rock Profile sketches, whilst Tim Vine and Kiri Pritchard-McLean took part in a One Man and His Dog competition. The tardily-night programme The Great Comic Relief Prizeathon was presented by Vernon Kay and AJ Odudu, with an hour long Best Bits compilation existence transmitted a couple of days after the consequence.^[36]

Ratings [edit]

Year	Broadcast	BBC Television
		Total viewers (millions)		Weekly rank
		BBC One	BBC Two	BBC One	BBC Two
1988	5 February	16.forty	Due north/A	Due north/A	N/A
1989	x March	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
1991	fifteen March	N/A	N/A	Due north/A	Northward/A
1993	12 March	N/A	N/A	N/A	North/A
1995	17 March	N/A	N/A	N/A	Northward/A
1997	fourteen March	N/A	North/A	N/A	N/A
1999	12 March	6.83	3.13	20	13
2001	xvi March	8.51	5.47	8	2
2003	14 March	11.74	6.01	4	i
2005	11 March	ten.94	4.72	iv	1
2007	16 March	9.73	6.twoscore	2	1
2009	thirteen March	9.84	7.09	1	one
2011	eighteen March	10.26	7.53	1	1
2013	15 March	10.28	4.79	one	i
2015	13 March	8.48	4.67	1	1
2017	24 March	6.30	2.21	6	7
2019	fifteen March	v.85	two.99	iii	two
2021	19 March	4.59	Due north/A	thirteen	Northward/A
2022	18 March	2.2m	1.37	N/A	thirteen
Source: BARB

Fundraising [edit]

Year	Amount
1988	£15,000,000
1989	£26,900,000
1991	£xx,000,000
1993	£18,000,000
1995	£22,000,000
1997	£27,000,000
1999	£35,000,000
2001	£55,000,000
2003	£61,600,000
2005	£65,000,000
2007	£67,700,000
2009	£82,300,000
2011	£108,436,277
2013	£100,331,808
2015	£99,418,831
2017	£82,154,943
2019	£63,548,6681 [37]
2021	£52,025,485
2022	£42,790,147
Totalii	£1,068,416,012
Source: Past Red Nose Days

• ^i Including only funds raised during the telethon
• ^2 Including money raised past Sport Relief

Merchandise [edit]

Various items of merchandise take been sold to promote and raise coin for Comic Relief. In 1991, The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic was published past Fleetway. Conceived, plotted and edited by Neil Gaiman, Richard Curtis, Grant Morrison and Peter K. Hogan, it featured contributions from a vast array of British comics talent, including Jamie Delano, Garth Ennis, Dave Gibbons, Mark Millar, Simon Bisley, Mark Buckingham, Steve Dillon, D'Israeli, Jamie Hewlett and Bryan Talbot. (Alan Moore, arguably United kingdom'due south most famous comics writer, was not credited equally working on the book having sworn never to work for Fleetway again, but was said^[38] to have worked with partner Melinda Gebbie on her pages.) The comic was unique in that information technology featured appearances by characters from beyond the spectrum of comics publishers, including Marvel and DC superheroes, Beano, Slap-up, Hawkeye and Viz characters, Physician Who, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in addition to a column of British one-act figures (both existent and fictional). These were all linked by the twin framing narratives of the Comic Relief night itself, and the tale of "Britain's meanest man" Sir Edmund Blackadder being persuaded to donate money to the issue. The comic "sold out in minutes", raising over £xl,000^{[ citation needed ]} for the charity, and is now a highly prized collectors' item. Comic Relief have also sold Fairtrade Cotton Socks from a number of vendors. This is mainly for their Sport Relief clemency.

In 1993 a computer platform game was released, chosen Sleepwalker. The game featured voice overs from Lenny Henry and Harry Enfield, and several other references to Comic Relief and tomatoes; the theme for the 1993 campaign.

In 2001 J. K. Rowling wrote two books for Comic Relief based on her famous Harry Potter series, entitled Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages. The Fantastic Beasts book, would ultimately pb to the mid-tardily 2010s series of films of the same name as function of the expanded "Potterverse".

In 2007, Walkers complemented the usual trade past adding their own take on the red olfactory organ, promoting red ears instead. The large ears, dubbed 'Walk-ears', are based on a very old joke involving the bodily ears of ex-footballer Gary Lineker, who has fronted their advertizement entrada since the early 1990s. Walkers previously promoted the charity in 2005, making four limited edition unusual well-baked flavours.

The 2007 game for Ruby Nose Day, "Permit It Flow", could be played online. This game was developed past Matmi, worldwide viral marketeers, and set in the African wilderness. Mischievous hyenas had messed up the water irrigation organisation which fed the crops. You had to help re-adjust the pipes to let the water flow to the crops to keep them alive. One time the pipes were arranged, you needed to operate the elephant's body to pump the h2o through the water pipes.

For the 2007 campaign Andrex, known for their ad campaign fronted by a Labrador puppy, gave away toy puppies with red noses.

As a Supporting Partner Jackpotjoy has launched two Red Olfactory organ Day Games for Ruby-red Nose Twenty-four hours 2011.

Red nose [edit]

The near prominent symbol of Comic Relief is a plastic/foam "cherry-red nose", which is given in various supermarkets and charity shops such as Oxfam in exchange for a donation to the charity and to make others laugh. People are encouraged to wear the noses on Red Nose Day to aid raise awareness of the charity. The pattern of the nose has been changed each year, beginning with a fairly plain one, which later grew arms, turned into a tomato and even inverse colour. This regular re-pattern was in function to stop people from re-using previous years designs, and having to buy the latest version, as for example some people may re-use the same Poppy, repeatedly, rather than buying a new one each yr. In 2007, the ruby-red nose was made of foam; this was to facilitate the "growing" of the nose (by rolling it in the user'due south easily) to continue in line with that year'due south tagline, The Big One (see the tabular array beneath). Larger noses are also available and are designed to exist attached to the fronts of cars, buildings and, in 2009, a vi-metre (xx-foot) diameter inflatable nose was attached to the DFDS Seaways cruiseferry King of Scandinavia. All the same, the nose's material used for buildings was classed equally a fire risk and was banned from the Comic Relief Does Fame University shows.

Chronology of noses [edit]

Every bit of 2019^[update], Comic Relief has sold fifty dissimilar red noses over 17 Ruby Nose Days.^{[39] [40]} Ii noses were available for the 1995 effect. Iii noses per outcome were available from 2009 to 2013. In 2015, nine noses were released, and in 2017, there were x unlike noses available—for both these years, this included a rare collector'southward nose. For 2019, xi different noses are bachelor to buy, including "rare" and "ultra-rare" noses. 10 different plastic complimentary noses are available for Red Nose Day 2021.

Yr	Name	Description	Material
1988	The Red Nose	No specific branded noses were produced for the event, with a variety of noses sold.	Plastic
1989	My Nose	Had an embossed smiling face with spiked hair logo, known as 'Harry'.	Scented plastic
1991	The Stonker	Had hands protruding from each side and the embossed face up logo.	Plastic
1993	Tomato Olfactory organ	Red nose with embossed face and a green tomato stalk.	Plastic
1995	The Heat Sensitive Olfactory organ	The olfactory organ came in two versions which turned either yellowish or pink when heated. The words 'MY NOSE' were embossed on information technology.	Rut sensitive plastic
1997	Shaggy Nose	A clear plastic nose covered in shaggy red fur	Plastic, fur
1999	The Big Blood-red Hooter	Faceless with gold glitter, and when squeezed it 'hooted'. The first nose to exist sold in a small cardboard box.	Plastic with glitter
2001	Whoopee Nose	Red head with inflated cheeks, when squeezed the tongue inflated.	Plastic with rubber tongue
2003	Hairy Olfactory organ	Had gooey optics that squeezed out and a tuft of cerise hairs. It came with gel for the hair. When worn upside down, the hair can resemble a moustache.	Plastic with synthetic hair
2005	Big Hair & Beyond	Had a smiley confront and colourful elastic hair. It came with crimson and yellowish confront paint and stickers for the nose. The last nose to exist plastic until 2022.	Plastic with elastic pilus
2007	The Big One	Faceless and more than comfortable, came with stickers to decorate the nose with, and a Chocpix chocolate.[41] The last nose to exist sold in a small cardboard box until 2019. £40,236,142 was raised.	Foam with stickers
2009	This 1, That One, The Other I	Three noses were bachelor. "This 1" had a big smile with oral fissure open up. "That One" had spectacles and a smile with the teeth airtight. "The Other One" had a shocked look. All 3 came with six stickers depicting each of the noses, the RND 2009 logo and tag-line "Do something funny for money". Likewise included were a "Howdy, my olfactory organ is:" name tag sticker and a minor booklet of nose-related jokes. £59,187,065 was raised.	Cream with stickers
2011	Monster Noses	There were 3 unlike 'monster noses' for RND 2011. "Honkus" had a furry face, a large oral cavity with sharp teeth and small eyes nearly the peak of the caput. "Chucklechomp" had small round spectacles and a large mouth. "Captain Conk" was roughly based on a pirate, with a Jolly Roger bandana and an eyepatch. Each nose came with a round leaflet which contained monster related jokes and pictures of the three monster noses. An augmented reality version of the nose was created as part of the Ruby-red Nose Twenty-four hours website. Via a webcam the user's head was converted into a giant red nose which could so exist recorded as a short movie and posted to Facebook or YouTube.	Foam
2013	The Olfactory organ With Toes	For the third year running, 3 noses were available and they were dinosaur-themed. "Dinomite" had a spiky hairdo and a big pointy-toothed growl with small eyes near the top of the head. "T-Spex" had a big nose and black thick-rimmed spectacles. "Triceytops" was based upon a Triceratops with a large grin and a spiked 'mane'. Their slogan was 'Meet the diNOSEaurs!' These were likewise the first noses to include feet in their designs.	Foam
2015	Nose in a Bag	For the first time, 9 nose designs had been created, each placed in a "mystery bag" packaging, significant that people would get one of the olfactory organ designs at random rather than being able to choose. The Red Noses were: Supernose – A superhero nose. Nosebot – A olfactory organ as a robot, created by Snotty Professor. Snotty Professor – A professor-like nose and creator of Nosebot and the Gilded Noses. Stripey – A criminal olfactory organ with a masked identity. Astrosnort – A nose resembling an astronaut. Snorbit – An alien-similar nose. Snout Dracula – A parody of Count Dracula. Snortel – A nose with a snorkel. Karate Konk – A nose disguised in karate outfit. Comic Relief hid 12 golden versions of these noses in stores effectually the country, offering winners a "Golden Nose Feel".	Foam
2017	The Cherry Noses	The nature of the red noses was exactly the same as for 2015, but with different characters.[42] Noses were one time again sold in the bags. 10 noses were available, including 1 rare olfactory organ. £82,154,943 was raised. Nose-information technology-all: A nose in the shape of an all-knowing owl. Norse Nose: A nose which resembles a Viking. Snootankhamun: Olfactory organ based on a mummy, wrapped in bandages. Alongside Snuffles and Dr. Nose (see below), one of the first female person olfactory organ characters. Snuffles: A nose based on a dragon. Sneezecake: a nose based on a chef, wearing chef'south wear. DJ Boogie: A nose with star shaped glasses and headphones. Sniffer: a nose based on a canis familiaris, with dog ears. Dr. Nose: a nose medico with a stethoscope. The Snorcerer: Nose with magician chapeau. Frankinose: rare silver nose based on Frankenstein'south monster. Only one in every 900 numberless has this character.	Foam
2019	The Red Noses	This year'southward noses were one time again made from the same fabric, but introduced different characters. There were 9 regular, 1 rare (1 in 840) and 1 ultra-rare (1 in 8400). Inside the bundle of each nose was a part of a castle building, and the red noses had their own app,[43] titled "Red Nose", which involved augmented reality. The noses were unveiled on xix December 2018. The regular noses were: Wolfnose: A werewolf. Schnoz III: A knight. Beastly Snoseman: A yeti. Honkus Ponkus: A magician. The Gnose: A gnome. Hairy Nostroll: A troll. Snufflekins: A cat. Nosediva: A mermaid. Forth with Conk Jester, it has a plush toy.[44]/[45] Conk Jester: A jester. Along with Nosediva, information technology has a plush toy.[44]/[45] Hoppy Hooter: A frog. (1/840 chance) Transforminos: A senior denizen. (1/8400 chance)	Cream
2021	The Institute-Based Nose	On October v, 2020, Comic Relief unveiled its first ever institute-based, plastic free red nose for Red Olfactory organ Day 2021, created in response to concerns over the environmental damage of plastic waste material.[46] There were x noses, all with environmental themes. They were fabricated of bagasse, a natural production of sugarcane, called for its "widely celebrated sustainable qualities". The ten noses all had different names and designs based on nature. All came with their ain box:[47] Chief: A leaf. Robin. Snail. Play tricks Badger. Caterpillar. Lady B: A ladybird. Daisy. Tommy: A tomato. "Ultra rare" Aureate Tommy: A reddening tomato plant.	Bagasse
2022	The Safari Olfactory organ		Plastic

Chronology of car noses [edit]

A selection of Reddish Nose Day "auto noses" have been produced over the years, to bear witness back up for the charity while out on the road. They take traditionally been a curved nose which attaches to the automobile'due south radiator grille. In 2009, this was replaced with a magnetic pattern owing to safety concerns.^[48] The original grill-attachable blueprint returned for 2011, for the get-go time since 1999.^[49]

Year	Proper noun	Clarification
1989	The Ruddy Nose	A curved, dome-like plastic ruddy nose which attached to the automobile's radiator grille at the front.
1991	The Hands Olfactory organ	A red plastic nose with hands, which fastened to the machine'southward radiator grille at the front.
1993	The Love apple Nose	A red plastic nose with a green tomato stalk, which fastened to the car's radiator grille at the front end with cablevision ties.
1997	The Aerial Olfactory organ	A small-scale red plastic olfactory organ which fastened to the motorcar'southward aerial. This nose was sold in Texaco fuel stations.
1999	The Hands Nose	Another cherry-red plastic nose with hands and '1999' in golden adhesive numbers, which attached to the car's radiator grille at the front with cable ties.
2001	The Big Sticky Car Nose	A small plastic olfactory organ with wings, synonymous to The Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornamentation on Rolls-Royce cars, for attaching to the car'south bonnet with a suction cup on the base. The Large Glutinous Olfactory organ featured a face designed by Aardman animators, the creators of Wallace and Gromit.
2003	The Hairy Air Freshener Nose	A pocket-size plastic nose with a smiley face up and red tuft of hair, attached to the driver's rear-view mirror.
2005	The Air Freshener Nose	A small plastic nose with a smiley face and colourful koosh-similar rubberband hair, for attaching to the driver's rear-view mirror.
2007	Large Smelly Nose Balls	Two furry air freshener noses with black spectacles, which dangled from the driver's rear-view mirror, synonymous with hirsuite dice from the 1950s.
2009	The Magnetic Nose	A thin and flat magnetic nose, with a grinning confront, which attached magnetically to the motorcar's bonnet.
2011	The Monster Nose	A return to the curved plastic nose, featuring a monster face, which attached to the car'south radiator grille at the front with cable ties.
2013	The diNOSEsaur Air Freshener	A return to the air freshener for cars. The flat design featured the 3 dinosaur red noses, T-Spex, Triceytops and Dinomite, with the tag line 'It's extinction time for bad odours'.
2015	The Mystery Purse Air Freshener	A flat design with the 9 noses from the mystery bags.

2014 saw the new release of 2 Flip Flap noses, the Poppy and England flag red olfactory organ designs and the showtime paper noses for cars and the 1st twelvemonth for two car noses.

Clemency singles [edit]

In April 1986, the kickoff Comic Relief charity record was released. It featured Cliff Richard and the bandage of The Young Ones in a rendition of Richard's tardily 50s hit "Living Doll".

Some of the coin raised from the sale of each single is donated to Comic Relief. Usually, a vocal is released just earlier the official Cherry-red Nose Day. There take been exceptions, such as "(I Want To Exist) Elected" which was released to coincide with the 1992 UK general election. Before the single released in 1995, Comic Relief records were all more-or-less comedy releases, mostly involving an bodily ring or vocalist teamed up with a comedy group. From 1995 on, they have been generally more serious, although the promo videos still feature comical moments.

2003 saw a render to the format of old. From 2005 to 2011, ii Comic Relief singles were released each Red Olfactory organ Day, a song by a mainstream creative person and also a comedy song.

In 1991, a music video was created called "Helping Hands", which included numerous children's television puppet personalities, including characters from The House of Gristle, Fraggle Rock, Rainbow, Roland Rat, Thunderbirds, Circular the Bend!, Bill & Ben, The Gophers, Spitting Image, Jim Henson's Tale of the Bunny Picnic and more. In 1993 a follow up single happened, this time characteristic the biggest stars of children televisions at the fourth dimension called "You Can Exist a Hero". Neither song was ever released.

The biggest-selling Comic Relief single is Tony Christie and Peter Kay's "Is This the Way to Amarillo", with i.28 million copies sold. Westlife's 2001 embrace of Billy Joel'south "Uptown Girl" is the second biggest-seller, followed by 1986'south "Living Doll" and the Spice Girls' 1997 double-A side unmarried "Mama"/"Who Practice Y'all Retrieve Y'all Are", with Boyzone's 1999 encompass of "When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" rounding upward the top five.^[50]

Twelvemonth	Championship(s)	Respective artist(south)	Corresponding highest chart position(s) reached
1986	"Living Doll"[51]	Cliff Richard and The Young Ones feauring Hank Marvini	No. 1
1987	"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"	Mel & Kim (Mel Smith and Kim Wilde)	No. iii
1989	"Help!"	Bananarama and Lananeeneenoonoo (French and Saunders with Kathy Shush)	No. 3
1991	"The Stonk" "The Smile Song"ii	Hale & Step and the Stonkers (Brian May, David Gilmour, Tony Iommi, Cozy Powell, Roger Taylor and Rowan Atkinson) Victoria Wood	No. 1
1992	"(I Want to Exist) Elected"	Mr. Bean and Smear Campaign featuring Bruce Dickinson[52] (Rowan Atkinson, Angus Deayton, Skin)	No. nine
1993	"Stick It Out"	Right Said Fred and Friends[53] (Hugh Laurie, Peter Cook, Alan Freeman, Jools Holland, Steve Coogan, Clive Anderson, Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Sir Basil Brush and Bernard Cribbins)	No. 4
1994	"Absolutely Fabled"	Admittedly Fabled (Pet Shop Boys, Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley)	No. 6
1995	"Love Can Build a Bridge"	Cher, Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry and Eric Clapton	No. 1
1997	"Mama" / "Who Practice Y'all Think Y'all Are"three	Spice Girlsfour	No. i
1999	"When the Going Gets Tough"	Boyzonefour	No. i
2001	"Uptown Girl"	Westlife	No. i
2003	"Spirit in the Sky"	Gareth Gates and the Kumars	No. one
2005	"All About Yous/Y'all've Got a Friend" "Is This the Way to Amarillo" 5	McFly Tony Christie & Peter Kay	No. one No. 1
2007	"Walk This Way" "I'grand Gonna Exist (500 Miles)" six	Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud The Proclaimers & Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin 6	No. 1 No. ane
2009	"Just Tin't Get Plenty" "Barry Islands in the Stream"[54]	The Saturdays Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon, featuring Tom Jones and Robin Gibb 7	No. ii No. 1
2011	"Gold Forever"eight "I Know Him So Well"	The Wanted Susan Boyle & Peter Kay (equally Geraldine McQueen)	No. 3 No.xi
2013	"Ane Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)"	Ane Direction	No. 1
2015	"Lay Me Downwards"nine	Sam Smith featuring John Fable	No. 1
2017	"What Do I Know?"10	Ed Sheeran and Kurupt FM[55]	No. 9

• ^1 Even though "Living Doll" is a song featuring the cast of The Young Ones, this does not include Alexei Sayle
• ^2 This was a double-A side single, even though the Official Charts Company only credit one side with the hit^[56]
• ^3 "Who Practice You Think You Are" is the Comic Relief side
• ^four On this release, comedians only appear in the video
• ^5 "Is This the Way to Amarillo", though released expressly with the intent of proceeds going to Comic Relief, was not an official Comic Relief single. The song was originally performed past Peter Kay (lip-synching to the vocalization Tony Christie) during the evening, and was afterward released every bit a unmarried. It was No. one in the UK charts for seven weeks, and in its commencement calendar week, it outsold the remainder of the Top xx combined.
• ^6 In 2007, a version of The Proclaimers' song "500 Miles", released on 19 March, featured Peter Kay and Matt Lucas as their respective wheelchair-using characters Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin. Before its official release, the song reached No. 3 based on downloads alone. The unmarried itself reached No. one on 25 March, knocking official Comic Relief unmarried "Walk This Style" off the meridian spot.
• ^vii In 2009, the one-act release took prominence over the unmarried release by a mainstream recording artist. Gavin & Stacey'due south Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon covered "Islands in The Stream" for the event, with this being released on the calendar week of Comic Relief. The Saturdays had released their record a week before.
• ^viii "Gold Forever" is the lead single from The Wanted'south 2d studio album, Battleground. It is also a promo single on their 2012 American debut, The Wanted EP.
• ^9 This was listed as a separate hit with the original version of "Lay Me Down" peaking at number 15.^{[57] [58]}
• ^ten Unlike the singles by Sam Smith in 2015, the charity version of "What Practise I Know?" was combined with the original'southward sales when calculating the nautical chart position with no official listing for Kurupt FM.^{[59] [60]}

In improver, the first Ruby-red Nose Day schools' song ("Brand Someone Happy") was published in 2007. A CD of the song, together with backing tracks and fundraising ideas, was sent free of charge to all master schools in the UK - during February - by the pedagogy music publisher 'Out of the Ark Music'. Schools would be free to use the song in assemblies, singathons, or other fundraising activities. A 2d Carmine Nose Day Song has been released for every school in the UK, to utilize free of charge. Information technology can be downloaded from the Ruddy Nose Day 09 website, or watched on YouTube, and a copy has been sent to every primary schoolhouse in the Uk. It was again published by 'Out of the Ark' music, and contained a more upbeat tune than the version released in 2007. Information technology was recorded at Hook Studios, Claw, Surrey, past the Out of the Ark Choir, which is completely made upwardly of children. The children in the video wear Stella McCartney's special edition Comic Relief T-shirts, and was filmed in black and white and then that merely the red stood out.

Criticism [edit]

There has been some concern nearly the lack of gender equality in the causes supported by Comic Relief, with much funding going to politicised women's charities or charities focusing on women. Writing in The Spectator, Ross Clark raised the question, 'Why do all these women'due south charities...experience the need to disguise their fundraising in the prat-fest that is Comic Relief, rather than appealing straight to the public?' He added, 'Are they worried that if the British public realised where their money was going, they would be less inclined to be so generous?'^[61]

The British Stammering Association criticised comedian Lenny Henry over his opening sketch for the 2011 telethon, during which he spoofed the pic The King'due south Speech communication and grew impatient with Colin Firth in his portrayal of King George VI as he stammered over his oral communication. The Dominicus reported that the British Stammering Clan had branded the sketch as 'a gross and disgusting gleefulness at pointing out someone else's misfortune'.^[62]

In December 2013, an edition of the BBC One serial Panorama pointed out that between 2007 and 2009, millions of pounds donated to Comic Relief had been invested in funds which appeared 'to contradict several of its core aims', with shares in tobacco, booze and artillery firms.^[63]

The 2017 outcome was negatively received by viewers, with many criticising it for its various technical problems, poor sound, unfunny sketches and inappropriate jokes such every bit comedian Russell Brand yelling 'fucking hell' after the circulate cut off due to a technical fault, two sketches shown before the 9 pm watershed (one in which comedian Vic Reeves showed a simulated penis to Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid, and another in which role player Brendan O'Carroll, playing his graphic symbol Agnes Brown, showed the Five sign) and a scene in which presenter Graham Norton asks model Cara Delevingne why she had sexual activity on a plane.

In the same yr, a video featuring Ed Sheeran meeting and rescuing a child in Liberia for Comic Relief was criticised every bit 'poverty porn' and was given the 'Rusty Radiator' award for the 'most offensive and stereotypical fundraising video of the year'.^{[64] [65]}

Writing in The Guardian in 2017, Labour MP David Lammy argued that Comic Relief perpetuated problematic stereotypes of Africa, and that they had a responsibleness to use its powerful position to movement the debate on in a more constructive way past establishing an image of African people as equals.^[66]

In 2018, in response to Lammy'southward comments and the backlash to Sheeran's video, Comic Relief announced they would take steps towards change by halting their use of celebrities for appeals.^[67]

However, in February 2019, Lammy also criticised Stacey Dooley for posting on social media about her trip to Republic of uganda for Comic Relief, maxim that 'the world does non need any more white saviours', and that she was perpetuating 'tired and unhelpful stereotypes' nearly Africa.^{[68] [69]} The force per unit area grouping 'No White Saviours' argued that Comic Relief had pledged to make changes to their celebrity campaigns in the past, and now needed to put them into practice.^[70]

The remarks by Lammy were believed to have damaged coverage of Scarlet Nose 24-hour interval; viewership dropped and the donations received for the broadcast in March 2019 fell by £8 meg and the money raised that yr was the lowest since 2007.^{[71] [72]} In 2020, as a consequence of Lammy'southward intervention, Comic Relief announced that it would no longer send celebrities to Africa nor portray Africa with images of starving people or critically ill children.^[73] Instead, they would be using local film makers to provide a more "authentic" perspective and give agency back to African people.^[74]

Similar events outside the United Kingdom [edit]

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• Us: In 2015, Red Olfactory organ Day was formally brought to the United States under the auspices of Comic Relief, Inc., an organization unrelated to the defunct Comic Relief Us. The 2015 Reddish Nose Solar day Special aired on NBC on 21 May 2015 and was hosted by David Duchovny, Seth Meyers and Jane Krakowski,^[75] raising $23 meg. The 2016 NBC special aired 26 May with Craig Ferguson as the host.^[76] Sponsored by Walgreens, Cherry-red Nose Twenty-four hours has since get an annual event.
• Inspired by the British charity, a United States Comic Relief clemency was founded in 1986 by Bob Zmuda. Comic Relief was an irregularly held outcome, televised on Habitation Box Office (HBO), which has raised and distributed nearly The states$fifty million toward providing health intendance services to homeless people throughout the Us. Comedians Robin Williams, Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg were hosts of the event. The 1989 HBO Comic Relief show debuted the vocal "Mr. President", written past Joe Sterling, Ray Achieve and Mike Loveless. The song was sung by Al Jarreau and Natalie Cole. On eighteen Nov 2006, the outcome was revived as a fundraiser for those affected by Hurricane Katrina, and was simulcast on TBS.^[77] Richard Curtis also created the Idol Gives Back special for American Idol, which follows the same basic premise as Comic Relief, with specially filmed shorts, performances and footage of the stars of the show visiting impoverished countries.
• Australia: In 1988, the Ruddy Olfactory organ Day concept was adopted past the SIDS and Kids organisation to help raise funds for inquiry into sudden infant death syndrome. Since so, Crimson Nose Solar day in Australia is held annually on the last Friday of June.^[78] An Australian version of Comic Relief, Comic Relief Australia, has too been fix.^[79] It plans to carve up the money raised between Australian causes (at least 40%) and overseas charities largely in Asia Pacific (at least 40%).^{[ commendation needed ]} Following a campaign encouraging people to buy manufactures such equally red wristbands, the start telethon-style event was held on half dozen November 2005 on the Vii Network. It followed the established format, with comedy interspersed with examples of the sorts of charities to benefit. According to its website, this raised over A$800,000. Some other telethon was broadcast on 27 Nov 2006 on Seven Network. The 2006 Comic Relief Show was held under the championship '50 Years of Laughs' celebrating 50 years of Television set in Australia. It was hosted by Colin Lane, and featured presenters such as Amanda Keller, Mikey Robins, Ugly Dave Greyness and Derryn Hinch interviewing Kylie Mole.
• Frg: The German TV station Pro 7 initiated a similar event in 2003. Past selling carmine noses, money is nerveless for the charity foundations PowerChild, Deutsche Kinder- und Jugendstiftung (lit., High german Kid and Youth Foundation), and Comic Relief. The event is called 'Cerise Nose Day', and took place annually in March or April from 2003 to 2006. However ratings and the collected donations fell mode short of expectations in 2006, resulting in no master show existence produced in 2007 and 2008. In 2003, Nena (who is famous for her hit vocal 99 Crimson Balloons) released an updated version of her song Wunder Gescheh'n (miracles happen) for the charity. In 2010, the Blood-red Olfactory organ Twenty-four hours returned on Pro7. Information technology took place on 25 November.
• Russian federation: A similar charity campaign, entitled "Ruddy Olfactory organ, Kind Heart", was launched in Russian federation on 1 April 2007. The main goal of the drive, held between 1 April and 19 May 2007 by the Liniya Zhizni (Life Line) foundation, is raising coin to help children afflicted with serious diseases (such as centre diseases).
• Finland: In 2002, the Finnish national broadcaster YLE started an annual charity event, which initially went under the title "Ylen hyvä". In 2007, the consequence adopted the name "Nenäpäivä" (Nose day), and the use of red noses to more than closely follow the instance of the British issue.
• Republic of iceland: Dagur rauða nefsins (Ruddy Nose Twenty-four hour period) has been held in support of UNICEF since 2006. It has featured the sale of red noses to raise funds and has enjoyed back up and publicity from many local celebrities and televised events on the national broadcaster, RÚV.
• Belgium: "Rodeneuzendag" (Reddish Nose Day) has been held in Kingdom of belgium for the kickoff time in 2015 to raise money for children with psychiatric problems on VTM.
• Republic of Ireland: RTÉ Does Comic Relief was launched in June 2020,^[fourscore] to heighten funds for charities and local community initiatives within Republic of ireland. The event took place to raise funds that were lost during the COVID-nineteen pandemic with all proceeds going to The Community Foundation for Ireland who will distribute the funds raised to over iv,000 non-profit organizations at a national, regional, and local level throughout Ireland. The outcome was broadcast live on RTÉ One and the RTÉ Player for over 4 hours on Fri, 26 June 2020 raising millions of euro for local charities with appearances by Paul Mescal, Aisling Bea, Hozier, Roy Keane, Westlife, Samantha Mumba, Amy Huberman and host of other Irish and international celebrities, comedians, actors, and musicians. The event was hosted past Deirdre O'Kane, Nicky Byrne, Baz Ashmawy, Jennifer Zamparelli, and Eoghan McDermott.^[80] During the alive consequence the Government of Ireland issued a statement stating it would lucifer all proceeds donated past doubling the amount and a number of Irish and international companies likewise donated large sums of coin towards the fund.^[81]

Come across also [edit]

• Band Aid (ring)
• ChildLine
• The Secret Policeman's Ball
• Serious Request
• Sport Aid
• Us for Africa

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External links [edit]

• Official Comic Relief web site
• Cherry-red Nose 24-hour interval web site
• Comic Relief at BBC Online
• Official 2009 fundraiser for Comic Relief – Mr. Funny's Carmine Olfactory organ Day
• Scarlet Nose Day Moblog (Mobile Blogging)
• Red Nose Day mini-site
• Official Comic Relief United states of america web site
• Official Comic Relief Australia web site
• Красный нос – доброе сердце! (Carmine Nose- Kind Heart)
• "Comic Relief condemned over Burma" from The Guardian
• Official Comic Relief Fairtrade Cotton Socks
• Intelligent Giving contour of Comic Relief U.k.
• "Article: No funny business organisation with Comic Relief"
• Entry at Charity Commission

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Relief

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