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Red Nose Day started in 1985 when Comic Relief responded to a famine that was impacting Ethiopia. The idea was simply to get comedians together to make people laugh while raising support for ...
Red Nose Day was first introduced in 1988 by Curtis and Henry, three years after they founded Comic Relief. The crux of the campaign is a telethon broadcast live on the BBC to appeal for funds ...
Red Nose Day is an annual fundraising campaign from Comic Relief that takes place every March. This unique campaign uses comedy as a means to raise life-changing funds to help end the cycle of ...
How much did Comic Relief raise on Red Nose Day 2025? Following a look back on the last 40 years of the charity’s work, and the star-studded challenges and sketches that took place over the last ...
Red Nose Day 2025 presenters reveal their favourite sketches and celebrate 40 years of fundraising and feel-good TV. Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall, Joel Dommett, Alison Hammond, Rylan, Alesha Dixon ...
The BBC’s Red Nose Day coverage is due to start at 7pm today and will run until 10.40pm. Fortunately it is a Friday night, so many in the audience won’t have to worry about school or work the ...
This Red Nose Day, there’s lots to be excited about as we begin to celebrate Comic Relief hitting the big 4-0 in 2025. With your help over the past 40 years, we’ve raised over £1.6 billion ...
Red Nose Day is an annual event put on by charity Comic Relief, which aims to use "the power of entertainment and popular culture to work towards a vision of a just world free from poverty." ...
Red Nose Day 2025: what is Gift Aid, rules, how does scheme work in UK, how much is it, Comic Relief donations. By Alex Nelson. Jobs and finance writer. Comment. Published 20th Mar 2025, 15:36 BST.
The BBC’s Red Nose Day coverage is due to start at 7pm today and will run until 10.40pm. Fortunately it is a Friday night, so many in the audience won’t have to worry about school or work the ...