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Comic Relief is an operating British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to famine in Ethiopia.  The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, a biennial telethon held in March, alternating with sister project Sport Relief. Comic Relief is one of the two high-profile telethon events held in the United Kingdom, the other being Children in Need, held annually in November.

Comic Relief was launched live on Noel Edmonds' Late, Late Breakfast Show 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  and Scotland. 

On 4 April 1986  the inaugural live fund-raising show,  "Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Live", was staged at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London featuring popular alternative comedians & pop stars (including Rowan Atkinson, Billy Connolly, Stephen Fry, Lenny Henry, Kate Bush and Cliff Richard ).  An audio recording was released on WEA which included a live performance of the charity single "Living Doll" by Cliff Richard and The Young Ones.

On 8 February 1988, Lenny Henry went to Ethiopia and celebrated the very first Red Nose Day Telethon. Over 150 celebrities and comedians participated. The event raised 15 million British Pounds Sterling and attracted 30 million television viewers on The BBC Network. The highlight of Comic Relief is Red Nose Day. To date, Richard Curtis and Lenny Henry are still active participants of the Red Nose Day Telethon which continues to raise funds for numerous charities that help children in need and tackle world-wide poverty.

The charity states that its aim is to "bring about positive and lasting change in the lives of poor and disadvantaged people, which we believe requires investing in work that addresses people's immediate needs as well as tackling the root causes of poverty and injustice". 

One of the fundamental principles behind working at Comic Relief is the "Golden Pound Principle" where every single 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 be 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 Red Nose Day; BT provides the telephony, and Sainsbury's sells merchandise on behalf of the charity.

The July 2010 accounts for charity registration 326568 show 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 average full-time staff was 214, with 14 staff paid over £60,000 with remuneration for the year, excluding pensions, for Kevin Cahill, chief executive of £120,410.

In 2002, Comic Relief and BBC Sport teamed up to create Sport Relief, a new initiative, aiming to unite the sporting community and culminate in a night of sport, entertainment and fund-raising on BBC One. Sport Relief is a biennial charity event, and the campaign deliberately alternates years with Red Nose Day, Comic Relief's flagship event.  Red Nose Day 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 Red Nose Day telethon on 14 March  it was announced that in the 30-year history of Comic Relief the Red Nose Day and Sport Relief appeals had raised in excess of £1bn (£1,047,083,706). 

Red Nose Day history

Red Nose Day is the main way in which Comic Relief raises money. The first Red Nose Day (RND) was held on 5 February 1988, when it was launched as a National Day of Comedy.  It was held again the following year and thereafter every other year since then. They have been held on the second or third Friday in March. The concept was created by Wendy Crossman (née Robinson), the fundraising director of Comic Relief. Many schools have red-themed non-uniform days (i.e. the pupils have to wear something red as part of their non-uniform attire). The day culminates in a live telethon event on BBC One, starting in the evening and going through into the early hours of the morning, but other money-raising events take place.  As the name suggests, the day involves the wearing of plastic/foam red noses which are available, in exchange for a donation, from Sainsbury's and Oxfam shops.

On television

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, but after the six o'clock news, the normal BBC One schedule is suspended at 7 pm in favour of a live show, with a break at 10 pm for the regular news programme.  Whilst the BBC News at Ten is aired on BBC One, Comic Relief continues on BBC Two, and then resumes on BBC One at 10:35 pm, with each hour overseen by a different celebrity team.  These celebrities do the work for free, as do the crew, with studio space and production facilities donated by the BBC.

Regular themes throughout the shows include parodies of recent popular shows, films and clips, events, and specially filmed versions of comedy shows. Smith and Jones, and a parody sketch starring Rowan Atkinson are both regularly featured.

Presenters

* Adam Buxton (2003)
* Joe Cornish (2003)
* Ant & Dec (2001–03)
* Lenny Henry (2003–07, 2011–)
* Bob Mortimer (2003)
* Graham Norton (2003–11)
* Vic Reeves (2003)
* Jonathan Ross (2001–13)
* Chris Evans (2005–07)
* Davina McCall (2005–)
* Dermot O'Leary (2005, 2011–13)
* Fearne Cotton (2007–12, 2015–)
* Russell Brand (2007, 2013)
* Jeremy Clarkson (2007)
* Nick Frost (2007)
* Richard Hammond (2007)
* James May (2007)
* Paul O'Grady (2007)
* Simon Pegg (2007)
* Kate Thornton (2007)
* Fern Britton (2009)
* Alan Carr (2009–13)
* James Corden (2009)
* Tess Daly (2009, 2015–)
* Noel Fielding (2009)
* Mathew Horne (2009)
* David Tennant (2009, 2013)
* Claudia Winkleman (2009–)
* Reggie Yates (2009)
* Kevin Bridges (2011)
* Jimmy Carr (2011)
* Michael McIntyre (2011–13)
* Jack Whitehall (2011–13)
* John Bishop (2013–)
* Rob Brydon (2013)
* David Walliams (2013–)
* Sarah Millican (2015–)
* Greg James (2015–)

1980s and 1990s

1988

The First Red Nose Day was held on Friday 5 February 1988 with the Slogan: "The Plain Red Nose", and raised £15million. 

1989

The Second Red Nose Day was held on Friday 10 March 1989 with the Slogan: "Red Nose Day 2", and Raised £27million.

1991

The Third Red Nose Day was held on Friday 15 March 1991, with the slogan "The Stonk", and Raised £20million. The charity song was "The Stonk" performed by Hale & Pace.

1993

The Fourth Red Nose Day was held on Friday 12 March 1993 with the slogan "The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes", and Raised £18million.

1995

The Fifth Red Nose Day was held on Friday 17 March 1995, with the slogan "What A Difference A Day Makes", and Raised £22million

1997 event

The 1997 Red Nose Day event was held on 14 March. Its slogan for the year was "Small Change – Big Difference". The event raised over £27m for charitable causes.  The Spice Girls song "Who Do You Think You Are" became the official Comic Relief single of this event and sold 672,577 copies.  The telethon was hosted by Father Ted Crilly (Dermot Morgan) and Father Dougal McGuire (Ardal O'Hanlon), characters from the sitcom Father Ted.

1999 event

The 1999 Red 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 live cross-over panel game, Have I Got Buzzcocks All Over. A parody of the Doctor Who series starring Rowan Atkinson as the Doctor, Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death, was featured during the show, as was Wetty Hainthropp Investigates (a Victoria Wood parody of Hetty Wainthropp Investigates) and The Naughty Men (a mock 1967 pilot for Men Behaving Badly).

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

2000s

2001 event

The 2001 Red Nose Day was held on 16 March. The total raised was £61,000,140. As well as donations on the night of the TV show, money is raised from countrywide sponsored events and from merchandising, particularly of the red noses themselves. 5.8 million red noses were sold, approximately one tenth of the UK population. The final of Celebrity Big Brother 1 aired as well.

2003 event

The 2003 Red Nose Day was held on 14 March.  The fund raising activities included Lenny Henry providing the voice of the speaking clock between 10 and 23 March with the cost of the call going to Comic Relief.  On the night of the live show itself, £35m was raised, an on-the-night record.  A total of £61,477,539 was raised that year, setting a new record.

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

The hosts of Red Nose Day 2003 were:
*Jonathan Ross
*Lenny Henry
*Anthony McPartlin
*Declan Donnelly
*Vic Reeves
*Bob Mortimer
*Graham Norton
*Adam Buxton
*Joe Cornish

Shows included

As usual a variety of specially filmed versions of television shows were made.  Popular BBC talent show Fame Academy returned as Comic Relief does Fame Academy.  Other shows included:
*EastEnders
*Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
*University Challenge
*Celebrity Driving School

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

2005 event

The 2005 Red Nose Day was held on 11 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 event 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.  Over £63m was raised as of November 2005.

Shows included

As usual a variety of specially filmed versions of television shows were made.  Popular BBC talent show Comic Relief does Fame Academy was attended by celebrities singing cover versions of songs.  Viewers voted for their favourite, with the proceeds going to the cause and the celebrity.  Other shows included:
*Absolutely Fabulous
*Little Britain I Want That One
*The Vicar of Dibley
*Green Wing
*Spider-Plant Man, a parody of Spider-Man starring Rowan Atkinson.

2005's telethon, more than any other, severely overran and many pre-filmed segments were cut short, including Harry Hill's TV Burp, Al Murray, Smith and Jones, and Lenny Henry as Condoleezza Rice.  The uncut versions have never been screened.

McFly released the official single, a double A-side of "All About You/You've Got a Friend" which reached Number 1 in the UK singles chart, and also Number 1 in the Irish singles chart.  The cover is predominantly red and features the members of McFly dressed in red, wearing red noses, in honour of Red Nose Day.

Raised by March 2006: £65 m.

2007 event

2007's Red Nose Day was held on 16 March.  Its tagline is "The Big One" which is also representative of the novelty nose.  Walkers, Kleenex and Andrex also promoted the charity, as well as Sainsbury's.

Some of the sketches shown were: The Vicar of Dibley.  Also intended to be shown was A Question of Comedy, a comedy quiz using the format (and set) of A Question of Sport, and hosted by Jack Dee, with team captains Frank Skinner, Dara Ó Briain,  and Mr. Bean and guests including Jade Goody.  However, in light of the Celebrity Big Brother racism controversy involving Goody, the pre-recorded segment was scrapped by BBC producers.  

In the lead up to Red Nose Day many different fund raising events occurred:
* Beginning Friday 9 March 2007, the BBC Radio 1 breakfast team staged a tour around the UK entitled The Chris Moyles Rallyoke.  The tour involved seven Karaoke nights held in a well known UK location featuring members of the public and well known celebrities and music artists.  Most Radio 1 shows report on their progress, and hold competitions to win tickets to be at the final on Red Nose Day, and also to win the contents of a truck donated by various celebrities.  As well as raising money at each event, the profit of the phone-in competitions go to Comic Relief making a total of £600,000 
* Televised events included a third series of Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, and a celebrity version of The Apprentice entitled Comic Relief Does The Apprentice has also been screened.  Also a special hybrid of Top of the Pops and Top Gear titled Top Gear of the Pops was made for Red Nose Day.  It featured its presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May singing with Justin Hawkins, as well as Top Gear segments such as The Cool Wall.
* Fund raising merchandise sold during the 2007 campaign included the Big One (Red Nose) itself, 'Walkears', an Andrex Puppy with a red nose, a special Little Britain Live DVD and the official single, which was a cover of Aerosmith's 'Walk This Way' sung by Girls Aloud and Sugababes.
*The last episode of the Vicar of Dibley was aired as part of the show, starring the usual cast.  It featured Sting taking part with a celebrity and non-entity television show, swapping wives with the vicar's husband Harry.
*The special Little Britain Live featured famous people such as: Dennis Waterman, Chris Moyles, Jonathan Ross, Kate Moss and Russell Brand.  Kate Moss played a chav, Russell Brand played a transvestite, and both Chris Moyles and Jonathan Ross were brought on as either small parts, or people who came up to the audience to be embarrassed.
*There were several sketches from Catherine Tate: in which David Tennant (who she would work with again a year later in Doctor Who, which is referenced to & joked about within the sketch) became a school teacher; Daniel Craig fell in love with Tate; mouthy teenager Lauren was given work experience at 10 Downing Street, leading to Tony Blair using her catchphrase "Am I bovvered?"; and foul-mouthed "Nan" appeared with Noel Edmonds on Deal or No Deal.
*To gain additional money, Peter Kay and Matt Lucas released a cover of The Proclaimers hit, I'm Gonna Be, and released it as a single 'I Would Roll (500 Miles)' (both were playing wheelchair bound characters from Little Britain and Phoenix Nights).  It also featured numerous celebrity guests.
*There was also a live show from The Mighty Boosh.

2009 event

The 2009 event took place on Friday 13 March 2009.  Fundraisers had three different nose designs to choose from: "this one", "that one" and "the other one" – all with different facial expressions.  The Saturdays provided the official single, a cover of 'Just Can't Get Enough'.

A variety of events and promotions took place in the run up to the big day.  Comic Relief's chief executive announced that the UK's landmarks were going red before the big day.  Claudia Winkleman and Steve Jones presented a new Comic Relief show called Let's Dance for Comic Relief.  A special limited edition Mr. Men book, Mr. Funny's Red Nose Day,  went on sale with £2 from the sale of each book going to Comic Relief.  Between 3 February and 23 March 2009, Kimberley Walsh, Cheryl Cole, Gary Barlow, Chris Moyles, and Fearne Cotton raised money by lending their voices to the BT Speaking Clock.  Dialling 123 was one of the ways BT hopes to raise more than £300,000, as the company donated 10p for each call received from a BT landline.  The Red Nose Climb saw nine celebrities successfully scale the peak of Kilimanjaro at 19330 ft to reach the summit of Africa's highest mountain to raise money for Comic Relief.  On 27 February 2009, Gary Barlow, Ronan Keating, Chris Moyles, Ben Shephard, Cheryl Cole, Kimberley Walsh, Denise Van Outen, Fearne Cotton, and Alesha Dixon set off to Tanzania to tackle Mount Kilimanjaro with project manager and guide Jeremy Gane of Charity Challenge.  The Climb had already raised in excess of £3.3 million with over £1.8 million coming from the audience of Radio 1 (a record for the station).  All nine celebrities reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro on Saturday 7 March 2009.  Cheryl Cole, Fearne Cotton, Denise Van Outen and Ben Shephard reached the summit first at sunrise, followed closely by Ronan Keating, Kimberley Walsh and Gary Barlow.

By the afternoon of 14 March, £59,187,065 had been donated.

Presenters

2010s

2011 event

The 2011 event took place on Friday 18 March 2011. £74.3 million was raised on the night, the highest ever 'on the night' total. This was beaten by £0.8 million on Red Nose Day 2013's on the night event.

The evening was hosted by Lenny Henry, Fearne Cotton, James Corden, Davina McCall, Michael McIntyre, Graham Norton, Jack Whitehall, Kevin Bridges, Claudia Winkleman and Jonathan Ross. Whitehall and Bridges hosted the late night show with some of their favourite comedy clips in their Comic Relief Late Night Lock In. Pieces included Harry Hill (an Autumnwatch-based update of the Goodies episode "Scatty Safari"), James Corden as Smithy, a crossover between Miranda and Pineapple Dance Studios, the cast of Outnumbered, The Inbetweeners Rude Road Trip, Geraldine McQueen duetting with Susan Boyle, Goldie Lookin' Chain's Newport State of Mind, a celebrity chef-themed episode of The Choir, the premiere of the Comic Relief video for Take That's single Happy Now, Armstrong and Miller, a preview presentation of Chris Lilley's Angry Boys, a special edition of Alan Partridge's Mid-Morning Matters, and Uptown Downstairs Abbey – a parody from Jennifer Saunders and Adrian Edmondson (produced in the style of French and Saunders) including appearances by Victoria Wood, Harry Enfield, Joanna Lumley, Patrick Barlow, Dale Winton, Olivia Colman, Tim Vine, Simon Callow and the voices of Michael Gambon and Harry Hill. As well as comedy shows, special canonical mini-episodes of EastEnders and Doctor Who were also aired. Musical guests included Adele, Annie Lennox, Elbow, JLS, Take That, The Wanted, and The Axis of Awesome. The event included many other famous figures including Ross Kemp, Gordon Brown, Sebastian Coe, David Cameron, Rio Ferdinand, Paul McCartney and many more.

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

TV & Radio programmes that led up to the main event include:
* Let's Dance for Comic Relief (19 February – 12 March)
* Famous, Rich and in the Slums.
* 24 Hour Panel People took place for twenty four hours from 5–6 March. The event took in a succession of popular programmes, with David Walliams a constant presence for the whole 24 hours, taking on various roles.
* Comic Relief does Glee Club
* The BT Red Nose Desert Trek
* Comic Relief: Girl On Wire
* Radio 1's Longest Show Ever with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave for Comic Relief

Snack food manufacturer, Walkers created four new crisps flavours for Comic Relief 2011. Each flavour is named after a British comedian; Frank Skinner's Roast Dinner, Jimmy Con Carrne, Steak and Al Pie and Stephen Fry Up.  The Wanted released the official comic relief 2011 single "Gold Forever" on 13 March. Other Comic Relief singles include George Michael's cover of the 1987 song "True Faith" by New Order and the Take That song "Happy Now" featuring Take That and Fake That consisting of David Walliams, James Corden, John Bishop, Alan Carr and Catherine Tate.  More than a hundred celebrities are to be involved in "Twit Relief", an event on Twitter.  Lord Prescott is going to read the Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4 to raise money for Comic Relief on Saturday 19 March 2011 at approximately 00:48.
British Airways set a new Guinness World Record for 'highest stand up comedy gig in the world' in support of Red Nose Day 2011, with Dara Ó Briain, Jack Whitehall and Jon Richardson. The airline raised £800,747 for Comic Relief through their charity partnership 'Flying Start'.

Presenters

2013 event

The 2013 event took place on Friday 15 March 2013.  By the end of the night, Comic Relief raised £75,107,852.

One Direction recorded the official single "One Way or Another", a medley of Blondie's "One Way or Another" and "Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones. The single was released on 17 February 2013. 

TV programmes that led up to the main event included: 
* The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
* Great British Menu for Comic Relief
* Let's Dance for Comic Relief
* Comic Relief Does Glee Club
* Comic Relief's Big Chat with Graham Norton
* Stand Up for Comic Relief
* Grimmy's Comic Relief Late Nighter
* Blue Peter Comic Relief Special
* Mary and Martha
* Through Hell and High Water
* Pointless Comic Relief Special

2015 event

The 2015 event took place on Friday 13 March 2015. It was broadcast live for the first time at the London Palladium, with £99,418,831 being raised, the highest so far.

TV programmes that led up to the main event included:
* The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
* Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief
* The People's Strictly for Comic Relief
* The One Show
* Operation Health

Ratings

Fundraising

* Including money raised by Sport Relief

Merchandise

Various items of merchandise have been sold to promote and raise money for Comic Relief.  In 1991, The Totally Stonking, Surprisingly Educational And Utterly Mindboggling Comic Relief Comic was published by 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 Britain's most famous comics writer, was not credited as working on the book having sworn never to work for Fleetway again, but was said  to have worked with partner Melinda Gebbie on her pages.) The comic was unique in that it featured appearances by characters from across the spectrum of comics publishers, including Marvel and DC superheroes, Beano, Dandy, Eagle and Viz characters, Doctor Who, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in addition to a cavalcade of British comedy figures (both real 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 event.  The comic "sold out in minutes", raising over £40,000 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 charity.

In 1993 a computer platform game was released, called 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".

In 2007, Walkers complemented the usual merchandise by adding their own take on the red nose, promoting red ears instead.  The large ears, dubbed 'Walk-ears', are based on a very old joke involving the actual ears of ex-footballer Gary Lineker, who has fronted their ad campaign since the early 1990s.  Walkers previously promoted the charity in 2005, making four limited edition unusual crisp flavours.

The 2007 game for Red Nose Day, "Let It Flow", could be played online.  This game was developed by Matmi, worldwide viral marketeers, and set in the African wilderness.  Mischievous hyenas had messed up the water irrigation system which fed the crops.  You had to help re-arrange the pipes to let the water flow to the crops to keep them alive.  Once the pipes were arranged, you needed to operate the elephant's trunk to pump the water 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 Nose Day Games for Red Nose Day 2011.

Red nose

The most prominent symbol of Comic Relief is a plastic/foam "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 help raise awareness of the charity.  The design of the nose has been changed each year, beginning with a fairly plain one, which later grew arms, turned into a tomato and even changed colour.  In 2007, the red nose was made of foam; this was to facilitate the "growing" of the nose (by rolling it in the user's hands) to keep in line with that year's tagline, The Big One (see the table below).  Larger noses are also available and are designed to be attached to the fronts of cars, buildings and, in 2009, a 6 m diameter inflatable nose was attached to the DFDS Seaways cruiseferry King of Scandinavia.  However, the nose's material used for buildings was classed as a fire hazard and was banned from the Comic Relief Does Fame Academy shows.

Chronology of noses

, there have been 20 different red noses over 14 Comic Relief shows.  Three noses per event have been released from 2009 to 2013. In 2015, nine noses were released. 

Chronology of car noses

A selection of Red Nose Day "car noses" have been produced over the years, to show support for the charity while out on the road. They have traditionally been a curved nose which attaches to the car's radiator grille. In 2009, this was replaced with a magnetic design owing to safety concerns.  The original grill-attachable design returned for 2011, for the first time since 1999. 

2014 saw the new release of 2 Flip Flap noses, the Poppy and England flag red nose designs and the first paper noses for cars and the 1st year for 2 car noses.

Charity singles

In April 1986 the first Comic Relief charity record was released.  It featured Cliff Richard and the cast of The Young Ones in a rendition of "Living Doll".

Some of the money raised from the sale of each single is donated to Comic Relief.  Normally a song is released just before the official Red Nose Day.  There have been exceptions, such as "(I want to be) Elected" which was released to coincide with the 1992 UK general election.  Before 1995's song, they were all more-or-less comedy records, mostly involving an actual band or singer, and a comedy group.  From 1995 on, they have been generally more serious, although the videos still feature comical moments.

2003 saw a return to the format of old.  From 2005 onwards, two comic relief songs have been released each Red Nose Day, a song by a mainstream artist, and a comedy song.

In 1991, a music video was created called Helping Hands which included numerous children's TV puppet personalities, including characters from 'The House of Gristle', 'Fraggle Rock', 'Rainbow', 'Roland Rat', 'Thunderbirds', 'Round the Bend', 'Bill & Ben', 'The Gophers', 'Spitting Image', 'Jim Hensons Tale of the Bunny Picnic' and more.  The song was never released.

* "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 by Peter Kay (lipsynching to Tony Christie's voice) during the evening, and was later released as a single.  It was the number one single for seven weeks, and in its first week it outsold the rest of the Top 20 combined.
* In 2007, a version of The Proclaimers song "500 Miles", released on 19 March, featured Peter Kay and Matt Lucas as their wheelchair-user characters Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin.  Before its official release, the song reached Number 3 based on downloads alone.  The single reached Number one on 25 March, knocking official Comic Relief single "Walk This Way" off the top spot.
* In 2009, the comedy release took prominence over the single release by a mainstream recording artist.  Gavin and Stacey's Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon covered "Islands in the Stream" for the event, with this being released on the week of Comic Relief.  The Saturdays released their record a week earlier.
* "Gold Forever" is the lead single from The Wanted's second studio album, Battleground. It is also a promo single on their 2012 American debut, The Wanted EP.
* This was a double-A side single

In addition, the first Red Nose Day Schools' song ('Make 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 primary schools in the UK in February by the education music publisher 'Out of the Ark Music'.  Schools will be free to use the song in assemblies, singathons, or other fundraising activities.  A second Red Nose Day Song has been released for every school in the UK to use free of charge.  It can be downloaded from the Red Nose Day 09 website, or watched on YouTube, and a copy is being sent to every primary school in the UK.  It has again been published by "Out of the Ark" music, and contains a more upbeat melody than the 2007 song.  It was recorded at Hook Studios, Hook, Surrey, by the Out of the Ark Choir, which is completely made up of children.  The children in the video wear Stella McCartney's special edition Comic Relief T-shirts, and has been filmed in black and white so only the red stands out.

Criticisms

There has been some concern about 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 females. Writing in The Spectator Ross Clark raised the question, "why do all these women's charities ... feel the need to disguise their fundraising in the pratfest that is Comic Relief rather than appealing directly 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?" 

There is also over adverts for unpaid interns to work alongside paid BBC and Comic Relief staff. 

The British Stammering Association criticised comedian Lenny Henry for his opening sketch for the 2011 Comic Relief, during which he spoofed the film The King's Speech and grew impatient with Colin Firth's portrayal of King George VI as he stammered over his speech. The Sun reported that the British Stammering Association had branded the sketch as "a gross and disgusting gleefulness at pointing out someone else's misfortune". 

Millions of pounds donated to Comic Relief have been invested in funds with shares in tobacco, alcohol and arms firms. 

Similar events outside the United Kingdom

United States

Inspired by the British charity, a United States Comic Relief charity was founded in 1986 by Bob Zmuda.

Comic Relief was an irregularly held event, televised on Home Box Office (HBO), which has raised and distributed nearly US$50 million toward providing health care services to homeless people throughout the United States.  Comedians Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, and Whoopi Goldberg are hosts of the event.

The 1989 HBO Comic Relief show debuted the song "Mr. President", written by Joe Sterling, Ray Reach and Mike Loveless.  The song was sung by Al Jarreau and Natalie Cole.

On 18 November 2006, the event was revived as a fundraiser for those affected by Hurricane Katrina, and was simulcast on TBS. 

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.

In 2015, Red Nose Day was formally brought to the United States under the auspices of Comic Relief, Inc., an organization unrelated to the defunct Comic Relief USA. The 2015 Red Nose Day Special aired on NBC on May 21, 2015 and was hosted by David Duchovny, Seth Meyers and Jane Krakowski,  raising $23 million. The 2016 NBC special airs May 26 with Craig Ferguson as host. 

Australia

In 1988, the Red Nose Day concept was adopted by the SIDS and Kids organisation to help raise funds for research into sudden infant death syndrome.  Since then, Red Nose Day in Australia is held annually on the last Friday of June. 

An Australian version of Comic Relief, Comic Relief Australia, has also been set up.  It plans to divide the money raised between Australian causes (at least 40%) and overseas charities largely in Asia Pacific (at least 40%).

Following a campaign encouraging people to buy articles such as red wristbands, the first telethon-style event was held on 6 November 2005 on the Seven 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.  Another telethon was broadcast on 27 November 2006 on Seven Network.  The 2006 Comic Relief Show was held under the title '50 Years of Laughs' celebrating 50 years of Television in Australia.  It was hosted by Colin Lane, and featured presenters such as Amanda Keller, Mikey Robins, Ugly Dave Gray and Derryn Hinch interviewing Kylie Mole.

Germany

The German TV station Pro 7 initiated a similar event in 2003.  By selling red noses, money is collected for the charity foundations PowerChild, Deutsche Kinder- und Jugendstiftung (lit., German Child and Youth Foundation), and Comic Relief.  The event is called 'Red Nose Day', and took place annually in March or April from 2003 to 2006.  However ratings and the collected donations fell way short of expectations in 2006, resulting in no main show being produced in 2007 and 2008. In 2003, Nena (who is famous for her hit song 99 Red Balloons) released an updated version of her song Wunder Gescheh'n (miracles happen) for the charity. In 2010, the Red Nose Day returned on Pro7. It took place on 25 November.

Russia

A similar charity campaign, entitled "Red Nose, Kind Heart", was launched in Russia 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 money to help children afflicted with serious diseases (such as heart 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 event adopted the name "Nenäpäivä" (Nose day), and the use of red noses to more closely follow the example of the British event.

Iceland

Dagur rauða nefsins (Red Nose Day) has been held in support of UNICEF since 2006. It has featured the sale of red noses to raise funds and has enjoyed support and publicity from many local celebrities and televised events on the national broadcaster, RÚV

Belgium

"Rodeneuzendag" (Red Nose Day) has been held in Belgium for the first time in 2015 to raise money for children with psychiatric problems on VTM Celebrity Big Brother is a British television reality game show based on the Dutch show Big Brother, created by producer John de Mol in 1997.  The show follows a number of celebrity contestants, known as housemates, who are isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom built House. Each week, one of the housemates is evicted by a public vote, with the last housemate named the winner. The series takes its name from the character in George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Celebrity Big Brother began as a one-time spin-off series to the original Big Brother UK, and premiered on Channel 4 on 9 March 2001. Following the successful first series, the show returned the following year for a second series. Though the show did not air for the next two years, it returned in 2005 and 2006. Following the highly controversial fifth series in 2007, the show did not return in 2008. It did air in 2009, but it was officially axed after the seventh series in 2010 when Channel 4 chose to cancel the programme as well as the main series.   Despite this, it was picked up by Channel 5, and Celebrity Big Brother returned in 2011.  Since 2012, two editions of Celebrity Big Brother have aired each year, with one airing in January and one airing following the conclusion of the civilian series in August. The show was initially hosted by Davina McCall from its inception to its cancellation by Channel 4. Despite being offered the position of host following the show's move to Channel 5, McCall chose not to return. Brian Dowling, who had won on Big Brother 2 and Ultimate Big Brother, replaced McCall as the host of the series.  Dowling hosted the eighth to eleventh series, before being replaced by Emma Willis from the twelfth series onward.  Marcus Bentley has narrated the series since its inception in 2001.

Much like its predecessor, Celebrity Big Brother has been met with commercial success and has also received extensive media coverage and publicity since it premiered. It has been covered in spin-off series such as Big Brother's Big Mouth and Big Brother's Bit on the Side, which also covered the main series.   Similar to the parent series, Celebrity Big Brother has been the source of much controversy and criticism, most notably during the 2007 series. Following this, a spin-off series known as Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack aired in 2008 in the place of Celebrity Big Brother. It has been noted that numerous celebrities who have appeared on the series have become more prominent figures in the media than before.    

History

Main series

In 2000, the reality series Big Brother premiered in the United Kingdom and immediately became a ratings success.    Following the success of the first series, it was confirmed that a celebrity edition of the show was in the works.  Celebrity Big Brother aired in March 2001 as a one-time special on Channel 4 in association with the BBC's Comic Relief charity telethon.  It lasted for eight days, and was ultimately won by comedian Jack Dee.  With the first series proving to be a success, a second series was later confirmed.  Celebrity Big Brother 2 premiered on 20 November 2002, and concluded when Mark Owen was crowned the winner after 10 days in the house.   Celebrity Big Brother did not air for the next two years, with Channel 4 choosing to air the spin-off series Teen Big Brother: The Experiment in 2003 and Big Brother Panto in 2004.    In 2005, the show officially returned with its third series, which launched on 6 January.  Lasting for a total of eighteen days, the series was won by Mark "Bez" Berry.   The fourth edition of the show premiered on 5 January 2006 and was won by Chantelle Houghton, who ironically enough was the only housemate to not be a celebrity.   The fifth series launched on 3 January 2007.  This series saw Jade Goody, who had rose to fame after appearing on Big Brother 3, enter the house as a housemate.  The fifth series became the most controversial series to date, when accusations of racism towards housemate Shilpa Shetty arose against Goody and other housemates.    Shetty ultimately went on to win the series, while Goody was evicted after spending two weeks in the house.   Following the controversy surrounding the fifth series, Celebrity Big Brother did not air in 2008.   It did, however, return in 2009 and 2010, with the 2010 series being announced as the final one. 

After Richard Desmond bought Channel 5 in 2010, he said he was keen to acquire both Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother.  Meanwhile, Endemol had been granted permission to keep the Big Brother House at the Elstree TV Studios until 30 September 2013.  On 2 April 2011, The Daily Star, a newspaper owned by Desmond's Northern & Shell company, reported that Big Brother would be returning on Channel 5 in August 2011 with a Celebrity edition, followed by a main edition in September.  Four days later, Channel 5 formally confirmed that they had signed a £200 million two-year contract with Endemol to screen Big Brother from 18 August 2011.   Big Brother 2 winner Brian Dowling was announced as the new host.    McCall declined the offer to host, having said goodbye to the show in 2010.  Celebrity Big Brother 8 officially launched on 18 August 2011, and was won by Paddy Doherty.  Beginning with the ninth series in 2012, two editions of Celebrity Big Brother have aired annually.  The first series premieres in January, while the second premieres in August.   Following the eleventh series, it was confirmed that Dowling had been axed as the host of both Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother.    Emma Willis was later revealed to be the new host of the show, and has hosted since the twelfth series.  

Spin-offs

Celebrity Big Brother has been host to various spin-off series throughout the years. Most notably, Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack aired in 2008 following the racism controversy surrounding the fifth series.  The series lasted for a total of 26 days, with John Loughton being crowned the winner on the final day.  Despite the success of Celebrity Big Brother, the spin-off series provided poor ratings and was not renewed.  Ultimate Big Brother was the final series to air on Channel 4, and featured fourteen of the most memorable housemates from both Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother competing in the series.   Numerous other spin-offs have occurred throughout the series such as Big Brother's Big Mouth, hosted by Russell Brand, and Big Brother's Little Brother hosted by Dermot O'Leary.    Following the show's move to Channel 5, Big Brother's Bit on the Side is the only currently airing spin-off series. 

Format

Big Brother is a game show in which a group of celebrity contestants, referred to as housemates, live in isolation from the outside world in a custom built "house", constantly under video surveillance.  During their time in the House, the housemates are required to nominate two of their fellow contestants for potential eviction, and the two or more with the most votes would be nominated.  This process is mandatory for all housemates, and failure to comply could result in expulsion from the House.  During the show's broadcast on Channel 4, the viewers would vote to evict one of the nominated housemates, and the housemate with the most votes would be removed from the House.  The third series, however, did see the viewers vote to save one of the celebrities.   Series 8-12, which aired under Channel 5, saw the public voting to save a housemate, and the housemate with the least amount of votes would be evicted.  The voting process can be done via telephone or online.  When the final week arrives, the viewers vote for which of the remaining celebrities should win the series, and the housemate with the most votes becomes the winner.  Unlike the main series, the celebrities are competing for the charity of their choice.   The third series was the only series to see the celebrities competing for a prize fund for themselves.  

During their time in the House, housemates are given weekly tasks to perform.  The housemates wager a portion of their weekly shopping budget on the task, and either win double their wagered fund or lose the wagered fund depending on their performance in the task.  The housemates are required to work as a group to complete their tasks, with the format of the tasks varying based on the amount of remaining housemates. Throughout the series, some housemates have been given secret tasks that must either be completed individually or with a small group; failure to do so can result in the housemate being nominated or punished in the House.   Should the housemates run out of the food provided for them, an emergency ration was available to them. The housemates are forbidden from discussing nominations, and doing so could result in punishment.   The format of the series is mainly seen as a social experiment, and requires housemates to interact with others who may have differing ideals, beliefs, and prejudices.   Housemates are also required to make visits to the Diary Room during their stay in the House, where they are able to share their thoughts and feelings on their fellow housemates and the game. 

Series details and viewership

Channel 4 (2001–2010)

Channel 5 (2011–present)

Spin-offs

Sponsorships

Channel 4 (2001–2010)

Channel 5 (2011–present)

* The Carphone Warehouse is the parent company of TalkTalk, the previous sponsor. They also had a deal of £2.5m-a-year to sponsor the Big Brother franchise 
* Due to the race row, the sponsorship was cut off halfway through the series
* The cost of this sponsorship was £800,000 
* This sponsorship was only shown after 9.00pm
* Celebrity Big Brother 17 had no sponsorship, making it the first series of both Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother not to have a sponsor since 2001.

Controversy and criticism

Since its inception, Celebrity Big Brother has come under fire for reports of bullying,   racism,    and the physical and mental strain of appearing on the series.
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