Red Nose Day 2011 was a fundraising event organised by Comic Relief. There was a live telethon broadcast on BBC One and BBC Two from the evening of 18 March 2011 to early the following morning as well as a number of run-up events. The theme for the Red Nose Day 2011 invited fund-raisers to "Do Something Funny For Money".
Results Donations to Comic Relief's Red Nose Day 2011 reached £74,360,207, the largest total reached on the night in the event's 23-year history. Comic Relief co-founder Richard Curtis said: "This is more than we ever believed we would raise. The generosity of the British public is staggering.""Comic Relief raises record £74,360,207 on Red Nose Day"
BT handled 765,777 calls to the donation line during the live TV show. These reached a peak of 268 calls per second (16,080 calls per minute) at 21.50pm. BT coordinated around 10,000 volunteers at 129 call centres across the UK.
The sum for the 13th Red Nose Day includes: £10,030,984 raised so far by Sainsbury's, itself the biggest single donation ever received on the night of Red Nose Day. £1,375,037 raised by the nine Red Nose Desert Trekkers (Ronni Ancona, Craig David, Lorraine Kelly, Scott Mills, Olly Murs, Dermot O'Leary, Nadia Sawalha, Kara Tointon and Peter White) who all completed a 108 kilometre trek across the Kaisut Desert in northern Kenya. £3,165,705 raised by Radio 1: £543,284 of this was raised in support of Scott Mills and the Desert Trekkers; and the remaining £2,622,421 was raised by Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave Vitty in their record breaking 52-hour marathon radio broadcast. The Government's Department for International Development (DFID) will match Comic Relief's commitment to spend £10 million improving health and education across Africa.
Red Nose Day typically raises many millions more than the amount raised on the night. Further donations will continue to be received, and the films shown will start to generate income themselves as many of the sketches are available for purchase and download from iTunes.
Before main event
Documentaries
The BT Red Nose Desert Trek The BT Red Nose Desert Trek saw Craig David, Ronni Ancona, Lorraine Kelly, Scott Mills, Olly Murs, Dermot O'Leary, Nadia Sawalha, Kara Tointon and Peter White traverse in the Kaisut Desert in five days with temperatures reaching up to . It was broadcast on 17 March 2011. During the Red Nose Day evening, it was announced that £1,375,037 was raised by completing the trek.
Comic Relief: Girl On Wire Helen Skelton traversed a high tight rope between two towers at Battersea Power Station. She became the first ever British woman to walk a tightrope this high. During the Red Nose Day evening, it was announced Helen's traverse raised £253,789 for Comic Relief.http://sidepodcast.com/post/live-red-nose-day-2011 Red Nose Day Live
Famous, Rich and in the Slums Famous, Rich and in the Slums, a two-part documentary for Red Nose Day followed Lenny Henry, Samantha Womack, Angela Rippon and Reggie Yates as they were left alone for a week to live, work and survive in one of the most impoverished places on earth – the slums of Kibera, Kenya.
Television and radio
24 Hour Panel People From midday to midday on 5–6 March, a marathon panel show, titled 24 Hour Panel People, was broadcast live over the official website. The event took in a succession of popular programmes, with David Walliams a constant presence for the whole 24 hours, taking on various roles. The full list of panel shows are listed below:
Show Show Name Host Walliams' role Special Guests & Notes 1 Would I Lie to You? Rob Brydon regular Panellist Team captains: regulars David Mitchell and Lee Mack. Other panellists with Walliams: Shappi Khorsandi, Fay Ripley and Claudia Winkleman 2 8 out of 10 Cats Jimmy Carr regular Captain Other team captain: Sean Lock regular. Panellists: Jamelia, Josh Widdicombe, Jon Richardson and Victoria Coren. 3 Just a Minute Nicholas Parsons regular Panellist Other panellists with Walliams: Lee Mack, Sheila Hancock and Tony Hawks. 4 It's Only TV...But I Like It Jack Dee former team captain Panellist Team captains: Ulrika Jonsson and Charlie Brooker. Other panellists with Walliams: Danny Wallace, Tom Deacon and Penny Smith. 5 The Generation Game Vernon Kay Team member Team 1: Walliams with his mother Kathleen.Team 2: Miranda Hart and Patricia Hodge, who play mother and daughter in the sitcom Miranda. 6 Through the Keyhole David Frost regular Panellist Other panellists with Walliams: David Tennant and Patricia Hodge. Dawn Porter was the guide. The celebrity whose house was shown was Ann Widdecombe. 7 Blankety Blank Paul O'Grady (this time as himself, having only done so before as Lily Savage) Panellist Other panellists with Walliams: Barbara Windsor, David Tennant, George Lamb, Keith Harris and Orville and Stacey Solomon, with Lee Ryan and Duncan James from Blue playing as contestants. 8 Mock the Week Dara Ó Briain regular Panellist Other panellists with Walliams: regular Andy Parsons with guests: Andrew Maxwell, Daniel Sloss, Doc Brown and Seann Walsh. 9 Celebrity Juice Keith Lemon regular Panellist Other panellists with Walliams: regulars Rufus Hound and Jedward with guests Germaine Greer and Lauren Laverne. 10 Argumental David Walliams Host Team captains: regulars Rufus Hound and Marcus Brigstocke. Guests: Dara Ó Briain and Jo Brand.During the show it was announced that Walliams had done 12 hours. 11 QI Stephen Fry regular Panellist Other panellists with Walliams: Russell Tovey, Jo Brand and Sue Perkins. 12 They Think It's All Over Nick Hancock original host Panellist Team captains: former regular Lee Hurst and Phil Tufnell. Other panellists with Walliams: Dave Berry, Gabby Logan and Richard Bacon. 13 Call My Bluff Angus Deayton Panellist Other panellists with Walliams: Alex Horne, Roisin Conaty, Russell Tovey, Tim Key and Sarah Cawood. 14 Give Us a Clue Sara Cox Panellist Guests with Walliams include: Christopher Biggins, Lionel Blair, Una Stubbs, Holly Walsh and Jenni Falconer. 15 What's My Line? Stephen K. Amos Guest Other guests with Walliams: Christopher Biggins and Holly Walsh. 16 Mastermind Griff Rhys Jones Contestant Other contestants with Walliams: Adam Woodyatt 17 Have I Got News for You Patrick Kielty Panellist Other panellists with Walliams: Clive Anderson, Lembit Öpik and Holly Walsh. 18 Whose Line Is It Anyway? Clive Anderson regular Panellist Other panellists with Walliams: Humphrey Ker with regular members Josie Lawrence, Neil Mullarkey and Tony Slattery 19 Never Mind the Buzzcocks David Walliams Host Panellists: Alexa Chung, Chris O'Dowd, Matt Edmondson, Robert Webb, Neil Tennant and Nick Grimshaw.
Room 101, with Nick Hancock returning as host after 14 years, was originally supposed to have come between They Think It's All Over and Call My Bluff, but was axed after the show ran behind. Paul Merton was advertised to reprise his role as regular team captain on Have I Got News For You but due to illness was replaced by Clive Anderson. Jason Manford was advertised to host Have I Got News For You, but for unknown reasons did not appear at all and was replaced by Patrick Kielty.
On Friday 25 March 2011 a one-hour-long highlight's show of the marathon was broadcast on BBC One. The highlights show included clips of selected games: Would I Lie to You, Just a Minute, The Generation Game, Through the Keyhole, Blankety Blank, QI, Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Never Mind the Buzzcocks, some backstage film, and two of the Comic Relief appeal films – Ruth Jones on senile dementia home respite, and David Tennant in a Ugandan hospital.
BBC Radio 1's Longest Show Ever with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave for Comic Relief On 16 March 2011 at 6:30am GMT, Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave began their challenge – BBC Radio 1's Longest Show Ever with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave for Comic Relief. Originally the challenge was to attempt to broadcast for more than 37 hours to break the record for the longest show in BBC Radio 1's history, set by Simon Mayo in 1999. On the day of the challenge starting, the team announced they would attempt to set a brand new Guinness World Record for 'Radio DJ Endurance Marathon (Team)' – aiming to broadcast for 52 hours."Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave attempt world record radio broadcast" ; SWNS; 16 March 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011 At 19:30 GMT on 17 March 2011 (37 hours into the challenge), the BBC Radio 1 record was beaten"Chris Moyles breaks Radio 1 record for Comic Relief"; BBC Newsbeat; 17 March 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011 and had raised £1,009,033 until that point. The world record was beaten at 08:30 on 18 March 2011.BBC – Radio 1 – BBC Radio 1's Longest Show Ever with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave for Comic Relief A total of £2,406,648 was announced at 10:19 (raising almost £1.1m over the previous two hours).
Just prior to the final total, Fearne Cotton promised to spend the last twenty minutes of the 52-hour marathon in a swimsuit if the final total was £2,000,000 or more. As this goal had been reached, Fearne wore a black and white striped swimming costume. The number of users trying to view the studio webcam caused the Radio 1 website to crash."Fearne Cotton swimsuit crashes Radio 1 site"; Digital Spy; 18 March 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2011 The station's Twitter feed jokingly acknowledged the issue, and reminded listeners that the Red Button feed was still running. In the evening on 18 March 2011, the total amount raised by Chris and Dave was £2,622,421. With a final total of £2,821,831.
On 23 March 2011, it was confirmed that an average of 2.84 million people watched the broadcast via the Red Button Interactive Service for an average of 144 minutes each.
On 18 November 2011, their record was broken by a breakfast show on the German station 98.8 KISS FM Berlin, when presenters Nora Neise and Tolga Akar were on air for 73 hours.WebCite query result
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