BBC Children In Need raises over £39 million as stars unite for annual charity drive

The yearly BBC foundation entreaty amusement featured appearances from the likes of Gary Oldman, Girls Aloud, Graham Norton and Kylie Minogue

BBC Children In Need has smashed its fundraising target, raking successful a whopping £39 cardinal from its yearly entreaty show.

The star-studded lawsuit featured appearances from large names specified arsenic Oscar-winner Gary Oldman, popular sensation Girls Aloud, chat amusement king Graham Norton, popular princess Kylie Minogue and Doctor Who histrion Ncuti Gatwa.

Not to notation the formed of Outnumbered, Gladiators, and the Strictly Come Dancing professionals. Ella Henderson and Rag’n’Bone Man were among those who provided philharmonic amusement during the unrecorded programme from MediaCityUK successful Salford.

At the extremity of the show, co-host Vernon Kay expressed his gratitude to viewers for their generosity, announcing that a full of £39,210,850 has been raised truthful far. TV presenter and vigor big Paddy McGuinness contributed a staggering £8,856,580 aft his BBC Radio 2 ultra endurance rhythm challenge, which saw him question done 3 nations and 8 counties to decorativeness a 300-mile rhythm ride.

Meanwhile, the 2024 foundation azygous for Children In Need was played for the archetypal clip during the unrecorded show, featuring a caller mentation of Girls Aloud way Stand By You (Sarah’s Version) with the precocious Sarah Harding connected pb vocals. The song, primitively released successful 2004 arsenic a Children In Need azygous and topped the UK illustration for 2 weeks, features Harding’s solo recording, with unseen archive footage utilized successful the video.

The vocalist tragically passed distant successful 2021 astatine the property of 39. The Children In Need amusement besides saw Rag’n’Bone Man execute an acoustic mentation of his way Put A Little Hurt On Me. Introducing the vocalist to the stage, presenter Kay told the audience: "He was truthful keen – this is simply a existent communicative – helium was truthful keen to beryllium a portion of tonight’s Children In Need, he’s near his honeymoon early. What a dude."

Rag’n’Bone Man reportedly tied the knot with Zoe Beardsall successful West Sussex implicit the weekend. The foundation extravaganza, hosted by a star-studded lineup including The Saturdays' Rochelle Humes, Paralympian Ade Adepitan, TV favourite Mel Giedroyc, funnyman Chris Ramsey and award-winning young histrion Lenny Rush, besides gave viewers a tantalising glimpse of the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special.

The preview featured the 15th Doctor Ncuti Gatwa and Bridgerton's Nicola Coughlan successful the vacation occurrence 'Joy To The World', wherever they travel face-to-face with a Tyrannosaurus rex. Meanwhile, Kylie Minogue, who starred successful the 2007 Doctor Who Christmas peculiar arsenic Astrid Peth, appeared successful a pre-recorded connection urging Whovians to "bid for a portion of that history".

Her iconic waitress outfit from 'Voyage Of The Damned' is going nether the hammer, on with Jodie Whittaker’s Tardis from the 2022 New Year's peculiar 'Eve Of The Daleks'. The Strictly Come Dancing pros besides teamed up with cartoon sensation Bluey for a recorded creation conception connected the show, featuring classical moves similar the mashed potato, alligator, and the floss.

Among the celebrities who joined successful with the dancing from location were comedians Josh Widdicombe, Miranda Hart and Frank Skinner, alongside Bez from Happy Mondays, prima Jane McDonald, and Sir Lindsay Hoyle successful the House of Commons. Meanwhile, Hollywood prima Oldman work a peculiar CBeebies Bedtime Story written specifically for Children In Need, based connected a existent story.

After 8 years, the formed of Outnumbered besides reunited successful a skit to beforehand the Children In Need donation number, up of its BBC Christmas special. The unrecorded amusement besides featured celebrated faces including JLS prima Aston Merrygold, Strictly’s Nikita Kuzmin, and Olympian Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill taking a spot connected Norton’s celebrated reddish chair, arsenic they attempted to marque a radical of children laugh.

While stars of the BBC’s Gladiators took portion successful a creation people alongside unexpected caller recruits – host’s Ramsey, Rush and Kay. popular prima Henderson besides sang a duet of her opus Brave with a teen who has been a hospice ambassador aft her father’s death. Children In Need funds household centres, assemblage spaces, younker clubs and refuges, stateless shelters, hospices and helplines crossed the UK.

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