BBC Children in Need viewers say the same thing minutes into show

On Friday night, BBC viewers tuned successful for the yearly Children successful Need extravaganza wherever ample funds were being raised to assistance kids crossed the country.

This year, BBC viewers saw Ade Adepitan, Mel Giedroyc, Rochelle Humes, Vernon Kay, Chris Ramsey and Lenny Rush instrumentality to the signifier to contiguous this year’s Children successful Need.

The 2024 hosts were connected manus to oversee the three-hour peculiar with promises of hilarious drama sketches and star-studded performances.

From an Outnumbered reunion special, Gary Oldman speechmaking a CBeebies Bedtime communicative and the instrumentality of Graham Norton’s Red Chair.

In a archetypal for Children successful Need, BBC viewers volition spot TV sensation Bluey volition beryllium transported into the glitz and glam of the Strictly Come Dancing World.

However, viewers rapidly took to Twitter to stock their thoughts connected the show, with galore unimpressed with however galore presenters were connected stage.

One idiosyncratic said: "I emotion them each but surely they lone request 2 hosts astatine the most?!"

Someone other commented: "6 presenters. Really???? #childreninneed"

"Haven’t watched #childreninneed for years … turnt it connected and wherefore connected world is determination 6 presenters! Just carnage and lone 7 minutes in," wrote another

Although immoderate were near confused implicit the three-hour slot arsenic immoderate viewers highlighted the clip alteration implicit the years.

One idiosyncratic said: "Does anyone retrieve erstwhile shows specified arsenic #ChildrenInNeed utilized to spell connected until 1am?"

Someone other tweeted: "Why are determination truthful galore hosts though? I get having that galore erstwhile Children In Need went connected until similar 2am similar the aged days but now? There is lone 3 hours you lone request similar 3 oregon 4 of them #childreninneed"

However, this marks Mel Geidroyc's 8 twelvemonth hosting the amusement arsenic she spoke astir returning erstwhile again. She commented: "It’s 1 of my precise favourite “work” nights of the year.

If you tin telephone it work! It’s the unthinkable feeling successful the workplace successful Salford of everybody coming unneurotic for this superb life-affirming crushed - proceeding from kids and watching their stories. That’s what it is each about. I deliberation it brings retired the precise champion of america all.”

Although it’s not conscionable Mel who spoke fondly astir hosting the amusement arsenic BBC prima Vernon Kay elaborate his peculiar connection.

He commented: “BBC Children successful Need has ever been a large woody successful our house, arsenic you’ll cognize Tess presented for years alongside Sir Terry, truthful it’s a truly large woody for maine to beryllium a portion of it.

“There’s the affectional constituent of being portion of thing that’s doing truthful overmuch good, but besides the applicable (terrifying!) constituent that it’s a monolithic accumulation and millions of radical volition beryllium tuning in.

“I’m going to beryllium wearing my fortunate underpants connected the nighttime that’s for sure, and I’ll beryllium tapping Tess up for immoderate tips successful these adjacent fewer weeks.”

Children successful Need is disposable to ticker connected BBC iPlayer.