Red Nose Day 2011

{{Short description|Fundraising event organised by Comic Relief}} {{Use British English|date=January 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox television | alt_name = Red Nose Day 2011: Do Something Funny for Money | image = Red Nose Day 2011.svg | caption = | genre = [[Telethon]] | camera = Multiple | runtime = 540 minutes | creator = | developer = | producer = | executive_producer = [[Richard Curtis]] | presenter = [[Lenny Henry]] [[Michael McIntyre]] [[Claudia Winkleman]] [[Graham Norton]] [[Davina McCall]] [[Jonathan Ross]] [[Jimmy Carr]] [[Alan Carr]] [[Jack Whitehall]] [[Kevin Bridges]] [[Dermot O' Leary]] | starring = | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | country = United Kingdom | location = [[BBC Television Centre]] | language = English | network = [[BBC One]], [[BBC Two]] | first_aired = {{Start date|2011|03|18|df=yes}} | last_aired = {{End date|2011|03|19|df=yes}} | num_seasons = | num_episodes = | list_episodes = | related = {{Plainlist| * ''[[Red Nose Day 2009]]'' * ''[[Red Nose Day 2013]]'' * ''[[Let's Dance for Comic Relief]]'' }} }}

'''''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."<ref name="fundraising.co.uk">[http://www.fundraising.co.uk/news/2011/03/19/comic-relief-raises-record-%C2%A374360207-red-nose-day "Comic Relief raises record £74,360,207 on Red Nose Day"]</ref>

[[BT Group|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.<ref name="fundraising.co.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 (broadcaster)|Peter White]] traverse {{convert|100|km|mi}} in the [[Kaisut Desert]] in five days with temperatures reaching up to {{convert|100|F|C}}. It was broadcast on 17 March 2011.<ref name="REDNOSETREK">{{Cite web|title=Red Nose Day {{!}} Comic Relief|url=https://www.comicrelief.com/rednoseday|access-date=2020-10-11|website=www.comicrelief.com|language=en}}</ref> During the Red Nose Day evening, it was announced that £1,375,037 was raised by completing the trek.<ref name=REDNOSETREK /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lake |first=Howard |date=2011-03-19 |title=Comic Relief raises record £74,360,207 on Red Nose Day |url=https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/03/19/comic-relief-raises-record-74360207-red-nose-day/ |access-date=2026-03-31 |website=UK Fundraising |language=en}}</ref>

====Comic Relief: Girl On Wire==== [[Helen Skelton]] traversed a {{convert|200|ft|m}} high tight rope between two towers at [[Battersea Power Station]]. She became the first ever British woman to walk a tightrope this high.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rednoseday.com/donate/helen-skelton?source=ppcgpaid_cam_Celebs_adgrp_helenskelton|title=Donate - Red Nose Day|work=Red Nose Day|access-date=1 February 2015}}</ref> During the Red Nose Day evening, it was announced Helen's traverse raised £253,789 for Comic Relief.<ref>http://sidepodcast.com/post/live-red-nose-day-2011 Red Nose Day Live</ref>

====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:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/rednoseday/24hourpanelpeople/schedule.shtml|title=Schedule|work=Red Nose Day|publisher=[[BBC Online]]|access-date=8 March 2011}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" |- ! style="text-align: center; style="width:5%" | Show !! style="width:15%" | Show Name !! style="width:17.5%" | Host !! style="width:12.5%" | Walliams' role!! style="width:50%" | Special Guests & Notes |- | style="text-align: center" | 1 || ''[[Would I Lie to You? (British game show)|Would I Lie to You?]]'' || [[Rob Brydon]] ''regular'' || Panellist || Team captains: ''regulars'' [[David Mitchell (comedian)|David Mitchell]] and [[Lee Mack]]. Other panellists with Walliams: [[Shappi Khorsandi]], [[Fay Ripley]] and [[Claudia Winkleman]] |- | style="text-align: center" | 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]]. |- | style="text-align: center" | 3 || ''[[Just a Minute]]'' || [[Nicholas Parsons]] ''regular'' || Panellist || Other panellists with Walliams: Lee Mack, [[Sheila Hancock]] and [[Tony Hawks]]. |- | style="text-align: center" | 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 (humourist)|Danny Wallace]], [[Tom Deacon (comedian)|Tom Deacon]] and [[Penny Smith]]. |- | style="text-align: center" | 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 (TV series)|Miranda]]''. |- | style="text-align: center" | 6 || ''[[Through the Keyhole]]'' || [[David Frost]] ''regular'' || Panellist || Other panellists with Walliams: [[David Tennant]] and Patricia Hodge. [[Dawn O'Porter|Dawn Porter]] was the guide. The celebrity whose house was shown was [[Ann Widdecombe]]. |- | style="text-align: center" | 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 (ventriloquist)|Keith Harris]] and [[Orville the Duck|Orville]] and [[Stacey Solomon]], with [[Lee Ryan]] and [[Duncan James]] from [[Blue (boy band)|Blue]] playing as contestants. |- | style="text-align: center" | 8 || ''[[Mock the Week]]'' || [[Dara Ó Briain]] ''regular'' || Panellist || Other panellists with Walliams: ''regular'' [[Andy Parsons]] with guests: [[Andrew Maxwell]], [[Daniel Sloss]], [[Doc Brown (entertainer)|Doc Brown]] and [[Seann Walsh]]. |- | style="text-align: center" | 9 || ''[[Celebrity Juice]]'' || [[Keith Lemon]] ''regular'' || Panellist || Other panellists with Walliams: ''regulars'' [[Rufus Hound]] and [[Jedward]] with guests [[Germaine Greer]] and [[Lauren Laverne]]. |- | style="text-align: center" | 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. |- | style="text-align: center" | 11 || ''[[QI]]'' || [[Stephen Fry]] ''regular'' || Panellist || Other panellists with Walliams: [[Russell Tovey]], Jo Brand and [[Sue Perkins]]. |- | style="text-align: center" | 12 || ''[[They Think It's All Over (TV series)|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 (presenter)|Dave Berry]], [[Gabby Logan]] and [[Richard Bacon (TV presenter)|Richard Bacon]]. |- | style="text-align: center" | 13 || ''[[Call My Bluff (British game show)|Call My Bluff]]'' || [[Angus Deayton]] || Panellist || Other panellists with Walliams: [[Alex Horne]], [[Roisin Conaty]], Russell Tovey, [[Tim Key]] and [[Sarah Cawood]]. |- | style="text-align: center" | 14 || ''[[Give Us a Clue]]'' || [[Sara Cox]] || Panellist || Guests with Walliams include: [[Christopher Biggins]], [[Lionel Blair]], [[Una Stubbs]], [[Holly Walsh]] and [[Jenni Falconer]]. |- | style="text-align: center" | 15 || ''[[What's My Line? (British game show)|What's My Line?]]'' || [[Stephen K. Amos]] || Guest || Other guests with Walliams: Christopher Biggins and Holly Walsh. |- | style="text-align: center" | 16 || ''[[Mastermind (TV series)|Mastermind]]'' || [[Griff Rhys Jones]] || Contestant || Other contestants with Walliams: [[Adam Woodyatt]] |- | style="text-align: center" | 17 || ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' || [[Patrick Kielty]] || Panellist || Other panellists with Walliams: [[Clive Anderson]], [[Lembit Öpik]] and [[Holly Walsh]]. |- | style="text-align: center" | 18 || ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (British TV series)|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]] |- | style="text-align: center" | 19 || ''[[Never Mind the Buzzcocks]]'' || David Walliams || Host || Panellists: [[Alexa Chung]], [[Chris O'Dowd]], [[Matt Edmondson]], [[Robert Webb (actor)|Robert Webb]], [[Neil Tennant]] and [[Nick Grimshaw]]. |}

''[[Room 101 (British TV series)|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 (actress)|Ruth Jones]] on senile dementia home respite, and [[David Tennant]] in a Ugandan hospital.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0100h63|title=Compilation|publisher=BBC|work=BBC Programmes – Comic Relief's 24 Hour Panel People|access-date=25 March 2011}}</ref>

====BBC Radio 1's Longest Show Ever with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave for Comic Relief==== {{Wikinews|Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave overtake Guinness World Record for longest radio DJ team marathon on BBC Radio 1}} 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.<ref>[http://swns.com/chris-moyles-and-comedy-dave-attempt-world-record-radio-broadcast-161017.html "Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave attempt world record radio broadcast"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318190350/http://swns.com/chris-moyles-and-comedy-dave-attempt-world-record-radio-broadcast-161017.html |date=18 March 2011 }}; SWNS; 16 March 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011</ref> At 19:30 GMT on 17 March 2011 (37 hours into the challenge), the BBC Radio 1 record was beaten<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-12773689 "Chris Moyles breaks Radio 1 record for Comic Relief"]; BBC Newsbeat; 17 March 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011</ref> and had raised £1,009,033 until that point. The world record was beaten at 08:30 on 18 March 2011.<ref name=moylesblog>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chrismoyles/longestshow/ BBC – Radio 1 – BBC Radio 1's Longest Show Ever with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave for Comic Relief]</ref> A total of £2,406,648 was announced at 10:19<ref name=moylesblog /> (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.<ref>[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/news/a309715/fearne-cotton-swimsuit-crashes-radio-1-site.html "Fearne Cotton swimsuit crashes Radio 1 site"]; Digital Spy; 18 March 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2011</ref> The station's Twitter feed jokingly acknowledged the issue, and reminded listeners that the [[BBC Red Button|Red Button]] feed was still running.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Radio1/status/48691835064946688|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103004213/https://twitter.com/Radio1/status/48691835064946688|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 November 2023|title=Welcome to Twitter - Login or Sign up|work=twitter.com|access-date=1 February 2015}}</ref> In the evening on 18 March 2011, the total amount raised by Chris and Dave was £2,622,421.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Radio1/status/48823754297577472|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103004211/https://twitter.com/Radio1/status/48823754297577472|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 November 2023|title=Welcome to Twitter - Login or Sign up|work=twitter.com|access-date=1 February 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/03_march/23/moyles.shtml|title=BBC - Press Office - Chris Moyles World Record attracts 2.84m Red Button audience|work=BBC|access-date=1 February 2015}}</ref>

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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120216070931/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-8000/longest-marathon-for-a-radio-music-show-dj-team WebCite query result]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioszene.de/31842/weltrekord-fuer-98-8-kiss-fm-berliner-sender-mit-laengster-morningshow-der-welt.html|title=Weltrekord für 98.8 KISS FM: Berliner Sender mit längster Morningshow der Welt - RADIOSZENE|work=RADIOSZENE|date=18 November 2011 |access-date=1 February 2015}}</ref>

=====Schedule===== {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" |- ! style="width:5%" | !! style="width:15%" | Slot !! style="width:17.5%" | Supporting BBC Radio 1 DJ !! style="width:17.5%" | Special Guests !! style="width:35%" | Notes !! Iconic Totals |- | align="center" rowspan="10" | '''Day 1''' || Wed 06:30 – 10:00|| [[The Chris Moyles Show]] Team || [[Gino D'Acampo]] || Gino played Car Park Catchphrase. || £33,502 (08:26) |- | Wed 10:00 – 12:45|| [[Fearne Cotton]] || [[The Wanted]] || Live Lounge performance by [[The Wanted]] || £56,655 (10:26) £68,596 (11:26) £76,317 (12:26) |- | Wed 13:00 – 16:00|| [[Greg James (DJ)|Greg James]] || [[Richard Madeley]] [[Phillip Schofield]] || || £86,890 (13:30) |- | Wed 16:00 – 19:00|| [[Scott Mills]] || [[Edith Bowman]] [[Paul O'Grady]] || The team played Innuendo Bingo. (Newsbeat Break @ 17:45)|| £116,139 (16:35) £157,704 (17:40) £179,950 (18:25) |- | Wed 19:00 – 21:00|| [[MistaJam]] || [[Chipmunk (rapper)|Chipmunk]] || ||£212,189 (19:26) £227,527 (20:25) |- | Wed 21:00 – 22:00|| [[Vernon Kay]] || [[Jimmy Carr]] || At 9:00pm, [[Chris Moyles]] did a live link on [[BBC One]], fourteen and a half hours into the marathon. This was followed by a surprise outside broadcast by [[Greg James (DJ)|Greg James]] from the top of the [[BT Tower]]. The giant LED screen that wraps around the top of the tower then displayed good luck animations in support of the record attempt. || £268,900 (21:35) |- | Wed 22:00 – 00:00|| [[Nick Grimshaw]] || [[Fearne Cotton]] (by phone) [[Katy B]] [[Shane Richie]] [[Lily Allen]] [[Kelly Osbourne]] (by phone) || || £291,858 (23:10) |- | Thurs 00:00 – 02:00|| [[The Chris Moyles Show]] Team || [[Davina McCall]] || || |- | Thurs 02:00 – 04:00|| [[Benji B]] || || both Chris and Dave took a break each, as well as attempting to mix tracks with Benji. || |- | Thurs 04:00 – 06:30|| [[Devin Griffin|Dev]] || [[Clive Warren]], former Radio 1 DJ (by phone) Jude Adam Mason, Early Bit BA (by phone) || Included highlights from the Early Bit when Chris was on that slot when he first joined [[BBC Radio 1]] in 1997. || |- | align="center" rowspan="10" | '''Day 2''' || Thurs 06:30 – 10:00|| [[The Chris Moyles Show]] team || [[Andi Peters]] [[Sara Cox]] [[Jon Culshaw]] [[Tim Westwood]] [[Claudia Winkleman]] || Claudia played Carpark Catchphrase || £335,474 (06:30) £374,000 (07:30) £425,425 (08:25) £485,084 (09:25) |- | Thurs 10:00 – 12:45|| [[Fearne Cotton]] || [[Craig David]] [[Ricky Gervais]] || at 10:40am, [[Chris Moyles]], [[David Vitty]], and [[Fearne Cotton]] did a live link on ITV's ''[[This Morning (TV series)|This Morning]]''. ||£510,279 (10:40) £550,237 (11:25) £575,566 (12:25) |- | Thurs 13:00 – 16:00|| [[Greg James (DJ)|Greg James]] || [[Matt Edmondson]] [[Jennie McAlpine]] [[Jack Whitehall]] || Chris and Dave had a massage with big Steve, whilst Greg played his "How big is your ego" game.||£588,273 (13:25) £641,726 (14:30) £661,428 (15:35) |- | Thurs 16:00 – 19:00|| [[Scott Mills]] || [[Olly Murs]] || Three-way Innuendo Bingo was played between Dave, Olly Murs and Becky.(Newsbeat Break @ 17:45) ||£676,943 (16:25) |- | Thurs 19:00 – 21:00|| [[MistaJam]] || [[Simon Mayo]] (former [[BBC Radio 1]] colleague) [[Maverick Sabre]] and Chris Moyles Show team || At 19:31 GMT, Chris and Dave became the longest non-stop [[BBC Radio 1]]'s show, beating [[Simon Mayo]] who held the record of 37 hours, set during [[Red Nose Day]] 1999. To mark this achievement, the BT Tower was again turned red with the faces of [[Chris Moyles]] and [[Comedy Dave]] being displayed. || £1,009,033 (19:35) |- | Thurs 21:00 – 22:00|| Jaymo and Andy George (As part of "In new DJs we trust") || || ||£1,097,727 (21:35) |- | Thurs 22:00 – 00:00 || [[Nick Grimshaw]] || [[Abbey Clancy]] (by phone) [[Louis Walsh]] (by phone) [[James Corden]] || Corden performed Hip-Hop Karaoke. || |- | Fri 00:00 – 02:00|| [[Kissy Sell Out]] || [[Patrick Kielty]] [[Thandie Newton]] [[Katy Perry]] || Dave took a break || |- | Fri 02:00 – 04:00|| [[Annie Nightingale]] || || Dave and Chris both took a break. || |- | Fri 04:00 – 06:30|| [[Devin Griffin|Dev]] || [[Zane Lowe]] || Zane came in shortly after arriving back from his Australian tour, suffering from Jet Lag. Both Chris and Dave took another break || |- | align="center" rowspan="2" | '''Day 3''' || Fri 06:30 – 10:00|| [[The Chris Moyles Show]] team || [[Carrie Davis]] (former [[Newsbeat]] sports newsreader) (by phone) [[Gary Barlow]] [[Ricky Wilson (British musician)|Ricky Wilson]] [[Jayne Sharp]] and Chris and Dave's friends and family. || Gary Presented the Guinness World Record Certificate to Chris and Dave shortly after breaking the record || £1,808,424 (08:40) |- | Fri 10:00 – 10:30|| [[Fearne Cotton]] || || Guinness World record for the longest marathon radio DJ (team) show extension. Cotton appeared in a swimming costume, causing the [[BBC Radio 1]] website to crash. || £2,406,648 (10:19) |}

====Comic Relief does Glee Club==== On 14 March on BBC One, [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]] created a show for the charity called ''[[Sport Relief does Glee Club|Comic Relief does Glee Club]]'' which lets a group perform music in three varieties (choir, musical theatre and contemporary). The Grand Final and Comic Relief does Glee Club 2011 trophy was won by top choir Soul Mates, fifteen children from south-east and east London who go to Step Up Music Theatre School.

====Let's Dance for Comic Relief==== {{main|Let's Dance for Comic Relief}} A series of ''[[Let's Dance for Comic Relief]]'' was broadcast between 19 February and 12 March. It was won by [[Charlie Baker (actor)|Charlie Baker]] and [[James Thornton (actor)|James Thornton]].

====Other celebrity support==== [[John Prescott|Lord Prescott]] read the [[Shipping Forecast]] on [[BBC Radio 4]] to raise money for Comic Relief on Saturday 19 March 2011 at approximately 0:48. Comic duo [[Ant & Dec]]'s ''Big Red Nose Broadcast'' aired on 14 March 2011. They appeared on various television shows and radio broadcasts to raise money for this year's appeal, and took items to be auctioned off for charity.

===British Industry===

====Walkers crisps==== Snack food manufacturer, [[Walkers (snack foods)|Walkers]] created four new crisps flavours for Comic Relief 2011. Each flavour is named after a British comedian; [[Frank Skinner|Frank Skinner's Roast Dinner]], [[Jimmy Carr|Jimmy Con Carrne]], [[Al Murray|Steak and Al Pie]] and [[Stephen Fry|Stephen Fry Up]].<ref>Stephen Fry [https://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/29480628026081280 "Frank Skinner's Roast Dinner, Jimmy Con Carrne, Steak and Al Pie and Stephen Fry Up are the new Comic Relief flavours #walkersclash"], ''Twitter'', 24 January 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.</ref>

====British Airways==== [[British Airways]] set a new Guinness World Record for hosting the 'highest stand-up comedy gig in the world' with [[Dara Ó Briain]], Jack Whitehall and Jon Richardson for Red Nose Day. The airline raised £800,747 for [[Comic Relief]] through its charity partnership 'Flying Start'.

====Music==== [[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 (song)|True Faith]]" by [[New Order (band)|New Order]] and the [[Take That]] song "Happy Now" featuring Take That and Fake That consisting of [[David Walliams]], [[James Corden]], [[John Bishop (comedian)|John Bishop]], [[Alan Carr]] and [[Catherine Tate]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rednoseday.com/whats-on/news/take-that-meet-fake-that |title= Red Nose Day | Comic Relief|website=www.rednoseday.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322032042/http://www.rednoseday.com/whats-on/news/take-that-meet-fake-that |archive-date=22 March 2011}}</ref> Also Geraldine McQueen & Susan Boyle "I Know Him So Well"; the song has been expanded to overseas sales which will likely increase the output to Comic Relief.

===Celebrity auctions=== More than a hundred celebrities were involved in "Twit Relief", an event on Twitter.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.comicrelief.com/sites/default/files/doc/press_release/Twitrelief%20press%20release%20final%20for%20media%20centre.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 March 2011 |archive-date=17 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317130951/http://www.comicrelief.com/sites/default/files/doc/press_release/Twitrelief%20press%20release%20final%20for%20media%20centre.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Other events===

====Sack racing==== {{Unreferenced section|date=March 2011}}

On 9 March 2011, the London Shoreditch crowd wore sacks as they took part in the world's first night-time, over-18s sack racing event at Village Underground. Sponsored by drinks brand, Cafédirect, it also featured live music, comedy and DJs. Music was provided by Dog is Dead, CockNBullKid and [[Roll Deep]]. Pre- and post-race DJ sets came from T4's Jameela Jamil, ''Gavin and Stacey'' star [[Mat Horne]], BBC 1Xtra DJ [[Gemma Cairney]], [[Professor Green]]'s tour DJ DJ IQ, back to back with his lead vocalist Tom Jules and Greg Leigh. The sack race contenders included a host of famous faces, overseen by former ''The Apprentice'' contender, James McQuillan. There was also a retro raffle, and photo booth. The cost was £5 with all profits going to Comic Relief.

==Main event==

===Impact of international events on Red Nose Day 2011=== At the beginning of the show [[Claudia Winkleman]] and [[Michael McIntyre]] mentioned that although [[Comic Relief]] were not currently aiding victims of the [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami]], they were monitoring the situation. [[Davina McCall]] and [[Graham Norton]] revealed in their section of the show that due to the current events, the previously scheduled 10.30pm [[BBC News]] would air in its normal slot of 10.00pm and that as planned the show would continue on [[BBC Two]] between 10.00pm and 10.35pm, unlike the previously scheduled 10.30pm – 11.05pm slot.

===Presenters===

Times approximate: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Time ! Presenters |- ! 19:00 – 20:05 | [[Lenny Henry]], [[Claudia Winkleman]] and [[Michael McIntyre]] |- ! 20:05 – 21:10 | [[Graham Norton]] and [[Davina McCall]] |- ! 21:10 – 22:00 | [[Dermot O'Leary]] and Davina McCall |- ! 22:00 – 23:10 | Lenny Henry and [[Fearne Cotton]] |- ! 23:10 – 00:40 | [[Jonathan Ross]], Claudia Winkleman and [[Jimmy Carr]] |- ! 00:40 – 02:15 | [[Alan Carr]], Fearne Cotton, Claudia Winkleman and Davina McCall |- ! 02:15 – 04:00 | [[Jack Whitehall]] and [[Kevin Bridges]] |}

====Appeal Film Presenters==== [[Lenny Henry]], [[Jack Dee]], [[David Tennant]], [[Steve Jones (Welsh presenter)|Steve Jones]], [[Russell Brand]] and [[Ruth Jones (actress)|Ruth Jones]] all presented appeal films. [[Davina McCall]] and Lenny Henry also provided voiceovers for most of the films.

====Thank Yous==== [[Tom Fletcher]] & [[Danny Jones]], [[Reggie Yates]], [[Jon Culshaw]] (impersonating [[Jeremy Clarkson]] and [[Ross Kemp]]) and [[Debra Stephenson]] (impersonating [[Davina McCall]]) presented thank you messages for companies who pledged large amounts of money to the appeal. These included [[Sainsbury's]] for making the largest ever corporate cheque to Comic Relief (£10 million); [[Ryman]] for selling Red Nose Day pens; [[Walkers (snack foods)|Walkers]] for their four charity crisp flavours and [[BT Group|BT]] for making it possible to answer calls to the donation line, 03457 910 910.<ref name="fundraising.co.uk"/>

===Sketches and features=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Title !! Brief description !! Starring |- | ''Opening titles'' || Adapting clips taken from the film ''[[The King's Speech]]'', Lenny Henry heckles a stuttering King George VI to hurry up and introduce the show. || [[Lenny Henry]] and [[Colin Firth]] |- | ''[[Outnumbered (British TV series)|Outnumbered]]'' || A special version of the show. || [[Hugh Dennis]], [[Tyger Drew-Honey]], [[Daniel Roche (actor)|Daniel Roche]], [[Ramona Marquez]] and [[Andy Murray]] |- | ''[[Doctor Who]]'' || A special episode of the show, in which the TARDIS emergency-lands in the safest place for it to do so: within itself.<ref>[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a306899/moffat-reveals-who-comic-relief-plot.html "Moffat reveals 'Who' Comic Relief plot"]. Digital Spy.</ref> || [[Matt Smith (actor)|Matt Smith]], [[Karen Gillan]] and [[Arthur Darvill]] |- | ''[[Harry Hill's TV Burp]]'' || Harry Hill is a roving reporter on an episode of ''[[Autumnwatch]]''. || [[Harry Hill]], [[Kate Humble]], [[Chris Packham]], [[The Wanted]], [[Olly Murs]], [[Ronnie Corbett]], [[Bill Oddie]] and [[Alex Jones (Welsh presenter)|Alex Jones]] |- | ''[[MasterChef]]'' || Miranda Hart, Claudia Winkleman and Ruby Wax cook for Prime Minister David Cameron in No.10 Downing Street with Michel Roux, Jr. and Monica Galetti. || [[David Cameron]], [[Miranda Hart]], [[Claudia Winkleman]], [[Ruby Wax]], [[Michel Roux, Jr.]], Monica Galetti, [[India Fisher]], [[Gregg Wallace]] and [[John Torode]] |- | ''Uptown Downstairs Abbey'' || A two-part spoof of ''[[Downton Abbey]]'' and ''[[Upstairs Downstairs (2010 TV series)|Upstairs Downstairs]]''. || [[Jennifer Saunders]], [[Joanna Lumley]], [[Simon Callow]], [[Victoria Wood]], [[Harry Enfield]], [[Kim Cattrall]], [[Dale Winton]], [[Olivia Colman]], [[Patrick Barlow]] and [[Kim Woodburn]] |- | ''[[EastEnders]]'' || A special episode of the show demonstrating the serious issues of sexual exploitation, following the storyline featuring [[Whitney Dean]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Feastenders%2F2011%2F01%2Fcomicrelief.shtml|title=EastEnders working with Comic Relief|last=Humphreys|first=Matt|date=9 January 2011|work=EastEnders|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=9 January 2011}}</ref> || [[Charlie Brooks]], [[Jacqueline Jossa]], [[Shona McGarty]] and [[Jody Latham]] |- | ''Graham Norton's Chair Game'' || Graham Norton hosts his The Chair Game from ''[[The Graham Norton Show]]'' in which celebrities tell stories and if it is boring they get ejected from the chair. || [[Graham Norton]], [[Kirstie Allsopp]], [[Thandie Newton]] and [[Richard Bacon (TV presenter)|Richard Bacon]] |- | ''[[Ant and Dec]]'s Big Red Nose Broadcast'' || Ant and Dec get on as many TV shows as they can within 24 hours to steal something from the set and auction it off. || [[Anthony McPartlin]], [[Declan Donnelly]], [[Christine Bleakley]], [[Adrian Chiles]], [[Kate Garraway]], [[Holly Willoughby]], [[Phillip Schofield]], [[Phil Vickery (chef)|Phil Vickery]], [[Alan Titchmarsh]], [[Kate Thornton]], [[Jenny Eclair]], [[Johnny Vaughan]] and others |- | ''[[Miranda (TV series)|Miranda]]'' || The team take over the [[Pineapple Dance Studios]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mirandahart.com/?p=111 |title=Comic Relief 2011 |access-date=17 March 2011 |archive-date=7 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107073415/http://mirandahart.com/?p=111 |url-status=dead }}</ref> || [[Miranda Hart]], [[Patricia Hodge]], [[Sarah Hadland]], [[Tom Ellis (actor)|Tom Ellis]] with special guests [[Louie Spence]], [[Pineapple Dance Studios (TV series)#Andrew Stone|Andrew Stone]], [[Heather Small]] and [[JLS]] |- | ''[[The Choir (TV series)|The Choir]]'' || TV's best-known chefs go into training to become the choir. || [[Gareth Malone]], [[Rick Astley]], [[Ainsley Harriott]], [[Antony Worrall Thompson]], [[Nancy Lam]], [[Rosemary Shrager]], [[Gary Rhodes]] and [[Rusty Lee]] and others |- | ''Smithy'' || Comic Relief is at crisis point and the only man who can save the day is Smithy. || [[James Corden]], [[George Michael]], [[Lenny Henry]], [[Richard Curtis]], [[Rupert Grint]], [[Claire Balding]], [[JLS]], [[Dermot O'Leary]], [[Paul McCartney|Sir Paul McCartney]], [[Davina McCall]], [[Sebastian Coe|Lord Coe]], [[Tom Felton]], [[Gordon Brown]], [[Roger Lloyd-Pack]], [[Rio Ferdinand]], [[Keira Knightley]], [[Richard Madeley]], [[Tom Daley (diver)|Tom Daley]], [[Justin Bieber]], [[Ringo Starr]] and [[Robert Winston]] |- | ''[[The Inbetweeners]]'' Rude Road Trip || The ''Inbetweeners'' boys trek across the country to find the rudest places in their rudest road trip. || [[Simon Bird]], [[Joe Thomas (actor)|Joe Thomas]], [[James Buckley (actor)|James Buckley]] and [[Blake Harrison]] |- | ''[[Alan Partridge]]'' || Alan Partridge hosts his ''[[Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge|Mid Morning Matters]]'' radio show with a Comic Relief theme. || [[Steve Coogan]] and [[Tim Key]] |- | ''An Idiot's Appeal'' || Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington discuss Comic Relief and charity, comedy sketch. || [[Ricky Gervais]], [[Stephen Merchant]] and [[Karl Pilkington]] |- | ''[[Armstrong and Miller (comedians)|Armstrong and Miller]]'' || A spoof of ''[[Blue Peter]]'' as we find out why the pair will not be able to join the show tonight. || [[Ben Miller]] and [[Alexander Armstrong (comedian)|Alexander Armstrong]] with Jessica Ransom |- | ''[[Rude Tube]]'' || A music video spoof of "[[Empire State of Mind]]" about [[Newport, Wales]], featuring some of Wales's most famous media stars. Plus a special normal episode presented by Alex Zane. || [[Alex Zane]], [[Gethin Jones]], [[Steve Jones (Welsh presenter)|Steve Jones]], [[Connie Fisher]], [[Joe Calzaghe]], [[Robbie Savage]], [[Ruth Madoc]], [[Siân Lloyd (weather presenter)|Sian Lloyd]], [[Bonnie Tyler]], [[Alex Jones (Welsh presenter)|Alex Jones]], [[Paul Whitehouse]], [[John Humphrys]], [[Colin Jackson]], [[Anneka Rice]], [[Goldie Lookin Chain]], [[Josie D'Arby]], [[Helen Adams]], [[Imogen Thomas]], [[Mathew Pritchard]], [[Lee Dainton]], [[Tim Vincent]], Lacey Banghard and others |- | ''[[Angry Boys]]'' || A short preview of the new comedy series ''Angry Boys''. || [[Chris Lilley (comedian)|Chris Lilley]] |- | ''24 Hour Panel People'' || Highlights of 24 hours of comedy panel shows. || [[David Walliams]], [[David Mitchell (comedian)|David Mitchell]], [[Danny Wallace (humourist)|Danny Wallace]], [[Jimmy Carr]], [[Miranda Hart]], [[Barbara Windsor]], [[Paul O'Grady]], [[Jedward]], [[Leigh Francis|Keith Lemon]], [[Stephen Fry]], [[Dara Ó Briain]], [[Nick Hancock]], [[Lionel Blair]], [[Angus Deayton]], [[Richard Curtis]], [[Sara Cox]], [[Nick Grimshaw]], [[Alexa Chung]] and others |- | ''Misery Bear with Kate Moss'' || Sketch about the day in the life with Misery Bear. || [[Kate Moss]] |- |}

====Jack and Kevin's Comic Relief Lock In==== Tonight's compilation hosted by [[Jack Whitehall]] and [[Kevin Bridges]] features clips from ''[[The Morgana Show]]'', ''[[The Two Ronnies|The One Ronnie]]'', ''[[Miranda (TV series)|Miranda]]'', ''[[The Inbetweeners]]'', ''[[Newswipe]]'' Misery Bear and ''[[Armstrong and Miller (comedians)|Armstrong and Miller]]'', plus a special sketch from [[Peter Dickson (presenter)|Peter Dickson]]. The audience included [[Marcus Akin]].

===Musical Performances=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Artist !! Song !! Notes |- | [[The Wanted]] || "[[Gold Forever]]" || The official Comic Relief song for this year. |- | [[Take That]] || "[[Happy Now (Take That song)|Happy Now]]" || |- | [[Adele]] || "[[Someone Like You (Adele song)|Someone Like You]]" || |- | [[JLS]] feat [[Miranda Hart]] || "[[Eyes Wide Shut (song)|Eyes Wide Shut]]" || Miranda covers [[Tinie Tempah]]'s verse and is joined by backup dancers [[Patricia Hodge]], [[Sarah Hadland]] and [[Tom Ellis (actor)|Tom Ellis]] |- | [[Gareth Malone]] & [[Rick Astley]] || "[[Never Gonna Give You Up]]" || The choir featured [[Ainsley Harriott]], [[Antony Worrall Thompson]], [[Nancy Lam]], [[Rosemary Shrager]], [[Gary Rhodes]] and [[Rusty Lee]] |- | [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]] || "Open Arms" || |- | [[Annie Lennox]] || "[[Universal Child]]" || |- | [[The Axis of Awesome]] || Medley of Pop Songs || A variation of their "Four Chords" song |- | [[Gareth Malone]] & [[Rick Astley]] || "[[Never Forget (Take That song)|Never Forget]]" || Featuring [[Ainsley Harriott]], [[Antony Worrall Thompson]], [[Nancy Lam]], [[Rosemary Shrager]], [[Gary Rhodes]], [[Rusty Lee]], [[Jimmy Carr]], [[Alex Jones (Welsh presenter)|Alex Jones]], [[Alan Carr]], [[Helen Skelton]], [[Lenny Henry]], [[Kirstie Allsop]], [[Andy Akinwolere]], [[Fearne Cotton]], [[Claudia Winkleman]] |- |}

===Music Videos=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Artist !! Song !! Notes |- | [[The Wanted]] || "[[Gold Forever]]" || Short promotional clip |- | [[Geraldine McQueen (character)|Geraldine McQueen]] & [[Susan Boyle]] || "[[I Know Him So Well]]" || [[Peter Kay]] stars as Geraldine |- | [[Take That]] || "[[Happy Now (Take That song)|Happy Now]]" || Fake That features [[David Walliams]], [[Catherine Tate]], [[James Corden]], [[Alan Carr]] and [[John Bishop (comedian)|John Bishop]] |- | [[George Michael]] || "[[True Faith (song)|True Faith]]" || Introduced by [[James Corden]] as 'Smithy' |- | [[Josie d'Arby]], [[Steve Jones (Welsh presenter)|Steve Jones]], [[Paul Whitehouse]], [[Siân Lloyd]], [[Connie Fisher]], [[John Humphrys]], [[Gethin Jones]], [[Helen Lederer]], [[Robbie Savage]], [[Anneka Rice]], [[Ruth Madoc]], [[Tim Vincent]], [[Howard Marks]], [[Gareth Jones (presenter)|Gareth Jones]], [[Lisa Rogers]], [[Helen Adams]], [[Max Boyce]], [[Joe Calzaghe]], Dirty Sanchez, [[Wynne Evans]], [[Goldie Lookin Chain]], [[Colin Jackson]], [[Grant Nicholas]], [[Shakin' Stevens]], [[Michael Sheen]], [[Imogen Thomas]], [[Bonnie Tyler]], [[Alex Jones (Welsh presenter)|Alex Jones]] and [[Ian Woosnam]]. || "[[Newport (Ymerodraeth State of Mind)|Newport]]" || A parody version of "Empire State of Mind" |- |}

==Donation progress==

===18 March 2011=== The Desert Trek total was £1,375,037. [[Helen Skelton]] raised £253,789. [[Sainsbury's]] raised £10,030,984, the single biggest cheque that Comic Relief had received by that date (Sainsbury's broke their own record in 2013). [[TK Maxx]] raised £3,000,112. [[Maltesers]] raised £1,101,807. [[BT Group|BT]] raised £353,802. [[Walkers (snack foods)|Walkers]] raised £1,200,038. [[British Airways]] raised £800,747. [[Chris Moyles]] and [[Comedy Dave]] raised £2,600,000 for their 52 Hour Radio Marathon. [[Ryman]] raised £385,198

{| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Time !! Amount !! Large donations |- | 20:05 GMT || £5,797,110 || BT, Helen Skelton, Red Nose Desert Trek |- | 21:09 GMT || £26,653,281 || [[Let's Dance for Comic Relief]], Maltesers, TK Maxx |- | 21:58 GMT || £41,873,505 || £10 million by Sainsbury's |- |}

===19 March 2011=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Time !! Amount !! Large Donations |- | 00:37 GMT || £68,669,557 || Walkers, British Airways, Ryman, [[BBC Radio]], [[Kellogg's]] |- | 02:09 GMT || £74,360,207 || |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/8807/7/8807.pdf Small change - big difference: tracking the transmediality of Red Nose Day] {{Comic Relief}}

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