Comic Relief

Comic relief is a nationwide charity event that is shown on tv. Lots of the public do their own comic relief to raise money including skydives, sitting in tubs of baked beans, shaving their hair and other silly things. As long I as can remember I have watched comic relief. A rare friday night in this year it caught me by surprise, as I didnt quite know which friday it was on. I sat there with my mood being raised to hysterical laughing right back down to near hysterical crying. The worst video was when Fern Cotton went to a hospital to see children suffering with malaria and she fainted. She was part of the team that climed Mount Kilamanjaro and ...  Read the complete review

I can't quite remember the first time I heard of Comic Relief, but since learning of it's biannual Friday night feature long program raising money of children around the world, I've never missed it. This year I was saddened by the stories of children dying from malaria out in Africa, and felt compelled to donate some money to aid the projects. Every year the Friday night of fun reminds us of how people less fortunate than ourselves are having to cope with a difficult life. What's great about Comic Relief is the innovative ideas that are thought up to raise as much money as possible, the charity team up with schools, with supermarkets and banks to ...  Read the complete review

Comic Relief has been around for 23 years now which is some going for the annual charity fund raising event where the money is split between charities in this country and also Africa as well, it used to be the one time of the year where Lenny Henry got to be on our TV screens however now he has his Premier Inn advert to keep him in the public eye. Comic Relief is always on a Friday and the main focus is the TV show on the Friday night which is a mix of sketches and appeals clips as well as updates on the level of fund raising and how things are going. This year one of the highlights was Smithy from Gavin and Stacey doing a pep talk to the England football ...  Read the complete review

Comic Relief is a BBC made group of television broadcasts established in 1985 with the purpose of raising money through public and company donations. Since 1985 it has raised over 600 million pounds for good causes. It has a main television broadcast that is typically shown from early evening right through to the wee small hours and features a multitude of celebrity comedy, singing and entertainment acts from the world of show business. This year in 2009 the main broadcast is on Friday 13th of March from 7 p.m. until 3 a.m. with a short break for the BBC News. There are also some other Comic Relief broadcasts shown on the Thursday before and the ...  Read the complete review

Today is the day that school children all over the UK have been having "non-uniform" days, hair has been sprayed red, and celebrities will be on our television for 8 hours this evening providing us with entertainment that varies between downright hilarious, and just a little bit cringeworthy! Yes, the bi-annual fundraiser that is Comic Relief is here again! Comic relief began in 1985, and takes the format every couple of years of Comedians and Celebrities encouraging ordinary folk to part with their money in return for being provided with an evenings worth of comedy and the chance to do something "funny" in the name of charity. The ...  Read the complete review