Laughter Is The Best Medicine But It Doesn't Buy Medicine (Comic Relief)

Member Name: eyedo6789

Product:	Comic Relief
Date:	13/03/09 (103 review reads)
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Advantages: You Can Help Others Out Of Poverty, Hardship and Pain

Disadvantages: Your wallet/purse will be at least £5 lighter (but it's worth it)

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 Saturday and Sunday afterwards.

Much of the entertainment content of the show consists of pre filmed Comic Relief specially adapted versions of existing successful comedy shows and of other popular TV shows, plus some hybrid or made up sketch shows featuring usually unseen combinations of comedy performers.

Interspersed into the show are moving, touching films hosted by various celebrities, filming them at some of the projects that Comic Relief money is helping to set up and/or sustain. Many of these projects are in African countries and some are in the UK.

Sainsbury's supermarket chain plays a big role in helping the cause by offering their outlets to sell Comic Relief merchandise from and not charging anything for these facilities.

There are a huge number of Comic Relief projects going on all over the country in schools and various organisations and in thousands of companies that all contribute donations to the Comic Relief kitty.

Throughout the week end people also donate from the comfort of their armchairs. Comic Relief has set a target of £40M for this year so let's hope it gets there.

Summary: A Great Cause Backed Up By A Superb Television Programme