The Big One - Red Nose Day 2007
Big Shows
Got the winter blues? Never fear – there's a load of cracking comedy and
TV gems in the bag for Red Nose Day 2007 to keep you entertained until
the spring.
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Here are some of the highlights:
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Comic Relief: The Big One,
Friday 16 March, 7pm - late, ´óÏó´«Ã½ One
and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two
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For a night of cracking comedy and
the biggest celebrities strutting their
stuff, tune in to the Red Nose Day
Night of TV.
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Top TV talents Jonathan
Ross, Lenny Henry, Davina McCall,
Graham Norton, Russell Brand,
Fearne Cotton, Kate Thornton, Paul
O'Grady and Chris Evans will be on
hand to guide you through this TV
extravaganza.
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Some of the TV treats to look forward
to on the night include the last ever Vicar Of Dibley special, exclusive
Catherine Tate sketches, a Red Nose
Day version of MTV's blingtastic Pimp
My Ride UK and special performances
from Peter Kay, Little Britain, Ricky
Gervais, Mitchell and Webb and
many more.
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Comic Relief Does The Apprentice,
´óÏó´«Ã½ One
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Sir Alan Sugar's abrasive style comes to Comic Relief.
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To raise
money ten celebrities battle to build businesses that call for
discipline, teamwork, creativity and hard work. Succeed and
the team survives.
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Fail and their celebrity status won't save
them, because the following day Sir Alan's infamous boardroom
beckons... and someone will get fired.
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Comic Relief Does Fame Academy,
´óÏó´«Ã½ One
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Thirteen stars will sing for survival as the Academy opens its
doors for a new batch of celebrity students.
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Whether they're
in tune or off key, these celebrity wanabee singers will fight
it out for viewers' votes to stay in the competition and raise
cash for Red Nose Day 2007.
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Casualty: Sweet Charity, ´óÏó´«Ã½ One
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Richard Curtis has been busy co-writing a special episode of
Casualty to coincide with Red Nose Day.
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Exploring some key
issues that Comic Relief cares about, including mental health,
elder abuse and seeking asylum in the UK, it promises to be
compelling viewing.
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Also watch out for guest appearances
from a Comic Relief comedian and favourite ex-cast member!
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Inside The World Of Mental Health (title tbc),
´óÏó´«Ã½ One
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As part of Comic Relief's commitment to raising awareness
of mental health, this fly-on-the-wall documentary, co-funded
by ´óÏó´«Ã½ Learning, explores the lives of people living
with mental health problems and shows how Comic Relief
cash can help them to cope.
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Adrian Edmondson
Takes on the Crisis In
Northern Kenya (title tbc),
´óÏó´«Ã½ One
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Comedian and Holby City star Adrian
Edmondson travels to Kenya to see
Comic Relief cash in action.
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He
witnesses the effects of the drought
and meets the nomadic pastoralists of
Wajir who face starvation.
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From living with a nomadic Kenyan
family to lobbying the UK and Kenyan
governments, Adrian's journey takes
him from curious bystander to activist
for long-term change.
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Comic Relief Does
Car Booty,
´óÏó´«Ã½ One
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Led by Dawn French and Jennifer
Saunders, famous duos open their car
boots to London's bargain hunters at
the Big Car Boot Sale.
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Selling mounds
of clutter to raise cash for Comic
Relief, the thrifty teams will be
competing for the Car Booty Crown.
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Big Waves
Radio stations across the UK are once again fully tuned in to Red Nose
Day. Every station is helping to make The Big One live up to its name.
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´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 1: Chris Moyles' Rallyaoke
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Following on from the massive success
of his Red Nose Day Rally in 2005, Radio
1's Chris Moyles has set himself the
whopping great challenge of raising
even more cash for RND '07.
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Taking the breakfast team's obsession
with karaoke to a whole new scale, they
plan to tour the UK, hosting karaoke
nights at packed-out concert venues
up and down the country in the week
leading up to Red Nose Day.
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Joining Chris and the crew across the
week will be a host of Radio 1 DJs and
masses of celebrities.
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The Truck Of
Luck will also reappear, giving out
mega-prizes across all Radio 1 shows
for RND '07 and raising lots of money
along the way.
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´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio
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It's not just Radio 1 pulling out all the
stops for Red Nose Day. Every ´óÏó´«Ã½
network station, as well as the dozens
of stations in the Nations and Regions stations, will
be right behind the Red Nose Day
campaign.
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Tune in to find out how they'll
be turning the radio waves red
and raising plenty of cash along the way.
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Notes to Editors
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The full Red Nose Day 2007 press pack - produced by the Comic Relief Media Team - is available in PDF format on the right-hand side of this page.
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Comic Relief Media Team