About Red Nose Day

Red Nose Day is this Friday, 13 March and as you read this, the entire nation's getting ready to Do Something Funny for Money!

For more information check out the Comic Relief Website and via the links on this page.

In schools, offices and homes across the land, everyone wears - you've guessed it - the latest Red Nose- this year there's 3 to choose from - and does whatever tickles their fancy to raise cash. You name it, they do it! From sponsored kissathons and flamboyant fancy dress to gungetastic trials and naked pole vaulting. Ok, we made the last one up.

Red Nose Day culminates in a night of hilarious comedy and moving documentary films on BBC One - it's a night when the only place to be is right in front of the TV screen. Tune in on Friday, from 7pm, BBC One to Comic Relief: Funny for Money to see the best in British entertainment and comedy, including the last ever French and Saunders film parody; a bespoke sketch from the team behind Gavin and Stacey; special Red Nose treats from the cast of Outnumbered; Ricky Gervais and Little Britain. David Tennant will be a guest presenter and there will be a special Top of the Pops show.

All this funny business unites the whole nation in trying to make a difference to the lives of thousands of people living in abject poverty, or facing terrible injustice, both across Africa and in the UK. Find out how your money helps right here

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