Comic Relief: Funny for Money

Comic Relief delivered another spectacular evening of top telly treats on the ight, as Red Nose Day 2011 entertained the nation while raising an incredible sum of money to help poor and vulnerable people in the UK and Africa. As the evening drew to a close £74,360,207 had been raised - the highest total reached on the night in Red Nose Day's 23 year history.

Comedy greats, entertainment stars and the wonderful public all joined in to Do Something Funny For Money for the 13th Red Nose Day.

This total includes £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 gruelling 108 kilometre trek across the Kaisut Desert in northern Kenya.

Also included in the overall total is £3,165,705 raised by Radio 1. £543,284 of this was raised in support of Scott Mills and the Desert Trekkers. The remaining £2,622,421 was raised by the amazingly dedicated Radio 1 listeners in support of Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave Vitty and their unbelievable and record breaking 52 hour marathon radio broadcast.

Highlights included Uptown Downstairs Abbey, the third Smithy sketch, a special Docotr Who two-parter, Miranda Hart winning MasterChef, and Peter Kay and Susan Boyle's hilarious take on I Know Him So Well.

To watch highlights from the show click here.