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TV series / 1988
Comic Relief
Comic Relief is a British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Sir Lenny Henry in response to the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia. The concept of Comic Relief was to get British comedians to make the public laugh, while raising money to help people around the world and in the United Kingdom. The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, an annual (previously biennial) telethon held in March. …
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Comic Relief is a British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Sir Lenny Henry in response to the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia. The concept of Comic Relief was to get British comedians to make the public laugh, while raising money to help people around the world and in the United Kingdom.
The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, an annual (previously biennial) telethon held in March. The first live fundraising evening, held on 4 April 1986, featured comedians and pop stars, including Rowan Atkinson, Billy Connolly, Stephen Fry, Kate Bush and co-founder Lenny Henry.
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Cast
Lenny HenrySelf - Presenter
Jonathan RossSelf
Rowan Atkinson
Davina McCall
Danny Baker
Dawn French
Graham Norton
Jim Broadbent
Declan Donnelly
Chris Barrie
Rory Bremner
Jo Brand
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Chris Evans
Zoë Ball
Anthony McPartlin
Sacha Baron Cohen
Ronni Ancona
Fearne Cotton
Claudia Winkleman
Paddy McGuinness
David Tennant
AJ Odudu
Joel Dommett
Griff Rhys JonesSelf - Presenter
Jennifer Saunders
Joanna Lumley
Dermot O'Leary
Russ Abbot
Cheryl Baker
Frank Bruno
June Brown
Clive Anderson
Jane Asher
Melvyn Bragg
Frank Carson
Richard Briers
David Baddiel
Cilla Black
Mel B
Victoria Beckham
Emma Bunton
Paul Bradley
Jack Dee
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Vic Reeves
Bob Mortimer
Mark 'Bez' Berry
Bono
Edith Bowman
Caroline Aherne
Alexander Armstrong
Rob Brydon
Alan Carr
James Corden
Michael McIntyre
Jack Whitehall
Daniel Craig
Miranda Hart
Romesh Ranganathan
Alesha Dixon
Tom Allen
Ben Elton
Stephen Fry
Sarah Alexander
Robbie Coltrane
Dermot MorganFather Ted Crilly
Ardal O'HanlonFather Dougal McGuire
Ralph Bates
Robert Bathurst
Nick Berry
Brian Blessed
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Caroline Blakiston
Peter Bowles
John Alderton
Mark Arden
Helen Atkinson-Wood
Floella Benjamin
Betty Boo
Angus Deayton
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