Red Nose Day 2009


Red Nose Day 2009 was a fund-raising event organised by Comic Relief, broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Two from the evening of 13 March 2009 to early the following morning. It was part of the "Do Something Funny For Money" campaign. It was held on Friday 13 March till Saturday 14 March 2009 from 7:00 pm to 3:45 am on BBC One.

Presenters

Donation Progress

13 March 2009

The Mount Kilimanjaro total was £3,500,000. The Wine Relief total was £750,000. A notable, single donation of £6,000,000 was donated by an anonymous donor. £501,863 was raised by Ryman. Foxybingo.com raised £150,000. Subway managed to raise £407,763.
TimeAmountLarge Donations
19:50 GMT£3,017,772
20:29 GMT£13,667,550£3.5 million by The BT Red Nose Climb
21:34 GMT£29,748,187£9 million by Sainsbury's
21:57 GMT£32,802,411
23:25 GMT£41,799,343£750,000 by Wine Relief, £6 million by an anonymous donor

14 March 2009

Sketches

Musical Performances

The Show

ArtistSongNotes
The Saturdays"Just Can't Get Enough"The official Comic Relief song for this year.
Oasis"Falling Down"
Take That"The Garden"
Elbow"Puncture Repair"
Annie Lennox"Lean on Me"
Adele"Make You Feel My Love"
The Script"Heroes"
Franz Ferdinand"Ulysses"

''Top of the Pops''

BBC Two's special Comic Relief edition of Top Of The Pops, drew an impressive 6.73m over 35 minutes.

Features

Let's Dance for Comic Relief

Best bits from the series so far.

Comic Relief Does The Apprentice

Pre-recorded final installment.

The BT Red Nose Climb

The BT Red Nose Climb saw nine celebrities successfully scale 19,330 feet to reach the summit of Africa's highest mountain to raise money for Comic Relief. On 27 February 2009, Gary Barlow, Ronan Keating, Chris Moyles, Ben Shephard, Cheryl Cole, Kimberley Walsh, Denise Van Outen, Fearne Cotton, and Alesha Dixon set off to Tanzania to tackle Mount Kilimanjaro with project manager and guide Jeremy Gane of . The Climb has already raised in excess of £3.5 million with over £1.8 million coming from the audience of BBC Radio 1 All nine celebrities reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro on Saturday, 7 March 2009. Cheryl Cole, Fearne Cotton, Denise Van Outen and Ben Shephard reached the summit first at sunrise. On Thursday 12 March 2009 BBC One's 'Kilimanjaro: The Big Red Nose Climb' was seen by 8.74m viewers. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with the group upon their return to the United Kingdom and congratulated the "nine heroes" on their achievement, saying that they were "inspiring a generation of kids who would never have thought about these things".

Cast and Reporters