Live: Red Nose Day 2011
Published by Christine Blachford
Following on from our successful live coverage of Children in Need earlier this year, it's time for another charity telethon to try and match up to the high standard Pudsey set.
This time round it's Comic Relief - otherwise known as Red Nose Day - which only happens every other year, so make the most of it. We don't have the cuteness of Pudsey but we do have the rather smiley Red Noses.

The TV show gets underway at 7pm GMT, and will begin on BBC1, with a switch to BBC2 halfway through. It's also going to be live on the iPlayer, so I hope you can join in the fun. More information can be found on the Red Nose Day site, or stay tuned as the Factbyte Factbox covers every step of the way.
This is Honkus.
This is Captain Conk.
And finally, Chucklechump. What a lineup.
Claudia and Michael. Great chemistry.
A quick flashback to the Masterchef thing - Michel isn't keen on Claudia's dish.
Helen Skelton, High Wire Girl.
Karun Chandhok rocks the Captain Conk.
Davina and Dermot.
Comic Relief are helping to give kids Plumpy Nut - a sachet of mushy peanut butter stuff that contains great nutrition for the starving.
Miranda gatecrashes JLS.
Rick appears out of the glow.
Matt Smith appears!
More Doctor.
Annie Lennox on the piano.
Annie finishes up her song, and does an inspirational speech about the difference Comic Relief makes.
Misery Bear and Kate Moss.



This year there are three different Red Noses, known as Honkus, Chucklechomp and Captain Conk.
chucklechomp??
Didn't know they had names. I assume my one's Captain Conk
I've got the Clothes Nose (a check-out incident put me off the full-sized ones).
While we're waiting for the show to start, was anyone watching the Chris Moyles record attempt? Chris and Comedy Dave (his partner in crime) raised over 2 million pounds while hosting a radio show for 52 hours (a Guinness world record)
Hello all. I love the picture in this post so much :)
ooh, i have some more to put up. will get on with that now.
I'm sorry to say Christine, but the pic FBFB's just posted is quite scary...
How do you mean?
your eyes just remind me of the joker from the last Batman film. You're much nicer in other photos.
I'm now scared I've accidently upset you now #shouldhavekepthismouthshut
Ohhh, scary like that.
Telling a lady she looks scary in a picture isn't great, by the way :)
It really is extraordinary how much Michael McIntyre looks like Giggles. If he was in a blue shirt I'd be worried ;)
you could redeem yourself by donating. how much will it cost him christine?
:D
Coupla quid ought to sort it.
I'll see what I can do.
i will donate money not to have to watch an eye operation.
eek.
emo andy murray.
How long before Andy goes mad?
♥ andy
Doctor who!
@FBFB
Everyone in Scotland is brought up knowing that Scottish people who win at anything are British. Doesn't just apply to him
I am going to speculate that they really are brother and sister.
What an Awesome presenting pair
I don't know if anyone is following the ALMS Sebring qualifying. via www.americanleman…ary1.php?cat=live And for those of you with PS3s, you can type the URL in and it works! Finally something the PS3 "browser" can handle.
Cheers!
WHO!!!!!
seconded! love it.
Oh Rory!
FBFB!!! Eeeep
Wooohooooooooo
double amy!
Tsk Mr C! ;)
i forgot i like her.
She is great
Agreed. Best companion of the relaunched show
The amazing thing is that one of the big problems is that they can't find the people who need the operation. There is so little infrastructure and so many people don't know there are chances for help.
Imagine getting your sight back, and David Tennant is the first thing you see!!
Delish.
Woah. Confused.
Rose was a great character and it altered the way we thought about the doctor. But I love Amy's sass.
Pond put some trousers on
Competition from Richard Bacon for Christine?
"Doing a live online commentary now at the bottom of BBC.co.uk/RedNoseDay. Come chat. Come on.... I'm waiting. U need you... Log on NOW"
twitter.com/#!/ri…48824654877569024
That was very carefully worded
Claudia is losing it
:)
Giggles, pay attention to the next FBFB update. V. important.
Thank you Mr C :)
Generic Boy Band ho hum
i try
You succeed
they are an odd looking bunch of people. can't fathom the appeal at all.
I'm sure they all have unique and wonderful personalities.... Oh no I couldn't keep that up ;)
Merci
christine needs this link and email too slow: itunes.apple.com/…dcast/id135789411
One of my friends is answering the phones today :)
This makes me think of wagbo
Ah! Voice over guy on the telly, but not as a voice over! *mind explodes*
Oooh I listened to that earlier. Very funny of course
and this one: itunes.apple.com/…e-day/id424616739
Michael dancing. noooooooo ;)
I am, I'm happy and I've been putting some stuff in the Daily about it.
Katherine thinks that might have been similar to Giggles radio ;)
I get the feeling he's not taking this entirely seriously :)
These kids are so amazing
Is this the six music bored woman?
MIRANDA!
The height difference is quite incredible
Greggs! ...oh
Yes Prime Minister music :)
poor cameraman.
LOVE CLAUDIA!!!!
Is there such a thing as kitchen roll :)
that's a crab!
Since Alison is not around
MICHEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ruby calling Nigella
"The crabs are out but now they're just there!" That was what I was like with a chicken, let alone a crab.
Where?!?!
that was a brilliant headping!
This is the Red Nose Day thread so he is on BBC1
Hahahahahaha
♥ miranda.
I wonder who else answers to other people's names
Oh my word. Disasterchef!!!
They are so hopeless this makes me think of Mr C making muffins
Not to death no
Surely miranda ♥
hey, i've cooked more than miranda.
hehe
He he :)
Oh Claudia!!!
Hahaha his face :D
This is awesome :)
i really like our prime minister. this is a first for me.
Ooooh this is going to be amazing.
He was quite good humoured I'll give him that.
Oh did it already happen?
Alison, you'll know. What's the name of the judge who's eyes almost bulged out at the hot chilli?
That is what Blue Peter is all about!
They give less time to someone walking a tight rope than Ruby Wax obliterating a crab???
She did it a few weeks ago I'm afraid
That's Michel!
Michel Roux Jr
proper duncan dares.
There's a TV programme about it though.
Ooooh, thank you.
That's the toalizer figure. A lot of milk bottle tops!
has anyone ever seen duffy and helen in the same room together?
Just checked Facebook. Radio 1 have recieved another total from Comic Relief. The 52 hour show has now raised over 2.6 million pounds, even though the show stopped at 10:30 this morning.
McFly grown up?
Somewhere an ex-housemate of mine is screaming with happiness....
The average life expectancy in the world is 67.2 years. In Botswana it is 31.6 years.
when was the last time it was that low in this country? 1800ish?
Nope by the 1400s the average age in Britain was 40ish.
jesus
It's quite incredible the difference in opportunity.
foive million.
Scotland must be dragging that down too ;)
Here's a question do people think that winkle's dress makes her look pregnant or is she pregnant? We must be told!
i think the fbfb is asking for a marquee effect?
That totaliser is clearly not exciting enough. We need to go old school and programme some fireworks in there.
She is.
I think she just wears unflattering clothes. Surely no-one would be pregnant and wear those shoes!?!
I think pregnancy is complsory before you can work for the BBC
Good work on these red dresses from the ladies
you know as much as the FBFB.
Oh I see. Well then she's mad :D
Aha
That's why we love her.
Well there you go!
Is a snog coming
As a box of frogs
Lots of money there
I'm already laughing at the very idea of this
shaun ryder!
... no idea who the two under the rock are
a happy monday and the other half of a cheeky girl i think.
That was Lembit??
Just insane
yup.
Ah, love the chair...
Oh my ...
heheheehehhehehehe
Poor richard
Hehehehe
Oooh this has been my fav thing so far
I bet they are picking bits of crab shell out of the wall and ceiling for months
That's not a very nice way to describe Ruby's starter: oh they said craB starter
:D
Heheheheehe
This woman's evil!
She seemed mean
Dave was funny there
I like her ♥
Gummy bears
That looks like it should be at a kid's birthday party
Apart from the alcohol
Oh well done Miranda
but that makes it more fun! :D
Nap time
I thought Miranda was holding that up so the other ladies couldn't reach it ;)
Katherine tells me that Claudia is back later with Jonathan Ross.
did someone freeze blue and just thaw them out last week?
maybe they have a tardis inside a tardis too.
Probably!
In other Blue news, my Blue CD is currently jammed in my hi-fi because the CD changer decided to behave badly (The Flood and a Meat Loaf album are also trapped).
Hate to be Mr. Pedant when I'm not watching, but the original post should say Children in Need was last year, not this.
I kinda wished they'd keep them unfrozen...
Of what I've seen on YouTube, best bit by a country mile, as always, Outnumbered. Dr Who the opposite.
double amy!
...no sound
graham is helpful in a crisis.
We had the tv muted here temporarily. Hope it wasn't us.
Tim Vine!
what a cast.
yay!
♥ daisy.
Katy Wix
nope! daisy.
;)
Same as Rose is always Rose, right?
yes!
blimey! Haven't seen Zoe Salmon since she left blue peter!
Jenson!
jenson!
haven't seen jb in a red nose t-shirt?
Jenson!
Just a few technical problems
They're usually better than this...
Dum, dum dum dum dum da dum dum
i'm missing the humour here...
Yeah, for comic relief it's not very comical...
He he!
@karunchandok: My friend's kids just told me about Comic Relief ! http://yfrog.com/gzi2hwrj
yay!
I've already asked Karun if he'd be interested in doing something for Sport Relief next year...
fbfb, leave me alone!
Is it tickling you?
hassling me about fireworks.
Tut, tut, bad FBFB!
I'm guessing Take That
Gary Barlow can still bang out a good tune - is this one of them?
better than their last one.
Robbie has had a hand in it, for sure. Has echoes of Rudebox. *shudders*
I don't know if i've ever mentioned this but one time... Lil' Mark Owen and my hair ACTUALLY TOUCHED!
There's a song I like off Rudebox. Or rather I can't get out of my head after I hear it...
Gary & Robbie apparently en.wikipedia.org/…(Take_That_album)
I KNEW IT.
boy bands don't appear to get old anymore.
Apparently you can now download the Dr Who bit on iTunes for £1.89. At least £1.04 will go to Comic Relief
itunes.apple.com/…4461&s=143444
apple are keeping the rest?
I wouldn't be surprised
Think so.
Comment on the iTunes store says the donation includes 100% of iTunes share
Ah no... It was tripping off Intensive Care I'm thinking of
Oh yes, I liked that one.
cameo moment from dermot there.
Boom! Their number is always huge!
But that is amazing
Presumably the rest goes to the BBC's production costs and any spare funds from that gets donated. Hence the "at least".
I am amazed they didn't just wlk out and take over the live show
that would've been good. missed oppertunity.
plumpy nut!
I want some plumpy nut!!
It really is quite an amazing product.
Maybe they should sell some double price here and for every packet bought give a packet away?
it's like the food they make on back to the future. a tiny packet that feeds people!
All a bit Willy Wonka
I would pay money to keep it far away from me :)
It was inspired by Nutella, needs no water, no refrigeration, and lasts 2 years: en.wikipedia.org/…wiki/Plumpy%27nut
:)
Hahahaha
That is Lenny's second product placement tonight
Cotton machine wash only
"fearne cotton machine wash only"
The Miranda thing sounds amazing
Fearn's dress looks pink rather than red.
hehe, smithy makes a great gary.
who's robbie?
John Bishop. I'm struggling with Mark.
Alan Carr
who's john bishop?
You to watch some of his shows. Very funny comedian from Liverpool. He has only been famous for a couple of years
I wonder if Eric has anything to do with Pineapple studios
:D
Hehehe.
"That's ACTUAL Heather Small!"
you've got to reap, reap REAP, what you soooooooooow.
That is the most amazing dance ever!!!
ACTUAL HEATHER SMALL. I might die.
What have you done today!!!!
it's woman that ruined green wing.
OMG
MIRANDA!!
miranda rap was awesome.
hope that's on youtube.
All very entertaining so far! Not sure how much longer I will stay awake though!
Which one is that then? (note I am watching The Mentalist, not RND)
Stoopid woman lying to Mac.
Missed it
Oh, that's Sarah Alexander - she was in Coupling and other comedy shows.
If people are wondering why they are focussing on Nets rather than Medicine when so many Mosquitos are flying around... The answer is that this can change the pathology of the disease. If you suffer from Malaria currently you become very ill and are confined to bed, this means it is very effective for malaria to make you very sick. Because if you can't move or defend yourself from bites then more Mosquitos will come and bite you and the disease is spread further.
With nets the sick people are not accessible to mosquitos, so for the disease to spread it needs to make people less sick, it needs to evolve to survive and keep spreading itself, it starts needing to make people less sick. This is what happened in the American South in the 30s but the evidence was ignored until recently.
They are getting the chefs to rickroll themselves
So what? She lied to Mac.
Her character did.
Miranda's posh friend who is consantly on her phone and saying "Bear with"
no, she was in green wing.
;)
RICK ASTLEY!
No that was Sally Phillips, they look a bit similar I guess.
Fascinating. Nets are also cheaper in the long term than ever-changing medicines :)
I always mix them up. Never seen them both at the same time either
To be clear. Sally Phillips was in Miranda, Sarah Alexander was in Coupling. No idea which one was in Green Wing
Sally Phillips is great, often plays annoying characters, but plays them so well!
(and I met her in a queue for fish and chips once, and she is lovely!)
both actually. one of them ruined it.
Thanks, I just realised this too - like Steven I get them mixed up, plus her character (holly) replaced Sarah Alexander's ( Angela).
That was Sally Philips
www.sitcom.co.uk/…wing/actors.shtml
I would like to point out that I have met Nancy Lam (one of the Chefs) several times and she is as crazy in real life as she appears on screen.
Now that is scary
Absolutely
they both appeared in Smack the Pony as well, just to add to the confusion.
Which I really liked
Ouch
why don't people age?!?!
Let's get this done properly
live rick roll
Rick is 45!!!
46 sorry
he looks 23.
wow, lenny plugs better than alex.
george micheals
Pick up his phones :)
Hehehehe
♥ smithy & george.
George is actually brilliant
I meant photos.. I typoed.
wha?
Hahaha
wh....
Awww Gordon ♥
BOOM!
oh.my.
:)
:)
:)
:)
That is a very big table
I was in the same room a Keira on Wednesday if that helps
Oh my god
wow, just wow.
holy frickin' paul mccartney.
Mr C, it's fair to say he's actually aged.
That's a bit disrespectful in front of JLS hahahaaha
And Ringo
best tv ever
Ooops
i need a lie down.
have bought the smithy sketch.
It's so easy to forget about Ringo ;)
who?
Right that's it for Katherine and me. We have just bought that Smithy video (thanks for the link FBFB). Have fun with the rest of the evening, see you tomorrow.
(oh, and if you can, donate)
is it wrong that that is the 1st time i've seen justin beiber? i thought he was a twitter bot.
cheers sir alex.
:D :D
He's real?!
I have seen pictures. He has weird hair. No idea what he does though
Tweets?
i think so
Probably
He says he is a singer.
LPG told the children that Justin Bieber is a swear word in our house.
Son number one replied "you mean worse than ****?" (a sweary word beginning with f)
He seems to understand thesituation
Earlier in the week LPG heard.
Daughter #2: Scream (runs from room)
Daughter #1: Oh Bloody Hell (switches off TV)
Son #1: (continues playing computer game, does not complain about TV being turned off)
The reason? Justin Bieber had been announced as "coming up later" on Blue Peter.
What sensible kids
:-)
Smart kids those
I especially like the "keeps playing computer game"
We like to think so, particularly when it comes to Justin Bieber...
Good evening, how is RND so far?
brilliant. am loving it.
Claudia seems to have eased up on the permatan, I see
Alan Partridge is back on form, have been enjoying Mid Morning Matters on fostersfunny.co.uk.
yay. more smithy!
oooh, true faith cover.
Red dress makes it look lighter I am thinking.
Hello. Amazed to find I loved the Smithy bit. And the chefs. And the inbetweeners because I'm puerile (despite never seeing their show).
Is George Michael acceptable again now he's done his time? And whys he murdering New Order?s
She's normally Orangina coloured
i like the homage to the original video, in his video.
Do you have to shake her to wake her up?
Beeb seem to forgive anyone. Even Richard Bacon.
i seem to be buying a lot on itunes tonight fbfb!!
hey. be nice people!
I like that it is a very different take but he's over autotuned
He's been on R5 for a while I think
i'm liking that effect a lot more these days.
Yeah about 10 years now :P
Sorry.
ha!
Really?
yep.
That was a horrible song!
Was there a BA segment from Cardiff?
magician, yeah.
i just bought it.
Time for bed I think, early start tomorrow.
I think you need to go to itunes anonymous....
Night Andy
really? You bought that?
i tell ya, it's sooo easy.
Hehehe
yep. nice take on a classic, at least it was different.
Different, yes. Horirble, yes.
one of the reasons I switched back to win amp was to save money! (that and iTunes on Win doesn't play right).
oooh, elbow.
Elbow! Now this is a song!
Their new album is good, as always
I think perhaps they think it's more powerful than it is though.
doesn't quite have the effect of "who's gonna drive you home".
Nothing ever will
blimey. was that fearne?
Oooh I definitely see the bump now!
It was
john prescott reading the shipping forecast, will he mention rockall?
You mean it has grown so much during the show?
Aargh. I'm with family and while they are saying it is awful and everthing, "the real joke is a cataracts op costs them 30 quid but it costs so much here".
Get a clue!
That's probably because they pay the staff about £10 a day....
I haven't liked Moyles for years but big respect for that marathon show. 50+ hrs 2.6million.
Lackofa sterile operating theatre, lack of post op care etc etc
I'm getting tired just from typing for five hours. Talking for 50!!
agreed
Errrm....
Abu Hamza????
That's a bit political for Children in Need
12 tomorrow :D
Yeah I'm a bit horrified tbh
Abso-flippin-lutely!
I have always detested this idiot and he is not converting me
Why does this prat get airtime?
I hate it. It's all pretty offensive.
heck of a plug for rymans.
thought that earlier with maltersers
They always heavily plug businesses that raise money
Want to text donate but cat sat on me, phone in pocket under cat. He is v old so will do it later.
Am also tad drunk
Sainsburys and Walkers have already had their moments!
Hehehehe!
true enough.
For me all the "adverts" sit a bit uneasily on the BBC, but I guess its a price to pay for raising money for good causes.
David Frost looks really old now
It makes other businesses jealous. They want to do it next time....
ahhh. point taken.
"i've never seen richard curtis in the thick of it"
:)
Love those Eames chairs
i love karl!
What on earth is this?
I am amazed elephant slippers really exist
You don't know who Ricky Gervais is?
same.
Yes I just can't work out if that's supposed to be funny or what. Seems worryingly close to the truth!
got to be made up
mothercare sell them......
NEWPORT STATE OF MIND!
w00t!
I can picture elephants having foot problems and needing slippers to spread the load of all that weight to let them heal or to keep them dry
do many elephants shop at mother care?
Mothercare sell slippers for elephants?
I hope they don't get sued!!
no, they sell "elephant slippers"
i know emi are cynical, but even they can't be that cynical.
Like these?
http://twitpic.com/4atw6u
nothing like
www.mothercare.co…ers/dp/B003TX5VH2
Pink and white striped elephants
:)
i bought this a week ago on itunes, so know the results
It may be inappropriate given the starving on tv but I have been given cake. Ahem.
rescued the phone and have donated a tenner by text
Yay!
Alan Car with a beard???
I've never found this man funny
The voice! My ears!
The aircraft tow!
i was meant to spend the evening editing pics of christine during the unfunny bits. there haven't been many so it's taken a while:
www.flickr.com/ph…dcast/5538192971/
i do some more now.
ooh, that was on earlier. by your hanger?
Did they use the Autosport Live people to light this show?
So much obliterating light :)
No, our heavy maintenance facility in Cardiff
Have they always done the donation by text.
Such a good idea
certainly last year.
only in the last few years. I think the variable amounts might be new
There are variable amounts?
I thought it was just a tenner and multiple texts if required
It's like money for Felipe Baby all over again :)
GIVE to 70005 and I think 70011 is £1.
damn me not having a mobile.
I think there's three numbers, 1, 5, 10 quid
Ah. Ta
Sent me tenner in
Iwould have thought £1 would be 70001. The last two digits represent the amount
this is gonna be awesome...
I wonder if Lukeh is watching
where is lukeh
feeder are welsh??
Farnham
BONNIE!!!!!
*BOOM*
Actually from Newport, apparently
Christine is right it is 70011
www.rednoseday.co…-terms-conditions
They kept the vocal from the YouTube remake?
Kelly!
they should release this on itunes for comic relief
anneka rice is welsh?
Is Anneka Rice Welsh?
Annals rice is welsh?
Snap :)
Autocorrect
gareth jones!!!
Damn you autocorrect :)
"Huge thanks to EMI Music Publishing"
gits.
:)
"Rice was born in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan"
Born Ann Rice and changed for Equity reasons
Is this the male Kath & Kim?
learn something new.
"The Steve Jones line... sung by Steve Jones!"
i like josie d'arby sang her line too :)
Ooh, I got a Gift Aid link from my text
I was wondering about that
Has Lenny Henry appeared in an oversized red suit yet?
That's how I remember Comic Relief
Not a red suit, but he did walk on hot coals.
*waves bye to Davina*
Angus Deayton on the BBC???
AXIS OF AWESOME!
i love today :)
AHHHHHHHHH! Best day ever.
Finishing with Missy Higgins, very Australian
i just can't anymore awesome
Well that woke me up.
Missy Higgins: Scar
www.google.co.uk/…KW19ZSAGUu7s2eZ3w
Wine relief sounds more fun than a text
Wine Relief!
If only I'd known. If there was Guinness Relief I could've taken my two weeks off early
Was the 24hr game show thing a webcast?
Live streamed for 24 hours, then edited to 5x30minutes on TV.
Yes
Damn, I missed that
I'd like to see the buzzcocks highlights
I'd assume it's in this one seeing as it was last: www.bbc.co.uk/ipl…People_Episode_5/
Thank you, I'll keep the tab for later
bye bye fbfb
Replay in the post. Thanks to one and all.
And goodnight!
Night night FBFB
Great job Christine
cheers all and thank you to everyone for commenting.
Good night
cheers for fbfb and thread.
Best rnd in a while I reckon.
74.3m!
Amazing
Go Fearn
that's a lot of tatoos.
#canigetmymoneyback?
Rick was checking his lyrics cheat sheet :)
Oi
She looks great and is humanly self conscious
oh right :)
You didn't know she was that inked up?
It's her thing
Needs to eat a good pie :) #stickthin
nope. not a huge fan either. #ohsojudgemental
It's a personal taste thing. She a bit of an idiot but I knida like her.
Ooh, lock-in. My kind of thing:)
Kinda true
This is what you miss by not looking at FHM or Maxim in the last 5 years :)
I thought Maxim was a restaurant in Paris
And a bloke from The Prodigy
"do ya wanna link into the next VT before I get fired" :lol:
Charlie Brooker is superb
This is a great sketch
"The Blackberry"
two more images:
www.flickr.com/ph…dcast/5538374921/
www.flickr.com/ph…dcast/5538395285/
Hit the wall so sleeps for me, til next tme..
Love that one
Night Pat
cheers. we took a few more, will sort tomorrow.
finally got around to uploading the rest of the images.
full comic relief set: www.flickr.com/ph…2157626157780899/
Hello everybody !!!!
Could someone help me to see the live ?? I would like to see BONNIE TYLER 's live !! COULD SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE ?
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