In his final year hosting, Sir Lenny Henry leads a star-studded cast including Joel Dommett, Davina McCall, Paddy McGuiness, Romesh Ranganathan, and David Tennant for a night of comedy and entertainment on BBC One, BBC Two, and BBC iPlayer from 7pm, featuring sketches, live performances, surprises, and vital fundraising for Comic Relief

At 10pm the laughter moves over to BBC Two for more skits and musical guests in Comic Relief: More Funny for Money, before returning to BBC One at 10:40pm for a very special tribute show, Comic Relief: A Whole Lotta Lenny, celebrating Sir Lenny Henry, hosted by Alex Jones. The fun-filled evening will highlight and raise vital funds for Comic Relief’s work in the UK and around the world.

Night of TV

Bringing together some of the nation’s best comics and entertainers, the big night of TV will feature exciting sketches, including a very special audition process to find Sir Lenny Henry’s replacement host. Alan Partridge returns with a very special guest on his regional radio show, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders reunite with a hilarious Red Nose Day message and who will be cast as the iconic Claudia Winkleman in The Traitors: The Movie? The cast of Just For One Day, the Live Aid Musical, will perform a special medley and celebrities from across the nation put their comedy bones to the test by telling jokes. PLUS, live appearances by darts sensation Luke Littler, money maestro Martin Lewis and The Gladiators!

Audiences have an exciting opportunity to win huge prizes during the night. Chris Evans and CarFest have already announced that they will be donating an Aston Martin – the same model as featured in the James Bond film Die Another Day – for one lucky winner to win on the night.

More information on sketches and musical performances will be revealed in due course. Red Nose Day’s fundraising night of TV is a BBC Studios Entertainment Production for the BBC, commissioned by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC. The BBC Studios Executive Producers are Peter Davey and Colin Hopkins and Sophie Rogers is Series Producer. Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Katie Taylor.