TV series
Comic Relief
1988–2026 · 1 season
A lively, good-natured charity telethon that mixes comedy sketches and celebrity appearances with earnest fundraising appeals.
- Created by
- Lenny Henry, Richard Curtis
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Ben Elton, Dawn French, Graham Norton
- Overview
- 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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- Created by
- Lenny Henry, Richard Curtis
- Genres
- Comedy
- Starring
- Ben Elton, Dawn French, Graham Norton
