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Children In Need

1980 · 46 seasons

A cosy, cheerful charity telethon full of celebrity sketches, appeals and musical numbers, easy to dip in and out of while feeling good about giving.

Starring
Fearne Cotton, Esther Rantzen, Gaby Roslin
Overview
BBC Children in Need is the BBC's UK charity. Since 1980 it has raised over £600 million to change the lives of disabled children and young people in the UK. One of the highlights is an annual telethon, held in November and televised on BBC One and BBC One HD from 7:30pm until 2am. "Pudsey Bear" is BBC Children in Need's mascot, whilst Terry Wogan is a long-standing host. BBC Children in Need is one of three high-profile British telethons, although the only charity belonging to the BBC, the other telethons being Red Nose Day and Sport Relief, both supporting the Comic Relief charity. The 2012 appeal took place on Friday 16 November.

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Starring
Fearne Cotton, Esther Rantzen, Gaby Roslin
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • healing
  • friendship
  • class
  • love
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • anthology
  • ensemble
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism9
Romance1
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity1
Emotional weight5

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Details

Starring
Fearne Cotton, Esther Rantzen, Gaby Roslin, Sue Cook, Natasha Kaplinsky, Andi Peters, Sue Lawley, Terry Wogan
Length
46 seasons, 97 episodes
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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