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Posted February 6, 2021 - No Comment

In comedy, timing is everything…and now is the perfect time for ‘Red Nose Day 2021’!

Red Nose Day has to be the single most brilliant example known to man and/or woman of how an entire country demonstrates the ability to rally around a charitable cause. To label Red Nose Day in the UK as a cultural phenomenon is doing it an injustice. It’s an institution. The entire country gets involved. The entire British acting […]

Posted February 27, 2020 - No Comment

‘Sport Relief’ set to bring it, once again, going after bent coppers in ‘Line of Duty’ spoof

Aside from the fact that the BBC Sport Relief efforts happen to be one of the biggest fundraising events in the UK, it’s a country-wide effort to ‘get active, raise cash and change lives’ according to event organizers. If you reside outside of the UK or happen to be the one person within the UK that aren’t […]

Posted October 2, 2019 - No Comment

‘Downton Abbey’ gets the ‘SNL’ treatment during 45th season premiere

Billed by Saturday Night Live as the first theatrical release movie you have to rent from the library, Downton Abbey is no stranger to parody. Whether it was previous SNL skits, the recurring Jimmy Fallon Downton Sixbey spoofs, The Ellen Show‘s sketch with Ellen helping Minnie Driver audition for a role in the series, the Red Nose […]

Posted March 19, 2019 - No Comment

The Best of Red Nose Day 2019

Red Nose Day has to be the single most brilliant example known to man of how an entire country demonstrates the ability to rally around a charitable cause. With Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell looking on as loving parents, ‘One Red Nose Day and a Wedding’ gave viewers a heartwarming twist that no one saw coming.

Posted February 10, 2019 - No Comment

Red Nose Day 2019 to reunite ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ cast — for a fifth wedding

BBC One will be the place to be on Friday, March 15, as Red Nose Day will once again revive a Richard Curtis rom-com for charity.

Posted January 17, 2019 - No Comment

Red Nose Day 2019 set for March 15 on BBC One

It’s time, once again, to don the bright red nose and get ready to settle in at 7p on Friday, 15 March on BBC1 and BBC2 when Red Nose Day 2019 brings some of the comedy’s best and brightest to telly. Who can forget some of the comedic brilliance from years past such as Dawn French’s 1999 […]

Posted November 25, 2018 - No Comment

Nothing says Christmas like a new ‘Call the Midwife’ holiday special

The BBC’s Children in Need special gave ‘Call the Midwife’ fans an early gift.

Posted October 12, 2018 - No Comment

From the Vault: Red Nose Day 2015 — Will Geraldine finally become the Bishop of Dibley?

Revisiting the institutional, cultural phenomenon of Comic Relief is a perfect way to kick off our new weekly feature on Fridays, From the Vault.

Posted August 29, 2018 - 1 Comment

Happy 60th, Sir Lenny Henry!

Here’s wishing a coveted third Michelin star to Le Chateau Anglais and Chef Gareth Blackstock for his alter ego, Sir Lenny Henry’s 60th birthday today. Given that Chef Blackstock’s restaurant was one of the few in the United Kingdom to receive a two-star rating from Michelin we felt it would be the only fitting gift […]

Posted July 5, 2018 - No Comment

British Airways raises the bar, once again, with pre-flight safety video you will actually pay attention to!

They’ve got their Oscars, they’ve got their BAFTAs, but it seems what Britain’s top actors really want is a chance to get a line in British Airways’ in-flight safety video. Beginning this month, air travelers on British Airways will experience first hand the airlines newest pre-flight safety video created in conjunction with Comic Relief, the […]