Comic Relief is back in MediaCity complete with a star-studded line-up of Hollywood superstars and chart-topping musicians.
The live show is hosted by Davina McCall, joined by Katherine Ryan, Nick Mohammed, Joel Dommett, and Catherine Tate (as Nan from The Catherine Tate Show).
There will be a series of cameo-filled films, with one promising a cast-list of: Sir Ian McKellen, Bryan Cranston, Samuel L. Jackson, Gordon Ramsay, Vanessa Williams, Rio Ferdinand, Dame Anna Wintour, Jack Whitehall, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Lord Alan Sugar, Olivia Dean, Daniel Craig and Julia Roberts.
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There will also be sketches ‘The Bank Job’, starring Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary, and others based around some of the BBC’s biggest shows, such as The Traitors, and Amandaland.
The show begins art 7pm on BBC iPlayer and BBC One and the BBC say it will be the most accessible Red Nose Day to date, with an Audio Description (AD) of the show and signing through the Red Button and iPlayer.
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It will also be live streamed simultaneously on BBC’s official YouTube channel.
Sir Lenny Henry, who co-founded Comic Relief in 1985 and will open the show with an “extra special message” and a rallying call for people to support the charity – which raises money for people to access food, shelter and safety.
