Red Nose Day 2017 was a fund-raising event organised by Comic Relief, broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Two from the evening of 24 March 2017 to early the following morning. This 2017 edition of Red Nose Day was part of the "Make Your Laugh Matter" campaign. It was held on Friday 24 March till Saturday 25 March 2017 from 7:00 pm to 2:30 am on BBC One.
Location and format
Following the closure of BBC Television Centre in 2013, Comic Relief has had to look for new venues to host the annual telethons as they were previously filmed live from Studio One. Sport Relief 2014 was the first not to be filmed at Television Centre, but at the Copper Box in London's Olympic Park. As a result, Red Nose Day 2015 came live, for the first time in its history, from the heart of London in its most prestigious theatre, the London Palladium.[1]
For the 2017 telethon the broadcast was moved from the London Palladium to Building Six at The O2. This choice of venue, otherwise known as the "Comedy Superclub", also marks the change in tone and format of this year's telethon from an entertainment programme hosted by television presenters back to its original format, a comedy show hosted by comedians. This change in tone is also seen in the hosting line up which is dominated by comedians rather than presenters and for the first time in over 10 years does not feature Davina McCall or Claudia Winkleman.
For Red Nose Day 2017, 35 of Britain's biggest vloggers and bloggers took part in the Comic Relief campaign branded as #RedOut. On Sunday 12 March, big social media names such as Zoella, Alfie Deyes and Marcus Butler went offline for 24 hours to promote the charity. The social media personalities used their platforms to promote an exciting video they would be uploading at 6pm, shocking fans with a short 7 second video and a link to the charity's website. They signed off their accounts urging followers to donate and get involved before returning in 24 hours with Red Nose Day themed videos for their subscribers.
The telethon has traditionally taken the format of one broadcast with various presenting teams hosting for typically an hour at a time introducing a variety of sketches and appeal films. The 2017 broadcast differed as the broadcast was split into separate sections, with separate hosts, focusing on a specific theme or skit rather than featuring numerous sketches, appeal films and performances.
Time
Show
Description
19:00-22:00
Red Nose Day 2017
Lenny Henry, Jonathan Ross, Miranda Hart, Luisa Omielan, Sally Phillips, Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Richard Osman, Greg Davies and Warwick Davis present the traditional Red Nose Day broadcast featuring sketches, live performances and appeal films.
22:00-22:35
Greg Davies' Hot Tub Half-Hour
Greg Davies hosts from a hot tub on the top of The O2 with live comedy sketches and interviews. With guests Tom Daley and Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson.
22:35-00:30
Graham Norton's Big Chat Live
Graham Norton supersizes his chat show with a ludicrously long sofa to be filled with more star guests than ever before.
00:30-01:35
Russell Brand's Stand Off
Russell Brand introduces more live comedy as he welcomes the seven hottest stand-up acts in the UK to the Comic Relief stage.
01:35-03:05
Fantastic Beats and Where to Find Them
Jonathan Ross and Noel Fielding join forces to look back at some very special Comic Relief musical memories from the past 30 years.
Chabuddy G arranges for MC Grindah, DJ Beats and the Kurupt FM crew to collaborate with a huge 'urban artist' on a special track for Comic Relief. But things don't quite go to plan when the urban artist turns out to be someone totally unexpected, Ed Sheeran. The world premiere of the music video was shown exclusively on this night.
Allan Mustafa, Hugo Chegwin, Asim Chaudhry and Ed Sheeran
The Stotts LIVE
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer bring back the jittery, bickering brothers from Shildon to interview a special celebrity guest in The Stotts Live
Middle class Jeremy Kyle takes the real Jeremy Kyle to task in front of his baying studio audience. The accusation? That Jeremy Kyle has stolen all of Dominic Littlewood's viewers from BBC One's Caught Red Handed because Jeremy "shouts loudly at his guests"
Richard Osman hosts the Biscuit World Cup which aims to find the champion biscuit of 2017. After opening the vote on Twitter for the Pool Matches in the days leading up to Red Nose Day, Richard and an expert team present the results for the Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Final live from the studio
Peter Kay provides an exclusive look at the second series of Car Share plus he will be sharing exciting news about how Comic Relief will benefit from the new series
