Past Red Nose Days

2011
2009
2007
2005
2003
2001
1999
1997
1995
1993
1991
1989
1988

Red Nose Day 2011 - Do Something Funny For Money

Thanks to the astounding support of the British public, Red Nose Day 2011 proved to be another incredible, rip-roaring, record-breaking success.

Celebrity chums Lorraine Kelly, Scott Mills, Kara Tointon, Olly Murs, Ronnie Ancona, Dermot O’Leary, Peter White, Nadia Sawalha and Craig David raised a superb £1.36m in the BT Red Nose Desert Trek. Not to be outdone, Chris Moyles bagged himself a place in the Guinness Book of records for his 52-hour non-stop marathon show on Radio One, which raised a phenomenal £2.6m.

David Walliams took on a marathon effort of his own, hosting the first ever 24-hour panel show called 24 Hour Panel People. There were some truly top TV treats including a special episode of Master Chef featuring Miranda Hart, Ruby Wax and Claudia Winklemann. Comic Relief veteran James Corden’s Smithy stepped up to the TV plate once again, and there was a fantastic Fake That tribute featuring Alan Carr, Catherine Tate, David Walliams, James Corden and John Bishop.

But all of that was nothing compared to the positively mind-blowing generosity of the British public, who showed their support by smashing all previous totals and raising a colossal £108,436,277!

Red Nose Day 2009 - Do Something Funny For Money

The theme was Do Something Funny For Money – and the fantastic British public certainly didn’t disappoint! They were treated to a feast of comedy – millions tuned in to watch Gary Barlow lead a team of celebrities up Mount Kilimanjaro, raising a whopping £3.5 million along the way!

Some very famous faces took to the dance floor in Let’s Dance For Comic Relief, with Robert Webb’s unforgettable rendition of Flashdance voted the winner. Two celebrity teams, featuring Jonathan Ross, Gok Wan, Jack Dee, Ruby Wax and Carol Vorderman, vied to pitch their business models to Sir Alan Sugar in an extra-special edition of The Apprentice, with the ladies coming out on top.

All in all, 410 celebrities took part in Red Nose Day 2009 – with the night of TV featuring live performances from Take That, and a hilarious Mamma Mia tribute from French and Saunders, which was also their last ever sketch together.

But the most incredible bit was that the fantastic British public raised a simply mind-blowing £82.3m – smashing all previous Red Nose Day records!

Red Nose Day 2007 - The Big One

It really was The Big One!  Millions of you watched as Catherine Tate's infamous school girl character, Lauren, seriously bothered former Prime Minister, Tony Blair at Number 10 and Borat made a unique TV appearance live from Kazakhstan.

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson was crowned queen of the celebrity singers in Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, and Sir Alan Sugar fired Piers Morgan in the thrilling Comic Relief Does The Apprentice final.

The official music single ‘Walk this Way’ by Girls Aloud and the Sugababes stormed straight to the top of the charts while I’m The Proclaimers ‘(I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles’ – featuring Peter Kay as Phoenix Night’s Brian Potter and Matt Lucas as Little Britain’s Andy Pipkin – broke the record for being the fastest-selling video download. And to top it all off, the door of number 10 Downing Street even wore a Red Nose for the day.

Thanks to you, Red Nose Day 2007 raised a whopping £67.7 million!

Red Nose Day 2005 - Big Hair & Beyond

The nation really did go beyond with big hair, red noses and t-shirts for the tenth-ever Red Nose Day!

Millions of you tuned in for the telly extravaganza and saw celebs, including Kim Medcalf, put their vocal talents to the test on Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, while Rowan Atkinson got his superhero togs on for Spiderplant Man. Topping it off were some truly unique Little Britain sketches featuring Sir Elton John, George Michael and Robbie Williams, a special Vicar of Dibley.

And who can forget Amarillo - After Peter Kay and Tony Christie’s masterpiece was shown for the first time on Red Nose Day live, the single went straight in at No 1 and stayed at the top spot for seven weeks – selling over one million copies and becoming the biggest-selling download single of 2005.

Red Nose Day 2005 raised an incredible £65 million!

 

Red Nose Day 2003 - The Big Hair Do

No toupee was left unturned as people did all sorts of things to their barnets for The Big Hair Do.

A whole host of top TV personalities including Ruby Wax put on quite a show on Celebrity Fame Academy, while the famous faces on Driving School failed spectacularly to get into gear and Jack Dee spent more time than he would have liked stuck up a pole!

A night of top entertainment also saw some hilarious sketches - Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbajian seeing Harry (in the shape of Dawn French) become a woman, and Lenny Henry and Rowan Atkinson spoofing Martin Bashir's interview with Michael Jackson.

On the music front, Spirit in the Sky by Gareth Gates and The Kumars reached No 1 and became the second-biggest single of 2003.

In total, a big £61.6m was raised!

Red Nose Day 2001 - Say Pants to Poverty

Comic Relief raised a thwacking £61m in 2001. A total of £55 million was raised through the Red Nose Day 'Say Pants to Poverty' campaign itself, which saw great swathes of the public sport their pants with pride and £6 million was raised through the international sales of J.K. Rowling 's special Harry Potter books.

Among the many telly treats there was Billy Connolly's naked streak around Piccadilly Circus, Jack Dee's victory in the celebrity Big Brother house and Ali G's interview with Posh and Becks.

Meanwhile, Westlife’s super cover of Uptown Girl sold more than one million copies and reached No 1 in the UK singles chart.

 

Red Nose Day 1999 - The Record Breaker

Red Nose Day 1999 really was The Record Breaker - with more than £35 million raised. Telly treats included Johnny Depp and Dawn French in a Vicar of Dibley special, Paul Whitehouse/Mark Williams/Richard Wilson in a Suits You sketch and Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge performing his Kate Bush medley.

Boyzone produced the stompin' single When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going, which reaches No 1 in the charts. Red Nose Day 1999 broke hundreds of records - one of them being 'The most naked people on stage at one time'. 101 game lads and lasses went starkers for the nation.

Red Nose Day 1997 - Small change, big difference

1997 saw the production of that brilliant video to the Spice Girls single 'Who Do You Think You Are?' with Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and Kathy Burke, which sold 672,577 copies. The Tony Ferrino (aka Steve Coogan) and Bjork duet, Wayne and Waynetta Slob and the in-depth Spice Girls snog with Jonathan Ross, Griff Rhys Jones and Lenny Henry are other memorable events that took place this year.

Over £27m was raised from people’s “small change” – money that will certainly make a big difference!

 

Red Nose Day 1995 - What a difference a day makes

A whopping £22 million was raised for Red Nose Day 1995! 310,000 copies of 'Love Can Build A Bridge'. (Chrissie Hynde, Cher and Neneh Cherry) were sold. Television viewing included Billy Connolly in Mozambique and Victoria Wood in drought-ridden Zimbabwe as well as The Slobs on Masterchef and Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer drinking 75 pints whilst belting out 'I Can't Live If Living Is Without You'. Not forgetting the infamous Hugh Grant and Dawn French kissing scene.

Red Nose Day 1993 - The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes

72% of people in the UK took part in Red Nose Day 1993 and 3,307,000 of them bought the delightful tomato-stylie noses. Top telly included Mr Bean in a 'Blind Date' spectacular, Angus Deayton, Ian Hislop and Paul Merton taking on assorted sporty celebs in "Have I Got A Question Of Sport For You". More serious stuff included documentaries with Joanna Lumley in Eritrea, Tony Robinson in Uganda - reporting on the AIDS epidemic - and Lenny Henry in war torn Somalia. In all an amazing £18m was raised.

Red Nose Day 1991 - The Stonker

Who can possibly forget that kickin' classic from Hale and Pace 'The Stonk'? But before you scoff, £200,000 worth of singles were shifted, raising more than £100,000. Six hours of prime TV comedy, including Tom Jones thrashing Theophilus P. Wildebeest to win 'Battle Of The Sex Gods' and a ruddy brilliant Abba performance by French & Saunders and Raw Sex (whose rider included six bags of boiled sweets, barrows of beer and quite a few chocolates) also contributed to keeping the money coming in – in fact, a stonking £20m came in.

* For those of you aren't aware, "Stonker" actually means something quite cheeky in Yorkshire.

Red Nose Day 1989

Over 20 million people across the UK took part in 70,000 activities for Red Nose Day 1989 and raised £26.9 million.

A fantastic night of telly on the BBC featuring everyone funny from Lenny Henry to Billy Connolly, from Griff Rhys-Jones to the Cast of Neighbours, from Stavros to loadsamoney and including the, horrific premiere of .. Night of the Comic Dead - a terrifying tale of ordinary folk haunted by a disgusting array of Comic Ghouls from French &. Saunders to Frank Carson.

Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and Kathy Burke reached number 3 in the UK charts with their dead sophisticated "Lananeenoonoo" single (with a little help from Bananarama). In all, an incredible £26.9m was raised.

 

Red Nose Day 1988

The very first Red Nose Day was in 1988 and raised a whacking £15 million! Top telly action (viewed by over 30 million) included the Young Ones on "University Challenge" and "Blackadder - the Cavalier Years". Mel Smith and Kim Wilde provided the sounds with the cracking tune "Rockin' around the Christmas Tree", which raised the massive amount of £76,610 for Comic Relief that year.