2022

Sport Relief was the official charity partner of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, marking an exciting new future for the brand.

Sport Relief, Birmingham 2022 and the BBC came together to bring viewers a one off, All-Star version of the Commonwealth Games, led by Team Captains, double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes and five-time Paralympic champion Ellie Simmons OBE.

Two teams from the world of sport and entertainment will go head to head to raise life changing money in Sport Relief All Star Games: Birmingham 2022.

The action-packed event hosted by Emma Willis and Jermaine Jenas saw the celebrities and sporting legends as you’ve never seen them before.

2020

Sport Relief 2020 saw 8 celebrities complete an incredible 100-mile expedition across the Namib desert and Gareth Thomas cycle an amazing 500 miles from Cardiff to Aberdeen, delivering the Sports Personality of the Year trophy to this year’s winner.

AJ and Curtis challenged us to learn their 90 second dance routine and 400 people attempted to ‘Beat Beethoven’ by running 5km before the BBC Philharmonic orchestra finished their performance of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.

Radio 2’s Jo Whiley, Richie Anderson and Reverend Kate Bottley completed 3 triathlons, in 3 cities in 3 days. Radio 1 helped school teacher Phil’s dream become a reality as he scaled the height of Mount Everest on stairs. 

The night of TV saw Romesh Ranganathan and Andy Murray go head to head in a mini golf challenge, comedy sketches of Killing Eve and Line of Duty and even a Stranger Things special.

In total an amazing £40,540,355 was raised. 

2018

Sport Relief 2020 saw 8 celebrities complete an incredible 100-mile expedition across the Namib desert and Gareth Thomas cycle an amazing 500 miles from Cardiff to Aberdeen, delivering the Sports Personality of the Year trophy to this year’s winner.

AJ and Curtis challenged us to learn their 90 second dance routine and 400 people attempted to ‘Beat Beethoven’ by running 5km before the BBC Philharmonic orchestra finished their performance of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.

Radio 2’s Jo Whiley, Richie Anderson and Reverend Kate Bottley completed 3 triathlons, in 3 cities in 3 days. Radio 1 helped school teacher Phil’s dream become a reality as he scaled the height of Mount Everest on stairs. 

The night of TV saw Romesh Ranganathan and Andy Murray go head to head in a mini golf challenge, comedy sketches of Killing Eve and Line of Duty and even a Stranger Things special.

In total an amazing £40,540,355 was raised. 

2016

Sport Relief 2016 saw the British public putting in yet another great team performance to help raise cash and change lives.

Hundreds of thousands of people walked, ran, cycled and swam themselves proud at events across the UK.

There was an action-packed night of TV. Comedy sketches included the return of Frank Spencer, a one-off Luther special(opens in new window) and the ever-so-competitive Clash of the Titans. Famous faces did their bit too - Jo Brand walked an incredible 135 miles from one side of the country to the other, in just seven days. Greg James took on his gruelling Gregathlon, completing five triathlons in five days. And Eddie Izzard completed an astonishing 27 marathons in 27 days across South Africa.

And, the final result? More staggering than Eddie after his marathons - £72,505,165.

2014

Sport Relief 2014 saw the Mile joined by the Swimathon and the Cycle as part of the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Games.

With flagship events taking place at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and hundreds more across the UK, the whole nation peddled, paddled and perambulated like never before, all to fundraise for people living incredibly tough lives in the UK and abroad.

The BT Sport Relief Challenge: Davina Beyond Breaking Point saw Davina McCall, cycle, swim and run an incredible 500 miles from Edinburgh to London, in just seven days, raising over £2 million. Alex Jones proved her mettle too in Alex Against the Rock, climbing Utah’s 12,000ft sheer-faced Moonlight Buttress and raising more than £1 million in the process.

Broadcast live from Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the night of TV saw John Bishop and Sebastian Coe go head-to-head in The Clash of the Titans and David Beckham starring in an Only Fools and Horses special. It all added up to another record breaking Sport Relief, with the final total reaching a staggering £71,820,731.

2012

The BT Sport Relief Challenges were awe-inspiring as David Walliams took the plunge, swimming 140 miles in eight days for Walliams vs The Thames.

John Bishop’s Week of Hell saw the brave comedian cycle, row and run from Paris to London in just five days. Freddie Flintoff broke 14 Guinness World Records in 12 hours. And, not to be outdone by the boys, Blue Peter’s Helen Skelton decided to take on her own independent challenge, travelling 500 miles to the South Pole in just 18 days by ski, kite-ski and bike.

The night of star-studded TV featured comedy including Miranda and Ab Fab, and breathtaking moves in Strictly Come Dancing Underwater(opens in new window). Across the Sport Relief Weekend, over one million people took part in Sainsbury's Sport Relief Mile events, including a very special London Mile on The Mall.

It all helped raise millions – a record-breaking £67,977,824 in fact!

2010

Over 175,000 people, including future Prime Minister David Cameron, took to the streets and completed the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile on the Sunday.

Comedian Eddie Izzard ran an astonishing 43 marathons in 51 days, while David Walliams and his team of celebrity friends cycled the length of the UK non-stop in 82 gruelling hours. Christine Bleakley water-skied across the English Channel, Lawrence Dallaglio cycled to each of the 6 Nation’s stadiums and Helen Skelton kayaked 2,010 miles along the Amazon over six weeks – breaking two world records in the process.

The nation got to enjoy a fantastic night of TV on the BBC, and watch Smithy be crowned “Coach of the Year” at the Sports Personality of the Year awards.

2008

The Sport Relief Weekend was packed with entertainment, events and energy.

The ultimate way to get involved was the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile, and for the first time ever, people could set themselves the challenge of doing 1, 3 or 6 Miles.

A host of famous faces rose to the challenge too, as Olympian James Cracknell rowed the English Channel and cycled more than 1,000 miles through France and Spain – before linking up with David Walliams to swim 12 miles across the Strait of Gibraltar. Watch the challenge here.

Alan Shearer and Adrian Chiles cycled from Newcastle to London in just 36 hours, just in time to arrive at the studio for the live Friday Night show.

2006

20,000 people took part in the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile in 15 National Mile Events and in local Miles all over the UK and adding to the fantastic weekend of entertainment were the 370 celebrities from the world of sport and entertainment who supported the event.

McFly provided musical backing with the Queen track 'Don't Stop Me Now' which entered the charts at number 1, and and who will forget the special, last ever episode of Footballers Wives featuring Graham Norton.

Meanwhile, Little Britain's David Walliams swam the Channel from England to France in just 10 ½ hours – one of the 50 fastest times ever – raising a phenomenal £1 million in the process!

The great British public certainly did go the extra mile, raising over £18 million.

2004

80,000 people took part in the first ever Sport Relief Mile, and even Prince William got into the swing of things and donned his running shoes to take part.

Other celebrity Milers included Prime Minister Tony Blair, Sir Steve Redgrave, Jonathan Ross, Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, Frank Bruno, Chris Moyles, Rachel Stevens, Jo Brand and many, many more.

Rachel Stevens recorded 'Some Girls', and the story for the very stylish video was written by Richard Curtis and also featured Colin Jackson, Pat Cash and Audley Harrison.  And the British public were treated to some fun aggression with Celebrity Boxing which saw Ben “The Bear” Fogle beat Sid “The Snake” Owen.

A very sporty £16.8 million was raised.

2002

Elton John reworked his classic track, 'Your Song', with operatic star Alessandro Safina providing spine-tingling additional vocals especially for the very first Sport Relief.  The video featured a number of sporting heroes including David Beckham, Steve Redgrave and Denise Lewis. 'Your Song' reached Number 4 in the music charts.

A fabulous night of TV on the BBC included A Question of Sport Relief featuring the likes of Gary Linekar and Frank Skinner, and the one-off resurrection of the popular BBC series Superstars in which sporting champions including Sir Steve Redgrave, Chris Boardman, Dwight Yorke, Martin Offiah and Austin Healey competed for the covered Telegraph Trophy.

An amazing £14.4 million was raised, and to top it off, over 120,000 Sport Relief Medals were sold!