Overview
- The telethon begins at 7pm on Friday on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
- Hosts for the live broadcast include Paddy McGuinness, Big Zuu, Mel Giedroyc, Rochelle Humes, Vernon Kay and Lenny Rush.
- Viewers are set for sketches drawn from The Apprentice, EastEnders and Gladiators.
- Tom Fletcher will perform Thread Of Hope on TV with his son Buzz, backed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, with the song originating from a CBeebies animated film releasing in December to mark 40 years of Pudsey.
- Remember Monday will sing Perfect Day with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, and the BBC Children in Need Choir of 16 young people will perform a special arrangement of Coldplay’s Yellow.