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Comic Relief delivered another spectacular evening of top telly treats on Friday 18th March, as Red Nose Day 2011 entertained the nation while raising an incredible sum of money to help poor and vulnerable people in the UK and Africa.
As the evening drew to a close £74,360,207 had been raised which is the highest total reached on the night in Red Nose Day's 23 year history.
Comedy greats, entertainment stars and the wonderful public all joined in to do something funny for money, in this, the 13th Red Nose Day.
Presenters Fearne Cotton, Lenny Henry, Davina McCall, Michael McIntyre, Graham Norton, Jonathan Ross, Dermot O’Leary and Claudia Winkleman rallied the troops into action and led us through the night with great aplomb and humour.
Highlights from the star studded night of TV included Peter Kay returning with his third Comic Relief music collaboration, this time as his alter-ego Geraldine McQueen and performing alongside the supserstar singing sensation that is Susan Boyle.
Viewers were also treated to the third instalment of James Corden's Smithy trilogy, which saw Smithy coming to the rescue of Comic Relief, with the help of some showbiz pals including Sir Paul McCartney, George Michael, Keira Knightley and Gordon Brown.
Meanwhile five comedians became Fake That for one night only – Alan Carr, Catherine Tate, David Walliams, James Corden and John Bishop starred in this one-off music video which saw the real Take That auditioning the wannabe boyband.
Kim Cattrall, Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Victoria Wood and many more stars came together for 'Uptown Downstairs Abbey' - a side-splitting spoof of last year's hit show.
Andy Murray made a guest appearance in a special Outnumbered sketch, which saw the usual Brockman family high jinx when they ran into the Tennis ace.
Other highlights included special sketches from the cast of Miranda, Doctor Who and Harry Hill - plus culinary novices Miranda Hart, Ruby Wax and Claudia Winkleman went 'spatula to spatula' in a hilarious cook off for Comic Relief does Masterchef as they donned their chefs hats to cook up a feast for none other than the Prime Minister at Number 10.
Comic Relief would like to thank each and every person who donated or gave their time to 'Do Something Funny for Money' - we could not have done it without you.
Thank you again!
