Children in Need
Owain Wyn Evans: ‘I wanted to change the perception of who can be a drummer’
The BBC weather presenter and charity fundraiser on his pop music dreams and why he always resisted putting ‘a lid on it at all’
Nadia Khomami
17, Nov, 2021 @4:47 PM
Joe Wicks completes 24-hour workout for BBC Children in Need
Fitness coach raised more than £1.5m in live event featuring celebrities and schoolchildren
Caroline Davies
13, Nov, 2020 @12:53 PM
Kylie, Cher, Robbie Williams and more team up for Children in Need single
Cover of Oasis’s Stop Crying Your Heart Out also features Nile Rodgers, Lenny Kravitz and Jess Glynne among 25 star performers
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
13, Nov, 2020 @8:56 AM
TV tonight: Putin, punch-ups and propaganda – it’s Russian TV!
A tongue-in-cheek documentary examines how the Kremlin controls the news agenda. Plus: celebrities record a Children in Need covers album. Here’s what to watch this evening
Ammar Kalia, Hannah Verdier, Hannah J Davies, Graeme Virtue and Paul Howlett
30, Oct, 2019 @6:20 AM
Olivia Colman to cover Portishead for Children in Need compilation
David Tennant, Helena Bonham-Carter and Jodie Whittaker also among the stars on the tracklist
Laura Snapes
04, Oct, 2019 @2:23 PM
Children in Need is wonderful, but we shouldn’t need Pudsey to feed our children
Poverty is a political issue and airbrushing its causes does a disservice to the very families who are in need
Frances Ryan
13, Nov, 2018 @6:06 PM
Esther Rantzen calls for Children In Need-style fundraising for older people
Campaigner suggests nationwide ‘Golden Day’ fundraiser – but admits lack of interest from broadcasters
Angeline Albert
06, Feb, 2017 @7:52 AM
As a charity fundraiser, I don't need a lecture from inexpert trustees
I’m a professional fundraiser. Trustees who once organised a raffle and now think they know it all are just wasting my time
Anonymous
27, Nov, 2016 @9:08 AM
Children in Need shows why charities need to be fully open about costs
The BBC annual fundraiser is a model of transparency, but charities cost money to run and pretending otherwise is self-defeating
David Brindle
16, Nov, 2016 @10:08 AM
Children in Need's Star Wars sketch brings the force to TV ... again
From Richard Pryor to the 1978 holiday show and the notorious Ewok movies, there’s a long history of Star Wars TV specials
Phelim O'Neill
13, Nov, 2015 @4:33 PM
Children in Need: we'll miss Terry Wogan but we're in safe hands with Dermot O'Leary
Presenting the BBC’s annual charity marathon is one of the hardest acts on television, so it’s good news that while Wogan recuperates he is being replaced by the very capable dancing Dermot
Stuart Heritage
13, Nov, 2015 @12:09 PM
BBC Children in Need 2015 to use the force with a new Star Wars sketch
The annual fundraising show will this year feature C-3PO, R2-D2 and Warwick Davis in a Star Wars-inspired sketch as BBC joins with Disney and Lucasfilm
Richard Vine
28, Oct, 2015 @12:55 PM
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