Comic Relief - Red Nose Day UK - Rik Mayall - Right Said Fred - Stonk - Friday the 13th, frankinose

Comic Relief, Looking at my Red Nose Day items feat Rik Mayall, Right Said Fred, the Stonk. This frankinose video was made for the red nose day of 2015 which was held on Friday 13th of March. ► What is Red Nose Day? Red Nose Day is a UK-wide fundraising event organised by Comic Relief every two years. On Red Nose Day everyone is encouraged to cast inhibitions aside, put on a Red Nose and fundraise – celebrities included! It culminates in a night of cutting edge comedy and moving documentary films on BBC One. Red Nose Day unites the entire nation in trying to make a difference to the lives of thousands of people across Africa and the UK who are facing terrible injustice or living in desperate poverty. ► What is the date of Red Nose Day 2017? Red Nose Day is Friday 24 March. Comic Relief is an operating British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to famine in Ethiopia. The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, a biennial telethon held in March, alternating with sister project Sport Relief. A prominent biennial event in British popular culture, Comic Relief is one of the two high-profile telethon events held in the United Kingdom, the other being Children in Need, held annually in November. Comic Relief was launched live on Noel Edmonds' Late, Late Breakfast Show on BBC1, on Christmas Day 1985 from a refugee camp in Sudan. The idea for Comic Relief came from the charity worker Jane Tewson, who established it as the operating name of Charity Projects, a registered charity in England and Scotland. On 4 April 1986 the inaugural live fund-raising show, "Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Live", was staged at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London featuring popular alternative comedians & pop stars (including Rowan Atkinson, Billy Connolly, Stephen Fry, Lenny Henry, Kate Bush and Cliff Richard). An audio recording was released on WEA which included a live performance of the charity single "Living Doll" by Cliff Richard and The Young Ones. On 8 February 1988, Lenny Henry went to Ethiopia and celebrated the very first Red Nose Day Telethon. Over 150 celebrities and comedians participated. The event raised 15 million British Pounds Sterling and attracted 30 million television viewers on The BBC Network. The highlight of Comic Relief is Red Nose Day. To date, Richard Curtis and Lenny Henry are still active participants of the Red Nose Day Telethon which continues to raise funds for numerous charities that help children in need and tackle worldwide poverty. The charity states that its aim is to "bring about positive and lasting change in the lives of poor and disadvantaged people, which we believe requires investing in work that addresses people's immediate needs as well as tackling the root causes of poverty and injustice". One of the fundamental principles behind working at Comic Relief is the "Golden Pound Principle" where every single donated pound (£) is spent on charitable projects. All operating costs, such as staff salaries, are covered by corporate sponsors, or interest earned on money waiting to be distributed. Currently, its main supporters are the BBC, BT, Sainsbury's supermarket chain and British Airways. The BBC is responsible for the live television extravaganza on Red Nose Day; BT provides the telephony, and Sainsbury's sells merchandise on behalf of the charity. ► Where does the money go from the sale of the Noses? From each Nose at least 60p goes to Comic Relief to help change the lives of poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged people living in the UK and across Africa. Thank you for your support. ► What is Frankinose? Frankinose is the ultra-rare Nose character. You have a 1 in 900 chance of finding Frankinose and if you’re lucky enough to be one of those people, he’ll unlock some extra special content on the Comic Adventure, our digitised comic strip. Best of Luck! ► What is the Comic Adventure? The Comic Adventure is a digital, interactive comic strip featuring our 9 Noses and the ultra-rare Frankinose. Follow our nine celebrity-voiced Noses through an exciting adventure with fun and games along the way. Find out more about the Comic Adventure ► Thumbnail Jason Voorhees is wearing a red nose on the thumbnail as Red Nose Day fell on a friday 13th in 20015 when this video was made. #comicrelief #rednoseday