BBC viewers were treated to a star-studded Children in Need this year with presenters Ade Adepitan, Mel Giedroyc, Rochelle Humes, Vernon Kay, Chris Ramsey and Lenny Rush taking the helm for the fundraising extravaganza.
Audiences looked forward to three hours of entertainment, including side-splitting comedy sketches and dazzling celebrity acts.
Highlights promised an Outnumbered reunion, Gary Oldman's rendition of a CBeebies bedtime story and another chance to see guests topple from Graham Norton's infamously funny Red Chair, reports the Mirror.
In a novel twist, devotees of Children in Need witnessed animated TV favourite Bluey waltzing into the world of Strictly Come Dancing.
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