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Red Nose Day, the telethon fundraising event which makes millions for the Comic Relief charity. This night of celebration raises money to help end child poverty in the UK and around the world. Read on to find out more about this year’s festivities, and the origins of the event.

Dawn French, 64, revealed their “bizarre” relationship meant they could no longer live under the same roof.The Vicar of Dibley actress admitted her daughter, now 30, had moved out of the family home at the age of 24.Dawn French and her ex-husband Sir Lenny Henry adopted Billie Henry when she was just two weeks old.She said their relationship causes “frequent wars”.While they love each other, they do not always get along, she told the Daily Mail in 2015.She joked that there “would be murder” if they had continued to live under the same roof.However, her daughter’s new house, at the time, was only 12 minutes away, so they still both lived in Cornwall.Shooting to fame as part of the French and Saunders duo in the eighties and nineties, Dawn also admitted that motherhood had been a challenge for her.“I expected that if you nurture [a child], like a tomato plant, it grows towards the light, and surely if your mum is someone who wants to have fun with you and have adventures and read with you and spend time with you, how could you ever have a war?,” she said.“But I haven’t got a kid who wants to read with me and have adventures with me, I’ve got a different kind of kid who’s a different set of challenges and that’s been my lesson.“Nothing is ever what you think it’s going to be at all.”Dawn said the love between them is what keeps her going through the challenges of motherhood.“If the love wasn’t there I don’t know how we’d survive all this other stuff."Despite the ups and downs, Dawn has described her daughter as ‘the greatest achievement’ in her life.She explained: “Our relationship exists in a bizarre kind of process of peacetime, small battles, war.“The peacetime is much more than the other two energies, but we have our

Zoe Ball has had to pull out of Comic Relief's big telethon hours before its due to air. The BBC Radio 2 presenter revealed the news on Friday morning as she was due to be part of that evening's night’s star-studded presenting line-up, alongside Sir Lenny Henry, David Tennant and Paddy McGuinness.

Red Nose Day is back. Comic Relief’s flagship fundraising event returns today with the aim of generating millions of pounds to help people live free of poverty, violence and discrimination.

Kylie Minogue will not appear during Comic Relief after testing positive for coronavirus.

One of the biggest charity entertainment nights of the year is almost upon us, with many huge names uniting to raise money for BBC Comic Relief 2022, Red Nose Day tomorrow (Friday, March 18). This year’s programme will be hosted by Comic Relief legend Sir Lenny Henry, alongside Zoe Ball, Paddy McGuinness, Alesha Dixon, and David Tennant, all live from the studio.

Red Nose Day, the telethon fundraising event which makes millions for the Comic Relief charity. This night of celebration raises money to help end child poverty in the UK and around the world. Read on to find out more about this year’s festivities, and the origins of the event.

Comic Relief. The Masked Singer host revealed has has caught Covid.

Masked Singer presenter Joel had been looking forward to hosting this year's Comic Relief event, alongside fellow stars Alesha Dixon, Lenny Henry, Paddy McGuinness, David Tennant and Zoe Ball.However, there was bitter disappointment in store for him after he contracted Covid.Vernon scrawled over a photo of the dream team, and after obliterating Joel's face, urged fans to "scroll for replacement".He then produced a new version, doctored to show his face inserted into the picture instead.A post shared by Vernon (@vernonkay)"Covid has caught Captain Fantastic @joeldommett so I’m gonna be trying to fill his size 11.5 shoes," Vernon crowed."Get the Vits in Joel kick its ass and join in the fun from the sofa?" he teased.

Comic Relief as Red Nose Day 2022 is just around the corner. Red Nose Day is an event designed to help put an end to child poverty around the world through fundraising events and TV specials, raising money to keep children safe, healthy, and educated. Celebs such as Jamie Laing, Hugh Bonneville, Joanna Lumley – and even Mr Blobby – have already come together to bring laughter and encourage the public to raise some funds, while Tom Daley recently completed an epic endurance test all in the name of Comic Relief.

Since the final episode of the show, the duo have worked together on various ventures.Some of their joint projects were a podcast and a radio programme.Dawn has previously spoken out on her friendship with Jennifer and how she was "conflicted" with jealousy when Jennifer’s sitcom Absolutely Fabulous gained success.The legendary duo had been set to make another series of French and Saunders in 1991, but Dawn and her then-husband Lenny Henry adopted their daughter Billie, and Dawn was unable to film.So Jennifer used the studio they had booked to try out her new show with Joanna Lumley instead.However, Dawn was a sounding board for ideas alongside US comedian Ruby Wax, 68, before the launch of Absolutely Fabulous.Speaking on Rylan Clark's Ry-Union podcast last year, Dawn explained: "When Jennifer got her scripts ready she used to pass them by me, and sometimes she used to pass them by Ruby."Ruby was definitely involved [in Ab Fab], and Jennifer really relied on Ruby as time went on."I did a few little bits in the show, obviously, and if she asked me to look at anything I would do that...but then she got confident with it and off she went."I got very conflicted about her massive success with Ab Fab. You know when your sister does really well at something? You're like, 'Oh good for you, good for you...

Red Nose Day is back for its 36th year, raising money to help end child poverty in the UK and around the world.

Strictly Come Dancing 2021 winners Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice are reuniting for a very important reason. The ballroom champions have confirmed they will be getting back together for a one-off appearance more than a month after they finished their victory lap on the Strictly tour. The BBC has announced that Rose and Giovanni are among the special celebrity guests lined up for this year's Red Nose Day show on Friday, March 18 on BBC One.

ITV has announced plans to launch a brand new streaming service later this year.

The next phase of ITVs digital strategy is here as the network launches a streaming service called ITVX that will air shows months before they arrive on linear, while posting impressive revenue and profit growth and record advertising spend.

has bagged yet another award. The deaf BBC EastEnders actress picked up a gong at the Visionary Arts Awards. Rose landed the Inspirational Person of the Year gong.

Rose Ayling-Ellis had another reason to celebrate this week as she picked up an award.

The Mirror in 2017 that she was still "a bit broken".She added: “I have mended myself. I have seen what happens if you stay broken.“When I was single I found my new self.

A new chapter in the “The Lord of the Rings” franchise is being revealed.

The first teaser for Amazon Prime’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is officially here!

The first teaser for Prime Video’s The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings of Power poses the question: “Haven’t you ever wondered what else is out there?”