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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.

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.

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.

Clive Myrie invites another lineup of famous faces to show off their quizzing skills as Celebrity Mastermind continues on BBC. Tonight's episode (February 19) sees comedian Nish Kumar, actor John Altman and TV wine expert Olly Smith tackle questions on their specialist subjects, which range from The Isle of White to Jimi Hendrix.

Strictly Come Dancing last year.

The two both agreed that performing the dance itself was "very emotional."Aljaz said: "We had one take it, it was 'go!' and it was one of the most beautiful moments."Especially because, prior to that, we really haven't danced together in so long."And that's why I can't wait to get back."The dancer opened up in June last year when talking to Hello Magazine, about how It Takes Two is her “dream role”.She said: “It’s a dream come true to become part of the It Takes Two team!“Although it’s impossible to fill in the shoes of a legend like Zoe Ball, I hope to make her and all of the Strictly fans proud.“I will miss dancing on that iconic dance floor weekly, but forever grateful to continue being a part of the Strictly Come Dancing family!”

Panda is one of the final remaining mystery celebrities on The Masked Singer – but just who is hiding behind their playful costume?Joel Dommett has fronted the show in recent, as viewers have watched 12 more mystery celebrities don some elaborate costumes and burst into song. Jonathan Ross, Rita Ora, Mo Gilligan and Davina McCall and the rest of the nation have had their detective hats on as the line-up wittles down, with just three characters left. In tonight’s finale, Panda will battle it out alongside Robobunny and Mushroom, where one will be crowned the winner.

Strictly Come Dancing champion Stacey Dooley appeared on an Instagram Live stream today to chat to presenter Zoe Ball.

James Bond on BBC Radio 2 with Zoe Ball. As the conversation went on, the star came to the conclusion that Monty Don was actually the best man for the job. Speaking to Zoe about his new children’s book Rockstar Detectives, the pair got on to the subject of Adam’s recent MBE. The Australian presenter received the award in the New Year Honours list for his services to Paralympic sport and disability awareness. After Zoe congratulated The Last Leg presenter on his MBE, the comedian shared a surreal moment when he received his letter confirming the award.He said: “So the weird thing is, they send you a letter about a month beforehand saying, ‘Do you accept and would you like to be put forward blah blah blah…’ “But the letter had on it stamped ‘On Her Majesty's Service’ - and for a second I thought I might be the new James Bond.”“So wonderful! I think you could carry it off,” Zoe joked.

Zoe Ball took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a very special post with her fans.The Radio 2 Breakfast Show host shared a series of snapshots and a video after attending a wedding – and her followers were quick to react. Zoe – who was married for 18 years to DJ Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) – wrote a loving message for the newlyweds, which read: "Love is..... congratulations Jonathan & Matthew."Truly magical day of tears, dirty laughter & much celebrating of love finding love.

BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball: "It's like a lovely get together."We've made 10 programmes now where we've been getting sheep for all over the UK from the higher grounds."We just have a lovely time, the hardest thing is having to choose what we lose from these programmes."Matt directed and produced the series, and used all his friends to make it."It was a joy," he continued to tell the Independent."We sat round and had a big old family meeting about it and mum and dad said, let’s go for it."I said, 'Whatever we film, we will put together, we will show you what it looks like and if there’s anything in it you don’t like it won’t be shown.'"They effectively became the executive producers and it was like a home video of what we are doing."It was a very natural process."

Fans of The Masked Singer have predicted that the celebrity behind the Panda is actually animal-lover, Michelle Strachan. The Springwatch presenter has also teased that she could be the one singing underneath the loveable costume on the hit ITV show, as opposed to denying the claims. After Bagpipes was exposed as Grand Slam tennis champion Pat Cash, viewers are now focusing on the true identity of the Panda.

But last year Matt confessed not everything had been easy about the production process.He told BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball last year about his family: "It's like a lovely get together."We've made 10 programmes now where we've been getting sheep for all over the UK from the higher grounds."We just have a lovely time, the hardest thing is having to choose what we lose from these programmes."He added: "We film so much stuff."Earlier this month Matt shared with excitement the news that he had been included in the New Year's Honours list 2022.He was awarded Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the New Year's Honours list.The TV star took to his Instagram to give his 293,000 followers the latest update.He uploaded a video to show fans his reaction to the announcement.Matt confessed he could not “quite believe" he had been included in the list.He filmed himself outside, seemingly on his family's farm, as he smiled broadly."Erm, so I've woken up this morning as Matt Baker MBE," Matt stated."I still can't quite believe I'm on the New Year's Honours list."He went on: "But it's all to do with charity work, work I've done for Children In Need over the years."It goes without saying, none of that money would've been raised if it wasn't for you lot."A huge thank you for giving me the opportunity to raise over £50 million.

"Fingers crossed back to Radio 2 Breakfast Show tomorrow 6.30 if my PCR test is all clear."Zoe's guests for Thursday's show include actress Maxine Peake and horticulturist Monty Don.The star has been absent from her show all week while Nicki Chapman stepped in to host.It's been quite the month for Zoe, who recently opened up about the death of her stepdad Rick, who passed away from a Motor Neurone Disease in December 2012.She became emotional as she candidly spoke about her deceased family member, who all of her relatives were thinking about on the ninth anniversary of his passing.During a chat with Gabby Logan about her BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, Zoe shed light on how former winner Doddie Weir helped raise over £1 million for Doddie Aid.The money would be used to help find a cure for Motor Neurone Disease, which she stressed was a project that was extremely close to her heart."Hopefully one day we will find a cure," the radio personality expressed.She revealed during the interview that her stepdad died on that day nine years ago, much to Gabby's surprise."It's a real special day in my family today," Zoe added."We lost our stepdad Rick to Motor Neurone Disease on this day, quite a few years back now.""We think about him every day, so obviously this is something pretty close to my heart."That same month, Zoe celebrated her son Woody Cook's 21st birthday as she once again took to her Instagram account to share a series of doting throwback photos to mark the celebrate the special occasion with her fans.Some of the snaps in her gallery post included photos of Woody's first school photograph, while another pic sees him cuddling up to his new girlfriend, Nell Williams.Of course, there were also images of Zoe and

BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball earlier today.The professional dancer admitted he’d received some nasty messages after he and his partner John Whaite made it through to the Strictly Come Dancing final.The couple were in the dance-off in Sunday night’s show against Rhys Stephenson and Nancy Xu.John and Johannes were saved by the judges and will be competing in Saturday’s final.Speaking about their reception to broadcaster Zoe, Johannes said they’d received some criticism based on them being a same-sex dance partnership.He explained: “You know John and I have had wonderful messages but also we’ve had flack, Zoe - and that’s the truth.“People calling us going into the finals ‘woke’ and ‘this is the BBC’s agenda’.“But I have to say, we knew it

BBC Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball has taken to Instagram to issue a warning to her followers over a video This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby posted yesterday evening.The radio DJ, 51, playfully warned viewers who were on a diet not to watch the clip of the ITV personality scoffing a cupcake sandwich concoction, which she had cleverly hacked to make it easier to eat.Taking to her Instagram stories, Zoe issued a warning to her 627,000 fans.Alongside a clip of a video from Holly's account, Zoe wrote: "Don't watch when on a diet..."She added: "Love it, winning @hollywilloughby."The clip was from a festive episode of This Morning, where Holly shared a helpful tip for when it came to eating cupcakes.Instead of eating the mini cake in the usual