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Stars join Children in Need fun | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
Children In Need, the BBC's annual charity telethon, is in full swing at Television Centre in London. | |
EastEnders, Strictly Come Dancing and Dragon's Den stars appeared early on the seven-hour show, hosted by Alesha Dixon, Sir Terry Wogan and Tess Daly. | |
Peter Kay joined dozens of children's TV characters to launch the official single and dance group Diversity spiced up the BBC newsreaders' routine. | |
Some £15m has already been raised, with the aim to match last year's £38m. | |
Other highlights have included an exclusive preview of the Doctor Who Christmas episode, stars of Hollyoaks performing a tribute to Queen and appearances from boy bands Westlife and JLS. | |
Dixon had joined the stars of Strictly Come Dancing to get the seven-hour show under way with a dazzling routine. | |
Kay then performed alongside The Animated All Star Band, which features more than 100 characters from shows including The Woodentops, Bagpuss, Thunderbirds, The Wombles and Postman Pat. | |
Motown medley | Motown medley |
It features a medley of material from the Beatles, Take That, Chumbawamba and others. | |
Among the show's other early highlights was Adrian Chiles joining fellow presenters from the One Show to give a gaudy rendition of Fame. | |
Meanwhile, the Dragons' Den team donned hard hats and overalls to help renovate a Children in Need community centre in London. | |
The show previewed David Tennant's penultimate Doctor Who | |
Sir Terry showed off his acting talent in a special edition of period drama Lark Rise to Candleford, while there were musical contributions from the casts of soap operas EastEnders and The Bill. | |
For their segment, the residents of Albert Square took to the street for a highly-choreographed medley of Motown hits. | |
It follows Thursday's transmission of a Children in Need charity concert, held last week at the Royal Albert Hall in London, that featured performances from Take That, Robbie Williams and Sir Paul McCartney. | It follows Thursday's transmission of a Children in Need charity concert, held last week at the Royal Albert Hall in London, that featured performances from Take That, Robbie Williams and Sir Paul McCartney. |
The programme, which also saw rap star Dizzee Rascal perform with Dame Shirley Bassey, drew an audience of 6.1m, according to early overnight figures. | The programme, which also saw rap star Dizzee Rascal perform with Dame Shirley Bassey, drew an audience of 6.1m, according to early overnight figures. |
Children in Need has raised more than £525m for disadvantaged children and young people in the UK since the first appeal was held in 1980. | Children in Need has raised more than £525m for disadvantaged children and young people in the UK since the first appeal was held in 1980. |
Earlier this month, Sir Terry said he planned to continue presenting the annual event "until hell freezes over". | Earlier this month, Sir Terry said he planned to continue presenting the annual event "until hell freezes over". |