BBC Children in Need returns to dock10 at MediaCity on November 15th.
The 3-hour live charity fundraiser will feature comedy, music and guests, starting at 7pm.
This year, it will be hosted by Ade Adepitan MBE, Mel Giedroyc, Rochelle Humes, Vernon Kay, Chris Ramsey and Lenny Rush.
The MediaCity-based charity said the fundraising effort has never been greater, as it’s currently only able to fund 1 in 8 of the organisations asking for money.
“It’s one of my very favourite ‘work’ nights of the year. If you can call it work!” said Giedroyc.
“It’s the incredible feeling in the studio in Salford of everybody coming together for this brilliant life-affirming reason – hearing from kids and watching their stories. That’s what it is all about. I think it brings out the very best of us all.”
This year’s highlights include the BBC Children in Need Choir, which, for the first time, will feature children from across all parts of the UK who’ve been supported by BBC Children in Need funded projects.
They’ll be in the studio singing Take That’s ‘Never Forget’.
Graham Norton’s Red Chair returns with a twist as a group of children from BBC Children in Need projects decide the fate of some famous faces who attempt to make the children laugh.
The One Show’s Challenge Squad, which also features young people who have been supported by BBC Children in Need, will culminate in 2 live performances in the studio, alongside special guests including multi-platinum selling artist Ella Henderson.
There will be a Doctor Who feature, with a “very special auction”. Plus, the fifteenth Doctor – Ncuti Gatwa – introducing a world exclusive preview from the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special.
Paddy McGuinness will find out the total raised by his Radio 2 Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge, which will see him cycle through three nations and eight countries.
There will also be appearances from BBC’s Gladiators, “as you’ve never seen them before”, as well as a very special performance from Strictly Come Dancing as the professionals, who are joined by a Global Superstar.
Other features include an important pitch in Dragons’ Den and a very special CBeebies Bedtime Story.
Money raised during the 2024 appeal will help BBC Children in Need to continue working in communities across the four nations, funding amazing people in family centres, community spaces, youth clubs and refuges; homeless shelters, hospices and helplines.
