Comic Relief 2026 LIVE with Gordon Ramsay and Jack Whitehall appearing tonight
Comic Relief: Funny For Money is on BBC One tonight with organisers hoping to raise a record sum for charity.
by Jamie Downham · The MirrorRed Nose Day is back with live performances, amazing prizes, surprise cameos, and must-see sketches. In a Comic Relief first, the show - which runs for three hours on BBC One - will also be live streamed on the official BBC YouTube channel.
The live show is hosted by Davina McCall, Katherine Ryan, Nick Mohammed, Joel Dommett, and Catherine Tate - as her foul-mouthed character Nan from The Catherine Tate Show.
There are, as always, films, with a promising a cast-list of Jack Whitehall, Sir Ian McKellen, Julia Roberts, Daniel Craig, Lord Alan Sugar, Bryan Cranston, Samuel L. Jackson, Gordon Ramsay, Vanessa Williams, Rio Ferdinand and Dame Anna Wintour.
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When does Comic Relief start?
Red Nose Day's annual fundraising broadcast, Comic Relief: Funny For Money, will air live on BBC One from 7pm this Friday (20 March) and will also be available to livestream on iPlayer and the official BBC YouTube channel. It will air for three hours, ending at 10pm.