| rdfs:comment | - On July 15, 2009, Lady Gaga recorded an appeal video in support of the Children in Need 2009 campaign.
- Doctor Who/Eastenders Crossover
- The BBC's first broadcast charity appeal took place in 1927, in the form of a five-minute radio broadcast on Christmas Day. It raised about £1,143, which equates to about £27,150 by today's standards, and was donated to four children's charities. The first televised appeal took place in 1955 and was called the Children's Hour Christmas Appeal, with the yellow glove puppet Sooty Bear and Harry Corbett fronting it. The Christmas Day Appeals continued on TV and radio until 1979. During that time a total of £625,836 was raised. Terry Wogan first appeared during this five-minute appeal in 1978, and again in 1979. Sometimes cartoon characters such as Peter Pan were used.
- Children in Need is a British charity organization. Every November, they hold an annual telethon to raise money exclusively destined for charities working with children in the UK on the BBC Televison.
* 1996 - Kermit the Frog, Gonzo, Camilla and some Chickens recorded a special message.
* 1997 - Kermit "played piano" for Ulrika Jonsson in a performance of "Makin' Whoopee".
* 2002 - Noel MacNeal as Bear appeared at the telethon and taught the host, Gaby Roslin, how to do "The Bear Cha-Cha-Cha."
* 2011 - Kermit and Miss Piggy appeared to plug The Muppets, and performed "Mahna Mahna" with several British celebrities. (YouTube)
- Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Donations are usually collected during telethons in November. The BBC often commissions special episodes or other productions to air during this time. Doctor Who has had a long association with Children in Need, and has produced no less than five original productions (four storyline-related, one concert) aired as part of the annual appeal. For 2006, the series presented a special televised concert of music from the series (which was later condensed into a special episode of Doctor Who Confidential).
- The BBC's charity and annual telethon. As the name implies, it is dedicated to children and to rectifying "child issues" (child abuse, bullying, youth homelessness, underage prostitution, etc.). Its mascot is a mute yellow teddy bear called Pudsey, with a polka dot handkerchief-bandage tied round one side of his head, covering one of his eyes. The BBC News goes in the middle, separating the show into a family-friendly and not-so-family friendly part. This is usually opposite a special edition of a Panel Game on BBC Two.
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| abstract | - The BBC's charity and annual telethon. As the name implies, it is dedicated to children and to rectifying "child issues" (child abuse, bullying, youth homelessness, underage prostitution, etc.). Its mascot is a mute yellow teddy bear called Pudsey, with a polka dot handkerchief-bandage tied round one side of his head, covering one of his eyes. The yearly TV telethon airs in the late autumn on BBC One and involves special musical performances by pop stars, and West-End casts (and, recently, the BBC Newsreaders). It also includes skits and spoofs like Comic Relief, although the focus is more on light entertainment than actual comedy. It is one of the few events where programmes from "the other side" will take part (the cast of The Bill are game for a lot of things). Includes an annual charity single. The BBC News goes in the middle, separating the show into a family-friendly and not-so-family friendly part. This is usually opposite a special edition of a Panel Game on BBC Two. After Doctor Who successfully revived, the BBC has twice made seven-minute shorts to be aired during Children in Need. The first was a transition from "The Parting of the Ways" to "The Christmas Invasion" (2005); the second, "Time Crash" (2007) is a meeting of the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) which also explains the transition from "Last of the Time Lords" to "Voyage of the Damned". In 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010 they instead aired excerpts from the upcoming Christmas Specials. In 2011 this was preceded by blatant fanservice. They'd previously done one in 1993 ("Dimensions In Time", written off as non-canon by the Doctor Who Expanded Universe and much later by "Army of Ghosts" .) to celebrate the show's 30th Anniversary. Due to contract thingies, this will probably never be aired again or turn up on DVD...not that the fans of either show would mind. The 20th-Anniversary special "The Five Doctors" aired on the night in 1983. This telethon is best watched recorded and with liberal use of the Fast-Forward button.
- On July 15, 2009, Lady Gaga recorded an appeal video in support of the Children in Need 2009 campaign.
- Doctor Who/Eastenders Crossover
- The BBC's first broadcast charity appeal took place in 1927, in the form of a five-minute radio broadcast on Christmas Day. It raised about £1,143, which equates to about £27,150 by today's standards, and was donated to four children's charities. The first televised appeal took place in 1955 and was called the Children's Hour Christmas Appeal, with the yellow glove puppet Sooty Bear and Harry Corbett fronting it. The Christmas Day Appeals continued on TV and radio until 1979. During that time a total of £625,836 was raised. Terry Wogan first appeared during this five-minute appeal in 1978, and again in 1979. Sometimes cartoon characters such as Peter Pan were used.
- Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Donations are usually collected during telethons in November. The BBC often commissions special episodes or other productions to air during this time. Doctor Who has had a long association with Children in Need, and has produced no less than five original productions (four storyline-related, one concert) aired as part of the annual appeal. The first and most extravagant of these was the ninety-minute special episode The Five Doctors. It aired in November 1983 to mark the twentieth anniversary of the series, which also coincided with that year's Children in Need Appeal. In 1993, a two-part "mini-story", Dimensions in Time, was broadcast. This was a crossover with another popular series, EastEnders. It was originally broadcast in 3-D but could be seen without special 3-D glasses. All surviving Doctors (including Tom Baker) and many of the surviving companions appeared in this pastiche written by John Nathan-Turner, which asked viewers to choose which EastEnders character would "save the day" in the second episode. The special, produced to mark the programme's thirtieth anniversary in lieu of the cancelled The Dark Dimension, was not well received by most fans and today is not always considered canonical, unlike the other specials. Ten years later in 2003, when Doctor Who was announced to return, Children in Need featured a special Dead RingersWeakest Linkthemed sketch written by Nev Fountain, starring Jon Culshaw, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy as the Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Doctors, with John Leeson reprising the voice of K9 and Culshaw's Dead Ringers co-star Jan Ravens portraying Anne Robinson alongside a Sontaran, a Cyberman and a Sea Devil. The prize was the chance to appear in the forthcomming revived series. After the first and only round, the Doctor (which one is unknown although the camera angle and lighting seemed aimed at Baker) was the strongest link and all of the monsters were described as the weakest link. During the vote off, the Fourth Doctor voted for one of 'his' fellow incarnations (which one is also unknown) and had a dispute with K9 over voting for him, thanks to the assistance of the Sixth Doctor writing for him, but ultimately the Sontaran was voted off. At the end of the sketch, the Seventh Doctor tried to appeal for the Sontaran to not get voted off, but to no avail as Robinson decided that none of the contestants (even the Doctors) were worthy of a place in the returning show. Since the revival of the series in 2005, Doctor Who has twice presented mini-episodes for Children in Need. The first, known variously as the Pudsey Cutaway or, simply, Children in Need Special, aired in November 2005 and served to introduce audiences to David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, providing a link between the end of The Parting of the Ways and The Christmas Invasion. Later it would be given the more relevant title: Born Again. For 2006, the series presented a special televised concert of music from the series (which was later condensed into a special episode of Doctor Who Confidential). In 2007, another mini-episode was produced to link Last of the Time Lords and Voyage of the Damned: Time Crash. It was a milestone production for the series revival. It featured the return of Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, making it the first multi-Doctor story of the revived series. For the 2008 appeal, there was insufficient time for the production team to prepare an original production (according to Russell T Davies writing in Doctor Who Magazine), although there were subsequent media rumours of a potential reunion of the surviving Doctors. Ultimately, the show's contribution consisted of the pre-credits teaser from the upcoming Christmas special, The Next Doctor. In early 2009, Davies, writing again in DWM, hinted about the possibility of a further mini-episode being produced for the 2009 appeal. Ultimately, this did not occur; instead, a "specially packaged" preview clip from TV: The End of Time was announced for broadcast during the 20th November appeal. For 2010, a preview of the Christmas Special "A Christmas Carol" was shown. The 2011 event saw an original scene featuring the Eleventh Doctor and written by Steven Moffat broadcast alongside a preview for the Christmas special The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe. Unlike past CIN scenes, however, this one is not canonical as it features the Eleventh Doctor addressing viewers as he launches an online auction of his costume and then makes direct reference to the preview. In 2012, both a prequel and trailer for the forthcoming Christmas Special were shown. The prequel was entitled The Great Detective, and both were introduced by Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman.
- Children in Need is a British charity organization. Every November, they hold an annual telethon to raise money exclusively destined for charities working with children in the UK on the BBC Televison.
* 1996 - Kermit the Frog, Gonzo, Camilla and some Chickens recorded a special message.
* 1997 - Kermit "played piano" for Ulrika Jonsson in a performance of "Makin' Whoopee".
* 2002 - Noel MacNeal as Bear appeared at the telethon and taught the host, Gaby Roslin, how to do "The Bear Cha-Cha-Cha."
* 2011 - Kermit and Miss Piggy appeared to plug The Muppets, and performed "Mahna Mahna" with several British celebrities. (YouTube)
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