Red Nose Day 2007
Red Nose Day 2007 was a fund raising event in England organized by Comic Relief, broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Two from the evening of 16 March 2007 to early the following morning. It was part of "The Big One" campaign. Presenters introduced the show in two halves, one titled 'The funny' and the other titled 'The money'.
Presenters
Donation progress
16 March 2007
- 7.25pm - £2,256,037
- 8.19pm - £7,430,542
- 9.09pm - £15,139,826
- 9.48pm - £22,148,068
- 9.54pm - £26,820,554
- 11.30pm - £27,420,554
- 11.31pm - £27,771,803
- 11.52pm - £34,269,843
17 March 2007
- 12.39am - £34,346,177
- 1.35am - £38,157,240
- 3.03am - £40,236,142
Appeals
Sketches
Musical performances
The show
| Artist | Song | Notes |
| Girls Aloud vs. Sugababes | Walk This Way | This song reached number 1 in the UK Singles chart on 2007-03-18 as the official single. |
| Brian Potter, Andy Pipkin and The Proclaimers | I'm Gonna Roll | This song reached number 1 in the UK Singles chart on 2007-03-25 However, the previous week 2007-03-18 It reached number 3, based on downloads alone. |
| Take That | Patience | |
| The Killers | Read My Mind | |
| The Killers | When You Were Young | |
| Chris Moyles, Patrick Kielty and Jimmy Carr | My Way |
Top Gear of the Pops
| Artist | Song | Notes |
| Lethal Bizzle | Mr. | Deliberately cut short by Jeremy Clarkson who labelled it as 'just noise' and referred to him as "Jizzy Tissue" throughout the rest of the show. |
| Travis | Closer | The only song that was taken seriously. |
| Supergrass and Adrian Edmondson | Richard III | Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May 'glammed' up the song using excessive dry ice, a wind machine and 'Bonnie Tyler doves'. |
| McFly | Top Gear Blues | Written by McFly during the production of the programme using the words 'Sofa', 'Administration' and 'Hyundai' but without 'Love', 'Baby' and 'Heart'. |
| Justin Hawkins | Red Light Spells Danger | With James May, Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson |
Features
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
Live final presented by Patrick Kielty and Claudia Winkleman with judges Craig Revel Horwood, Lesley Garrett and Richard Park and featuring Tricia Penrose singing "If I Ain't Got You" and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson - "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'".Comic Relief Does The Apprentice
decides which celebrity apprentice is not raising enough money for Comic Relief and fires them.Comic Relief Does Beat The Boss
School children design a suit for Lenny Henry to wear whilst presenting tonight's show.Top Gear of the Pops
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May present their own Top Gear take on the axed chart show Top of the Pops, featuring performances from Lethal Bizzle, McFly, Travis and Supergrass, while the boys discuss "News" on various musical topics, and perform as a band for Justin Hawkins in the closing number.Pimp My Red Nose Ride
Tim Westwood presents a special edition of Pimp My Ride in which he visits an old people's home in Staffordshire and then pimps their dishevelled 12-year-old LDV community transport bus. The finished bus came complete with waterproof seating, a walking stick rack and an onboard bingo hall.Stash of Celebrity Swag
and Alan Carr raid a celebrity's mansion in an updated version of Through the Keyhole and steal some of their belongings. Viewers can call in to win the bag of swag if they can guess, from the really obvious clues, who the swag belongs too. This phone-in competition was later subject to an investigation in which it was revealed the winner was faked. After the first two genuine callers got the answer wrong the queue was lost. After a delay the third caller and subsequent winner was faked by a crew member.In the lead up to Red Nose Day many different fund raising events occurred:
- Beginning Friday 9 March 2007, the BBC Radio 1 breakfast team staged a tour around the UK entitled The Chris Moyles Rallyoke. The tour involved seven Karaoke nights held in a well known UK location featuring members of the public and well known celebrities and music artists. Most Radio 1 shows report on their progress, and hold competitions to win tickets to be at the final on Red Nose Day, and also to win the contents of a truck donated by various celebrities. As well as raising money at each event, the profit of the phone-in competitions go to Comic Relief making a total of £600,000
- Televised events included a third series of Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, and a celebrity version of The Apprentice entitled Comic Relief Does The Apprentice has also been screened. Also a special hybrid of Top of the Pops and Top Gear titled Top Gear of the Pops was made for Red Nose Day. It featured its presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May singing with Justin Hawkins, as well as Top Gear segments such as The Cool Wall.
- Fund raising merchandise sold during the 2007 campaign included the Big One itself, 'Walkears', an Andrex Puppy with a red nose, a special Little Britain Live DVD and the official single, which was a cover of Aerosmith's 'Walk This Way' sung by Girls Aloud and Sugababes.
- The last episode of the Vicar of Dibley was aired as part of the show, starring the usual cast. It featured Sting taking part with a celebrity and non-entity television show, swapping wives with the vicar's husband Harry.
- The special Little Britain Live featured famous people such as: Dennis Waterman, Chris Moyles, Jonathan Ross, Kate Moss and Russell Brand. Kate Moss played a chav, Russell Brand played a transvestite, and both Chris Moyles and Jonathan Ross were brought on as either small parts, or people who came up to the audience to be embarrassed.
- There were several sketches from Catherine Tate: in which David Tennant became a school teacher; Daniel Craig fell in love with Tate; mouthy teenager Lauren was given work experience at 10 Downing Street, leading to Tony Blair using her catchphrase "Am I bovvered?"; and foul-mouthed "Nan" appeared with Noel Edmonds on Deal or No Deal.
- To gain additional money, Peter Kay and Matt Lucas released a cover of The Proclaimers hit, I'm Gonna Be, and released it as a single 'I Would Roll '. It also featured numerous celebrity guests.
- There was also a live show from The Mighty Boosh.
Cast & reporters
- Ant & Dec
- Billy Connolly
- Ewan McGregor
- Annie Lennox
- Davina McCall
- Fearne Cotton
- Emma Thompson
- Catherine Tate
- Peter Kay
- Daniel Craig
- Richard Hammond
- Jeremy Clarkson
- James May
- Justin Hawkins
- Jamie Oliver
- Bob Geldof
- Ricky Gervais
- Stephen Merchant
- Sting
- Bono
- Tony Blair
- Rowan Atkinson
- Michelle Ryan
- Sacha Baron Cohen
- Carol Vorderman
- Johnny Ball
- Noel Edmonds
- Andrew Lloyd Webber
- David Tennant
- Elle Macpherson
- Dawn French
- Dick and Dom
- Gary Barlow
- Matt Lucas
- David Walliams
- Chris Moyles
- Russell Brand