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Children in Need

{{Short description|UK charity of the BBC}}

{{Copy edit|date=April 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox television

| alt_name = BBC Children in Need

| image = BBC Children in Need 2022.svg

| genre = Charity telethon

| creator = BBC Studios

| presenter = {{plainlist|

}}

| narrated = Alan Dedicoat

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| location = {{plainlist|

  • BBC Television Centre (1980–2012)
  • BBC Elstree Centre (2013–20)
  • Dock10 studios (2021–){{cite web |url=https://www.dock10.co.uk/about/news/bbcs-children-in-need-and-comic-reliefs-red-nose-day-set-to-broadcast-live-from-dock10-studios/ |title=BBC's Children in Need and Comic Relief's Red Nose Day set to broadcast live from dock10 studios |publisher=Dock10 |accessdate=20 September 2021}}

}}

| camera = Multi-camera

| runtime = 5 mins – 7 hours

| company = BBC Television
BBC Studios Entertainment Productions

| network = BBC One
BBC Two

| first_aired = {{Start date|1980|11|21|df=yes}}

| last_aired = present

| related = Comic Relief (1988–present)
Sport Relief (2002–2020)

}}

BBC Children in Need is the BBC's UK charity for disadvantaged children and young people in the UK. Between 1980 and 2023, it raised over £1 billion.{{cite web |title=BBC Children in Need – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) |url=https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/about-us/faqs/ |website=BBC |access-date=17 September 2023}}

An annual telethon is held in November and televised on BBC One and BBC Two. Pudsey Bear has been BBC Children in Need's mascot since 1985, whilst Sir Terry Wogan was its long-standing host for 35 years. A prominent annual event in British television, Children in Need is one of two high-profile British telethons. It is the only charity belonging to the BBC, the other telethon being Red Nose Day, supporting Comic Relief.

Following the closure of the BBC Television Centre, the telethon broadcasts took place at the BBC Elstree Centre from 2013 to 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/children-in-need-presenter-lineup|title=BBC – Star-studded presenter line-up announced for BBC Children in Need 2017 – Media Centre|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=14 March 2018}} The telethon previously lasted for up to 7 hours, but since 2020, it has been reduced to a 3-hour programme from 7pm to 10pm.{{Cite web |title=BBC - BBC Children in Need, 2022, Live Show |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001f8kb |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} In relation to the event having content designed for family viewing, the watershed is delayed until 11:30pm.

In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the telethon was reduced to a singular programme with only four presenters: Mel Giedroyc, Alex Scott, Chris Ramsey and Stephen Mangan.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/cin-2020#heading-appeal-night-highlights-|title=BBC – BBC Children in Need returns to BBC One on Friday 13 November at 7pm, live from BBC Elstree Studios – Media Centre|date=3 November 2020|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=5 November 2020}} As of November 2021, the annual telethon takes place at Dock10, MediaCityUK in Salford.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BBCCiN/status/1418513885938786304|title=The BBC's Children in Need appeal now took place in dock10 studios in Manchester, located on behalf of MediaCityUK, that will be a new home for Pudsey and its presenters.}} In October 2023 it was reported that for the first time in Children in Need history, the BBC's 2023 appeal broadcast would have its first child co-presenter, with children's TV star and upcoming Doctor Who actor Lenny Rush taking on the role.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/bbcstudios/2023/lenny-rush-joins-bbc-children-in-need-presenting-line-up|title=BBC – Lenny Rush joins BBC Children in Need presenting line-up – Media Centre|date=18 October 2023|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=9 November 2023}}

History

= Earlier BBC appeals =

The BBC's first broadcast charity appeal took place in 1927, in the form of a five-minute radio broadcast on Christmas Day.{{cite web|title=Our History|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/aboutus/history.shtml|publisher=BBC|access-date=17 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025155547/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/aboutus/history.shtml|archive-date=25 October 2009}} It raised about £1,342, which 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 and Tom and Jerry were used.

= ''BBC Children in Need'' =

File:BBC pudsey bear in sheffield children in need-2009.jpg

In 1980, the first Children in Need telethon was broadcast.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-14 |title=How to donate to Children in Need - everything you need to know |url=https://www.dunmowbroadcast.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/24723420.donate-bbc-children-need---need-know/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Dunmow Broadcast |language=en}} It was a series of short segments linking the evening's programming instead of the usual continuity. It was devoted to raising money exclusively destined for charities working with children in the United Kingdom. The new format, presented by Terry Wogan, Sue Lawley and Esther Rantzen, saw a dramatic increase in public donations: £1 million was raised that year.

The format was developed throughout the 1980s to the point where the telethon segments grew longer, and the regular programming diminished, eventually being dropped altogether in 1984 in favor of a single continuous program. This format has expanded to include additional events broadcast on radio and online. As a regular presenter, Wogan had become firmly associated with the annual event, continuing to host it until 2014. The following year, he began to experience ill health, from which he passed away in 2016.{{Cite web |title=Sir Terry Wogan: Veteran broadcaster dies, aged 77 - BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35453541}}

In 1988, BBC Children in Need became a registered charity (number 802052) in England and Wales, followed by registration in Scotland (SC039557) in 2008. In 2020, it attended a Formula One Race with Mclaren F1 Team to help support Children in Need in Turkey.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Since 2016, the chief executive has been Simon Antrobus.

=Sponsorships=

Asda has been a part of the Children in Need charity. Other sponsorships include McDonald's, One Stop, Greggs, Enterprise, Welcome Break (which includes WHSmith, Waitrose, Subway, Burger King, Pret a Manger, Starbucks and Harry Ramsden's), and Cineworld additionally joined the Children in Need charity.{{Cite web |title=Cineworld UK kickstarts February with a brand new digital and customer-facing fundraising campaign to support Variety |url=https://www.variety.org.uk/news-item/cineworld-uk-kick-starts-february-with-a-brand-new-digital-and-customer-facing-fundraising-campaign-to-support-variety/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Variety, the Children's Charity |language=en-GB}} The 2025 Sidemen Charity Match, held at Wembley Stadium, will be raising money for Children in Need.

Sir Terry Wogan Fundraiser of the Year Award

An award called the Sir Terry Wogan Fundraiser of the Year has been presented since 2016 to someone who has gone above and beyond to help raise money for Children in Need. The award was set up by Wogan's family and was presented by Terry's son, Mark, at the 2016 telethon in memory of the late Sir Terry Wogan. Joanna Lumley awarded it to Ellie and Abbie Holloway during the 2017 telethon. In 2021 Michael Ball presented the award to Amy Wright.

class="wikitable"
YearWinner
2016Lauchlan Muir
2017Ellie and Abbie Holloway
2018Keeley Browse
2019Austin and Esther Atkins
2020Brian Pitt
2021Amy Wright
2022Aileen Kane

Telethon

= Acts =

The telethon features performances from many top singers and groups, with many celebrities also appearing on the {{frac|6|1|2}}-hour-long programme performing various activities such as sketches or musical numbers. Featured celebrities often include those from programmes on rival network ITV, including some appearing in-character, or from the sets of their own programmes. A performance by BBC newsreaders became an annual fixture. Stars of newly opened West End musicals regularly perform a number from their show later in the evening after "curtain call" in their respective theatres.

= Broadcast =

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File:BBC Television Centre.jpg on the night of the 2008 telethon]]

The BBC devotes the entire night's programming on its flagship channel BBC One to the Children in Need telethon, with the exception of 35 minutes at 10 o'clock. simultaneously, BBC News at Ten, Weather and Regional News airs, and activity continues on BBC Two with special programming, such as Mastermind Children in Need, which is a form of Celebrity Mastermind, with four celebrities answering questions on a chosen subject and on general knowledge.

Before the telethon itself, the BBC has broadcast Children in Need specials including DIY SOS The Big Build, Bargain Hunt, The One Show, in which hosts Matt Baker and Alex Jones did a rickshaw challenge and a celebrity version of Pointless. In which Pudsey assists hosts Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-14 |title=How to donate to Children in Need - everything you need to know |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/national/uk-today/24723420.donate-bbc-children-need---need-know/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=The Herald |language=en}}

Unlike the other BBC charity telethon Comic Relief, Children in Need relies substantially on the BBC regions for input into the telethon night. The BBC English regions all have around 5–8-minute round-ups every hour during the telethon. This does not interrupt the schedule of items shown from BBC Television Centre as the presenters usually hand over to the regions, giving those in the main network studio a short break.

BBC Scotland, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Ireland opted out of the network schedule with a considerable amount of local fundraising news and activities from their broadcast area. Usually they went over to the network broadcast at various times of the night, and usually they showed some network items later than when the English regions saw them. This was to give the BBC nations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland a much larger slot than the BBC English regions because the "nations" comprise a distinct audience of the BBC. Usually BBC Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland handed back to network coverage from around 1:00 am on the telethon night. For the 2010 appeal this changed, with Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales deciding not to have their usual opt-outs and instead following the English regions' pattern of having updates every hour.

= ''Children in Need'' Choir =

Since 2011, one of the acts is a choir where over 1000 children come together in the studio and in around 8-10 locations across the UK and sing one song live in unison from the various locations.

{{main|Children in Need Choir}}

= Overview =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
scope="col" | No.

! scope="col" | Broadcast date

! scope="col" | Broadcast total

! scope="col" | Total raised

! scope="col" | Main presenter

! scope="col" | Co-presenters

! scope="col" | BBC One rating
(millions)

scope="row" | 1

| {{nowrap|21 November 1980}}

| {{n/a}}

| £1,200,000

| rowspan="35"| Sir Terry Wogan

| Sue Lawley
Esther Rantzen

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 2

| {{nowrap|20 November 1981}}

| £508,625

| £1,008,697

| Esther Rantzen

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 3

| {{nowrap|26 November 1982}}

| £603,440

| £1,050,000

| rowspan="2"| Gloria Hunniford
Fran Morrison

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 4

| 25 November 1983

| £839,429

| £1,158,737

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 5

| 23 November 1984

| £1,459,283

| £2,264,398{{cite web |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BBC-Annual/BBC-Annual-Report-1988.pdf |title=BBC Annual Report & Accounts 1987–88 |work=BBC |page=21 |access-date=28 May 2015}}

| Sue Cook
Joanna Lumley

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 6

| 22 November 1985

| £2,431,085

| £4,476,780

| Sue Cook
John Craven
Joanna Lumley

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 7

| 21 November 1986

| £5,264,655

| £8,687,607

| Sue Cook
Joanna Lumley

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 8

| 27 November 1987

| £8,735,657

| £13,916,326

| Sue Cook

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 9

| 18 November 1988

| £13,099,246

| £17,563,458{{cite web |url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BBC-Annual/BBC-Annual-Report-1988.pdf |title=BBC Annual Report & Accounts 1987–88 |work=BBC |page=39 |access-date=28 May 2015}}

| Sue Cook
Joanna Lumley

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 10

| 17 November 1989

| £17,213,664

| £21,671,931

| Sue Cook

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 11

| 23 November 1990

| £17,547,227

| £20,921,929

| Sue Cook
Dave Benson Phillips

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 12

| 22 November 1991

| £17,182,724

| £20,819,508

| rowspan="4"| Sue Cook
Andi Peters

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 13

| 20 November 1992

| £11,549,490

| £16,700,000

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 14

| 26 November 1993

| £12,386,866

| £17,300,000

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 15

| 25 November 1994

| £12,012,524

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 16

| 24 November 1995

| £11,843,385

| {{n/a}}

| Sue Cook
Gaby Roslin

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 17

| 22 November 1996

| £11,847,168{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/33341.stm |title= Lou Reed and Pudsey aim to raise £20m |author= |date=21 November 1997 |website= news.bbc.co.uk | access-date=14 November 2014}}

| £18,700,000{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/97452.stm | work=BBC News | title=Pudsey bear says a big thank you | date=23 May 1998}}

| rowspan="9"| Gaby Roslin

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 18

| 21 November 1997

| £12,034,235{{cite web |title=Children in Need November 1998 |url=http://www.fundraising.co.uk/news/1998/11/23/children-need |publisher=fundraising.co.uk |access-date=16 November 2014 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192549/http://www.fundraising.co.uk/news/1998/11/23/children-need |date=23 November 1998}}

| £20,900,000{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/218346.stm |title=Entertainment Stars come out for Children In Need |publisher=BBC |date=20 November 1998 |access-date=3 November 2014}}

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 19

| 20 November 1998

| £11,380,888{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/218810.stm |title=Children in Need appeal passes £11m |publisher=BBC |date=21 November 1998 |access-date=16 November 2014}}

| £17,900,000

| {{n/a}}

scope="row" | 20

| 26 November 1999

| £11,639,053{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/537470.stm |title=TV appeal hits record total |publisher=BBC |date=27 November 1999 |access-date=16 November 2014}}

| £16,700,000

| 6.61

scope="row" | 21

| 17 November 2000

| £12,244,764{{cite web |title=BBC Children In Need Appeal 2000 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cin/ |publisher=BBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001218032800/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cin/ |archive-date=18 December 2000 |access-date=17 November 2014}}

| £20,000,000

| 6.8{{Cite news |last1=Deans |first1=Jason |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/nov/20/broadcasting.overnights |title=Cilla beats Ant and Dec in TV ratings |newspaper=The Guardian |date=20 November 2000 |access-date=16 November 2014}}

scope="row" | 22

| 16 November 2001

| £12,895,853{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1659535.stm |title=Children In Need raises millions |publisher=BBC |date=17 November 2001 |access-date=17 November 2014}}

| £25,900,000{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1960723.stm |title=Children In Need breaks record

|publisher=BBC |date=30 April 2002 |access-date=16 November 2016}}

| 7.12

scope="row" | 23

| 15 November 2002

| £13,501,375{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2480491.stm |title= Record total for Children In Need |author= |date=16 November 2002 |website= news.bbc.co.uk| access-date=14 November 2014}}

| £26,200,000{{cite web |title=How much money did BBC Children in Need raise last year?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/faqs/3.shtml |publisher=BBC |access-date=17 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040415042852/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/faqs/3.shtml |archive-date=15 April 2004}}

| 7.56

scope="row" | 24

| 21 November 2003

| £15,305,212{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3229234.stm |title=Westlife boost Children in Need |publisher=BBC |date=22 November 2003 |access-date=16 November 2014}}

| £31,400,000{{cite web |title=How much money did BBC Children in Need raise last year?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/faqs/ |publisher=BBC |access-date=17 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050115182221/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/faqs/ |archive-date=15 January 2005 |date=19 July 2012}}

| 10.49

scope="row" | 25

| 19 November 2004

| £17,156,175{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/11_november/20/cin.shtml |title=£17,156,175 raised by BBC Children in Need so far. |publisher=BBC |date=20 November 2004 |access-date=16 November 2014}}

| £34,200,000{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6157986.stm |title=Children in Need total tops £18m |publisher=BBC |date=18 November 2006 |access-date=16 November 2014}}

| 8.48

scope="row" | 26

| 18 November 2005

| £17,235,256{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/11_november/19/cin.shtml |title=£17m raised by BBC Children in Need so far. |publisher=BBC |date=19 November 2005 |access-date=16 November 2014}}

| £33,200,000{{cite web |url=http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends52/0000802052_AC_20060930_E_C.PDF |title=Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2006 |publisher=The BBC Children in Need Appeal |access-date=19 November 2011 |page=9 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| Fearne Cotton
Natasha Kaplinsky
Matt Allwright{{efn|name=overview1}}

| 9.07

scope="row" | 27

| 17 November 2006

| £18,300,392{{cite web|title=How much money did BBC Children in Need 2006 raise?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/faqs/|publisher=BBC|access-date=17 November 2014|date=19 July 2012}}

| £33,600,000{{cite web |url=http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends52/0000802052_AC_20070930_E_C.PDF |title=Annual Report and Accounts – Year Ended 30 September 2007 |publisher=The BBC Children in Need Appeal |access-date=19 November 2011 |page=21 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| Fearne Cotton
Natasha Kaplinsky
Chris Moyles{{efn|name=overview1}}

| 7.72

scope="row" | 28

| 16 November 2007

| £19,089,771{{cite web|title=Latest News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/|publisher=BBC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215224141/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/|archive-date=15 December 2007|access-date=17 November 2014}}

| £37,500,000{{cite web |url=http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends52/0000802052_AC_20080930_E_C.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129013404/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends52/0000802052_AC_20080930_E_C.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 November 2014 |title=Annual Report and Accounts – 30 September 2008 |publisher=The BBC Children in Need Appeal |access-date=19 November 2011 |page=25 }}

| Fearne Cotton

| 9.56

scope="row" | 29

| 14 November 2008

| £20,991,216{{cite web|title=Who You've Helped 2008|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/aboutus/whoyouvehelped.shtml|publisher=BBC|access-date=17 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209132109/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/aboutus/whoyouvehelped.shtml|archive-date=9 February 2009}}

| £38,500,000{{cite web |url=http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends52/0000802052_AC_20090930_E_C.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129013421/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends52/0000802052_AC_20090930_E_C.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 November 2014 |title=Annual Report and Accounts – 30 September 2009 |publisher=The BBC Children in Need Appeal |access-date=19 November 2011 |page=22 }}

| Fearne Cotton
Tess Daly
Alesha Dixon{{efn|name=overview1}}

| 9.83

scope="row" | 30

| 20 November 2009

| £20,309,747

| £40,200,000{{cite web |url=http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends52/0000802052_ac_20100930_e_c.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129013436/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends52/0000802052_ac_20100930_e_c.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 November 2014 |title=Annual Report and Accounts – 30 September 2010 |publisher=The BBC Children in Need Appeal |access-date=19 November 2011 }}

| Tess Daly
Alesha Dixon
Peter Andre{{efn|name=overview1}}

| 10.08

scope="row" | 31

| 19 November 2010

| £18,098,199

| £36,600,000{{cite web|url=http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends52%5C0000802052_ac_20110930_e_c.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129013348/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends52%5C0000802052_ac_20110930_e_c.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 November 2014|title=Annual Report and Accounts – 30 September 2011|publisher=The BBC Children in Need Appeal|access-date=19 November 2011}}

| Fearne Cotton
Tess Daly
Peter Andre{{efn|name=overview1}}

| 9.36

scope="row" | 32

| 18 November 2011

| £26,332,334{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15790669|title=Record £26m for Children in Need|publisher=BBC|date=19 November 2011|access-date=16 November 2014|newspaper=BBC News}}

| £46,100,000{{cite web|url=http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends52/0000802052_AC_20120630_E_C.pdf|title=Annual Report and Accounts Nine Months to 30 June 2012|publisher=The BBC Children in Need Appeal|access-date=22 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107160420/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends52/0000802052_AC_20120630_E_C.pdf|archive-date=7 January 2014|url-status=dead}}

| Fearne Cotton
Tess Daly
Alesha Dixon

| 10.01

scope="row" | 33

| 16 November 2012

| £26,757,446{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/cin-on-the-night-total.html|title=BBC Children in Need 2012 reaches highest total ever of £26,757,446|publisher=BBC|date=17 November 2012|access-date=16 November 2014|archive-date=3 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203004457/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/cin-on-the-night-total.html|url-status=dead}}

| £43,300,000{{cite web|url= http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/bbc-children-need-raised-record-496m-last-year/fundraising/article/1301782|title= BBC Children in Need raised a record £49.6m last year|last= Ricketts|first= Andy |date= 3 July 2014|website= www.thirdsector.co.uk | access-date=14 November 2014}}

| Fearne Cotton
Tess Daly
Nick Grimshaw

| 8.22

scope="row" | 34

| 15 November 2013

| £31,124,896{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/cin-2am-total|title=BBC Children in Need Appeal 2013 raises the highest total ever, £31.1million!|publisher=BBC|date=16 November 2013|access-date=16 November 2014}}

| £49,600,000

| Fearne Cotton
Tess Daly
Nick Grimshaw
Zoe Ball
Shane Richie{{efn|name=overview1}}

| 9.99

scope="row" | 35

| 14 November 2014

| £32,620,469{{cite news|title=BBC Children in Need Appeal 2014 raises the highest total ever, £32.6 Million|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/children-in-need-record|work=BBC.co.uk|access-date=15 November 2014}}

| £49,100,000{{cite news|last1=Carson|first1=Sarah|title=Children in Need 2015: 'Record-breaking' 37m raised as fundraising continues|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/children-in-need/11992094/bbc-children-in-need-2015-what-time-when.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/children-in-need/11992094/bbc-children-in-need-2015-what-time-when.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=14 November 2015|date=14 November 2015}}{{cbignore}}

| rowspan="2"| Fearne Cotton
Tess Daly
Nick Grimshaw
Rochelle Humes
Shane Richie{{efn|name=overview1}}

| 8.54

scope="row" | 36

| 13 November 2015

| £37,100,687{{cite web|last1=Silverstein|first1=Adam|title=Children in Need's 2015 total is a record-breaking £37,100,687 million|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a774019/children-in-needs-2015-total-is-a-record-breaking-37100687-million/|website=Digital Spy|access-date=14 November 2015|date=14 November 2015}}

| £55,000,000{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/bbc-cin-highest-ever-fundraising-total|title=BBC Children in Need announces highest ever fundraising total: £55million|publisher=BBC Media Centre|date=6 July 2016|access-date=7 July 2016}}

| Dermot O'Leary

| 7.95

scope="row" | 37

| 18 November 2016

| £46,624,259

| £60,000,000{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/cin-total|title=BBC – BBC Children in Need announces highest ever fundraising total: £60 million – Media Centre|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=14 March 2018}}

| rowspan="4"| Tess Daly

| Rochelle Humes
Greg James
Graham Norton
Ade Adepitan
Marvin Humes
Russell Kane

| 6.60

scope="row" | 38

| 17 November 2017

|£50,168,562

| £60,750,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/children-in-need-total|title=BBC – BBC Children in Need announces 2017 fundraising total: £60.7 million – Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=15 November 2018}}

| Rochelle Humes
Graham Norton
Ade Adepitan
Marvin Humes
Mel Giedroyc
Matt Edmondson{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-10-16/mel-giedroyc-joins-the-children-in-need-presenting-team/|title=Mel Giedroyc joins the Children in Need presenting team|website=radiotimes.com|access-date=14 March 2018}}

| 7.12

scope="row" | 39

| 16 November 2018

| £50,595,053

| £62,072,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Final-CIN-Appeal-Annual-Report-2020.pdf|title=BBC Children in Need Annual Report and Accounts Year To 30 June 2020, p.41|website=www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=15 September 2022}}

| Graham Norton
Mel Giedroyc
Rochelle Humes
Marvin Humes
Ade Adepitan
Rob Beckett

| 6.44

scope="row" | 40

| 15 November 2019

| £47,886,382

| £57,346,000

| Graham Norton
Mel Giedroyc
Rochelle Humes
Marvin Humes
Ade Adepitan
Tom Allen

| 6.13

scope="row" | 41

| 13 November 2020

| £37,032,789

| £63,443,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/CN1226-Annual-Report-2020-2021.pdf|title=BBC Children in Need Annual Report and Accounts Year To 30 June 2021, p.38|website=www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=15 September 2022}}

| rowspan="6"| Mel Giedroyc

| Alex Scott
Chris Ramsey
Stephen Mangan{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/cin-presenters|title=Children in Need Presenters Revealed |website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=23 October 2020}}

| 5.12

scope="row" | 42

| 19 November 2021

| £39,389,048

| £50,991,355 {{cite web | url=https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/2022/07/bbc-children-in-need-announces-overall-fundraising-total-for-the-charitys-2021-appeal-51million | title=BBC Children in Need announces overall fundraising total for the charity's 2021 Appeal: £51million | date=26 July 2022 }}

| Ade Adepitan
Graham Norton
Chris Ramsey
Alex Scott

| 4.56

scope="row" | 43

| 18 November 2022

| £35,273,167

| £43,400,000{{Cite web |title=Amounts Raised |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/charityappeals/what-your-money-does/amounts-raised/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227151224/https://www.bbc.com/charityappeals/what-your-money-does/amounts-raised |archive-date=2023-12-27 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}

| Ade Adepitan
Jason Manford
Chris Ramsey
Alex Scott

|3.96

scope="row" | 44

| 17 November 2023

| £33,513,325

| £46,200,000

| Ade Adepitan
Jason Manford
Chris Ramsey
Alex Scott
Lenny Rush

|3.77

scope="row" | 45

| 15 November 2024

| £39,210,850

| TBA

| Ade Adepitan
Vernon Kay
Chris Ramsey
Rochelle Humes
Lenny Rush

|3.88{{Cite web |title=Most viewed programmes Barb |url=https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/most-viewed-programmes/ |access-date=2024-11-25 |language=en-GB}}

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= ''Children in Need'' Rocks =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Broadcast date

! scope="col" | Location

! scope="col" | Organised by

! scope="col" | Presenters

! scope="col" | BBC One rating (millions)

scope="row" | 2009

| 12 November 2009

| 19 November 2009

| Royal Albert Hall

| rowspan="3"| Gary Barlow

| Chris Moyles
Fearne Cotton
Sir Terry Wogan

| 6.50

scope="row" | 2011

| colspan=2|17 November 2011

| Manchester Arena

| Chris Moyles
Fearne Cotton
David Tennant

| 4.50

scope="row" | 2013

| 12–13 November 2013

| 14 November 2013

| Hammersmith Apollo

| Fearne Cotton
Chris Evans

| 4.41

scope="row" | 2015

| 8 October 2015

| 12 November 2015

| The SSE Arena, Wembley

| BBC Studios

| Sir Tom Jones
Rob Brydon

| rowspan="4"|TBC

scope="row" | 2016

| 1 November 2016

| 14 November 2016

| Royal Albert Hall

| rowspan=3|BBC Studios

| Fearne Cotton
Greg James

scope="row" | 2017

| 19 October 2017

| 13 November 2017

| rowspan="2"| The SSE Arena, Wembley

| Fearne Cotton
Sara Cox
Roman Kemp (backstage)

scope="row" | 2018

| 7 November 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/46stXrBnqhcR1BzbTvpZGNq/bbc-children-in-need-rocks-2018|title=BBC Children in Need Rocks 2018|publisher=BBC|access-date=3 October 2018|archive-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013082735/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/46stXrBnqhcR1BzbTvpZGNq/bbc-children-in-need-rocks-2018|url-status=dead}}

| 15 November 2018

| Fearne Cotton
Clara Amfo

Pudsey Bear

{{more citations needed|section|date=September 2020}}

File:Children in need 1980 logo.jpg

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The mascot fronting the Children in Need appeal is called Pudsey Bear. He was created and named in 1985 by BBC graphic designer Joanna Lane, who worked in the BBC's design department. Asked to revamp the logo, with a brief to improve the charity's image, Lane said "It was like a lightbulb moment for me. We were bouncing ideas off each other and I latched on to this idea of a teddy bear. I immediately realised there was a huge potential for a mascot beyond the 2D logo".{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-30024318|title=Children in Need: Pudsey Bear's path from mascot to national treasure |last=Potts|first=Lauren |date=14 November 2014 |newspaper=BBC News | access-date=14 November 2014 }} The bear was named after her hometown of Pudsey, West Yorkshire, where her grandfather was mayor.

A reproduction of the bear mascot (made of vegetation) is in Pudsey park, near the town centre.{{Cite web |last=westleedslife |date=2021-04-21 |title=Pudsey Bear's blooming welcome return to Pudsey Park |url=https://westleedsdispatch.com/pudsey-bears-welcome-return-to-pudsey-park/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=West Leeds Dispatch |language=en-GB}} Originally introduced for the 1985 appeal, Pudsey Bear was created as a triangular shaped logo, depicting a yellow-orange teddy bear with a red bandana tied over one eye. The bandana had a pattern of small black triangles. The mouth of the bear depicted a sad expression. The lettering "BBC" appeared as 3 circular black buttons running vertically down the front of the bear, one capital letter on each, in white. Perpendicular to the buttons, the words "children-in-need" appeared in all lower case letters along the base of the triangular outline. Accessibility for young readers, and people with disabilities including speech and reading challenges, were factors weighed by the designer Joanna Ball, specifically the "P" sound in "Pudsey" name, and the choice of all lower case sans serif letters for the logotype.

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The original design was adapted for various applications for use in the 1985 appeal, both 2D graphics and three-dimensional objects. Items using the original 1985 design included a filmed opening title sequence, using cartoon cell animation, a postage stamp, and a prototype soft toy, commissioned from a film and TV prop maker (citation). The original prototype soft toy was orange and reflected the design of the logo, which was then adapted for approximately 12 identical bears, one for each regional BBC Television Studio. These bears were numbered and tagged with the official logo and auctioned off as part of the appeal. The number 1 Pudsey Bear was allocated to the Leeds region. Joanna Lumley appeared with one of the soft toys during the opening of Blackpool Illuminations and named Pudsey Bear the official mascot of the BBC Children in Need appeal.

In 1986, the logo was redesigned. Whilst retaining the concept of a teddy bear with a bandana over one eye, all other elements were changed. Specifically, the triangular elements of the underlying design were abandoned, and the corporate identity colour scheme was changed. The new bandana design was white with red spots, one of the buttons was removed and the logotype now appeared as building blocks, which spelled out "BBC CHILDREN IN NEED" in capital letters. Pudsey now had a smiling expression on his face rather than a sad one in the previous logo.

File:BBC Children in Need.svg

In 2007, Pudsey and the logo were redesigned again. This time, Pudsey's bandana had multicoloured spots, and all of the buttons were removed. By 2009, Pudsey had been joined by another bear, a brown female bear named "Blush". She had a spotty bow with the pattern similar to Pudsey's bandana pattern. In 2013, Moshi Monsters introduced Pudsey as an in-game item for 100 Rox.

The Children in Need 2015 campaign on 13 November 2015 marked the thirtieth birthday of Pudsey Bear, who has been the charity's mascot since 1985.

In 2022, as part of the corporate BBC rebrand, the logo was completely redesigned. The phrase "CHILDREN IN NEED" in capital letters appeared in a modified rounded version of BBC Reith Sans Bold, and Pudsey Bear was removed as part of the logo. Despite this, Pudsey Bear remained in use as a mascot and was also given a redesign which involved making the multicoloured spots on his bandana larger and adding multicoloured spots onto the soles of his now white feet.{{Cite web |title=Everything you wanted to know about Pudsey |url=https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/fundraising/pudseyspage/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=BBC Children in Need |language=en-US}}

Official singles

class="wikitable"
Year

! Artist(s)

! Song(s)

! UK Singles Chart

1980–1984

|colspan=3 align=center|None Applicable

1985

| Clannad

| "Almost Seems (Too Late to Turn)"

| 80

rowspan=2|1986

| The County Line

| "Heroes"

| DNC{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/artists/the%20county%20line/|title=Official Charts Company|website=officialcharts.com|language=en|access-date=8 November 2017}}

rowspan=2|Ray Moore

| "O' My Father Had A Rabbit"{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/o%27-my-father-had-a-rabbit/|title=o'-my-father-had-a-rabbit {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company| website=Official Charts |access-date=8 November 2017}}

| 24

1987

|"Bog Eyed Jog"{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/bog-eyed-jog/|title=bog-eyed-jog {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company| website=Official Charts |access-date=8 November 2017}}

|61

1988Spirit of Play with Paul McCartney"Children in Need"72
rowspan=2|1989

| BBC Children in Need Choir

| "If You Want To Help"

| 78

Bruno Brookes and Liz Kershaw featuring Jive Bunny and Londonbeat

|"It Takes Two"{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25822/bruno-brookes-and-liz-kershaw/|title=BRUNO BROOKES AND LIZ KERSHAW {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|access-date=20 October 2019}}

| 53

1990

|Bruno and Liz and the Radio 1 DJ Possee

|"Let's Dance"

|54

1991–1994

|colspan=3 align=center|None Applicable

1995Patsy Palmer and Sid Owen"You Better Believe It (Children in Need)"60
1996Red Hill Children"When Children Rule The World"40
1997Lou Reed and Various Artists"Perfect Day"1
1998Denise van Outen and Johnny Vaughan featuring Steps"Especially for You"3
1999Martine McCutcheon"Love Me"/"Talking in Your Sleep"6
2000rowspan=2|S Club 7"Never Had a Dream Come True"1
2001"Have You Ever"1
2002Will Young"Don't Let Me Down" / "You and I"2
2003Shane Richie"I'm Your Man"2
2004Girls Aloud"I'll Stand by You"1
2005Liberty X"A Night to Remember"6
2006Emma Bunton"Downtown"3
2007Spice Girls"Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)"11
2008McFly"Do Ya/Stay with Me"{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a134183/mcfly-to-record-for-children-in-need.html|title=Digitalspy.co.uk|work=Digital Spy|access-date=3 November 2014|date=30 October 2008}}18
2009Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band"The Official BBC Children in Need Medley"{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/news/news201109.shtml|title=BBC Blogs – BBC Children in Need|work=bbc.co.uk|date=19 November 2014 }}1
2010JLS"Love You More"1
2011The Collective{{ref|1|1}}{{cite news|title=X Factor judges to record Children in Need charity song|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/14667496|work=BBC.co.uk|date=25 August 2011}}"Teardrop"24
2012Girls Aloud"Something New"{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/bbc-cin-2012.html|title=BBC Children in Need 2012 – the stars of Appeal Night revealed|access-date=3 November 2014|archive-date=2 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202190829/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2012/bbc-cin-2012.html|url-status=dead}}2
2013Ellie Goulding"How Long Will I Love You"{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/ellie-goulding-cin.html|title=BBC Ellie Goulding releases official single for BBC Children in Need|access-date=3 November 2014|archive-date=25 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925072318/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/ellie-goulding-cin.html|url-status=dead}}3
2014Gareth Malone's All Star Choir{{ref|2|2}}"Wake Me Up"{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3GcB6pTQ6QpNLFKFy0RC8JP/gareth-malone-forms-an-all-star-choir-for-the-official-bbc-children-in-need-single|title=BBC Children in Need – Gareth Malone forms an all-star choir for the Official BBC Children in Need single|work=BBC|access-date=3 November 2014}}1
2015Jess Glynne"Take Me Home"{{Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34709575 | title=Jess Glynne sings Children In Need single | publisher=BBC | date=3 November 2015 | access-date=3 November 2015| newspaper=BBC News }}{{Cite news | url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/jess-glynnes-take-me-home-to-lead-bbc-children-in-need-campaign-34165430.html | title=Jess Glynne's Take Me Home to lead BBC Children In Need campaign | newspaper=Belfast Telegraph | date=3 November 2015 | access-date=3 November 2015}}6
2016Craig David"All We Needed"{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1YgLk3H2LhtdCbJQYKsgwGv/craig-davids-all-we-needed-is-the-official-bbc-children-in-need-single|title=Craig David's "All We Needed" is the official BBC Children in Need single|work=Children in Need|publisher=BBC|access-date=18 November 2016|archive-date=6 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106214902/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1YgLk3H2LhtdCbJQYKsgwGv/craig-davids-all-we-needed-is-the-official-bbc-children-in-need-single|url-status=dead}}42
2017Katie Melua"Fields of Gold"{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BBCCiN/status/926003869280239619|title=We're delighted to announce @katiemelua is to release the official #CiN 2017 single, 'Fields of Gold'|first=BBC Children in|last=Need|website=twitter.com|access-date=14 March 2018}}29
2018

|Jamie Cullum

|"Love Is In The Picture"{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/cin-jamie-cullum|title=BBC – Jamie Cullum to release BBC Children in Need's official single for 2018 – Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=3 November 2018}}

|DNC

2019

|Jodie Whittaker

|"Yellow"{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49935443|title=Olivia Colman to sing Portishead for BBC charity|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=4 October 2019|access-date=20 October 2019|language=en-GB}}

|DNC

2020

|BBC Radio 2 Allstars{{ref|3|3}}

|"Stop Crying Your Heart Out"{{Cite web|title=All-star BBC Children in Need charity single announced|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/bbc-radio-2s-allstars-including-cher-kylie-and-robbie-williams-to-release-stop-crying-your-heart-out-cover-for-bbc-children-in-need__31577/|access-date=10 November 2020|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en}}

|7

2021

|Niall Horan and Anne-Marie

|"Everywhere"{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2021/niall-horan-anne-marie-children-in-need-single/|title=BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2 join forces to bring Niall Horan and Anne-Marie together for BBC Children in Need's 2021 official single|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}

|23

2022–2023

|colspan=3 align=center|None Applicable

2024

|Girls Aloud

|"I'll Stand by You" (Sarah's Version){{Cite web |date=2024-11-06 |title=Girls Aloud to release Sarah Harding's version of I'll Stand By You for Children in Need |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn5wkyq37wvo |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

|DNC

Notes:

:{{note|1|1}} The Collective includes Gary Barlow, Tulisa Contostavlos, Wretch 32, Ed Sheeran, Ms. Dynamite, Chipmunk, Mz Bratt, Dot Rotten, Labrinth, Rizzle Kicks and Tinchy Stryder.

:{{note|2|2}} The All Star Choir includes Linda Robson, Jo Brand, Mel Giedroyc, Larry Lamb, Craig Revel Horwood, Alison Steadman, Alice Levine, John Craven, Fabrice Muamba, Margaret Alphonsi, Radzi Chinyanganya and Nitin Ganatra

:{{note|3|3}} BBC Radio 2's Allstars consists of Bryan Adams, Izzy Bizu, Cher, Clean Bandit, Melanie C, Jamie Cullum, Ella Eyre, Paloma Faith, Rebecca Ferguson, Jess Glynne, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Lenny Kravitz, KSI, Lauv, Ava Max, Kylie Minogue, James Morrison, Gregory Porter, Nile Rodgers, Jack Savoretti, Jay Sean, Anoushka Shankar, Robbie Williams and Yola

Criticism

{{criticism section|date=November 2022}}

In November 2006, Intelligent Giving published an article about Children in Need, which attracted wide attention across the British media. The article, titled "Four Things Wrong with Pudsey", described donations to Children in Need as a "lazy and inefficient way of giving" and pointed out that, as a grant-giving charity, Children in Need would use donations to pay two sets of administration costs. It also described the quality of some of its public reporting as "shambolic".{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/nov/29/voluntarysector.guardiansocietysupplement | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Pudsey's worst nightmare | first=Annie | last=Kelly | date=28 November 2006| access-date=28 April 2010}}

In 2007, it was reported that presenter Terry Wogan had been receiving an annual honorarium since 1980 (amounting to £9,065 in 2005). This made him the only celebrity paid for his participation in Children in Need. According to Wogan's account, he would "quite happily do it for nothing" and had "never asked for a fee". The BBC stated that the amount, which was paid from BBC resources rather than from the Children in Need charity fund, had "never been negotiated", having instead increased in line with inflation.{{cite news |title=Wogan charity fee defended by BBC |work=BBC |date=4 March 2007|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6417329.stm |access-date= 2 June 2007 }} Two days before the 2007 event, Wogan waived his fee.{{Cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/terry-wogan-waives-his-9000-fee-for-children-in-need-6648423.html|title=Terry Wogan waives his £9,000 fee for Children in Need|date=15 November 2007|website=Evening Standard}}

There has been concern about the type of groups receiving funding from Children in Need. Writing in The Spectator, Ross Clark noted that funding goes towards controversial groups such as Women in Prison, which campaigns against jailing female criminals. Another charity highlighted was the Children's Legal Centre, which provided funding for Shabina Begum to sue her school as she wanted to wear the jilbāb. Clark pondered whether donors seeing cancer victims on screen would appreciate "that a slice of their donation would be going into the pockets of Cherie Blair to help a teenage girl sue her school over her refusal to wear a school uniform".{{cite news |url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/24th-march-2007/16/read-the-small-print-before-the-next-comic-relief |title=Read the small print before the next Comic Relief |last=Clark |first=Ross |date=24 March 2007 |work=The Spectator |pages=16 |access-date=17 December 2013}}

A former BBC governor said that Jimmy Savile was kept away from Children in Need. Sir Roger Jones who was also chairman of the charity said he had suspicions about Savile a decade before the news of Savile's sexual abuse scandal came to public light in 2012. His comments came on the day an inquiry began into whether the BBC's child protection and whistle-blowing policies were acceptable.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-20131031/savile-inquiry-begins-as-children-in-need-ban-is-revealed|title=Savile inquiry begins as Children In Need ban is revealed|date=29 October 2012|work=BBC News|access-date=27 March 2019}}

During November 2024, Rosie Millard stepped down as Chair of BBC Children in Need after protesting over grants awarded to an LGBT youth charity whose former chief had been involved in a child abuse scandal.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp35652x26yo|title=Children in Need chair resigns over grants to scandal-hit LGBT charity|date=21 November 2024|work=BBC News}}

See also

References

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