Children in Need 2015

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| genre = Telethon

| camera = Multiple

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| presenter = Dermot O'Leary
Tess Daly
Fearne Cotton
Shane Richie
Nick Grimshaw
Rochelle Humes

| narrated = Alan Dedicoat

| country = United Kingdom

| location = BBC Elstree Centre

| language = English

| network = {{Unbulleted list| BBC One | BBC Two }}

| released = {{Start date|2015|11|14|df=y}}

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Children in Need 2015 is a campaign held in the United Kingdom to raise money for the charity Children in Need. 2015 marks the 30th birthday of the charity's mascot, Pudsey Bear, since 1985, and the 35th anniversary of the appeal which culminated in a live broadcast on BBC One and BBC Two on the evening of Friday 13 November until the early hours of Saturday 14 November. The broadcast was hosted by Dermot O'Leary, a last minute stand in for Sir Terry Wogan, with Tess Daly, Fearne Cotton, Rochelle Humes and Nick Grimshaw as co-hosts. Shane Richie hosted the period the show was broadcasting on BBC Two.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/children-in-need/11992094/bbc-children-in-need-2015-what-time-when.html|title=Children in Need 2015: What time and when is it on? Everything you need to know, from Pudsey Bear to Sir Alan Sugar|date=13 November 2015|work=Daily Telegraph|accessdate=13 November 2015}}

The show was broadcast from the BBC in Elstree but also includes regular regional opt-outs. Wogan did, however, appear in a pre-filmed Sketch and provided a documentary voice over, but was unable to present the live section of the fundraiser due to ill health, which was to be for the first and only time since its launch in 1980.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34803750|title=Sir Terry Wogan pulls out of Children in Need for health reasons|date=13 November 2015|work=BBC News|accessdate=13 November 2015}} Wogan died in January 2016, making Children in Need 2014 his last appearance as host.

Telethon

The culmination of Children in Need was the live telethon broadcast on BBC One and BBC Two on 13 November from the BBC Elstree Centre.{{cite web|title=Children in Need comes live from newly upgraded Elstree Studio D and Albert Square|url=http://www.bbcstudiosandpostproduction.com/blog/children-in-need-comes-to-elstree/|publisher=BBC Studios and Post Production|accessdate=15 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224726/http://www.bbcstudiosandpostproduction.com/blog/children-in-need-comes-to-elstree/|archive-date=2 December 2013|url-status=dead}}

=Music=

Ellie Goulding - "Army"
Children in Need Choir - "The Climb" A choir in the studio and in 9 other towns across the UK sung The Climb live in unison. The other 9 towns were: Gloucester, Belfast, Keswick, Great Yarmouth, Llandudno, Jersey, Blackpool, Glasgow and Arundel
Jess Glynne - "Take Me Home"
Rod Stewart - "Way Back Home"
Peter Andre - "Come Fly With Me"
Selena Gomez - "Same Old Love"
Anastacia - "Left Outside Alone"
Shane Filan & Nadine Coyle - "I Could Be"

=Sketches=

EastEnders does "Top Hat"
Call the Midwife does Strictly Come Dancing
Warwick Davis finds "Star Wars Superfan", featuring Sir Terry Wogan
Harry Hill 40 Years of Television with guest: Rebecca Hyland as Laa-Laa from Teletubbies and Barry Killerby as Mr Blobby

=Local Opt-outs=

As well as the main telethon the BBC Regions hosted their own events and provided coverage of where the money goes in their region. They handed coverage over to these from the main telethon 3 times throughout the first part of the telethon stopping around 10pm. Some of these events provided a choir in the Children in Need Choir

The events were held at:

BBC East - Great Yarmouth at The Hippodrome{{cite web | url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/20885032.yarmouths-hippodrome-feature-children-need/ | title=Yarmouth's Hippodrome to feature on Children in Need | date=13 November 2015 }}
BBC East Midlands - Derby at The Derby Arena
BBC London - London at Tower Bridge
BBC North East and Cumbria - Keswick at The Packhorse Court
BBC Northern Ireland - Belfast at BBC Blackstaff House{{cite web | url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/northern-ireland-raises-more-900000-10444909 | title=Northern Ireland raises more than £900,000 for BBC Children in Need | date=14 November 2015 }}
BBC North West - Blackpool at Blackpool Tower
BBC Scotland - Glasgow at BBC Pacific Quay
BBC South - Arundel at Arundel Castlehttps://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/arundel-castle-to-appear-on-bbc-children-in-need-1280398 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
BBC South East - Eastbourne at The Eastbourne Redoubt
BBC South West - Jersey at Fort Regent{{cite web | url=https://www.jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2015/11/10/choir-of-200-young-people-to-perform-for-children-in-need/ | title=Choir of 200 young people to perform for Children in Need | date=10 November 2015 }}
BBC Wales - Llandudno at Venue Cymru{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pmfhm | title=BBC - BBC Children in Need, 2015, Wales' Best Bits }}
BBC West - Gloucester at Gloucester Cathedral{{cite web | url=https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/14043176.gloucestershire-residents-raise-1374202-for-bbc-children-in-need/ | title=Gloucestershire residents raise £1,374,202 for BBC Children in Need | date=19 November 2015 }}
BBC West Midlands - Worcester at The Hive{{cite web | url=https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/14039907.hive-in-worcester-on-national-stage-for-bbc-children-in-need/ | title=Hive in Worcester on national stage for BBC Children in Need | date=18 November 2015 }}
BBC Yorkshire - Bradford at Bradford City Hall{{cite web | url=https://www.bradford.ac.uk/news/media-relations/outside-broadcasting/ | title=Outside Broadcasting - Media Relations }}
BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire - Hull at Hull City Hall