Comic Relief
- TV variety
- BBC One
- 1988 - 2024
- 21 episodes
Every two years the biggest British comedy stars and shows come together to raise money for charity. Stars Lenny Henry, Jonathan Ross, Griff Rhys Jones, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and more.
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Russell Brand announces £500k Comic Relief fund
Russell Brand announces £500,000 funding to help people stay drug and alcohol free.
Comic Relief, 16th January 2014Comic Relief to sell controversial investments
Charity says it will sell controversial holdings in arms, tobacco and alcohol highlighted in Panorama investigation while it conducts two-month inquiry.
Mark Sweney, The Guardian, 26th December 2013Comic Relief sketch prompts most complains in 2013
A Comic Relief sketch in which Rowan Atkinson played a fictional archbishop of Canterbury and compared One Direction to Jesus's disciples has attracted more complaints to the media regulator than any other TV broadcast of 2013.
Mark Sweney, The Guardian, 16th December 2013There are red faces behind the red noses
Comic Relief is under fire after a Panorama exposé, but the laws governing investments are complex.
Paul Vallely, The Independent, 15th December 2013How I turned into comedy establishment's most hated man
The film-maker Chris Atkins descibes his extraordinary legal battle to screen a Panorama exposé of dubious investments from British charities - and the ensuing backlash from celebrities including Lenny Henry, Emma Freud and Duncan Bannatyne.
Chris Atkins, The Independent, 13th December 2013Comic Relief whistle-blower says press ignored story
The man who uncovered Comic Relief's investment in "bombs, booze and fags" said he tried to tell the national press the same story four years ago.
Darren Boyle, The Press Gazette, 13th December 2013Lenny Henry: Critics risking a great charity's future
The comedian has hit out after BBC's Panorama claimed that some funds were invested in firms that made booze, tobacco and weapons.
Tom Bryant, The Mirror, 11th December 2013Comic Relief investment shines light on other charities
Charities may have ethics at their core but Panorama's investigation into Comic Relief suggests not all are thinking ethically when it comes to investment.
Oliver Balch, The Guardian, 11th December 2013Comic Relief money invested in arms and tobacco shares
Millions of pounds donated to Comic Relief have been invested in shares in tobacco, alcohol and arms firms, BBC Panorama has learned.
Declan Lawn, BBC News, 10th December 2013Are Comic Relief's investments all in a good cause?
Critics of charity's investment strategies must remember trustees are obliged to invest for the best possible financial returns.
Peter Bennett-Jones, The Guardian, 10th December 2013