BBC1 will be taken over by Comic Relief on Friday 15th March, a night of sketch shows, performances and most importantly fundraising for a just world free from poverty. Here at ipostparcels.com we’ve taken a look into the Comic Relief archive and put together some of its funniest moments over the years.
Comic Relief History:
It all started back in 1985 on Christmas Day, live on BBC1 from a refugee camp in Sudan. At the time there was devastating famine in Ethiopia and action was needed. Comic Relief came into place to help. The idea behind it was to bring together British celebs to make the public laugh while they raised money. In 1988 red nose day was launched and made a huge impact with the first televised night raising a staggering £15m!
Comic Relief’s Funniest Moments:
The ipostparcels.com team have had a look through at some of the most memorable Comic Relief moments and put together the top 3:
No 3- James Cordon playing Smithy from Gavin and Stacey wanders in to the England footy teams meeting and gives them a motivational speech using the wise words of John Barnes
No 2- The French kiss, back in the 90’s a million pounds was raised purely for Dawn French’s dream to come true and get a loving kiss from a rather young Hugh Grant- the build up to this was hilarious!
No 1- Our top moment was when Ali G interviewed Posh Spice and David Beckham, it was from this interview the world was privy to the nickname Victoria had for David ‘Golden Balls’. Line of the night was when Ali G asked Victoria if her little boy had started to put sentences together, she answered as she would about her son but Ali G was actually asking about Becks!
This year is set to be another eventful night with plenty more laughs to help tackle the serious issue that is poverty. Here at ipostparcels.com we’ll be doing our bit by dressing down and wearing red whilst making sure your parcels go out for next day delivery.