A Night of Comic Relief
Continues into the night.
9.30 Jasper Carrott Meets Blackadder
Comic Relief careers on into the night with Jasper Carrott. Griff Rhys Jones reporting from the Sudan. Blackadder - the Cavalier Years - a one-off special from the dastardly dynasty, starring Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Warren Clarke and Stephen Fry as a suspiciously familiar King Charles I.
10.00 Dad's Army
Jimmy Perry introduces a vintage edition, The Royal Train - starring Arthur Lowe John Le Mesurier, Clive Dunn, Ian Lavender and the rest of Warmington-on-Sea's legendary home guard.
10.30 Corbett, Garnett Palin and Cool
Comic Relief rushes on with Ronnie Corbett, Phil Cool, Alf Garnett and Michael Palin. Nos 8 and 7 of Select-a-Sketch Part 2 of 73 of a Kind - also a short film by ADE EDMONDSON on disability presented by Stephen Fry.
11.00 Dame Edna Everage Arrives ...
... to grace the evening with her almost royal presence. Then excitement continues to mount with nos 6, 5, 4 in the Select-a-Sketch countdown,French and Saunders misbehaving and the Dunking of the Person Voted Most DunkWorthy Radio 1 Disc Jockey.
11.30 Cannon, Ball and A B'stard
Madness is unleashed with Cannon and Ball and a thousand plates. Then, to take you through to midnight, a special comedy fashion show tastefully commèred by Pamela Stephenson and a special edition New Statesman: 'Alan B'stard Closes Down the BBC' starring Rik Mayall, Celia Imrie and Hilary O'Neill.
12.00 Ben Elton Live
Red Noses at Midnight - the whole nation puts on its red noses for a witching hour of comedy it would be fatal to sleep through. Featuring Ben Elton very much awake. 3-2-1 - climax of the Select-a-Sketch; Hale and Pace and The Two Rons; The Young Ones' University Challenge Emma Thompson and Robbie Coltrane Part 3 of 73 of a Kind and a short feature on young homelessness in England.
1.00am Steptoe and Son
Alan Simpson introduces Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell in a vintage edition, Come Dancing, with Tony Melody as the Milkman.
1.30 Sign Off
Lenny and Griff close Comic Relief with a final twinkle from a galaxy of stars, and a song from Max Headroom. A round-up of Red-Nose events across the country. A final total of money raised and a grand farewell.
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