CHILDREN IN NEED TONIGHT: PRESENTERS, SKETCHES AND CELEBRITY GUESTS

Get ready for a night of heart and sparkle! BBC Children in Need is back and brighter than ever, a must-watch event that lights up the viewing calendar and warms the hearts of audiences everywhere.

The three-hour extravaganza broadcast live from MediaCity UK in Salford promises to dazzle the nation whilst raising life-changing funds for children and young people across the UK.

The need has never been greater as the charity is only able to fund 1 in 8 of the organisations who ask for money. Ade Adepitan MBE, Mel Giedroyc, Rochelle Humes, Vernon Kay, Chris Ramsey and Lenny Rush will present a jam packed evening of sketches and performances featuring well-known faces as you have never seen them before.

This year, for the first time ever, the BBC Children in Need Choir will feature children from across all parts of the UK who’ve been supported by BBC Children in Need funded projects. They’ll come together in the studio to sing the anthemic Take That classic ‘Never Forget’.

Graham Norton’s Red Chair is back with a twist as a group of children from BBC Children in Need projects decide the fate of some famous faces who attempt to make the children laugh. Fail and they and the chair will be tipped up.

After 8 years, our favourite Outnumbered TV family reunites for a segment for BBC Children in Need ahead of their Christmas special. They are given an all-important task on the Night of TV... what could possibly go wrong? The sketch stars Hugh Dennis, Claire Skinner, Tyger Drew-Honey, Daniel Roche and Ramona Marquez and is written and directed by the original writers.

In a unique first, Emmy Award-winning worldwide TV sensation Bluey will be transported directly into the Strictly Ballroom and will be dancing right alongside the Professional Dancers to help raise funds to support the work the charity does helping children and young people all across the UK.

Bluey will be joined by Dianne Buswell, Nadiya Bychkova, Neil Jones, Gorka Marquez, Johannes Radebe and Michelle Tsiakkas to perform a playful dance that will include easy moves to dance along to so that everyone at home can join in on the fun, including The Mashed Potato, The Alligator and The Floss amongst loads more in this specially choreographed jaunty group jive to Land of 1000 Dances

The One Show’s Challenge Squad, which features young people who have been supported by BBC Children in Need projects, will culminate in two live performances in the BBC Children in Need Studio, alongside some very special guests including the multi-platinum selling artist Ella Henderson.

The audience can also expect a special performance from the cast of COME ALIVE! The Greatest Showman, which is a brand-new Circus Spectacular. There is an out-of-this-world treat for Doctor Who fans as BBC Children in Need launches a very special auction. Plus, the fifteenth Doctor himself – Ncuti Gatwa – introduces a world exclusive preview from the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special.

Paddy McGuinness will find out the total raised by his Radio 2 Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge, which will see him cycle through three nations and eight counties in aid of BBC Children in Need’s 2024 Appeal.

Golden Globe and three time BAFTA-winning actor Gary Oldman will be reading a very special CBeebies Bedtime Story, which will be aired as part of Friday night’s BBC Children in Need 2024 show. Oldman will bring his storytelling skills to tell a very special CBeebies Bedtime Story, which has been written especially for BBC Children in Need by Claire Taylor and is based on a true story.

Children In Need airs Friday 15th November from 7pm on BBC One and iPlayer.