Red Nose Day 2011
| Red Nose Day 2011: Do Something Funny For Money |
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| Genre | Telethon |
| Presented by |
Michael McIntyre Claudia Winkleman Graham Norton Davina McCall Dermot O'Leary Lenny Henry Fearne Cotton Jonathan Ross Jimmy Carr Alan Carr Jack Whitehall Kevin Bridges |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Executive producer(s) | Richard Curtis |
| Location(s) | BBC Television Centre |
| Camera setup | Multiple |
| Running time | 540 minutes |
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| Original network | BBC One, BBC Two |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 18 March – 19 March 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Red Nose Day 2009 |
| Followed by | Red Nose Day 2013 |
| Related shows | Let's Dance for Comic Relief |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Red Nose Day 2011 was a fundraising event organised by Comic Relief. There was a live telethon broadcast on BBC One and BBC Two from the evening of 18 March 2011 to early the following morning as well as a number of run-up events. The theme for the Red Nose Day 2011 invited fund-raisers to "Do Something Funny For Money".
Donations to Comic Relief's Red Nose Day 2011 reached £74,360,207, the largest total reached on the night in the event's 23-year history. Comic Relief co-founder Richard Curtis said: "This is more than we ever believed we would raise. The generosity of the British public is staggering."
BT handled 765,777 calls to the donation line during the live TV show. These reached a peak of 268 calls per second (16,080 calls per minute) at 21.50pm. BT coordinated around 10,000 volunteers at 129 call centres across the UK.
The sum for the 13th Red Nose Day includes:
The Government's Department for International Development (DFID) will match Comic Relief's commitment to spend £10 million improving health and education across Africa.
Red Nose Day typically raises many millions more than the amount raised on the night. Further donations will continue to be received, and the films shown will start to generate income themselves as many of the sketches are available for purchase and download from iTunes.
The BT Red Nose Desert Trek saw Craig David, Ronni Ancona, Lorraine Kelly, Scott Mills, Olly Murs, Dermot O'Leary, Nadia Sawalha, Kara Tointon and Peter White traverse 100 kilometres (62 mi) in the Kaisut Desert in five days with temperatures reaching up to 100 °F (38 °C). It was broadcast on 17 March 2011. During the Red Nose Day evening, it was announced that £1,375,037 was raised by completing the trek.
Helen Skelton traversed a 200 feet (61 m) high tight rope between two towers at Battersea Power Station. She became the first ever British woman to walk a tightrope this high. During the Red Nose Day evening, it was announced Helen's traverse raised £253,789 for Comic Relief.
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