Sports Relief
| Sport Relief | |
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Official logo
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| Genre | Telethon |
| Created by |
Comic Relief BBC Sport |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Camera setup | Multiple |
| Running time | Various |
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| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 13 July 2002 – present |
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| Related shows |
Comic Relief Children in Need |
| External links | |
| www |
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Sport Relief is a charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, which brings together the worlds of sport and entertainment to raise money to help vulnerable people in both the UK and the world's poorest countries. At the heart of the campaign is the "Sport Relief Mile", which involves members of the public doing their bit for charity.
Comic Relief teamed up with the newly established Sport Relief initiative in 2002 and alternates with Sport Relief, airing every second year in March.
Like Comic Relief, the television programming begins in the afternoon, with CBBC having various related reports and money raising events. This is all in-between the regular programmes, but after the six o'clock news, the usual BBC One schedule is suspended at 7pm in favour of a live telethon, with a break at 10pm for the regular news programme. However, whilst the BBC News at Ten is aired on BBC One, Sport Relief continues on BBC Two, and then resumes on BBC One at 10:35pm, with each hour overseen by a different celebrity team. These celebrities do the work for free, as do the crew, with studio space and production facilities donated by the BBC.
Current Presenters
Former Presenters
The first Sport Relief single in 2002 was "Your Song", re-recorded as a duet by original artist Elton John and Italian opera singer Alessandro Safina, reaching number 4 in the chart. In 2004 "Some Girls" by Rachel Stevens made it to number 2 and in 2006, the third ever Sport Relief single, "Don't Stop Me Now"/"Please, Please" by McFly, was the first to top the chart, selling 36,496 units in the week ending 29 July 2006. In 2008 the Sport Relief single was by Leona Lewis with her single "Footprints in the Sand", though it was officially released as a double A-side with "Better in Time". In 2010 the single was "Morning Sun", sung by Robbie Williams. In 2012 the song was "Proud", sung by JLS and in 2014 "Word Up!" sung by Little Mix both peaking at the 6th position. In 2016 "Running (Live from Abbey Road Studios)" sung by James Bay peaked at 60.
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