Sport Relief is back, bigger than ever and like it has never been seen before and the BBC will have all the events from a special weekend of fundraising and entertainment.
Featuring famous faces from the worlds of sport and television, a stellar line-up will bringing viewers an unmissable weekend of entertainment broadcast live, for the first time, from Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, in a huge celebration to try and raise a record amount for good causes at home and abroad.
BBC TV favourites including Gary Lineker, David Walliams, Davina McCall, Claudia Winkleman, Jack Whitehall and Fearne Cotton will present the main event on Friday night from 7.00pm on BBC One, star-studded extravaganza featuring original sketches, special celebrity performances and highlights from this year’s challenges.
Sport Relief hero John Bishop and four-time Olympic medal-winner Sebastian Coe will be donning their sports kit at the Olympic Park to captain two teams of celebrities and go head-to-head in a series of sporting challenges in the Clash of the Titans.
Clare Balding and Gabby Logan will report all the action from the London Aquatics Centre and Lee Valley VeloPark as the two teams take on rhythmic gymnastics, track cycling, synchronised swimming and a swimming relay.
With the Clash of the Titans trophy up for grabs, the competition will be fierce, the challenges demanding and the potential for sporting upset high.
Only Fools And Horses will be back on screens after a 10-year absence with an eagerly awaited sketch that will see David Beckham, one of the show’s biggest fans, join Del Boy (David Jason) and Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst) in Peckham.
Four Paralympians – David Clarke, Hannah Cockroft, Nathan Stephens and Martine Wright – will add a touch of sparkle to the evening as they swap their sport kit for sequins in a Strictly Come Dancing special, performing an amazing group dance.
Those tuning in will also get to see highlights from this year’s celebrity challenges, with Alex Jones, Davina McCall, Robbie Savage and Alan Shearer all pushing themselves to their physical limits in the name of Sport Relief.
There will be also live musical performances from Little Mix, who have recorded this year’s official Sport Relief single, Word Up; from the original pop princess Kylie Minogue; and heart throb favourites Boyzone.
Powerful reminders of the serious side of Sport Relief will be shown throughout the night with moving appeal films, presented by the likes of Davina McCall, Little Mix and David Tennant, showing how the money raised could help change lives both here in the UK and around the world.
For more information and details on how to donate – visit www.sportrelief.com
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| FRIDAY 21st MARCH |
| 7.00pm – 8.30pm BBC ONE |
Gary Lineker and David Walliams kick off the big night from Copper Box, with Clare Balding and Gabby Logan at the Velodrome and Aquatics Centre, while Little Mix perform the Sport Relief single Word Up live.
There is a very unlikely star to warm up the nation for Sport Relief and it is the first event in Sport Relief’s Clash of the Titans with the men’s cycling elimination race featuring John Bishop, Patrick Kielty, Freddie Flintoff, Olly Murs, Richard Bacon and Greg James.
The One Show’s Alex Jones is also live in the studio for her first major interview since her extraordinary Sport Relief Challenge in Utah.
Tess Daly hosts Strictly Come Dancing with the Paralympians and a very special performance featuring Martine Wright, Nathan Stephens, Hannah Cockroft and David Clarke. Look out for a surprise judge joining the Strictly regulars too.
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| 7.00pm – 8.30pm BBC ONE |
Davina McCall makes a triumphant entrance to join David Walliams and Gary Lineker as part of the presenting team and relives her astonishing Sport Relief challenge across the UK.
For the first time on television for years, Kylie Minogue stars in a duet of Especially For You alongside a surprise performer, while in Clash of the Titans it is over to the Aquatics Centre for the synchronised swimming with Patrick Kielty taking on Greg James.
The moment the nation has waited 11 years for has arrived – Only Fools and Horses returns with David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst and David Beckham.
Gary Barlow and Gary Lineker join forces for the first exclusive showing of the official England 2014 FIFA World Cup song along with some of the country’s leading music stars and footballing legends.
Boyzone perform live in the studio and back at the Velodrome it’s the eagerly-anticipated mixed rhythmic gymnastics with an all-star cast.
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| 10.00pm – 10.40pm BBC TWO |
All change, with Claudia Winkleman and king of comedy Jack Whitehall taking over as hosts at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as the fundraising marathon goes on.
There is a special behind the scenes look at Only Fools and Horses, plus back on our screens after the award-winning Twenty Twelve, Hugh Bonneville’s Ian Fletcher talks us through his new role as head of BBC balues in new comedy series W1A.
The drama also continues in the velodrome with Olympic champions Amy Williams and Nicola Adams, and Helen Skelton and Sally Phillips battle it out in the women’s cycling time trial.
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| 10.35pm – 11.30pm BBC ONE |
Wimbledon champion Andy Murray is game for a laugh with the stars of Mock the Week, while Kylie Minogue performs live from the Copper Box.
The Clash of the Titans reaches an exciting finale with the stars competing in the final event, the swimming relay, live from the Aquatics Centre and Jack Whitehall takes on his biggest challenge.
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| 11.30pm – 1.00am BBC ONE |
Gary Lineker is back alongside Fearne Cotton for the final part of Sport Relief 2014 on BBC One.
There is plenty to keep you up late with football managers telling jokes, out-takes and a live chat with the Clash of the Titans teams from the Copper Box.
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| SATURDAY 22nd MARCH |
| THE BEST BITS 5.25pm – 6.45pm BBC ONE |
Another chance to see all the best moments from the 2014 event, as the biggest stars and shows come together for one big celebration to raise money for Sport Relief.
Highlights include David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst reunited as Del Boy and Rodney in a very special Only Fools and Horses with David Beckham.
The worlds of football and music combine as Gary Barlow and Gary Lineker join forces to help inspire the England football team, while Tess Daly hosts Strictly Come Dancing with the Paralympians.
Plus Wimbledon champion Andy Murray as you have never seen him before with the stars of Mock the Week.
The event is presented from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as John Bishop and Sebastian Coe captain two teams of celebrities in a unique sporting competition featuring events at the Velodrome, Aquatics Centre and Copper Box.
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| SUNDAY 23rd MARCH |
| THE SPORT RELIEF GAMES SHOW 1.15pm – 3.15pm BBC ONE |
The greatest Sport Relief weekend ever reaches its epic climax as thousands of people join in the fun and games and take part in the Sport Relief Games live from Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Alex Jones, Matt Baker and John Inverdale host live coverage, where people of all ages and abilities will be doing their bit for Sport Relief and taking part in cycling at the Velopark, swimming in the Aquatics Centre or doing the mile in the South Park, taking in the sights of The Orbit and the Olympic Stadium.
Hazel Irvine will bring us all the Sport Relief action live from the host city of this summer’s Commonwealth Games – Glasgow.
We’ll also see Sport Relief Games action from Cardiff and Belfast.
There are films showing how the money raised by Sports Relief changes people’s lives all over the world, and special guests pop in to share their Sport Relief experiences.
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