17-03-2023, 11:03 PM
(17-03-2023, 10:59 PM)JMT1985 Wrote: 30 years ago I was 7 and a half years old, and really enjoyed that Red Nose Day on BBC One, kicking off with Children's BBC in the afternoon on Friday 12th March 1993.Budget for one reason. Even through it’s for charity not everything is free.
Comparing that night to tonight's event, it is like Comic Relief lost it's bottle and is a watered down version of what it used to be.
That night in 1993 had the following:
Mr Bean on Blind Date
Casualty-Comic Relief Special
Smashie and Nicey!
Game for a Game! Jonathan Ross hosts Comic Relief's ultimate television game, which involves every show from Family Fortunes to Mastermind and guests from Roy Hattersley to Frank Carson
The BBC Banned Audition Tapes: Another Comic Relief exclusive. Terry Wogan is revealed auditioning for the Monty Python team. Peter Sissons fails to finish what he started on Mastermind
Have I Got Sports News for You
French and Saunders and Prince and Barry White
One Foot in the Grave
Friday Night Live - Lives Again!
Comic Relief's Old, New, Borrowed and Blue!
Why can't the BBC put the effort into Comic Relief now in 2023 in the same way they did 30 years ago?
£31 million is a great total though!