[tellyblues]

Can I ask, has anyone on here contacted the BBC and told them of how they felt about the style of Comic Relief and Children in Need, and how you would like to see it changed?

If not, then you are wasting your time. Contact the BBC, tell them. The more who contact them, the more chance they will listen and change (a bit hopefully).

Discussion forums generally are a waste of time if it's analysing other people because those people don't have to listen and can do what they want. In the end, declining numbers may force their hand but there is now the quip that because many shows on TV don't rate as well as they used to and a rating above 2m is good that the BBC don't have to change anything, and supposedly neither they should because these are experienced professionals making decisions while people on forums are somehow clueless.

As for what to do today - if the Big Night of Musicals can be packed with back to back musical performances then no reason why Comic Relief can't be packed with back to back comedy performances.

It's easier with musicals because you have a wealth of existing material to draw upon whereas with comedy it is expected to be all new, but the big difference is that comedy is more subjective.