New Red Nose Day Sketch Featuring Famous Faces Drops On YouTube

The sketch aims to celebrate the fundraisers who make Red Nose Day so special in a bid to inspire people up and down the country to make a difference, no matter how big or small.

They include Willow (pictured), from Kent, who struggles to walk unaided due to a condition known as Kabuki Syndrome.

The five-year-old marched around her garden three times with her walking frame to raise more than £8,000 for the charity.

The sketch is voiced by Graham Norton and features famous faces including Harry Judd, Hugh Bonneville, Jamie Laing, Lee Ridley, Mr Blobby, Oti Mabuse, and Rosie Jones with Sir Lenny Henry, alongside home videos of other fundraisers.

• Red Nose Day is back on Friday 18th March 
• A five-year-old fundraiser from Kent stars in the new comedy sketch with Sir Lenny Henry to celebrate all those who make Red Nose Day so special 
• She is joined by Dame Joanna Lumley, Harry Judd, Hugh Bonneville, Jamie Laing, Lee Ridley, Oti Mabuse, and Rosie Jones 
• The exclusive sketch available on YouTube hopes to inspire people in the south east of England to make a difference, no matter how big or small 
• David Tennant, Paddy McGuinness, Sir Lenny Henry and Zoe Ball have been revealed as the hosts of the BBC One night of entertainment  
• Money raised will help support vital life changing work, tackling issues including homelessness, domestic abuse, poverty and mental health problems in the UK and around the world  
• Find out more at comicrelief.com/rednoseday/ 

Dame Joanna Lumley said:

“I love Red Nose Day and I love everything it does. I love the people who raise money for Comic Relief, whether they participate in doing something, whether they buy something or whether they just donate money, they are giving everything they possibly can to help people. It’s fantastic.

"I was so honoured to be asked to be involved in Red Nose Day and I want this year to be big, because times have been so dark and strange, let’s make this one fabulous!” 
  
Comic Relief co-founder, Sir Lenny Henry, said: 

"The spirit of Red Nose Day, like you know only too well, is for everyone to get involved and to get the vibe of helping someone else that they don't know, it's always been that and what could be better?”  
  
“I've been inspired by so many people and its usually members of the public who do extraordinary things. I'm always amazed by how dedicated and passionate the people that run the projects are - both in the developing world and in this country – to help better the lives of so many.

"So, to anybody who has fundraised to support these life changing projects, I personally thank you because we wouldn't be able to do this stuff without you guys. You are the people that inspire me."  

What we know about this year's event so far:

Britain’s best-loved dog trial will be given a Red Nose Day twist as comedians Tim Vine and Kiri Pritchard-McLean head to the Welsh countryside to take on Countryfile’s iconic One Red Nose and Their Dog competition. The challenge will see the comedians put their newfound sheepdog skills to the test in a bid to be crowned the champions in the one-off special set to air in March, with the winner revealed on the Red Nose Day BBC One night of TV. 
  
The One Show’s Red Nose and Spoon Race is back and bigger than ever. Two teams will battle it out to be crowned winners of the physically demanding four-day race that not only tests their fitness but also their hand eye coordination as they aim to keep the nose on their spoons and raise as much money as possible for Red Nose Day. Two brand new captains will guide their teams, with exactly who to be revealed on The One Show in a few weeks’ time.  
  
In March, five stars will become Glow Up Make-Up Artists (MUAs), competing in the iconic Glow Up studios and beyond to become Britain’s First Celeb Make-Up Star for Comic Relief. In this Red Nose Day special one-hour episode, the celebrity MUAs will be given the same treatment as the competing MUAs in the full series. Under the watchful eye of two of the biggest names in the make-up world, Val Garland and Dominic Skinner, they will be set a real-world make-up industry assignment and creative briefs against the clock. Maya Jama returns as host and the iconic Dame Zandra Rhodes joins Val and Dominic to help oversee the make-up artistry as a guest judge. The celebrity names will be revealed in due course.  
 
Five stars will lull the nation to sleep reading a handpicked story close to their heart in the first ever Red Nose Day series of the popular CBeebies’s Bedtime Stories – names to be revealed soon.