Comic Relief

Comic Relief is a British charity that was started in 1985 by comedyscript writer Richard Curtis for the famine in Ethiopia. The Organization was launched on Christmas day of that year in a live broadcast of Late, Late Breakfast Show by Noel Edmonds on BBC One, in a refugee camp in Sudan.

Was originally raised money through performances, such as a comic revue at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, that on 25 april 1986 was broadcast on television.

One of the most important principles of Comic Relief is the "Golden Pound Principle": every pound donated goes to a good cause. All expenses are covered by corporate sponsors and the interest rate is achieved with the money raised before it goes to the charities. ==Red Nose Day[ Edit] == Red Nose Day is the most important collection of Comic Relief. As the name implies are there on Red Nose Day red clown noses carried, which in many stores are. It is held every other year and is celebrated throughout the country. The fundraising programme on BBC One begins in the evening and continues until the wee hours of the morning, but there are also other fundraising activities, which are organized by private individuals.

For the television broadcasts are from many popular comic television programs short special episodes made, which the makers and actors of programs regularly work together.

The first Red Nose Day was on 5 February 1988 and spent 15 million pounds on. the television program was presented by Lenny Henry, Griff Rhys Jones and Jonathan Ross. On Red Nose Day 2007 was £ 40.236.142, picked up more than 52 million euro. ==The Craziest Day[ Edit] == The Dutch variant on Red Nose Day, the craziest Day called, found Monday 28 March 2011 for the first time in the form of a 3 hour live show. presented by Sophie Hilbrand, Thomas van Luyn, Brigitte kaandorp, Valerio Zeno, Claudia de Breij and Patrick Lance, with the participation of many tv-and radio-broadcasting companies and programmes, musicians, comedians and Dutch celebrities. [1]  the action was not repeated in 2012 and 2013.