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Printed: 15 November 2024

BBC Kids in Want is again and brighter than ever. This night’s three-hour extravaganza is coming to you reside at 7pm from MediaCity UK, Salford and guarantees to dazzle the nation while elevating life-changing funds for youngsters and younger individuals throughout the UK. 

We have got all the things you should learn about this yr’s dwell leisure extravaganza, together with three hours of comedy, music and shock friends!

When is Kids in Want 2024 on TV and BBC iPlayer?

Tonight is the evening! Watch from 7pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Friday 15 November.

Kids in Want 2024 presenters


Key art for BBC Children in Need 2024 featuring photos of Mel Giedroyc, Lenny Rush, Vernon Kay, Rochelle Humes, Ade Adepitan and Chris Ramsey.

Ade Adepitan MBE, Mel Giedroyc, Rochelle Humes, Vernon Kay, Chris Ramsey and Lenny Rush will current a jam-packed night of sketches and performances that includes well-known faces as you might have by no means seen them earlier than.

Kids in Want 2024 sketches

Bluey and Strictly Come Dancing


Animated children's TV character Bluey, a Blue Heeler puppy, dances in front of the Strictly Come Dancing glitterball logo

In a singular first, Emmy Award-winning worldwide TV sensation Bluey will likely be transported instantly into the Strictly Ballroom and will likely be dancing proper alongside the Skilled Dancers to assist increase funds to help the work the charity does serving to kids and younger individuals all throughout the UK.

 Viewers can get a glimpse behind the scenes on Bluey’s very particular dance throughout Strictly: It Takes Two on Thursday 14 November at 6.30pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.

Outumbered


The Brockmans sit on a grey sofa wearing Children in Need t-shirts and Pudsey bear ear headbands, holding a large Pudsey bear stuffed toy

Outnumbered’s Brockman household are again collectively for a phase for BBC Kids in Want forward of their Christmas particular.

They’re given an all-important process on the Evening of TV… what may probably go flawed?

The sketch stars Hugh Dennis, Claire Skinner, Tyger Drew-Honey, Daniel Roche and Ramona Marquez and is written and directed by the unique writers.

CBeebies Bedtime Story


Gary Oldman holding a Pudsey the bear with stars in the background

In in a heartwarming collaboration for BBC Kids in Want, Academy Award, Golden Globe and three time BAFTA-winning actor Gary Oldman will likely be studying a really particular CBeebies Bedtime Story, which will likely be aired as a part of Friday evening’s BBC Kids in Want 2024 present.

Physician Who


Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor. He leans over the TARDIS console, reaching towards the camera.
(Picture: James Pardon/Dangerous Wolf/BBC Studios)

There may be an out-of-this-world deal with for Physician Who followers as two extremely collectable items of tv historical past will likely be put up for public sale throughout tonight’s present.

Followers may have the possibility to bid for Jodie Whittaker’s TARDIS, which was used on set within the 2022 Festive Particular Eve of the Daleks and one evening solely to bid for the waitress’s costume worn by Kylie Minogue when she performed Astrid Peth in Voyage of the Damned in 2007. Plus, the fifteenth Physician himself – Ncuti Gatwa – introduces a world unique preview from the upcoming Physician Who Christmas Particular.

Ladies Aloud


Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle, Cheryl, Kimberly Walsh and a pudsey cuddly toy looking to camera
(L-R) Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle, Cheryl and Kimberly Walsh (Picture: BBC/Sam Holden)

20 years on from its authentic launch because the BBC Kids in Want single, Ladies Aloud have launched a brand-new model of I’ll Stand By You with their beloved Sarah Harding that includes solely on lead vocals all through. The vocals had been found within the Ladies Aloud vault whereas the band had been pulling collectively archive materials for his or her sell-out The Ladies Aloud Present enviornment tour earlier this yr.

Ladies Aloud members, Nadine Coyle and Kimberley Walsh, will go to a BBC Kids in Want funded undertaking, the Childhood Eye Most cancers Belief (CHECT) on the Royal London Hospital, which helps infants and youngsters whose lives are completely altered by retinoblastoma; a watch most cancers which is usually identified in infants and youngsters aged below six.

The Reside Present

We will likely be catching up with the forged of Paddington in Peru, as Hugh Bonneville, Olivia Coleman, Antonio Banderas and Emily Mortimer determine who takes the highest spot as their favorite bear: Paddington or Pudsey?

The Gladiators participate in a really particular dance class led by our favorite yellow bear, and will likely be joined by some slightly surprising new recruits dwell within the studio…

For the primary time ever, the BBC Kids in Want Choir will function kids from throughout all components of the UK who’ve been supported by BBC Kids in Want funded tasks. They’ll come collectively within the studio to sing the anthemic Take That basic By no means Neglect.

Graham Norton’s Pink Chair is again with a twist as a bunch of youngsters from BBC Kids in Want tasks determine the destiny of some well-known faces who try to make the youngsters giggle. Fail and so they and the chair will likely be tipped up.

The One Present’s Problem Squad, which options younger individuals who have been supported by BBC Kids in Want tasks, culminates in two dwell performances within the studio, alongside some very particular friends together with the multi-platinum promoting artist Ella Henderson. The viewers may also anticipate a particular efficiency from the forged of COME ALIVE! The Biggest Showman, which is a brand-new Circus Spectacular.


Artwork for Paddy’s UItra Endurance Cycle Challenge for BBC Children In Need. Featuring a picture of Paddy McGuinness wearing yellow Pudsey bear ears.

Paddy McGuinness will discover out the overall raised by his Radio 2 Extremely Endurance Cycle Problem, which is able to see him cycle by means of three nations and eight nations in assist of BBC Kids in Want’s 2024 Attraction.

Learn extra: Paddy’s Extremely Endurance Cycle Problem – get the most recent updates

Northern Eire


Connor Phillips and Holly Hamilton smile to camera wearing branded clothing for BBC Children in Need. Connor wears goggles and an inflatable rubber ring in reference to the ‘mammoth challenge swim team’ challenge.

Connor Phillips and Holly Hamilton will deliver an replace from Northern Eire on the evening, and host a particular programme, BBC Kids in Want 2024 In Northern Eire on Saturday 16 November.

Scotland


collage of headshots showing Michelle McManus, Zara Janjua, David Currie, Gary Innes, Jane Lewis
High row L/R: Michelle McManus, Zara Janjua. Backside row L/R: David Currie, Gary Innes, Jane Lewis

Be a part of Jackie Chicken who will likely be presenting a particular Kids in Want programme on BBC Scotland on the night of Friday 15 November at 10pm.

This programme will showcase the BBC Radio Scotland presenters’ week-long problem and have shifting tales from kids and younger individuals throughout Scotland who’ve benefited from the funds raised by means of BBC Kids in Want.

Wales


Composite image featuring three pictures from challenges to support Children in Need. On the left, Weatherman Derek Brockway smiles to next to Children in Need mascot, Pudsey. On the top right, BBC Radio Cymru’s Aled Hughes stands in front of a mountain range. On the bottom right, BBC Radio Wales’ Jason Mohammad points to a swimming cap branded with the Children in Need logo.

BBC Cymru Wales has a spread of exercise this yr to boost cash for BBC Kids in Want, with presenters together with Aled Hughes, Jason Mohammad and Derek Brockway all getting concerned within the motion.

From making a splash with the Thousand Mile Problem to tackling a gruelling seven day hike alongside the North Wales Pilgrim’s Approach and becoming a member of our resident weatherman for an additional particular stroll, groups throughout BBC Cymru Wales are dealing with a few of their most formidable challenges but.

Kids in Want on BBC iPlayer 


Thomas Forrester, Nicki Chapman, Briony Williams, Pudsey Bear, Christina Trevanion, Jacqui Joseph, Martin Roberts, Irita Marriott smiling to camera
Discount Hunt – Thomas Forrester, Nicki Chapman, Briony Williams, Pudsey Bear, Christina Trevanion, Jacqui Joseph, Martin Roberts, Irita Marriott

There’s a wide range of particular episodes of your favorite programmes out there to observe on BBC iPlayer. 

Discount Hunt’s Kids in Want particular is a terrific TV showdown of daytime tv presenters, all in assist of BBC Kids in Want! Pudsey Bear groups up with Christina Trevanion to host a battle of two property programmes, with Nicki Chapman and Briony Might Williams from Escape to the Nation versus Jacqui Joseph and Martin Roberts from Houses Below the Hammer.

Six well-known faces be part of Alan on Inside Design Masters for a fun-filled makeover to boost cash by remodeling a younger carers undertaking within the Midlands earlier than the judges determine who will win Stand Out Area.

Derek Brockway will likely be in Pembrokeshire for a particular episode of Weatherman Strolling as he walks from St David’s to Whitesands whereas celebrating a few of the unimaginable work carried out by charities and tasks from throughout Wales that are supported by BBC Kids in Want.

Presenters Matt Baker, Anita Rani, Sean Fletcher, Margherita Taylor and John Craven are celebrating the tenth anniversary of Countryfile Rambles for BBC Kids in Want.

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