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Jonathan Yates

How to donate to BBC's Big Night In show

BBC's Big Night In will see Comic Relief and Children In Need join forces to raise money for those affected following the coronavirus outbreak.

Presented by Matt Baker, Zoe Ball, Lenny Henry, Davina McCall and Paddy McGuinness it will air on Thursday, April 23 at 7pm on BBC One and iPlayer.

The show will see appearances from Dawn French who will return as the Vicar of Dibley, Matt Lucas and David Walliams who are bringing Little Britain back to our screens and Catherine Tate as schoolgirl Lauren who's settling in to being taught remotely by her teacher David Tennant.

Plys Peter Kay will unveil a new version of his '(Is This The Way To) Amarillo' music video, featuring some very important key workers.

If you want to donate you can on the night as the donation number will appear on screen throughout the show, or alternatively you can send your donation ahead of the air date.

There are a number of ways to do this, the first is via the website here and you can donate £30, £50, £100.

The money raised will help those in the UK struggling with mental and physical health, getting basic essentials of food and shelter to people and keeping those at risk of poverty and domestic abuse safe from harm.

You can also text your donation which will be split equally between Comic Relief and Children In Need, the codes to text are:

Keyword Shortcode Donation value
ASDA

70205

£5
HOPE 70205 £5
HOPE 70210 £10
HOPE 70220 £20
HOPE 70230 £30


Typically Comic Relief takes place in mid-March every two years alternating with Sport Relief which went ahead last month on March 9 raising more than £40 million on the night.

While Children In Need is held annually in November with 2020's event expected to still go ahead.

For more information go to the BBC's Big Night In website here.

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