Comic Relief returns with The Traitors and Eurovision sketches

The yearly Comic Relief fundraiser has kicked disconnected with sketches based connected the amusement The Traitors and Eurovision.

Dame Mary Berry, Danny Dyer and Jamie Dornan are immoderate of the stars who are appearing this year.

More than £19m person been raised truthful far, Strictly presenter Oti Mabuse announced unrecorded during the show.

This year's fundraising effort volition enactment radical struggling with the outgo of surviving crisis, nutrient poverty, intelligence wellness problems and homelessness.

Comic Relief was founded by Sir Lenny Henry and Richard Curtis successful 1985 with the purpose to enactment an extremity to kid poorness successful the UK and astir the world.

The 2023 programme besides includes AJ Odudu, David Tennant, Joel Dommett, Paddy McGuinness arsenic presenters.

Live performances from Zara Larsson and Tom Grennan person travel unrecorded from Salford.

Celebrities began fundraising up of Friday night's unrecorded show, with Radio 1's Arielle Free taking portion successful a cycling situation and BBC Morning Live's Gethin Jones dancing for 24 hours.

The unrecorded TV lawsuit besides included a video entreaty from The Prince of Wales, successful which helium meets stateless radical who person been helped by Comic Relief.

Prince William said his parent would beryllium "disappointed" to spot that the UK is inactive nary further on the enactment successful presumption of tackling homelessness, and preventing it from happening.

There volition besides beryllium a parody sketch of The Traitors, featuring existent contestants Maddy and Wilf, alongside Dame Mary Berry and Danny Dyer.

Comedians Jennifer Saunders, Stephen Merchant and Rosie Jones volition besides diagnostic successful the sketch, with a twist arsenic Dawn French takes connected on Claudia Winkleman's big role.

Elsewhere connected the amusement determination volition beryllium an quality from Kylie Minogue, whilst Blackadder prima Sir Tony Robinson volition work a bedtime communicative arsenic the quality Baldrick.

Graham Norton, Lulu and past year's UK Eurovision entrant Sam Ryder volition wage homage to the European euphony contest, by playing a mock judging sheet looking for the adjacent UK prima to participate the competition.

Auditions volition travel from Jamie Dornan, Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley and comedian Miranda Hart.

Eurovision fans volition get different dainty though arsenic during the fundraiser, arsenic 2 tickets for the Liverpool last volition beryllium fixed distant connected the amusement by Eurovision presenters Scott Mills and Rylan Clark.

The formed of Mrs Doubtfire The Musical volition besides present their archetypal UK show of Make Me A Woman from the caller signifier show.

This year's Red Nose has been designed by Sir Jony Ive, who is champion known for being a decorator for Apple.

Sir Jony said: 'We've grown up with Comic Relief and are arrogant to enactment their singular work.

'This caller and seemingly elemental Red Nose has been a fabulously analyzable small entity to plan and marque and has progressive our full team. We anticipation it brings a small infinitesimal of joyousness to everyone who wears one.'

It is made from plant-based materials and is disposable to bargain from the Comic Relief website oregon Amazon.