Strictly and Outnumbered stars help Children in Need

Stars of Strictly Come Dancing, Gladiators, Outnumbered and Doctor Who are coming unneurotic to assistance rise wealth for this year's Children successful Need appeal.

The unrecorded amusement extravaganza is taking spot connected BBC One connected Friday with 3 hours of comedy, euphony and guests.

The celebrities successful the three-hour amusement see Graham Norton, Girls Aloud, Kylie Minogue, Gary Oldman and Hugh Bonneville.

BBC Radio 2 presenter Paddy McGuinness volition besides look successful the workplace successful Salford, caller from completing a five-day cycling situation connected a children's Chopper bike, which raised much than £7.5m for the charity.

McGuinness volition observe his last fundraising full during the main Children In Need TV broadcast, aft reaching the decorativeness enactment successful Glasgow earlier successful the day.

The erstwhile Top Gear and Question of Sport host, 51, had acceptable disconnected from Wrexham, astir 300 miles away, connected Monday.

The Bolton-born prima has said helium was motivated to instrumentality connected the situation by the radical helium had met who benefitted from projects funded by BBC Children successful Need.

This year's televised entreaty is hosted by Ade Adepitan, Chris Ramsey and Rochelle Humes, alongside Vernon Kay, Mel Giedroyc and Lenny Rush.

Highlights see Doctor Who prima Ncuti Gatwa introducing a preview from the show's Christmas special.

And the on-screen household from sitcom Outnumbered volition reunite for a sketch, up of their ain forthcoming festive special.

Viewers tin besides expect a sojourn from the stars of Gladiators, arsenic good arsenic a peculiar show from Strictly Come Dancing arsenic the professionals are joined by cartoon quality Bluey.

One poignant infinitesimal is apt to beryllium the premiere of the video of this year's Children successful Need azygous - a caller mentation of Girls Aloud's I'll Stand By You, with the pb vocal sung wholly by precocious set subordinate Sarah Harding.

The ballad was primitively released arsenic a Children In Need opus successful 2004 and topped the UK illustration for 2 weeks.

The caller mentation uses Harding's rediscovered solo recording, with unseen archive footage utilized successful the video. Harding died successful 2021 astatine the property of 39.

Also connected Friday, determination volition beryllium a show by vocalist Ella Henderson, portion popular prima Kylie has recorded a peculiar message.

Oscar-winning histrion Oldman has recorded a peculiar CBeebies bedtime communicative for the show.

Children In Need is the BBC's foundation for disadvantaged children and young radical crossed the UK.

Last year's lawsuit raised £33.5m. Overall, Children successful Need has raised much than £1bn for charities and projects since its archetypal large entreaty successful 1980.