18th March 2011
Fake That face Take That
for Comic Relief!
Comic Relief: Funny For Money | Friday March 18th| BBC One | From 7pm
Alan Carr, Catherine Tate, James Corden, John Bishop and David Walliams have become FAKE THAT
for one night only, to get the donations rolling in for Comic Relief.
The one-off sketch will be shown tonight (Friday 18th March, BBC One from 7pm) as part of Red Nose
Day’s big TV extravaganza on BBC One.
Viewers will see James Corden become Gary Barlow, John Bishop take on Robbie Williams, Alan Carr
morph into Mark Owen and Catherine Tate sport a cropped hairstyle as she becomes Jason Orange.
David Walliams becomes Howard Donald again for the first time since his ‘Rock Profile’ programme
with Matt Lucas over a decade ago.
The sketch sees the five comedians take to the stage for a Take That tribute band audition, with
none other than the real Take That sitting behind the judges table. They go to extreme lengths in a
bid to impress the man-band, with the use of props, numerous costume changes and complicated
choreography.
David Walliams said: “Being in a boy band for the day was really tiring. We had to do all the dance
moves – but when Take That did it they were like, 22 – I’m 39, and I just thought ‘I can’t handle
this’!”
John Bishop said: “It was great being in a boyband – except one of us was a girl and none of the rest
of us are boys. Obviously it’s a good cause, but aside from the charity it was just a great day, I’d have
paid to do it.”
Fake That will be one of many hilarious highlights on tonight’s show for Red Nose Day. Other things
to look out for tonight include:
James Corden will be back with the third instalment of his Smithy trilogy, which will feature
some of the biggest names in showbiz – including Sir Paul McCartney
Kim Cattrall, Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Victoria Wood and many more stars come
together for what promises to be a side-splitting spoof of Downton Abbey
Andy Murray makes a guest appearance in a special Outnumbered sketch
The cast of Miranda are in a hilarious skit which features heart-throb boys JLS
Culinary novices Miranda Hart, Ruby Wax and Claudia Winkleman go ‘spatula to spatula’ in
a hilarious cook off for Comic Relief does Masterchef
There's double trouble in the TARDIS with a specially shot mini episode of Doctor Who
TV Burp’s cheeky Harry Hill will also be doing something funny for money in a special sketch
will some surprise guest appearances
Catch highlights from Ant & Dec’s Big Red Nose Broadcast, which saw the comedy duo gate
crash TV and radio shows for 12 solid hours earlier in the week.
Keeping the comedy rolling through the night, there’ll also be special moments from
Armstrong & Miller, Alan Partridge, Summer Heights High favourite Chris Lilley and those
sneaky sixth formers The Inbetweeners will show off the best bits from their Rude Road Trip
for Red Nose Day
Don’t miss it – Comic Relief: Funny For Money: BBC One, Friday March 18th from 7pm.
For more information or to make a donation visit www.rednoseday.com. Money raised will
help extremely vulnerable and disadvantaged people living in the UK and Africa.
o Media Team, 020 7820 2500, media@comicrelief.com
o Out of hours number: 07984 510473
o www.comicrelief.com/media-centre
-ENDS-
Red Nose Day 2011 is heading your way on Friday 18th March when the great British public
will once again be asked to Do Something Funny for Money.
To join in the fun go to www.rednoseday.com and find out how you can get involved.
By raising cash this Red Nose Day, you’re helping to change lives forever. That’s because
Comic Relief spends all the money raised by the public to give extremely vulnerable and
disadvantaged people in the UK and Africa a helping hand to turn their lives around.
Comic Relief was launched on Christmas Day in 1985, live on BBC One. At that time, a
devastating famine was crippling Ethiopia and something had to be done. That something
was Comic Relief. The idea was simple – Comic Relief would make the public laugh while
they raised money to help people in desperate need. Before too long, Red Nose Day was
created and the first ever event in 1988 raised a staggering £15m. To date, twelve Red Nose
Days have raised more than £500m. That money has helped, and is helping, to support
people and communities in dire need both in the UK and Africa.
Comic Relief, registered charity 326568 (England/Wales); SC039730 (Scotland)