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Children in Need 2017

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British TV series or programme

Children in Need 2017 was a campaign held in the United Kingdom to raise money for the charity Children in Need. It was the 38th Children in Need appeal show which was broadcast live on BBC One on the evening of Friday 17 November until the early hours of Saturday 18 November.

Greg James and Russell Kane didn't return for the 2017 telethon, and were replaced by Mel Giedroyc^[1]

Telethon[edit]

The culmination of Children in Need 2017 was broadcast on BBC One on 17 November from the BBC Elstree Centre. It was the longest Children In Need with the show running seven and half hours finishing at 03:00 making it the longest appeal show.

Presenters[edit]

Features[edit]

• Blue Peter does Strictly Come Dancing
• The Weakest Link Children in Need special
• EastEnders does the West End
• Doctor Who, Twice Upon a Time preview
• Countryfile Country & Western medley
• Hume's House Party
• The Children in Need Choir sang Over The Rainbow with a Choir in the main studio linking up live with choirs in 9 other towns across the UK. These were: Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow, Newcastle, Newbury, Belfast, Halifax (West Yorkshire), Cardiff and Nottingham

Local Opt-outs[edit]

The BBC Regions hosted events which provided local coverage of where the money went. These were shown as opt outs from the main telethon 3 times during the first part and finished around 22:00.

The events were held at the following locations:

• BBC East - Essex at The East Anglian Railway Museum
• BBC East Midlands - NottinghamatThe Albert Hall^[2]
• BBC London - WatfordatThe Warner Bros. Studio Tour
• BBC North East and Cumbria - Newcastle at The Discovery Museum
• BBC Northern Ireland - BelfastatThe Ulster Folk and Transport Museum^[3]
• BBC North West - Manchester at The Science and Industry Museum^[4]
• BBC Scotland - GlasgowatBBC Pacific Quay^[5]
• BBC South - NewburyatBrockhurst and Marlston House School^[6]
• BBC South East - MargateatDreamland^[7]
• BBC Wales - CardiffatThe Broadcasting House
• BBC West - BristolatAerospace
• BBC West Midlands - BirminghamatThe Mailbox
• BBC YorkshireatHalifax at The Piece Hall
• BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire - HullatHymers College^[8]

Totals[edit]

See also[edit]

• Children In Need

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Children in Need 2017atBBC Online