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Liam Neeson and Jamie Dornan join Comic Relief fun on BBC tonight

Liam Neeson and Jamie Dornan star in Red Nose Day sketches Photo: BBC/Press Association
Liam Neeson and Jamie Dornan star in Red Nose Day sketches Photo: BBC/Press Association

Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Olivia Colman, and Hugh Grant are among the A-listers who will make special appearances during the star-studded Red Nose Day show for Comic Relief on the BBC on Friday evening.

The stars will argue amongst each other to be named the most famous in a comedy sketch for the fundraising programme.

Dornan, Kate Winslet, and Catherine Tate will also provide entertainment on the night while boy band McFly will open the show with a medley of some of the most-loved Comic Relief singles from the last few years.

Dornan will transform into his role as Elliot Stanley from the BBC thriller The Tourist as he sits face to face with presenter Clive Myrie in the Mastermind chair.

Titanic star Winslet will treat viewers to a late-night CBeebies Bedtime Story catered to parents as she reads F***, Now There Are Two of You by Adam Mansbach.

Doctor Who star Tate, Vigil actress Suranne Jones, Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey, and Bridget Jones's Diary star Sally Phillips will join together for a spin-off of the BBC's hit reality game show The Traitors, entitled The Traitors: The Movie.

The show will also see the return of Alan Partridge with a very special guest on his regional radio programme.

The cast of the spoof comedy series W1A will reunite on the night in a sketch to find Lenny Henry's replacement as Red Nose Day host.

Red Nose Day will air on BBC One, BBC Two, and BBC iPlayer from 7pm

Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville will return to his role of hapless Ian Fletcher, who is the fictional head of values at the BBC, alongside Spaced actress Jessica Hynes as Siobhan Sharpe, Mr Bates vs The Post Office star Monica Dolan as Tracey Pritchard, and Fleabag actor Hugh Skinner as Will the intern.

Henry, who co-founded Comic Relief in 1985 alongside Love Actually screenwriter Richard Curtis, has been hosting the BBC show Red Nose Day for almost four decades, but this will be his final year.

The actor and comedian will be joined by Joel Dommett, Davina McCall, Paddy McGuinness, Romesh Ranganathan, David Tennant, Maya Jama, and Rosie Ramsey in hosting the fundraising show this year.

Following Ryan Gosling's performance at the Oscars on Sunday, Henry will perform his own version of the Oscar-nominated song I'm Just Ken from the Barbie blockbuster film, entitled I'm Just Len.

Singer Jerub will also take to the stage with a song to celebrate Henry, actor Jack Black will issue a musical call to action, and singer Paloma Faith will perform her new single, Enjoy Yourself (The Red Nose Day Edition).

Red Nose Day will air on BBC One, BBC Two, and BBC iPlayer from 7pm.

Money raised by Red Nose Day will go towards organisations helping to tackle some of the urgent problems faced by people in the UK and around the world including providing shelter and offering someone to talk to in difficult times.

Source: Press Association

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