BBC One and BBC Studios are delighted to announce that Salford will be the new home for the BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief nights of TV.
These special events, broadcast live on BBC One and made by BBC Studios Entertainment
Productions, are two of the biggest nights in the BBC’s calendar, bringing viewers jam-
packed evenings of entertainment with exciting line-ups of familiar faces coming together to help raise money for BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day.
BBC Children in Need is the BBC’s UK corporate charity that exists to change the lives of
children and young people across the UK and Comic Relief is a major UK charity with a
vision of a just world, free from poverty, with both of these charity appeals culminating in a
live TV broadcast on BBC One.
The move of these major shows to Salford will also further enhance the BBC’s commitment to the nations and regions, as outlined in the proposals set out by the Director General in the BBC’s blueprint for the future entitled The BBC Across the UK.
Beginning in November with BBC Children in Need, now in its 41st year, the live show will
come from the biggest multi-camera purpose built TV studio in the UK, making it the perfect place to broadcast a night of unmissable entertainment, fun and fundraising. Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day broadcast will also come from Salford where the Sport Relief show has broadcast from for several years.
Salford is already home to some of the biggest and best known programmes on the BBC
including A Question of Sport, Dragons’ Den, Football Focus, Match of the Day, University
Challenge, BBC Breakfast, North West Tonight, BBC Radio Manchester and Blue Peter, with
BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day now also making Salford their new
permanent production base and broadcast location.
Rachel Ashdown, Commissioning Editor at the BBC says, “This exciting move marks the
beginning of a new chapter for these cherished TV landmarks. Plans are already underway
for November’s BBC Children in Need Night of TV which will bring the usual array of stars
and surprises from it’s new home as people come together for Children In Need.”
Suzy Lamb, Managing Director BBC Studios Entertainment added, “The fantastic production
expertise we have in the North is second to none and it’s exciting to think we’re going to
grow this skillset by making Greater Manchester the home of these two incredibly important titles. The team there cannot wait to get going and plan for what I know will be two truly memorable nights every year.”
More exciting details about this year’s BBC Children in Need campaign will be announced in
due course, with the next night of TV taking place on Friday 19 November 2021.
