Live from MediaCityUK in Salford, BBC Children in Need returns with a three-hour spectacle to entertain the nation while raising money for children and young people across the UK.Ahead is a night full of dazzling entertainment, jam-packed with exciting performances and some of the nation's biggest stars as you've never seen them before.There are special one-off sketches from some of the UK's most-loved TV shows, including MasterChef and a very special parody of Race Across the World, and music from Jerub, Leigh-Anne, and the UK's Junior Eurovision act STAND UNIQU3.This year's BBC Children in Need is hosted by Ade Adepitan MBE, Mel Giedroyc, Jason Manford, Chris Ramsey, Alex Scott MBE and, for the first time, Bafta and RTS award-winning actor – 14-year-old Lenny Rush.

Starring:

Joanna Lumley, Graham Norton, Phillip Schofield, Stephen Mangan, Gary Barlow, Matt Berry, Peter Andre, Jane Asher, Greg James, Zoë Ball, Mel Giedroyc, 67 more, Dermot O'Leary, Terry Wogan, Fearne Cotton, Emma Willis, Noel Edmonds, Jason Manford, Tom Allen, Matt Baker, Alex Scott, Rob Beckett, Nick Grimshaw, Sarah Greene, Kate Thornton, Shane Richie, Ainsley Harriott, Alesha Dixon, Roy Castle, Tess Daly, Rolf Harris, Cheryl Baker, Gloria Hunniford, Ade Adepitan, Dale Winton, Matt Allwright, Chris Ramsey, One Direction, Chris Moyles, Rochelle Humes, Gaby Roslin, Philippa Forrester, Sarah Kennedy, Andi Peters, Natasha Kaplinsky, Gail Porter, Esther Rantzen, Mike Read, Alan Dedicoat, Marvin Humes, Sue Cook, Ken Bruce, Jackie Bird, Chris Jarvis, Jayne Middlemiss, Emma Forbes, Simon Mayo, Jackie Brambles, Gavin Campbell, Sue Lawley, Alice Beer, Cliff Morgan, Derek Brockway, Alex George, Holly Hamilton, Jill Dando, JLS, Julie Fernandez, Jenny Hull, Colin Young, Connor Phillips, John Getgood, Nick Vaughan-Barratt, Rob Curling, Gwenan Edwards, Marianne Tees, Guy Michelmore, Dave Benson-Phillips, Nick Handel

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