Where can I buy Red Nose Day 2017 t-shirts and noses, what is the theme and which celebrities are taking part?
RED Nose Day is back on Friday – featuring a whole selection of famous faces, comedy sketches and “telly treats”.
With the biennial Comic Relief charity event hitting British TV screens TONIGHT, here’s how you can get involved by donating, wearing red noses and buying T-shirts…
When is Red Nose Day and what is the theme this year?
Comic Relief’s big event is just around the corner – and organisers are busy creating a Red Nose Day night of live comedy, sketches and fundraising at the O2.
The unmissable TV event will be shown on BBC tonight (March 24) and has a theme of ‘A Comic Adventure.’
Supporters are encouraged to wear red noses, do funny activities and raise money at work, home or schools for the Comic Relief charity.
Over the last 30 years over £1billion has been raised for causes in the UK and Africa.
Where can you purchase Red Nose Day T-shirts?
Red Nose Day’s official T-shirt vendor is TK Maxx, who will be selling the limited edition Rankin designs.
The retailer will be selling the tops for £14.99, with at least £7.50 of the sale going to Comic Relief.
Customers can also buy tees on the , with prices starting at £9.99.
And Ladybird have released a limited-edition Red Nose Day book, the latest instalment in their tongue-in-cheek series.
The Ladybird Book of the Do-Gooder costs £6.99.
Celebs that have modelled the T-shirts for the charity campaign include Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams and BGT judge Alesha Dixon.
Where can you buy a red nose?
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s have teamed up with Comic Relief for another year.
Just like previous years, they will be selling red noses and other charity merchandise.
Last year, it was revealed that Sainsbury’s had raised a total of £100million for the non-profit organisation.
You can also grab a red nose and other items on the and Oxfam charity shops.
Companies have the option of buying a box of 40 Red Noses for £40, which allows them to sell the charitable goods off to fundraise further.
There are 10 news noses on offer, all of which are available for £1:
- Nose-it-all
- The all-knowing owl
- The Viking Norse Nose
- Snootankhamun from ancient Sneezegypt
- Snuffles the dragon
- DJ Boogie
- Dr. Nose
- The Snorcerer
- Sneezecake the chef
- Sniffer the dog
- Frankinose - a rare treat, you've got just a 1 in 100 chance of finding one for sale
Which celebrities will be involved in Comic Relief this year?
Comic Relief has confirmed that Michaela Coel, Russell Kane, Katy Brand, Reggie Yates, Hugh Dennis and David Baddiel are to make the journey delivering crucial supplies to some of the poorest communities in Africa.
Grammy Award-winning singer Ed Sheeran also sang with children on the streets of Liberia and met with kids whose parents had died during the Ebola outbreak.
He's expected to be heavily involved with the main event on Friday 24.
Other highlights will include a comic strip game online featuring Warwick Davis, Hugh Dennis, Nick Grimshaw, Lenny Henry, Harry Hill, Alex Jones, Katie Price and Joe Sugg.
Finally, there's the highly-anticipated Love Actually reunion special.
