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Children In Need live show featuring Strictly and Dune stars raises £38m

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Cooper-Fiske, C. (2026, November 13). Children In Need live show featuring Strictly and Dune stars raises £38m. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/rylan-clark-timothee-chalamet-children-zendaya-children-in-need-b1304845.html

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-11-13 · by Casey Cooper-Fiske

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The BBC’s Children In Need live show raised a total of £38,720,170 for the charity following a variety of performances and sketches. The program featured stars from the film Dune: Part Three, including Timothee Chalamet, Jason Momoa, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Zendaya, who participated in a prank sketch involving a child and a comedy masterclass for a young fan. Additionally, the show highlighted a £4,760,086 fundraising total from a 400-mile cycle ride by Owain Wyn Evans and featured appearances by Letitia Wright and Leah Williamson.
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Evening StandardThis outlet13 Nov

The BBC’s Children In Need live show raised a total of £38,720,170 for the charity following a variety of performances and sketches. The program featured stars from the film Dune: Part Three, including Timothee Chalamet, Jason Momoa, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Zendaya, who participated in a prank sketch involving a child and a comedy masterclass for a young fan. Additionally, the show highlighted a £4,760,086 fundraising…

Children In Need live show featuring Strictly and Dune stars raises £38m (this article)3 articles from Evening Standard on this story
BBC13 Nov

The BBC Children In Need television event will broadcast live from Salford this Friday starting at 19:00 GMT to raise money for over 1,600 local charities across the UK. The three-hour show features various entertainment segments, including Oscar-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet and co-stars pranking Rylan Clark, and a "challenge squad" of four young people completing personal missions. Key highlights include Radio…

Timothée Chalamet among Hollywood stars and charity heroes stepping up for BBC Children In Need →
Times of India13 Nov

The BBC Children in Need 2026 live appeal broadcasts on Friday, November 13, 2026, featuring a lineup of celebrities including Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, and Anya Taylor-Joy. The show highlights diverse fundraising efforts, such as a 400-mile cycle challenge by Owain Wyn Evans and specific personal missions from four young people, including a 16-year-old with Down’s syndrome. This report focuses on the…

Timothée Chalamet and Dune cast join BBC Children in Need 2026 →

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The programme also saw one child given a comedy masterclass, where he met comedian Michael McIntyre at the London Palladium, and was invited to perform in front of 2,000 people, while another child performed with the cast of the High School Musical stage show.
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There was also a sketch which saw Pudsey Bear appear on Dragons’ Den, where he pitched for donations, while another section saw England and Arsenal captain Leah Williamson surprise a girls’ football team.
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Children In Need live show featuring Strictly and Dune stars raises £38m asserted
show → feature → m
At the end of Friday’s show it was revealed that £38,720,170 had so far been raised for the BBC’s children’s charity. asserted
38,720,170 → reveal → charity
Jones was partnered with Aljaz Skorjanec, West with Alexis Warr, Giedroyc with Neil Jones, Clark with Amy Dowden, and Cox with Julian Callion. asserted
Jones → partner → Callion
Giedroyc was left out of breath as she and Jones performed a humorous routine to The Floral Dance by Sir Terry Wogan, in tribute to the show’s late presenter. asserted
she → leave → presenter
The dancers were then all awarded a 10 by a panel of child judges and Pudsey Bear. asserted
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One of the show’s sketches saw the stars of Dune: Part Three, Timothee Chalamet, Jason Momoa, Anya Taylor-Joy and Zendaya, prank Clark with three children who took charge and told the Hollywood stars what to do through an earpiece. asserted
who → see → earpiece
Instructions included the children telling Chalamet to check his phone mid-interview and tell Clark that he was “bidding on an air fryer” and is in the lead. asserted
he → include → lead
Chalamet later shouts: “No, I’ve lost the lead.” asserted
I → shout → lead
Taylor-Joy replies: “Man I’m sorry.” asserted
I → reply → ?
The sketch also saw Zendaya constantly getting Clark’s name wrong, and Chalamet telling him he was distracted by his teeth while he repetitively shook hands with him, before later stroking his beard. asserted
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Taylor-Joy also began meditating at random and Momoa walked off set on a number of occasions. asserted
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The sketch ended with the whole cast spontaneously dancing and encouraging Clark to join them, before the prank was revealed. asserted
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It came after Giedroyc prompted laughter when she mispronounced Chalamet’s name, which became a recurring joke of the evening. asserted
which → come → evening
BBC Radio 2 presenter Owain Wyn Evans also appeared on the show after raising £4,760,086 so far with his five-day cycle ride that took him through Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales. asserted
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Read More Speaking on the show, he said: “I can’t believe that we did this, this week, 400 miles, four nations, and I’m not a cyclist which is a problem when you’ve got to ride a bike. asserted
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“But we did it, and we raised a lot of money. asserted
we → do → money
The programme also saw one child given a comedy masterclass, where he met comedian Michael McIntyre at the London Palladium, and was invited to perform in front of 2,000 people, while another child performed with the cast of the High School Musical stage show. asserted
child → see → show
The performance of We’re All In This Together saw her mother and Jones become emotional at its conclusion. asserted
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Black Panther star Letitia Wright surprised one boy by inviting him to the red carpet of the European premiere for Avengers: Doomsday. asserted
Wright → surprise → Avengers
There was also a sketch which saw Pudsey Bear appear on Dragons’ Den, where he pitched for donations, while another section saw England and Arsenal captain Leah Williamson surprise a girls’ football team. asserted
Williamson → be → team
The show saw performances from the BBC Children In Need Choir, a band of Morning Live presenters, fronted by Kym Marsh, and Texas. asserted
show → see → Marsh
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