''Children in Need 2006'' was a campaign held in the United Kingdom to raise money for Children in Need. It culminated in a live broadcast on BBC One on the evening of Friday 17 November and was hosted by Terry Wogan, Natasha Kaplinsky, Fearne Cotton and Chris Moyles. The voice over reading out money raised at various points was Alan Dedicoat. On average, the broadcast brought in 7.72m viewers and raised a total of £18,300,392 by the closing minute.

Television campaign

Artist performances

* All Saints *

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* Deacon Blue *

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* The Feeling * Nelly Furtado * Girls Aloud * Jamiroquai * Keane * Ronan Keating * Lemar * The Magic Numbers * McFly * Katie Melua *

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* Nerina Pallot *

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* Sugababes * Sandi Thom * Westlife * Amy Winehouse

Cast performances

* The BBC News team performed a tribute to the James Bond films * The cast of '' Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps'' performed Wham's "

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" * The cast of ''

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'' performed

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's " Hung Up" * The cast of '' Bad Girls'' performed Bananarama's " Love in the First Degree" * Chris Fountain, Andrew Moss, Gemma Merna and Carley Stenson from '' Hollyoaks'' performed " Unbelievable" by EMF in London whilst

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, also from ''Hollyoaks'', duetted with Sheila Ferguson live from Belfast.

Others

* West end performances from the casts of Daddy Cool, Guys and Dolls,

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, The Sound of Music,

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and the award-winning musical Wicked. * The new voice of the BT Speaking clock for the next 20 years was announced as

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, a telemarketer and part-time voiceover artist. * The winner of reality show '' Celebrity Scissorhands'' was announced. * Rory Bremner performed a standup routine which lampooned many famous political people. * '' QI'' broadcast a "Children in Need" episode on

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when the news was on BBC One. The theme of the episodes was "Descendents" and featured

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and

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Official single

recorded the official single for 2006's appeal. The Baby Spice recorded a cover of Petula Clark's 60s classic ''

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'' especially for the charity. The single peaked at Number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.

Totals

The following are totals with the times they were announced on the televised show. *At 17 November 2006 23:40 GMT the total raised was £9,684,158 *At 18 November 2006 00:40 GMT the total raised was £12,608,849 *At 18 November 2006 01:03 GMT the total raised was £16,052,161 *At 18 November 2006 01:47 GMT the total raised was £16,950,588 *At 18 November 2006 02:19 GMT the total raised was £18,300,392 The most recent total shown for the 2006 appeal was shown on the official website on 24 June 2007 at 18:40 GMT as £30,194,659BBC – BBC Children In Need
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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Children in Need 2006 2006 in the United Kingdom 2006 in British television

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