''Children in Need 2016'' is a campaign held in the United Kingdom to raise money for the charity
Children in Need. It was the 37th Children in Need appeal show which was broadcast live on
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, p ...
on the evening of Friday 18 November until the early hours of Saturday 19 November. It was the first edition of the televised campaign since original presenter
Terry Wogan
Sir Michael Terence Wogan (; 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016) was an Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the UK for most of his career. Between 1993 and his semi-retirement in December 2009, his BBC Radio 2 weekd ...
's death in January 2016.
Dermot O'Leary,
Fearne Cotton
Fearne Wood ( Cotton; born 3 September 1981) is an English broadcaster and author''.'' She began her career in the late 1990s presenting various children's television shows for GMTV, CITV and CBBC. In 2007, she presented '' The Xtra Factor'', ...
and
Nick Grimshaw
Nicholas Peter Andrew Grimshaw (born 14 August 1984), also known as Grimmy, is an English television and former radio presenter, podcaster and author. He became known for having hosted a variety of shows on BBC Radio 1. He is also known as a t ...
did not return for the 2016 telethon, and were replaced by
Graham Norton,
Ade Adepitan
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and
Marvin Humes.
Craig David performed the official Children in Need single for 2016,
All We Needed
"All We Needed" is a song by British singer Craig David. The song was released as a digital download in the United Kingdom on 11 November 2016 by Sony Music. The song features on his sixth studio album, ''Following My Intuition'' (2016). It was re ...
.
Telethon
The culmination of Children in Need 2016 was broadcast on BBC One on 18 November from the
BBC Elstree Centre.
This year saw the biggest totaliser record in the history of ''Children in Need'', £46.6 million. It was announced in summer 2017 that the charity raised the highest ever fundraising total of £60,000,000.
Presenters
The presenters were:
Music
Features
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Fantastic Beasts
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Children In Need Special'' - with
Eddie Redmayne
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He ...
* ''
Would I Lie To You? Children In Need Special''
*''Cast of
EastEnders
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go 80's''
*
Team GB
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does ''
Strictly Come Dancing
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Totals
The following are totals with the times they were announced on the televised show.
See also
*
Children In Need
References
External links
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{{Children in Need
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November 2016 events in the United Kingdom