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BBC Children in Need 2020

Short film: 15th October 7:30, Appeal night: 13th November.

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CO
Cold Open
I have vague memories from my childhood that for what seemed at the time liked umpteen consecutive years the elaborate studio set included a "river" (with actual water), with Terry Wogan & Sue Cook arriving by boat. Or something. Or did I dream/hallucinate that?
JK
JKDerry
Doctor Who wise, does anyone remember the days when during Children in Need we would get a specially made sketch or a peak at the upcoming Christmas Special on Children in Need? Now what do we get? Nothing. Just the Jodie and a companion introducing a competition.

They could have at least provided with an exclusive clip of the festive special, as it was filmed last year and all set to air, but no. Even for a charity of the BBC, the current Doctor Who team just can't be bothered.

I await the usual bombardment of replies from people not liking what I have wrote. Just my opinion. If you don't like it, fine.
DM
DeMarkay
This years show feels like it’s trying too hard.
DM
DeMarkay

The set is definitely in need of an update! It’s become a bit stale. They could’ve given the whole thing a bit of a rebrand especially as they are celebrating 40 years.


What did you have in mind? I’m sure you/we could knock something up Wink .


Haha, yes! Just something more current and in keeping with current design trends! It currently looks so 2010!! The update that Comic Relief had last year isn’t too far off what I’d do for CIN 😉


I know just the thing Wink
GH
Ghost
Radio 2 have raised £2,248,479 for CIN 2020. Well done Radio 2.
MC
M-CORP
Doctor Who wise, does anyone remember the days when during Children in Need we would get a specially made sketch or a peak at the upcoming Christmas Special on Children in Need? Now what do we get? Nothing. Just the Jodie and a companion introducing a competition.

They could have at least provided with an exclusive clip of the festive special, as it was filmed last year and all set to air, but no. Even for a charity of the BBC, the current Doctor Who team just can't be bothered.

I await the usual bombardment of replies from people not liking what I have wrote. Just my opinion. If you don't like it, fine.


You are not the only one to have noticed this. The word on the street is that a trailer for the so-called festive special is appearing online on November 23rd - Doctor Who's 57th anniversary. (Of course, this is only rumour based on an oddly worded tweet on the Doctor Who Twitter account that seemed to hint at it - 'mark the date in your diary', etc.)

They did something similar last year with series 12 - they could've dropped a trailer on CiN night, but didn't, instead waiting until later in November to drop it online. Which is neat in the sense they're doing it on Doctor Who Day, but more puzzling from a publicity viewpoint, as they reject the opportunity of promoting the show to a larger, more casual audience, then wonder why the last series got some of the lowest ratings for the show post-revival.
AN
Andrew Founding member
There is now a competition to win a camper van.

It’s like watching ITV daytime.

Mel’s turned into Andi Peters
JO
Josh
And there's the terrible slide again...
AN
Andrew Founding member
A big drop for Greggs there 330k down from over a million last year. No surprise why.
AN
Andrew Founding member
That fundraiser of the year surprise went well
AN
Andrew Founding member
That fundraiser of the year surprise went well

This slide is a bit horrible...
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AS
Asa Admin
“Can you hear me now?”
“No Brian, I can’t” Very Happy

I wonder what star rating that slide would get in The Gallery.

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