Children in Need 2016

Little known fact, the owner of the UK's largest collection of of Red Nose Day t-shirts actually isn't actually a fan of the Comic Releif night on occasion referring to it as 'tommy rot' and 'dross'.

Maybe they could make it more entertaining and raise more money. But imagine if they changed things up and it happened to be the year they didn't make more money than the previous year. The Daily Mail would be (even more) apoplectic.

Is it just me? Children in Need has always been the rather bland, predictable older brother of Red Nose Day? I don't understand all this talk of a decline.

Tangentially related to this, but more radio than TV:

BBC Western House, located next to New Broadcasting House in central London, will now be known as BBC Wogan House.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37999400

What a great thing to do. They did the same thing for John Peel, renaming Egton Wing (not to be confused with the previous Egton House) as Peel Wing.

Oh dear. It would have been nice to keep Graham for the whole event to see how good he would do. I can't recall why Dermot hasn't returned this year.

Because he's doing The X Factor which he wasn't last year.

A really nice touch - highlights the huge impact he had on not only Radio 2 but the entire medium of broadcasting.

In honour of Sir Terry Wogan, the BBC's Radio 2 HQ has been renamed Wogan House at a ceremony attended by his family. pic.twitter.com/bJw7c6ABUL

— BBC News Entertainment (@BBCNewsEnts) November 16, 2016

Dermot wasn't doing X Factor last year, so was available, and not tied to ITV significantly. This year is different.

I think it's less the fact that he's tied to ITV (other ITV names have hosted in the past and he works for the BBC too) - it's more to do with the fact that Friday is taken up with rehearsals for X Factor.

It's the same reason I struggle to understand why they persist with Tess Daly considering she shoots off to Blackpool before 9pm. Indeed would make better use of her to do the celeb Strictly special live from Blackpool.

How many donate on the night because of the exciting viewing, and how many donate because it's non uniform day at school, or they were shaking a bucket in Greggs?

The notable thing to me compared to 10/15 years ago is how little goes on in the studio that isn't a musical performance.

The rest of the show is just standing on the stage linking to clips and reading out the phone number.

It's a side effect of the fact that light entertainment on the BBC consists of little besides Strictly, and comedy is practically non existent.