Children in Need

I am predicting first total of over £10 Million when finslly announced. Let's hope so.

They just did a total of £1m or so

I suspect as Elstree was producing The One Show this evening, the usual The One Show crew are producing BBC London's opt.

Was that written and performed for that year only as I remember the tune being used into the early noughties.

That was money raised from a company. They have not given an overall total yet.

It was the Children in Need 'anthem' for a few years

I going to say 12 million

Time for the first total: £7,546,805

Im 5 millon over, its only £7'546'805 for the first total of the night.

That's probably a good thing, because they did it once, then did it again, then became locked in to having to do a Thursday show every year and they became less important.

I've got to confirm my prejudices and that is this year's CiN is quite rubbish.

I like Terry Wogan but he feels uncomfortable tonight, the fakeness is off the radar from the presenters and the graphics aren't all that impressive.

The line-up is no where near as good as it used to be and has slowly declined over the past few years but tonight's is poor. The most anticipated thing for me is the "Ghosts of Walford" special Eastenders edition but after that I may well turn off.

I suppose at the end of the day, if the money is raised the show is worth doing. However, if they are wanting people to enjoy the show along with giving money they need to up their game - especially next year with the anniversary.

They seem to be having some issues with the VTs and totals coming in late.

None of the content is great this year - nothing stand out. Sports Relief had better with the Only Fools and Horses short.