RTE Does Comic Relief

Unlikely to start at 8pm unless they move it to RTE Two. As the Green party won't be ready to announce whether their membership has backed entering government until 8pm.

Bingo!

I wonder what the rights issue is. Is it due to NBC being the US Comic Relief/Red Nose Day broadcaster? Or due to the content of some of the sketches?

It could be because NBC are the US Comic Relief broadcaster. My hunch is that it is due to the special episode of Normal People which will be part of the night. Hulu have the rights to Normal People in the US, maybe they are blocking RTÉ showing it there.

There is a purple & red graphic on the top left of the screen with the website for donations or to do it by phone.

Website: rte.ie/comicrelief

Phone no: 1800 400 444

Interesting how the website redirects to "heehee.ie". Michael Jackson would be proud.

The player sadly seems inundated with requests. I've abandoned.

They are doing a live blog here:

https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/0626/1149926-rte-does-comic-relief-live-as-it-happens/

But there’s been little in the way of comedy sketches yet apart from Pat Shortt, with a piece from RTÉ Home School Hub taking up a good chunk of time.

Seems to be working OK for me ... albeit only with the (non-Chromium based version of) Microsoft Edge.

I'm getting a security error on my Chromebook and my Android phone.

Got it woking on iPad now.

They have raised over €1,058,793 so far with the government matching the donations included in the total.