Children in Need 2024 on TV and BBC iPlayer

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Released: November 15, 2024

Collage showing key images for: Children in Need 2024 presenters, Children in Need Paddy's Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge; Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who; The outnumbered cast sits down with Pudsey ears and t-shirts; Strictly Come Dancing logo with Bluey dancing next to it

BBC Children in Need is back and brighter than ever. Tonight’s three-hour extravaganza comes to you live at 7pm from MediaCity UK, Salford and promises to dazzle the nation as it raises life-changing funds for children and young people across the UK.

We’ve got everything you need to know about this year’s live entertainment extravaganza, including three hours of comedy, music and surprise guests!

When is Children in Need 2024 on TV and BBC iPlayer?

Tonight is the night! Watch from 19 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer Friday, November 15.

Children in need 2024 presenters

Key art for BBC Children in Need 2024 featuring images by Mel Giedroyc, Lenny Rush, Vernon Kay, Rochelle Humes, Ade Adepitan and Chris Ramsey.

Ade Adepitan MBE, Mel Giedroyc, Rochelle Humes, Vernon Kay, Chris Ramsey and Lenny Rush will present a jam-packed evening of sketches and performances featuring familiar faces as you’ve never seen them before.

Children in need 2024 sketches

Bluey and Strictly Come Dancing

Animated children's TV character Bluey, a Blue Heeler puppy, dances in front of the Strictly Come Dancing glitterball logo

In a unique first, Emmy Award-winning global TV sensation Bluey will be transported directly into the Strictly Ballroom and will dance right alongside the professional dancers to help raise funds to support the work the charity does for to help children and young people across the UK.

Viewers can catch a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Bluey’s very special dance during Strictly: It Takes Two on Thursday 14 November at 6.30pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.

Persuaded

The Brockmans are sitting on a gray sofa wearing Children in Need t-shirts and Pudsey bear ear bands and holding a large Pudsey bear outfit.

Outnumbered’s Brockman family are back together for a segment for BBC Children in Need ahead of theirs Christmas special.

They are given a crucial task on TV night… what could go wrong?

The sketch stars Hugh Dennis, Claire Skinner, Tyger Drew-Honey, Daniel Roche and Ramona Marquez and is written and directed by the original writers.

CBeebie’s Bedtime Story

Gary Oldman holds a Pudsey the bear with stars in the background

IN in a heartwarming collaboration for BBC Children in Need, Academy Award, Golden Globe and three-time BAFTA-winning actor Gary Oldman will read a very special CBeebies Bedtime Story, which will be broadcast as part of Friday night’s BBC Children in Need 2024 show.

Doctor Who

Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor. He leans over the TARDIS console and reaches for the camera.
(Image: James Pardon/Bad Wolf/BBC Studios)

There’s an out-of-this-world treat for Doctor Who fans as two highly collectible pieces of TV history will be auctioned off during tonight’s show.

Fans will have the chance to bid on Jodie Whittaker’s TARDIS, which was used on the set of the 2022 Festive Special Eve of the Daleks and for one night only to bid on the waitress costume worn by Kylie Minogue when she played Astrid Peth in Voyage of the Damned in 2007. Plus, the Fifteenth Doctor himself – Ncuti Gatwa – introduces a world-exclusive preview of the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special.

Girls out loud

Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle, Cheryl, Kimberly Walsh and a pudsey pet looking at the camera
(L-R) Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle, Cheryl and Kimberly Walsh (Image: BBC/Sam Holden)

20 years after its original release as the BBC Children in Need single, Girls Aloud have released a brand new version of I’ll Stand By You with their beloved Sarah Harding on lead vocals throughout. The vocals were discovered in the Girls Aloud box while the band were collecting archive material for their sold-out The Girls Aloud Show arena tour earlier this year.

Girls Aloud members Nadine Coyle and Kimberley Walsh will visit a BBC Children in Need funded project, the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT) at the Royal London Hospital, which supports babies and children whose lives have been permanently changed by retinoblastoma; an eye cancer that is typically diagnosed in babies and children under the age of six.

The live show

We’ll catch up with the cast of Paddington in Peru as Hugh Bonneville, Olivia Coleman, Antonio Banderas and Emily Mortimer decide who takes first place as their favorite bear: Paddington or Pudsey?

The gladiators join a very special dance class led by our favorite yellow bear, and be joined by some rather unexpected new recruits live in the studio…

For the first time ever BBC children in need choir will feature children from all over the UK who have been supported by BBC Children in Need funded projects. They come together in the studio to sing the anthemic Take That classic Never Forget.

Graham Norton’s red chair is back with a twist as a group of children from BBC Children in Need projects decide the fate of some famous faces trying to make the children laugh. Fail and they and the chair are tipped up.

The One Show’s Challenge Squadwhich features young people who have been supported by BBC Children in Need projects, culminating in two live performances in the studio with some very special guests including multi-platinum selling artist Ella Henderson. Audiences can also expect a special appearance from the cast of COME ALIVE! The Greatest Showman, which is a brand new Circus Spectacular.

Artwork for Paddy's UItra Endurance Cycle Challenge for BBC Children in Need. Featuring a picture of Paddy McGuinness wearing yellow Pudsey bear ears.

Paddy McGuinness wants to find out the total amount he has raised Radio 2 Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge, which will see him cycle through three nations and eight countries in support of the BBC Children in Need’s 2024 Appeal.

Read more: Paddy’s Ultra Endurance Cycle Challenge – get the latest updates

Northern Ireland

Connor Phillips and Holly Hamilton smile for the camera wearing branded clothing for BBC Children in Need. Connor wears goggles and an inflatable rubber ring in reference to the 'mammoth challenge swim team' challenge.

Connor Phillips and Holly Hamilton will bring an update from Northern Ireland on the night and host a special programme, BBC Children in Need 2024 In Northern Ireland on Saturday 16 November.

Scotland

collage of headshots showing Michelle McManus, Zara Janjua, David Currie, Gary Innes, Jane Lewis
Top Row L/R: Michelle McManus, Zara Janjua. Bottom Row L/R: David Currie, Gary Innes, Jane Lewis

Join Jackie Bird who will be presenting a special Children in Need program on BBC Scotland on Friday 15 November at 22 in the evening.

This program will showcase the BBC Radio Scotland presenters’ week-long challenge and feature moving stories from children and young people across Scotland who have benefited from funds raised through BBC Children in Need.

Wales

Composite image with three images from challenges to support children in need. Left, weatherman Derek Brockway smiles next to Children in Need mascot, Pudsey. At top right, BBC Radio Cymru's Aled Hughes stands in front of a mountain range. Bottom right, BBC Radio Wales' Jason Mohammad points to a swimming cap marked with the Children in Need logo.

BBC Cymru Wales has a number of activities this year to raise money for BBC Children in Need, with presenters including Aled Hughes, Jason Mohammad and Derek Brockway all getting in on the action.

From making a splash with the Thousand Mile Challenge to tackling a grueling seven-day walk along the North Wales Pilgrim’s Way and joining our resident weatherman on an extra special walk, teams across BBC Cymru Wales face some of their most ambitious challenges.

Children in Need on BBC iPlayer

Thomas Forrester, Nicki Chapman, Briony Williams, Pudsey Bear, Christina Trevanion, Jacqui Joseph, Martin Roberts, Irita Marriott smile for the camera
Bargain Hunt – Thomas Forrester, Nicki Chapman, Briony Williams, Pudsey Bear, Christina Trevanion, Jacqui Joseph, Martin Roberts, Irita Marriott

There are a number of special episodes of your favorite shows available to watch on BBC iPlayer.

Offer hunting The Children in Need special is a fantastic TV showdown of daytime TV presenters, all in aid of BBC Children in Need! Pudsey Bear teams up with Christina Trevanion to host a battle of two property shows, with Nicki Chapman and Briony May Williams from Escape to the Country versus Jacqui Joseph and Martin Roberts from Homes Under the Hammer.

Six famous faces join Alan Interior Design Masters for a fun makeover to raise money by transforming a project for young carers in the Midlands, before the judges decide who will win Stand Out Space.

Derek Brockway will be in Pembrokeshire for a special episode of Weatherman leaves as he walks from St David’s to Whitesands as he celebrates some of the incredible work done by charities and projects from across Wales supported by BBC Children in Need.

Presenters Matt Baker, Anita Rani, Sean Fletcher, Margherita Taylor and John Craven are celebrating ten years of Countryfile Rambles for BBC Children in Need.