Lenny Henry, Griff Rhys Jones and Jonathan Ross take you "Behind the Nose" to root out the very best of Red Nose comedy, and to discover the reasons why the money people gave last year is so crucial. All with the help of Billy Connolly, Dame Edna Everage, Rowan Atkinson and 36 other top comedians.
Who's Funniest?
The evening explodes into action with the result of the Radio Times poll for the Best Comedy of Red Nose Day 1991 - Tom Jones v Theophilus P Wildebeeste, Robbie Coltrane, Birds of a Feather, Mr Bean and Postman Pat all vie for top billing. Also there's a whirlwind guide to how your money from last year is being spent from Scotland to the Sudan.
(Teletext subtitles: page 888)

9.40pm The Comic Relief Snappily Titled and Utterly Sponditious Stab at Explaining Why So Many People in Africa Are So Damn Poor
In this unusual documentary Tony Robinson travels throughout Tanzania to look at the real reasons for poverty in Africa. Back home helping to explain what he discovers are actors Richard Wilson and Jim Broadbent, with Peter Sissons, Gerald Scarfe , and Peter Snow , two talking trees and a Plasticine lion.
(Teletext subtitles: page 888)

10.30pm The A-Z of Comic Relief Comedy
The evening is rounded off with reports on Comic Relief UK from Stephen Fry, Ben Elton and Dawn French.
Plus classic comedy from the last six years of Comic Relief, featuring everyone from Harry Enfield to Ken Dodd, from Mel and Griff to Hale and Pace, from Mr Ben Elton to Mr Bean, from Frank Bruno to Frankie Howerd, and from Vic Reeves to Postman Pat via Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall.
Executive producer Mark Harnson
(Teletext subtitles: page 888)
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