Sport Relief 

Sport Relief on BBC TV

Sport Relief was all over BBC TV in the run up to and including the Sport Relief Weekend. Millions of you tuned in to BBC One from 7pm on Friday 14th March for a fantastic night of entertainment, with highlights including a very special Strictly Come Dancing, Sport Relief Does the Apprentice and Jonathan Ross’s All-Star Tennis. Also the UK took to the streets to do the Sport Relief Mile on Sunday 16th March, and the BBC covered all the action.

Sport Relief 2008

Shown on Friday 14th March, BBC One & Two, 7pm – 1.30am
Millions tuned in for a cracking night of entertainment with a host of top TV talent, the best music in the business and plenty of surprises. More

Sport Relief Does The Apprentice

Shown on Wednesday 12th March, 9pm–10pm, BBC One
and part of Sport Relief 2008, Friday 14th March, 7pm–1.30am BBC One
The one and only Sir Alan Sugar bossed ten top celebrity candidates in Sport Relief Does The Apprentice. More

The Sport Relief Mile Show

Shown on Sunday 16th March, 3pm–5pm, BBC Two
People all over the UK took to the streets for the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile, and the BBC covered all the action. More

Surviving Suicide

Shown on Wednesday 5th March, 10.40pm–11.35pm, BBC One
As part of Comic Relief’s ongoing support of the issues around mental health, this documentary followed the lives of people who have come close to suicide or lost someone they love. More

Sport Portraits

Shown on Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th March, 10.35pm–11.15pm, BBC One
Two part documentary followed six of Britain’s best loved artists as they took on the challenge of producing portraits of modern day sporting heroes to raise money for Sport Relief. More

A Question of Sport

Shown on Wednesday 12th March, 7.30pm–8pm, BBC One
International footballers Tim Cahill, Brad Friedel, John Arne Riise and Benni McCarthy joined Sue Barker and team captains Phil Tufnell and Dennis Taylor for half an hour of sporting trivia.

Ready Steady Cook

Shown on Friday 14th March, 4.30pm–5.15pm, BBC Two: Sport Relief special
Nick Hancock and Allan Lamb helped chefs Lesley Waters and Richard Phillips to make a meal in just twenty minutes. With Ainsley Harriott.

Sport Relief Presents Little Britain’s Big Swim

Shown on Saturday 15th March, 1.30am–2.30am BBC One
Comedian David Walliams swapped the stage for the sea in an attempt to swim the English Channel for Sport Relief.

Antiques Roadshow Sport Relief Special

Shown on Sunday 16th March, 6.30pm–7.30pm, BBC One
Sports fans and sporting heroes brought their memorabilia to Lords for this special edition of the Antiques Roadshow, which also marked Micheal Aspel’s final recording as host of this TV institution. More