History Series / ChildrenInNeed

* CharityMotivationSong: The BBC Children in Need Medley was basically a "who's who" of the British cartoon industry, with some American toons as well. It featured ''WesternAnimation/RoaryTheRacingCar'', ''WesternAnimation/FifiAndTheFlowertots'', ''WesternAnimation/TheWombles'', ''Series/InTheNightGarden'', ''WesternAnimation/AngelinaBallerina'', ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', ''Series/{{Bagpuss}}'', ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'', ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'', ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PostmanPat'', ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam'', ''WesternAnimation/CamberwickGreen'', ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Pingu}}'', ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}'', ''Series/TheSootyShow'', ''WesternAnimation/TheKoalaBrothers'', ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Rubbadubbers}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Paddington|1975}}'' amongst others, singing a variety of songs mashed together.

* CharityMotivationSong: The BBC Children in Need Medley was basically a "who's who" of the British cartoon industry, with some American toons as well. It featured ''WesternAnimation/RoaryTheRacingCar'', ''WesternAnimation/FifiAndTheFlowertots'', ''WesternAnimation/TheWombles'', ''Series/InTheNightGarden'', ''WesternAnimation/AngelinaBallerina'', ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', ''Series/{{Bagpuss}}'', ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'', ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'', ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PostmanPat'', ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam'', ''WesternAnimation/CamberwickGreen'', ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Pingu}}'', ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}'', ''Series/TheSootyShow'', ''WesternAnimation/TheKoalaBrothers'', ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Rubbadubbers}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Paddington}}'' amongst others, singing a variety of songs mashed together.

* CrowdSong: The end of the medley has the entire cast joining in for a rendition of Music/TheBeatles' "Hey Jude" and Music/Elbow's "One Day Like This".

* CrowdSong: The end of the medley has the entire cast joining in for a rendition of "Hey Jude" and "One Day Like This".

* BigEater: In the medley, [[WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine Sir Topham Hatt]] is shown gorging himself on doughnuts while everyone else is singing.

* CharityMotivationSong: The BBC Children in Need Medley was basically a "who's who" of the British cartoon industry, with some American toons as well. It featured ''WesternAnimation/RoaryTheRacingCar'', ''WesternAnimation/FifiAndTheFlowertots'', ''WesternAnimation/TheWombles'', ''Series/InTheNightGarden'', ''WesternAnimation/AngelinaBallerina'', ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', ''Series/{{Bagpuss}}'', ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'', ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'', ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PostmanPat'', ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam'', ''WesternAnimation/CamberwickGreen'', ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Pingu}}'', ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}'', ''Series/TheSootyShow'', ''WesternAnimation/TheKoalaBrothers'', ''WesternAnimation/PeppaPig'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Rubbadubbers}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Paddington}}'' amongst others, singing a variety of songs mashed together.

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* RoleReprisal: ''Every'' character featured in the medley is voiced by their original voice actor. They even got Music/RingoStarr to voice Thomas.[[note]]Scooby is voiced by Creator/FrankWelker, though, because Creator/DonMessick died in 1997[[/note]]

* PhotoBomb: In the medley, Stingo from ''Fifi and the Flowertots'' photobombs a picture taken by Flash from ''Roary'', Penny from ''Fireman Sam'', and Bumble (also from ''Fifi'').

* OneOfTheGirls: In the medley, when Fifi, Wendy, Marsha, Primrose, Penny, Big Christine, and Nisha perform "Jai Ho!", Nisha's husband Ajay joins their flash mob, much to the disapproval of Bob, Big Chris, Mr. Carburettor, Sam, Elvis, Steele, Pat, Virgil, Parker, and Brains. Ajay realizes his mistakes and joins the guys for their performance of "Tubthumping".

* {{Medley}}: The BBC Children in Need Medley is a mashup of "[[Music/TheJacksons Can You Feel It]]", "[[Music/FleetwoodMac Don't Stop]]", "[[Film/SlumdogMillionaire Jai Ho!]]", "[[Music/{{Chumbawamba}} Tubthumping]]", "[[Music/TheBeatles Hey Jude]]", and "[[Music/{{Elbow}} One Day Like This]]".

* {{Filler}}

** For a short period of time, opposite the news, ''[[Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou Have I Got]] [[Series/NevermindTheBuzzcocks Buzzcocks]] [[TheyThinkItsAllOver All Over]]'' before the third part of that was canned. This slot is now usually filled by a VerySpecialEpisode of ''Series/{{QI}}''.

After ''Series/DoctorWho'' successfully revived, the BBC has twice made seven-minute shorts to be aired during Children in Need. The first was [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CiNSDoctorWhoChildrenInNeed a transition]] from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays "The Parting of the Ways"]] to [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion "The Christmas Invasion"]] (2005); the second, [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CiNSTimeCrash "Time Crash"]] (2007) is a meeting of the Tenth Doctor (Creator/DavidTennant) and the Fifth Doctor (Creator/PeterDavison) which also explains the transition from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords "Last of the Time Lords"]] to [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CSVoyageOfTheDamned "Voyage of the Damned"]]. In 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and the entirety of the Twelfth Doctor's run from 2014 to 2017 they instead aired excerpts from the upcoming [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas Specials]]. In 2011 this was preceded by [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_111119_03/Watch_the_Doctor_on_Children_in_Need blatant fanservice]]. 2012 saw [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33CINTheGreatDetective "The Great Detective"]], a short exploring the Doctor's emotional state between [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E5TheAngelsTakeManhattan "The Angels Take Manhattan"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen "The Snowmen"]], while 2013 had an excerpt of [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor"]]. Segments for the Thirteenth Doctor (Creator/JodieWhittaker) live up to the name "Children in Need": 2018 had a non-fiction short where Whittaker brings a young fan with cystic fibrosis on a tour of the TARDIS set and 2019 saw her make a surprise appearance live on stage and in costume to meet another young fan.

After ''Series/DoctorWho'' successfully revived, the BBC has twice made seven-minute shorts to be aired during Children in Need. The first was [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CiNSDoctorWhoChildrenInNeed a transition]] from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays "The Parting of the Ways"]] to [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion "The Christmas Invasion"]] (2005); the second, [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CiNSTimeCrash "Time Crash"]] (2007) is a meeting of the Tenth Doctor (Creator/DavidTennant) and the Fifth Doctor (Creator/PeterDavison) which also explains the transition from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords "Last of the Time Lords"]] to [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CSVoyageOfTheDamned "Voyage of the Damned"]]. In 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and the entirety of the Twelfth Doctor's run from 2014 to 2017 they instead aired excerpts from the upcoming [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas Specials]]. In 2011 this was preceded by [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_111119_03/Watch_the_Doctor_on_Children_in_Need blatant fanservice]]. 2012 saw [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33CINTheGreatDetective "The Great Detective"]], a short exploring the Doctor's emotional state between [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E5TheAngelsTakeManhattan "The Angels Take Manhattan"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen "The Snowmen"]], while 2013 had an excerpt of [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor"]]. Segments for the Thirteenth Doctor (Creator/JodieWhittaker) live up to the name "Children in Need": 2018 had a short where Whittaker brings a young fan with cystic fibrosis on a tour of the TARDIS set and 2019 saw her make a surprise appearance live on stage and in costume to meet another young fan.

After ''Series/DoctorWho'' successfully revived, the BBC has twice made seven-minute shorts to be aired during Children in Need. The first was [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CiNSDoctorWhoChildrenInNeed a transition]] from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays "The Parting of the Ways"]] to [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CSTheChristmasInvasion "The Christmas Invasion"]] (2005); the second, [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CiNSTimeCrash "Time Crash"]] (2007) is a meeting of the Tenth Doctor (Creator/DavidTennant) and the Fifth Doctor (Creator/PeterDavison) which also explains the transition from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords "Last of the Time Lords"]] to [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CSVoyageOfTheDamned "Voyage of the Damned"]]. In 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010 they instead aired excerpts from the upcoming [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas Specials]]. In 2011 this was preceded by [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_111119_03/Watch_the_Doctor_on_Children_in_Need blatant fanservice]]. 2012 saw [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33CINTheGreatDetective "The Great Detective"]], a short exploring the Doctor's emotional state between [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E5TheAngelsTakeManhattan "The Angels Take Manhattan"]] and [[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen "The Snowmen"]], while 2013 had an excerpt of [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor "The Day of the Doctor"]].

They'd previously done one in 1993 ([[Recap/DoctorWho30thASDimensionsInTime "Dimensions in Time"]], written off as [[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon]] by the Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse[[note]](''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresFirstFrontier First Frontier]]'' wrote it off as AllJustADream)[[/note]] and much later by [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E12ArmyOfGhosts "Army of Ghosts"]][[note]](by means of MutuallyFictional)[[/note]].) to celebrate the show's 30th Anniversary. Due to contract thingies, this will probably never be aired again or turn up on DVD... not that the fans of either show would mind. The [[MilestoneCelebration 20th-Anniversary special]] [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors "The Five Doctors"]] aired on the night in 1983.

** ''Series/TopGear''/''Series/AshesToAshes''

The yearly TV telethon airs in the late autumn on BBC One and involves special musical performances by pop stars, and [[TheMusical West-End casts]] (and, recently, ''the BBC Newsreaders''). It also includes skits and spoofs like UsefulNotes/ComicRelief, although the focus is more on light entertainment than actual comedy. It is one of the few events where programmes from Creator/[[{{ITV}} "the other side"]] [[EnemyMine will take part]] (the cast of ''Series/TheBill'' are game for a lot of things). Includes an annual charity single.

The yearly TV telethon airs in the late autumn on BBC One and involves special musical performances by pop stars, and [[TheMusical West-End casts]] (and, recently, ''the BBC Newsreaders''). It also includes skits and spoofs like UsefulNotes/ComicRelief, although the focus is more on light entertainment than actual comedy. It is one of the few events where programmes from [[{{ITV}} "the other side"]] [[EnemyMine will take part]] (the cast of ''Series/TheBill'' are game for a lot of things). Includes an annual charity single.

They'd previously done one in 1993 ([[Recap/DoctorWho30thASDimensionsInTime "Dimensions in Time"]], written off as [[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon]] by the Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse[[note]](the [[Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures New Adventures novel]] ''First Frontier'' wrote it off as AllJustADream)[[/note]] and much later by [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E12ArmyOfGhosts "Army of Ghosts"]][[note]](by means of MutuallyFictional)[[/note]].) to celebrate the show's 30th Anniversary. Due to contract thingies, this will probably never be aired again or turn up on DVD... not that the fans of either show would mind. The [[MilestoneCelebration 20th-Anniversary special]] [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors "The Five Doctors"]] aired on the night in 1983.

** ''TopGear''/''Series/AshesToAshes''
** For a short period of time, opposite the news, ''[[HaveIGotNewsForYou Have I Got]] [[Series/NevermindTheBuzzcocks Buzzcocks]] [[TheyThinkItsAllOver All Over]]'' before the third part of that was canned. This slot is now usually filled by a VerySpecialEpisode of ''{{QI}}''.

** ''Series/DoctorWho''/''EastEnders'' (the aforementioned "Dimensions In Time")
** ''TopGear''/''AshesToAshes''

** The 2010 edition gave us ''[[EastEnders East]][[CoronationStreet Street]]''.
** In 2011, ''[[DragonsDen Dragons']] [[Series/TheApprentice Apprentice]]''.

** For a short period of time, opposite the news, ''[[HaveIGotNewsForYou Have I Got]] [[NeverMindTheBuzzcocks Buzzcocks]] [[TheyThinkItsAllOver All Over]]'' before the third part of that was canned. This slot is now usually filled by a VerySpecialEpisode of ''{{QI}}''.

TheBBC's charity and annual telethon, established in 1980. As the name implies, it is dedicated to children and to rectifying "child issues" (child abuse, bullying, youth homelessness, underage prostitution, etc.). Its mascot is a mute yellow teddy bear called Pudsey, with a polka dot handkerchief-bandage tied round one side of his head, covering one of his eyes.

TheBBC's charity and annual telethon. As the name implies, it is dedicated to children and to rectifying "child issues" (child abuse, bullying, youth homelessness, underage prostitution, etc.). Its mascot is a mute yellow teddy bear called Pudsey, with a polka dot handkerchief-bandage tied round one side of his head, covering one of his eyes.