Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Writer:

Geoff Lloyd (writer)

Release Date:

11 March 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Telethon | Charity | Fund Raising | Number In Title

Cast

Kevin Adams	...	Himself
Simon Amstell	...	Himself
Ronni Ancona	...	Courteney Cox Arquette / Catherine Zeta-Jones / Renée Zellweger
Peter Andre	...	Himself
Danny Baker	...	The Scarecrow
Mark 'Bez' Berry	...	Himself
John Bluthal	...	Frank Pickle
Bono	...	Himself
Jim Bowen	...	Himself
David Bowie	...	Himself
Edith Bowman	...	Herself
Richard Briers	...	Himself
Emma Bunton	...	Herself
Simon Callow	...	Admiral
Jimmy Carr	...	Himself
Emma Chambers	...	Alice Horton
Tom Chaplin	...	Himself - Performer (as Keane)
Tony Christie	...	Himself
Eric Clapton	...	Himself - Performer
John Cleese	...	Himself
Bernie Clifton	...	Himself
Martin Clunes	...	Himself
Christopher Colquhoun	...	Himself
Susannah Constantine	...	Herself
Steve Coogan	...	Alan Partridge
Ronnie Corbett	...	Himself
Fearne Cotton	...	Herself
Sara Cox	...	Herself
Jon Culshaw	...	Himself
Richard Curtis	...	Himself
Rosanna Davison	...	Herself (as Miss World)
Jack Dee	...	Himself
Cat Deeley	...	Herself - Presenter: Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
Declan Donnelly	...	Himself
Jenny Eclair	...	Herself
Adrian Edmondson	...	Himself
Chris Evans	...	Himself - Host
James Fleet	...	Hugo Horton
Tom Fletcher	...	Himself (as McFly)
Dawn French	...	Herself
Stephen Fry	...	Himself
Lesley Garrett	...	Herself
Ricky Gervais	...	Himself
Trisha Goddard	...	Herself
Carrie Grant	...	Herself
David Grant	...	Himself
Rupert Grint	...	Himself
Nigel Harman	...	Himself
Keith Harris	...	Himself
Geoffrey Hayes	...	Himself
Lenny Henry	...	Himself - Host
Harry Hill	...	Himself
Jools Holland	...	Himself
Mathew Horne	...	Ryan
Craig Revel Horwood	...	Himself
Richard Hughes	...	Himself - Performer (as Keane)
Konnie Huq	...	Herself
Elton John	...	Himself
Aled Jones	...	Himself
Danny Jones	...	Himself (as McFly)
Rachel Jones	...	Herself
Harry Judd	...	Himself (as McFly)
Natasha Kaplinsky	...	Herself
Kenzie	...	Himself (as Blazin' Squad)
Patrick Kielty	...	Himself - Presenter: Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
Barry Killerby	...	Mr. Blobby (unconfirmed)
Anne Kirkbride	...	Deirdre Rachid
Keira Knightley	...	Herself
Nick Knowles	...	Himself
Sally Lindsay	...	Herself
Roger Lloyd-Pack	...	Owen Newitt
Matt Lucas	...	Himself
Joanna Lumley	...	Patsy Stone
Will Macdonald	...	Himself
Nelson Mandela	...	Himself
Kris Marshall	...	Nick Harper
Brian May	...	Himself
Davina McCall	...	Herself - Host
Richard McCourt	...	Himself (as Dick)
Alistair McGowan	...	David Schwimmer / George Clooney / Nicolas Cage
Patrick McGuinness	...	Paddy
Ant McPartlin	...	Himself
Kim Medcalf	...	Herself
George Michael	...	Himself
Heather Mills	...	Dorothy
Jeremy Milnes	...	Himself
Helen Mirren	...	Herself
Chris Moyles	...	Himself
Al Murray	...	Himself
Graham Norton	...	Himself - Host
Dermot O'Leary	...	Himself - Host
Jamie Oliver	...	Himself
Michael Parkinson	...	Himself
Richard Park	...	Himself
Trevor Peacock	...	Jim Trott
Simon Pegg	...	Jonathan Pearce
Dougie Poynter	...	Himself (as McFly)
Griff Rhys Jones	...	Himself
Tim Rice-Oxley	...	Himself - Performer (as Keane)
Rowland Rivron	...	Himself
William Roache	...	Ken Barlow
Jonathan Ross	...	Himself - Host
Shaun Ryder	...	Himself
Jennifer Saunders	...	Edina 'Eddie' Monsoon
Jimmy Savile	...	Himself
Mel Smith	...	Himself
Dawn Steele	...	Herself
Debra Stephenson	...	Herself
Shakin' Stevens	...	Himself
Danielle Tabor	...	Teenage Girl
Catherine Tate	...	Lauren
Roger Taylor	...	Himself
John Thomson	...	Himself
Ruby Turner	...	Performer
Dave Vitty	...	Himself
Gary Waldhorn	...	David Horton
David Walliams	...	Himself
Robbie Williams	...	Himself
Trinny Woodall	...	Herself
Dominic Wood	...	Himself (as Dom)
Gina Yashere	...	Herself
Reggie Yates	...	Himself
Will Young	...	Himself

Runtime:

485 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Movie Connections:

References "Antiques Roadshow" (1979)

Pretty decent effort

Comic Relief 2005 was easily the best red nose day there has been for several year, and generally was a pretty decent effort from everybody. The ever reliable, and star of so many great comic relief sketches over the years Rowan Aktinson appeared in Spider-plant Man, a hilarious send up of the Spider-man films featuring the likes of Tony Robinson and Simon Pegg. The special episode of The Vicar of Dibley, a show I rarely watch was very enjoyable, as was Dick and Dom's pro-celebrity "Bogies!". While the Little Britain sketches were nowhere near as good as the first TV series, there were still some rather funny moments, especially the part with George Michaels.

Like most years there were unfunny parts, French and Saunders being this year's main culprits, but while McFly's rubbish official song was shown a lot, at least the hilarious video to unofficial song from Tony Christie and Peter Kay was shown. Comic Relief does Fame Academy was entertaining, although clearly Kim not Edith should have won.

In summary 2005 was the best night for Comnic Relief since the mid nineties.