Children in Need 2006

Children in Need 2006 was a campaign held in the United Kingdom to raise money for Children in Need. It culminated in a live broadcast on BBC One on the evening of Friday 17 November and was hosted by Terry Wogan, Natasha Kaplinsky, Fearne Cotton and Chris Moyles. The voice-over reading out money raised at various points was Alan Dedicoat. On average, the broadcast brought in 7.72m viewers and raised a total of £18,300,392 by the closing minute.

• All Saints
• Emma Bunton
• Deacon Blue
• Alesha Dixon
• The Feeling
• Nelly Furtado
• Girls Aloud
• Jamiroquai
• Keane
• Ronan Keating
• Lemar
• The Magic Numbers
• McFly
• Katie Melua
• Dannii Minogue
• Nerina Pallot
• Status Quo
• Sugababes
• Sandi Thom
• Westlife
• Amy Winehouse

• The BBC News team performed a tribute to the James Bond films
• The cast of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps performed Wham!'s "Club Tropicana"
• The cast of Holby City performed Madonna's "Hung Up"
• The cast of Bad Girls performed Bananarama's "Love in the First Degree"
• Chris Fountain, Andrew Moss, Gemma Merna and Carley Stenson from Hollyoaks performed "Unbelievable" by EMF in London whilst Gerard McCarthy, also from Hollyoaks, duetted with Sheila Ferguson live from Belfast.

• West end performances from the casts of Daddy Cool, Guys and Dolls, Evita, The Sound of Music, Avenue Q and the award-winning musical Wicked.
• The new voice of the BT Speaking clock for the next 20 years was announced as Sara Mendes da Costa, a telemarketer and part-time voiceover artist.
• The winner of reality show Celebrity Scissorhands was announced.
• Rory Bremner performed a standup routine which lampooned many famous political people.
• QI broadcast a "Children in Need" episode on BBC Two when the news was on BBC One. The theme of the episodes was "Descendents" and featured Jonathan Ross, Phill Jupitus and Rich Hall.

Emma Bunton recorded the official single for 2006's appeal. The Baby Spice recorded a cover of Petula Clark's 60s classic Downtown especially for the charity. The single peaked at Number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.

Each region hosted an events in various locations around the UK. The main programme would return to these events at various points throughout the night and give people a more local idea of where the money was going.

The locations were:

• BBC East - Duxford at The Imperial War Museum^[1]
• BBC East Midlands - Leicestershire at East Midlands Airport
• BBC London - London at Covent Garden
• BBC North East and Cumbria - Gateshead at The Sage
• BBC North West -
• BBC South - Portsmouth at The Spinnaker Tower^[2]
• BBC South East - Brighton at the Grand Brighton Hotel
• BBC South West - Cornwall at The Eden Project^[3]
• BBC West - Bristol at The Maritime Heritage Centre at the SS Great Britain^[4]
• BBC West Midlands - Birmingham at The Mailbox^[5]
• BBC Yorkshire - Leeds at The Royal Armouries^[6]
• BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire -

BBC Wales, BBC Scotland and BBC Northern Ireland hosted their own telethons separate from the main one. These were from:

• BBC Wales - Cardiff at the Broadcasting House They also hosted a concert in Colwyn Bay at Eirias Park
• BBC Scotland - Glasgow at The Broadcasting House on Queen Margaret Drive
• BBC Northern Ireland - Belfast at BBC Blackstaff House

The following are totals with the times they were announced on the televised show.

• At 17 November 2006 23:40 GMT the total raised was £9,684,158
• At 18 November 2006 00:40 GMT the total raised was £12,608,849
• At 18 November 2006 01:03 GMT the total raised was £16,052,161
• At 18 November 2006 01:47 GMT the total raised was £16,950,588
• At 18 November 2006 02:19 GMT the total raised was £18,300,392

The most recent total shown for the 2006 appeal was shown on the official website on 24 June 2007 at 18:40 GMT as £30,194,659^[7]

• Children in Need 2006 at IMDb