Children in Need 2006

UK television special

Children in Need 2006

Genre| Telethon
Presented by| Terry Wogan
Fearne Cotton
Natasha Kaplinsky
Chris Moyles
Voices of| Alan Dedicoat
Country of origin| United Kingdom
Production
Production location| BBC Television Centre
Camera setup| Multiple
Running time| 500 minutes
Original release
Network| BBC One
Release| 17 November (2006-11-17) –
18 November 2006 (2006-11-18)
Related

* Children in Need 2005
* Children in Need 2007
* Celebrity Scissorhands

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.

## Television campaign

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### Artist performances

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* 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

### Cast performances

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* 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.

### Others

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* 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.

## Official single

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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.

## Regional Outside Broadcasts

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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

## Totals

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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]

## See also

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* v
* t
* e

Children in Need

Telethons|

* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020: The Big Night In
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Charity singles|

* "Almost Seems (Too Late to Turn)" (1985)
* "'Heroes'" (1986)
* "Perfect Day" (1997)
* "Especially for You" (1998)
* "Love Me" (1999)
* "Never Had a Dream Come True" (2000)
* "Have You Ever" (2001)
* "Don't Let Me Down" / "You and I" (2002)
* "I'm Your Man" (2003)
* "I'll Stand by You" (2004)
* "A Night to Remember" (2005)
* "Downtown" (2006)
* "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" (2007)
* "Do Ya/Stay with Me" (2008)
* "The Official BBC Children in Need Medley" (2009)
* "Love You More" (2010)
* "Teardrop" (2011)
* "Something New" (2012)
* "How Long Will I Love You" (2013)
* "Wake Me Up" (2014)
* "Take Me Home" (2015)
* "All We Needed" (2016)
* "Fields of Gold" (2017)
* "Love Is In The Picture" (2018)
* "Yellow" (2019)
* "Times Like These" (2020)
* "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" (2020)
* "Everywhere" (2021)
* "The Loco-Motion" (2025)

Related articles|

* Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall
* Children in Need Rocks Manchester
* Children in Need Rocks 2013
* Comic Relief

## References

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1. ^ "BBC - Cambridgeshire - Children in Need - Children in Need flies east".
2. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/hampshire/content/image_galleries/cin_spinnaker_gallery.shtml?1 [bare URL]
3. ^ "Children in Need in Cornwall".
4. ^ "BBC - Bristol - Children in Need 2006 - We're having a party!".
5. ^ "Children in Need '06".
6. ^ "BBC - Leeds - Children in Need - Come and join in!".
7. ^ BBC – BBC Children In Need

## External links

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* Children in Need 2006 at IMDb

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