| Genre: | Telethon |
| Camera: | Multiple |
| Presenter: | Terry Wogan Fearne Cotton Natasha Kaplinsky Matt Allwright |
| Voices: | Alan Dedicoat |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Location: | BBC Television Centre RAF Brize Norton |
| Network: | BBC One |
Children in Need 2005 was a campaign held in the United Kingdom to raise money for the charity Children in Need. It culminated in a live broadcast on BBC One on the evening of Friday 18 November and was hosted by Terry Wogan, Fearne Cotton, Natasha Kaplinsky and, from RAF Brize Norton, Matt Allwright. The voice over was Alan Dedicoat. A total of £17,235,256 was raised by the closing minute.
According to the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB), overnight ratings suggested that 10.7 million viewers were tuned into BBC One from 9.00pm to 9.15pm (a 45.1% audience share), the slot in which the Doctor Who mini-episode was broadcast in most regions. This represented the highest ratings that Children in Need had received in eight years.
Also appearing were Status Quo, Westlife (live from Belfast), Sugababes (live from Wrexham), Rod Stewart,[1] Craig David, Bryan Adams and Melanie C, and Katherine Jenkins and G4 and ZOO.[2]
After a 5 year hiatus between 2001 and 2004, Children in Need 2005 saw the return of the regional outside broadcasts. 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.
An incomplete list of the opt out locations:
BBC Wales, BBC Scotland and BBC Northern Ireland hosted their own telethons separate from the main one. These were from:
Liberty X recorded the official single for 2005's appeal. The band recorded a cover of Shalamar's 1982 song "A Night to Remember" for the charity. The single peaked at Number 6 on the UK singles chart.