Children in Need 2018 explained

Genre:	Telethon
Camera:	Multiple
Runtime:	7:30 pm–2:00am
Narrated:	Alan Dedicoat
Country:	United Kingdom
Location:	BBC Elstree Centre
Language:	English

Children in Need 2018 was a campaign held in the United Kingdom to raise money for the charity Children in Need. It was the 39th Children in Need appeal show which was broadcast live on BBC One on the evening of Friday 16 November until the early hours of Saturday 17 November.^[1]

Telethon

The culmination of Children in Need 2018 was broadcast on BBC One on 16 November from the BBC Elstree Centre.

Presenters

The presenters were:^{[2] [3]}

Show	Date	Timeslots	Presenters	Channel(s)
Children in Need Rocks 2018	15 November 2018	20:30-22:00		BBC One BBC One HD
The One Show	16 November 2018	19:00-19:30	Alex Jones Shane Richie Matt Baker
Main show		19:30-20:30
		20:30-22:00	Graham Norton Mel Giedroyc
Junior Mastermind Special for Children in Need		22:00-22:40		BBC Two BBC Two HD
Main show	16/17 November 2018	22:40-00:30		BBC One BBC One HD
Children in Need Rocks 2018 (repeat)	17 November 2018	00:30-02:00	Fearne Cotton Clara Amfo	BBC One BBC One HD

Music

• Jamie Cullum performing the Children in Need Single - Love is in the Picture
• The London West End cast of School of Rock performe a medley of the show.
• The Children in Need Choir perform A Million Dreams from The Greatest Showman. 1466 children sang live in unison from the studio in Elstree and in Southampton, St Ives, Belfast, Chester, Lincoln, Glasgow, Cardiff and Wolverhampton

Features

• Call the Midwife Christmas special 2018 first look exclusive
• Cast of EastEnders does Disney
• Boyzone does Strictly Come Dancing
• Doctor Who Series 11 (2018) Episode 7 Preview

Local Opt-outs

The BBC Regions all hosted events which provided a more local idea of where the money was being spent with updates throughout the first part of the telethon finishing around 22:00

These events were held at:

• BBC East - Norwich at Norwich Castle^[4]
• BBC East Midlands - Derby at The QUAD^[5]
• BBC London - London at KidZania
• BBC North East and Cumbria - Carlisle at The University of Cumbria^[6]
• BBC Northern Ireland - Belfast at The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum^[7]
• BBC North West - Chester at Storyhouse^[8]
• BBC Scotland - Glasgow at BBC Pacific Quay^[9]
• BBC South - Southampton at King Edward VI School^[10]
• BBC South East - Brighton at The i360^[11]
• BBC South West - St Ives at Tate
• BBC Wales - Cardiff at The Broadcasting House^[12]
• BBC West - Bristol at The Bottle Yard Studios^[13]
• BBC West Midlands - Wolverhampton at The Grand Theatre^[14]
• BBC Yorkshire - Chesterfield at Barrow Hill Roundhouse^[15]
• BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire - Lincoln at The New Theatre Royal^[16]

As well as the Main Studio, The events at Southampton, St Ives, Belfast, Chester, Lincoln, Glasgow, Cardiff and Wolverhampton all hosted a choir of around 150 children to be in the Children in Need Choir

Totals

The following are totals with the times they were announced on the televised show.^[17]

Time	Amount (£)
20:40	£14,361,881
21:58	£33,949,774
00:25	£50,595,053

See also

• Children In Need

Notes and References

1. Web site: Children in Need 2018: All-time total reaches £1bn. 17 November 2018. BBC News. 11 January 2019.
2. Web site: BBC Children in Need. www.facebook.com.
3. Web site: Children in Need breaks record with £50.6m raised in one night. Alexandra Heal. 17 November 2018. Guardian. 11 January 2018.
4. Web site: 2018-11-17 . CHILDREN IN NEED FILMING AT NORWICH CASTLE The Garage . 2024-05-10 . www.thegarage.org.uk . en-GB.
5. Web site: 2018-11-12 . QUAD to be closed on evening of Friday 16 November to play host to BBC Children In Need . 2024-05-10 . Derby QUAD . en-GB.
6. Web site: 2018-10-16 . Children in Need: University of Cumbria to welcome Pudsey to Carlisle . 2024-05-10 . News and Star . en.
7. News: 2018-11-17 . Children in Need 2018: More than £900k raised in Northern Ireland . 2024-05-10 . BBC News . en-GB.
8. Web site: News - Storyhouse Hosts Children in Need 2018 . 2024-05-10 . www.ewa.co.uk . en.
9. News: 2018-11-17 . Scotland raises more than £4m for Children in Need . 2024-05-10 . BBC News . en-GB.
10. Web site: 2018-11-17 . Here's how people across Southampton and Hampshire raised cash for Children in Need . 2024-05-10 . Daily Echo . en.
11. Web site: Children in Need 2018....bigger and better !! Live from i360 tower Brighton :: Club4kids Childcare . 2024-05-10 . club4kids.webnode.page.
12. Web site: BBC - BBC Children in Need, 2018, The Big Welsh Show . 2024-05-10 . BBC . en-GB.
13. Web site: Tara . 2018-11-13 . BBC Children in Need to broadcast live from The Bottle Yard Studios . 2024-05-10 . The Bottle Yard Studios . en-GB.
14. Web site: NEWS: GRAND THEATRE TO HOST BBC CHILDREN IN NEED LIVE CHOIR BROADCAST . 2024-05-10 . Wolverhampton Grand Theatre . en-GB.
15. Web site: Outside Broadcasting - Media Relations . 2024-05-10 . University of Bradford . en.
16. Web site: Hinsley . Dawn . 2018-10-30 . Children in Need event in Lincoln to feature on live BBC show . 2024-05-10 . Lincolnshire Live . en.
17. Web site: children in Need 2018 raises more than £50.5 million. Ella Wills. 17 November 2018. Evening Standard. 11 January 2018.