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10 hilarious 成人论坛 Children in Need mash-up skits

Among the highlights of Children in Need night every year are the sketches where the stars of one TV programme invade the world of another, pay homage to a classic film or simply make a spectacle of themselves in the name of charity.

Ahead of this year’s appeal show - which is due to feature Doctor Who, Eddie Redmayne, Team GB athletes, Ricky Gervais as David Brent, and a special edition of Would I Lie to You? - we look back on the most brilliantly bizarre Children In Need mash-up skits from the last few years.

1. GreaseEnders

Ever wanted to see Kat Moon sing There Are Worse Things (I Could Do) while prancing around Albert Square in her rockabilly gear? Or hear You’re the One that I Want sung in a Cockney accent over the bar of the Queen Vic? Tell me more…

Grease-Enders

The cast of EastEnders perform a medley of songs from hit musical Grease.

2. The Two Kirstys

When you have two 成人论坛 presenters with the same first name, it is mandatory that they team up as a double-act as some point. So here’s Newsnight’s Kirsty Wark and former Crimewatch presenter Kirsty Young dressing up as The Two Ronnies to read some rather less serious news headlines.

The Two Kirstys - part one

The two Kirstys - Young and Wark - pay tribute to classic Two Ronnies gags.

3. Come Dine with the Dragons

Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden and company are well known for roasting the shoddy business plans of budding entrepreneurs. But how did they fare when it came to roasting some peppers? Unsurprisingly, they didn’t hold back when it came to critiquing each other’s culinary efforts.

Come Dine with the Dragons

A special edition of the competitive cookery show, featuring the Dragons from Dragons' Den.

4. Louie Spence Meets the 成人论坛 Newsreaders

Who hasn’t watched a particularly depressing news bulletin and thought: "What we need is Pineapple Dance Studios’ Louie Spence to start crawling across the desk to cheer things up"?

Louie Spence Meets The 成人论坛 Newsreaders

Louie Spence Meets The 成人论坛 Newsreaders for Children in Need.

5. Harry Hill鈥檚 Take On Me

In 2013, TV Burp host Harry Hill updated A-ha’s classic Take On Me video with some celebrity help. It was such a well-observed parody that the scenes of Harry attacking the Hairy Bikers with a giant sausage looked like they’d been there all along.

Harry Hill's A-ha Take on Me Parody

Watch Harry's unique interpretation of the 1985 pop classic. Featuring a giant sausage.

6. Room 101 Children鈥檚 Special

In a welcome change from adult celebrities moaning about traffic wardens and over-attentive waiters, this special kids' edition of Room 101 raised some far more pertinent bugbears: embarrassing parents and having to spend two whole minutes brushing your teeth.

Room 101 Children's Special

Three children tell Frank Skinner about their biggest gripes for 成人论坛 Children in Need.

7. Taggart v Rebus

Take one dishevelled, taciturn Scottish detective, take another dishevelled, taciturn Scottish detective, and you’ve got Taggart v Rebus: a heavyweight gumshoe face-off that rapidly descends into an amusingly childish argument about whether Edinburgh or Glasgow has the best celebrities: “Sheena Easton! Lulu! Er, The Krankies!”

Taggart v Rebus

Taggart and Rebus go toe to toe for the very first time in an exclusive detective showdown.

8. Vic & Bob v Dynamo

Dynamo’s card tricks are pretty impressive. But is he any match for Sleight-of-Handio and Magic John, the East Riding’s finest exponents of “Yorkshire street magic”?

Vic & Bob for Children in Need

Vic & Bob for Children in Need

9. The Trip Special

When Rob Brydon was recruited to host Children In Need’s One Big Night in 2015, it was the perfect excuse to reunite him with Steve Coogan over lunch, so the pair could wheel out their competitive impressions of Terry Wogan, Tom Jones… and Frank Spencer.

The Trip special

with Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan

10. Children in Need do Star Wars

As Star Wars fever descended last year, the Lucasfilm props cupboard was raided for this all-star parody featuring original ewok Warwick Davis, Lewis Hamilton, Babs Windsor in a wookie costume, Martin Freeman doing a terrible Yoda impression, a battenburg Millennium Falcon and, of course, Jedi Master Wogan.

Exclusive Star Wars Sketch

R2-D2 and C-3PO attempt to trigger the first totaliser of the night.

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