Children in Need 2026 Starts at 7pm on BBC One With Five Hosts
BBC Children in Need 2026 airs live on BBC One tonight, Friday, November 13, from 7pm UK time. The three-hour show comes from MediaCityUK in
BBC Children in Need 2026 airs live on BBC One tonight, Friday, November 13, from 7pm UK time. The three-hour show comes from MediaCityUK in Salford.
Alex Jones, Mel Giedroyc, Rylan, Sara Cox and Tyler West present together on the night.
What is planned for the show
The line-up promises celebrity guests, exclusive sketches, big surprises and Pudsey Bear. Live performances are also on the bill.
Owain Wyn Evans will be in the studio after finishing a 400-mile cycle challenge across the four nations of the UK. The Children in Need choir will sing a medley live to raise money for the charity.
A Hollywood prank on Rylan
One pre-recorded stunt features four stars of Dune: Part Three: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa and Anya Taylor-Joy. Rylan thinks he is walking into a press junket interview with them.
He is not. Three children are directing the actors through earpieces, and the interview descends into chaos. The prank will be shown in full during the broadcast.
Sara Cox returns a year after her marathons
Cox, who presents the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, took on her own challenge for the appeal 12 months ago. She ran five marathons in five days and raised millions.
Several of this year's presenters launched the campaign at St Andrew's Club in Westminster, a youth project funded by the charity. It supports children and young people in the local community.
Money raised so far
Fundraising has already been under way. Two gala performances of ABBA Voyage, staged with BBC Radio 2 and hosted by Vernon Kay at the ABBA Arena in East London, raised more than £325,000 for the appeal.
Ticket sales, along with hospitality and merchandise profits from the day, fed into that figure. More than 5,000 people attended across the performances.
BBC Children in Need funds 1,500 local charities and projects across the UK.
