Sport Relief 2006
Go the extra mile for Sport
Relief Saturday - 15 July 2006
This year's Sport Relief promises
to be bigger than ever, with more events, programmes and red socks!
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In 2004 Sport Relief…
- raised more than £16 million
- saw more than 80,000 people going the extra mile
- and even had more than one prince supporting it!
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Everyone is going the extra mile for Sport Relief to raise
as much cash as possible to help those that need it the most.
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Ö÷²¥´óÐã Sport Relief programming
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Ö÷²¥´óÐã Sport is proud to be the co-founder of Sport Relief and
continues to provide resources and airtime across television, radio and
online.
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Sport Relief Goes... All Out for India
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Take 13 celebrities, put them in 90 degree heat, add in the
odd dodgy tummy and ask them to take on India at their own game – cricket!
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As well as picking up the cricketing gauntlet, this group
of famous faces also witness first hand how money raised through Sport
Relief is being spent to change lives.
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In two 60-minute documentaries watch the nervous NatWest
Sport Relief Red Socks team get advice from Freddie
Flintoff as they take on some of Bollywood's top stars in Mumbai.
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The team includes: Phil Tufnell (Captain), Jack
Russell, Rosalie Birch, Chris
Evans, Dermot O'Leary, Patrick
Kielty, Nick Hancock, Nick Knowles, Jake
Humphrey, Harry Judd, Mark Chapman, Jay
Sean and Alvin Kallicharan (coach).
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Only Fools On Horses
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From show business to show jumping, it's showtime for our
jolly jodhpur wearing celebrities!
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Ten celebrities have risen to the
Sport Relief challenge and are ready to gallop their way to success,
or not.
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The famous faces will compete on horseback over some fiendish
hurdles, while raising money for Sport Relief along the way – all
over nine nights of live and unmissable telly.
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Four finalists will saddle
up and go head-to-head in the Grand Finale on Saturday 15 July in the
main Sport Relief show.
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Ready Steady Cook
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Sally Gunnell and Duncan
Goodhew bring their own flavours
to the kitchen to join presenter Ainsley Harriott and guest chefs for
this culinary delight of a Sport Relief special.
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Will Sally run a kitchen
of taste sensations or will Duncan's strokes be a recipe for disaster?
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On Sport Relief Saturday - 15 July 2006
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The Sport Relief Mile
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People from all over the UK who have signed-up to take part
in a Sainsbury's Sport Relief Mile could see themselves sweating it out
on national television during The Sport Relief Mile show.
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From teenagers
in trendy trainers to families in fancy dress, Milers going the distance
have a chance to be on live TV!
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John Inverdale and Colin
Jackson present this live show from
London Embankment, and will introduce footage from all 15 national Mile
events around the UK.
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The Night
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Gary Lineker, Davina
McCall and Chris Evans join forces for
one night to host a TV extravaganza bringing the worlds of sport and entertainment
together to raise much needed cash to help vulnerable people in the UK
and the world.
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Live from Ö÷²¥´óÐã Television Centre on Saturday 15 July, the five hour-long show
will feature highlights from the Sport Relief Miles across the
country and some of the best-loved celebrities will take part in hilarious
comedy sketches, quiz shows and unexpected sporting challenges!
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The show will also follow famous faces to far away places to highlight
how Sport Relief money is improving people's lives.
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The programme will
also host the unmissable final of Only Fools On Horses, having been on
every night in the nine-day run-up to Sport Relief.
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Celebrity
Pot Black
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Snooker stars Steve Davis and Ronnie
O'Sullivan team
up with Vernon Kay and Coronation Street's Bradley
Walsh respectively to find out who has the silkiest snooker skills
over one frame.
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The celebrities have the daunting task of
playing on a full-size table in front of a live studio audience.
Dermot O'Leary and John Parrott present.
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CÖ÷²¥´óÐã
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From the serious to the silly, there is a red sock-load of
super stuff on CÖ÷²¥´óÐã in the run up to Sport Relief Saturday 2006.
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Team CÖ÷²¥´óÐã is tackling Sport Relief head on, with key players
such as Blue Peter, Smile,
On-Air and Sportsround all
going the extra mile for Sport Relief, right up to the final whistle
on Sport Relief Saturday, 15 July.
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In a one-off documentary, Reggie Yates will travel to Guatemala,
with two kids from the UK, to find out how Sport Relief cash is helping
children affected by poverty and gang violence.
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Blue Peter is focusing on Honduras, where many families are
so poor that children have to work. Blue Peter's Konnie
Huq travels
there to see how Sport Relief money is helping working children get back
into education.
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The nation's favourite CÖ÷²¥´óÐã presenters will be getting
involved and making sure Sport Relief 2006 is an event not to be missed!
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Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio
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Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio will be bringing Sport Relief to the nation over
the airwaves!
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Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio 1 will be cheering-on David Walliams in his attempt
to swim miles and miles to raise boat loads of cash.
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Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Five
Live has commissioned Sport Relief programming from the launch
right through to Sport Relief Saturday itself.
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bbc.co.uk
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The Sport Relief campaign will be supported across the Ö÷²¥´óÐã
Sport, CÖ÷²¥´óÐã and Where I Live websites.
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Go to bbc.co.uk/sportrelief for details.
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Ö÷²¥´óÐã Nations & Regions
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All 15 of Ö÷²¥´óÐã's Nations and Regions are heavily involved
in the campaign, featuring trails, interviews and competitions across TV,
radio and online.
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From Ö÷²¥´óÐã Scotland to Ö÷²¥´óÐã Jersey, from Belfast to Ipswich,
the whole Ö÷²¥´óÐã is going the extra mile to support Sport Relief.
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cameras will also cover Sainsbury's Sport Relief Mile events, and people
who sign up may see themselves on TV.
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Notes to Editors
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The full Sport Relief 2006 press pack is available in pdf
format via the links on the right-hand side of this page, either as a complete pack or in sections.
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