NICE LITTLE NUMBER – RED NOSE DAYS
| The First Red Nose Day was held on Friday 5 February 1988 with the slogan: “The Plain Red Nose”, and raised £15 million. | |||||||
| Although Comic Relief the forerunner was broadcast on Christmas Day 1985. Richard Curtis, Jane Tewson & friends came up with the idea. This is their statistics. How much they raised & viewing figures | |||||||
| YEAR | Amount Raised | ||||||
| 1988 | £15,000,000 | ||||||
| 1989 | £26,900,000 | ||||||
| 1991 | £20,000,000 | ||||||
| 1993 | £18,000,000 | ||||||
| 1995 | £22,000,000 | ||||||
| 1997 | £27,000,000 | ||||||
| 1999 | £35,000,000 | ||||||
| 2001 | £55,000,000 | ||||||
| 2003 | £61,600,000 | ||||||
| 2005 | £65,000,000 | ||||||
| 2007 | £67,700,000 | ||||||
| 2009 | £82,300,000 | ||||||
| 2011 | £108,436,277 | ||||||
| 2013 | £100,331,808 | ||||||
| 2015 | £99,418,831 | ||||||
| 2017 | £82,154,943 | ||||||
| Total 1 | £1,047,083,706 | ||||||
| Broadcast | |||||||
| date | BBC Television | ||||||
| Total viewers (millions) | Weekly rank | Total viewers (millions) | Total viewers (millions) | ||||
| One | Two | One | Two | One | Two | ||
| 1988 | 05-Feb | 16.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| 1989 | 10-Mar | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| 1991 | 15-Mar | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| 1993 | 12-Mar | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| 1995 | 17-Mar | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| 1997 | 14-Mar | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| 1999 | 12-Mar | 6.83 | 3.13 | 20th | 13th | ||
| 2001 | 16-Mar | 8.51 | N/A | 8th | N/A | ||
| 2003 | 14-Mar | 11.74 | 6.01 | 4th | 1st | ||
| 2005 | 11-Mar | 10.94 | 4.72 | 4th | 1st | ||
| 2007 | 16-Mar | 9.73 | 6.4 | 2nd | 1st | ||
| 2009 | 13-Mar | 9.84 | 7.09 | 1st | 1st | ||
| 2011 | 18-Mar | 10.26 | 7.53 | 1st | 1st | ||
| 2013 | 15-Mar | 10.28 | 4.79 | 1st | 1st | ||
| 2015 | 13-Mar | 8.48 | N/A | 1st | N/A | ||
| 2017 | 24-Mar | 6.3 | 2.21 | 6th | 7th | ||