In an unique sketch for Comic Relief: Funny for Money, the BBC’s primary comedy of 2025 Amandaland will get the Red Nose Day remedy in a sketch that guarantees huge names and massive laughs.
Comical chaos is about to ensue in ‘Amandas-land’ when Amanda (Lucy Punch), joined by Anne (Philippa Dunne), are invited to BBC Broadcasting House for a particular stay radio interview with Sara Cox – and the pair unexpectedly encounter some of TV’s most legendary Amandas.
Caught up within the comedy of errors are Amanda Holden, Amanda Lamb, Amanda Barrie, Amanda Byram and Amanda Collier. Sara Cox’s overwhelmed radio producer is performed by Lydia West, and the manufacturing runner is performed by Lucia Keskin.
Expect mix-ups, misunderstandings, and basic slapstick humour on this unmissable Comic Relief Amandaland particular.
You can even get a behind the scenes have a look at the filming of the sketch on The One Show on Thursday 19 March, from 7pm on BBC iPlayer and BBC One.
Comic Relief: Funny for Money is stay from MediaCityUK in Salford on BBC iPlayer and BBC One on Friday 20 March from 7pm, and for the very first time, stay streamed concurrently on the official BBC YouTube channel.
The cash raised this Red Nose Day may assist individuals entry meals, shelter and security – the very important necessities everybody wants to survive.
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Interviews
Philippa Dunne
What are you most wanting ahead to as we speak?
It’s an important honour to be requested. Doing a sketch for Comic Relief is fairly iconic, in order that’s a giant deal. I’m wanting ahead to working with Lucy once more, assembly all of the Amandas, being contained in the BBC constructing and having a nostril round – not that I’ll be doing that!
Amanda and the gang are accustomed to a charity fundraiser within the sequence. What do you suppose they’d all make of doing it for Red Nose Day?
Number one Amanda would have to be cost and she or he would have to get Anne to do all of the heavy lifting, after which it could be as excessive and dramatic as attainable. They’d most likely all simply fall out, however once they elevate a load of cash, they’d all be finest associates once more.
Is it good to do an Amandaland sketch, particularly for Comic Relief?
Absolutely – it’s an important honour to be requested, and any likelihood to do a bit of Amanda and Anne stuff is all the time enjoyable so far as I’m involved. We may carry out Amanda and Anne in our sleep, however the primary factor is we simply actually adore it. We simply have the utmost enjoyable once we’re doing these two characters as a result of we get to be foolish, so it’s very nice.
Amanda Holden
What are you most wanting ahead to as we speak?
I can’t fairly imagine I’m concerned on this Amandaland sketch for Comic Relief and I’m going now to meet the remainder of the forged! I’m a large, large fan of Amandaland. We watch it religiously in our home, so it’s a bit of bit of an out of physique expertise for me, particularly as a result of my title will get talked about within the sitcom fairly a bit!
What is the premise of the sketch?
There are fairly just a few Amandas right here as we speak! The premise is that there’s been a combination up and we’ve all come to the identical place however aren’t all meant to be right here! It may go barely awry, and it could be that Anne is the star of the present ultimately!
Sara Cox
How has it been filming the Amandaland sketch as we speak?
It’s been unimaginable – I imply I used to be enjoying the DJ, so it wasn’t that a lot of a stretch, but it surely was simply sensible to work with precise Amanda from Amandaland, and so many iconic Amandas. I imply come on, we had Lamb, we had Holden, we had Barrie – who I grew up with, not actually – however on Coronation Street. So, it’s been an unimaginable time pretending to be an actor and getting to work with wonderful Lydia West who was enjoying my producer. What a morning, I’m completely buzzing!
Ways to become involved this Red Nose Day
This Red Nose Day there are a host of methods to become involved and Take Yourself Funny for Money. Whether it’s donating or fundraising, it is a chance for the nation to come collectively and present that straightforward acts of silliness could make a critical distinction. For extra data on how to become involved, donate, or to order your free Red Nose Day fundraising pack, go to the Comic Relief web site.
