Monday, March 14, 2005

Belfast Telegraph-Red Nose viewers pledge £37m to charity

Belfast Telegraph
Red Nose viewers pledge £37m to charity
Night of comedy proves a big winner

By Staff Reporter
newsdesk@belfasttelegraph.co.uk

12 March 2005
GENEROUS Britons pledged more than £37 million during the televised Red Nose Day fundraising extravaganza overnight.

Kind-hearted viewers watching the mammoth night of comedy on BBC1 had donated £37,809,564 by 2am today for good causes in the UK and Africa.

Organisers are hoping to beat the 2003 total of £61 million.

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