Comic Relief

The Traitors to be turned into film for Comic Relief with all-star lineup

A movie poster for a spoof film adaptation of The Traitors

The Traitors: The Movie will star Suranne Jones (Vigil) as presenter Claudia Winkleman, Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones’s Baby) as contestant Diane and Jonathan Bailey (Bridgerton) as Harry. Expect to see all the iconic moments from the series, from Ross’s winking, Harry’s scheming and Diane’s murder.

BBC announces charity special ‘The Big Night In’

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The BBC’s biggest charitable partners, Comic Relief and BBC Children in Need, are coming together for the first time ever for The Big Night In to celebrate those going the extra mile to help their communities throughout these difficult times.   

The live show aims to provide some light relief and entertainment, with some famous faces joining from home for some live music performances, big surprises and ‘money can’t buy’ prizes in an effort to support and cheer up whoever they can.

TV picks of the week: 11 March to 17 March

Cheat

Monday: ITV, 9.00pm

ITV’s new four-part thriller, Cheat, features Katherine Kelly as sociology lecturer Leah, and Molly Windsor as Rose, her scheming student.

Set in Cambridge, Leah (Katherine Kelly) is close to securing a permanent position as a professor when negligent student Rose (Molly Windsor), submits an unbelievably good dissertation. Leah accuses Rose of deception, only to be left vulnerable to a series of sinister attacks from the student and her father, a wealthy benefactor of the college.

 

Comic Relief and Question Time were March's most-tweeted shows

The BBC's Comic Relief coverage gained the top spot with 245,848 tweets and over 84 million impressions, with Question Time coming in second with 131,000 tweets and 31 million impressions.

Comic Relief this year raised a staggering £73,026,234, which will be used to transform lives across the UK and in some of the world’s poorest communities.

The highest tweeting entertainment show was The Voice UK, which performed better than Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway