18 Facts About Sport Relief

1.

Sport Relief was a biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, established in 2002.

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However, whilst the BBC News at Ten was aired on BBC One, Sport Relief continued on BBC Two, and then resumed on BBC One at 10:35pm, with each hour overseen by a different celebrity host team.

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3.

In 2008 the Sport Relief single was by Leona Lewis with her single "Footprints in the Sand", though it was officially released as a double A-side with "Better in Time".

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4.

Third Sport Relief took place on Saturday 15 July 2006 with a whole day of programming across the BBC that culminated in the main evening show on BBC One at 7pm.

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5.

On CBBC there were special shows dedicated to Sport Relief including a special edition of Dani's House and Paddy McGuiness hosted a new series, Sport Relief does We Are the Champions.

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6.

Segments of this and past Sport Relief events aired as part of "Sport Relief Goes Global" weeks after the event, in which parts of the program could be viewed in other countries including sketches from Miranda, Outnumbered, Smithy, and "David Walliams swims the Thames".

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7.

Sport Relief 2014 took place from Friday 21 to Sunday 23 March 2014.

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8.

Sport Relief Mile was joined by three major cycling events and over 600 Swimathons, under the umbrella title of "The Sport Relief Games".

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9.

Sport Relief 2016 took place from Friday 18 to Sunday 20 March 2016.

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10.

Sport Relief 2018 took place from Saturday 17 to Friday 23 March 2018 and was broadcast live from dock10 studios.

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11.

Sport Relief 2020 was held from Monday 9 to Friday 13 March 2020.

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12.

Sport Relief Mile was created to give the campaign a focus with an event that was open to anyone to run, walk, jog, wheel, bounce or crawl, regardless of ability or age.

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13.

In 2006 more than 423,000 people took part in the Sport Relief Mile, making it one of the biggest mass participation events in history.

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14.

Sport Relief Mile was changed for 2014 where participants can Run, Swim or Cycle 1 mile or indeed do all three.

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15.

The second Sport Relief Games was shown on Sunday 20 March 2016 on BBC One.

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16.

Sport Relief provides material for the BBC and is part of a UK registered charity 326568 called Charity Projects.

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17.

Sport Relief trained for 9 months with Professor Greg Whyte of the English Institute for Sport and was helped by the "King of the Channel", Mike Read, chairman of the Channel Swimming Association.

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18.

Sport Relief had attempted this effort in 2012, but was forced to back out due to health concerns.

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