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Comic Relief Trek

Dermot O'Leary, Craig David and Lorraine Kelly are among a team of celebrities planning to trek across a desert in aid of Comic Relief.

The trio - alongside impressionist Ronni Ancona, singer Olly Murs, Strictly Come Dancing champion Kara Tointon, actress and TV presenter Nadia Sawalha and radio presenters Scott Mills and Peter White - will travel across one of the world's most inhospitable deserts - the Kaisut Desert in north Kenya.

The team will start their journey over the tough terrain later this month.

They will cover 100 kilometres across the barren desert in five days and face temperatures of up to 38C.

After walking all day under the scorching sun they will camp in the desert and may encounter some deadly snakes - including the Black Mamba and the Puff Adder.

They will be leading a caravan of camels which will be carrying their camping gear and other equipment they need for the journey.

Due to heat and the gruelling task, experts have estimated that each member of the team will burn around 8,000 calories each day.

The BT Red Nose Desert Trek will raise money for Comic Relief projects which benefit deprived people across Africa and in the UK.

A Comic Relief spokeswoman said the team will be highlighting the issue of sight and the money they raise will prevent thousands of people in Africa from going blind or contracting eye conditions.

During their journey they will encounter people who are losing their sight and need urgent eye care.

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Let's Dance For Comic Relief

Katie Price, Marcus Brigstocke, Joe Swash and Waterloo Road's Philip Martin Brown will don their dancing shoes and take on their other competitors for this year's Let's Dance for... Comic Relief.

This year's series starts on Saturday February 19 on BBC One. Celebrities already limbering up for the show include: Noel Fielding, Russell Kane, Colin and Justin, Penny Smith, Andi Osho, Ed Byrne, Rebecca Front, Lulu, Caroline Flack, Adrian Edmondson, Lee Nelson and an Eighties super group of Toyah Wilcox, Clare Grogan, Chesney Hawkes and Limahl.

Alex Jones will join Steve Jones to host this year's show.

Jo Wallace, BBC executive producer, said: "We're so excited to announce these latest names, they add to an already fantastic line-up and this year's show is shaping up to be a fun packed, high energy event all in the name of charity."

Across three weeks, Let's Dance will see the acts (a mix of solo dancers, duos and groups) from the world of comedy and entertainment pay homage to and perform some of the world's most iconic dance routines in front of a live studio audience. Each week the stars will be battling it out to wow viewers with their moves, and secure a place in the grand final in week four.

Each act will work with a team of choreographers to master the dance moves from famous routines including Beyonce's Crazy In Love, I Love To Boogie from the musical Billy Elliot and Michael Jackson's Bad.

There will be a weekly rotating panel made up of comedians, some of whom are former contestants, who will review each of the performances. The panel of three, together with the viewers, will vote for their favourite two acts to go through to the final and be in with a chance to be crowned champion of the dance floor.

Audiences will also be treated to weekly performances from the likes of JLS and Jessie J.

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Baker and Thornton handed dance win

Comedian Charlie Baker and Emmerdale actor James Thornton have tapped their way to victory in the Let's Dance for Comic Relief final.

Decked in top hat and tails, the pair put on a polished performance of Puttin' On The Ritz and won the public vote.

At the end of the show presenter Steve Jones revealed calls and texts during the series had raised more than �1 million for charity.


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Let's Dance Pulls In Seven Million

The final of BBC1's Let's Dance for Sport Relief peaked with nearly 8 million viewers and giving Ant and Dec's Push the Button on ITV1 to its lowest audience so far on Saturday March 13, according to overnight figures.

Let's Dance for Sport Relief averaged 7.1 million viewers and a 31.2% share between 19:00 and 20:15 according to the unofficial figures.

The show peaked with 7.9 million viewers for its last 15 minutes, just as Push The Button was starting on ITV1. Ant and Dec's family gameshow had 4.9 million viewers and a 20.8% share, between 20:00 and 21:00.

This was down on the 5.7 million who watched last week and its debut audience of 6.6 million two weeks ago.

Harry Hill pulled in 5.1 million viewers (22.2%) for TV Burp between 19:30 and 20:00.

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