18-09-2021, 10:35 AM
smeg_head post_id=40612 time= user_id=2101 Wrote:If they're going to make RND an annual event it seriously needs to rediscover its mojo.I would agree they did obviously try that in 2017 with it been a load of comedians like Gregg Davies, Miranda Hart, Sally Philips, in fact anyone who was a comedian seemed to be involved.
RND of the 80s and 90s was edgy, dangerous and unpredictable. Most importantly it had comics, you know off of Comic Relief.
Who has hosted the last few years? David Tennant, Davina McCall and the one what raps off of Misteeq. All undeniably talented but not comedians which kinda goes against Comic Relief's USP.
RND should be a few hours of the best comic talent doing their thing scattered with a healthy dose of the charity bits. Sadly, it seems the modern crop of comics are notabley absent. Sara Pascoe, Kathryn Ryan, Nish Kumar, Joe Lycett - Heck anyone that's done taskmaster in the last few years pretty much qualifies. Have some guest spots from The Last Leg boys and special RND editions of Ghosts and The Cleaner.
Lenny Henry & Rowan Atkinson and Dawn French can still be trotted out but it's time to pass it on to the next generation.
The last few years have been stale and irrelevant.
As I put in my other if it going to merge both comic/sport relief they could keep some of the better bits of sport relief ( such as clash of the channels boat race, the celebrity boxing, 24 hour or whatever 5 a side matches ) but then also keep the sketch’s live music, and add more studio comedy as well. I would hope that is what is happening because that would actually and give a very interesting telethon with something there for most people to enjoy. However if it just going to be a bog standard comic relief night again after the last two years they might as well not bother as both where no where near as good as even the worse ones of the 00s. I don’t mind having proper presenters or likes of Tennant present but look at this year only Lenny Henry and Jason Manford where proper comedians ( I don’t count McGuinness as he is more of a TV presenter these days ). Children in need last year and in recent years have had more comics presenting that then comic relief has. It should really be the other way round.