Children in Need 2016

Children in Need 2016 is a campaign held in the United Kingdom to raise money for the charity Children in Need. It was the 37th Children in Need appeal show which was broadcast live on BBC One on the evening of Friday 18 November until the early hours of Saturday 19 November. It was the first edition of the televised campaign since original presenter Terry Wogan's death in January 2016.

Dermot O'Leary, Fearne Cotton and Nick Grimshaw did not return for the 2016 telethon, and were replaced by Graham Norton, Ade Adepitan and Marvin Humes. Craig David performed the official Children in Need single for 2016, All We Needed.

Telethon

The culmination of Children in Need 2016 was broadcast on BBC One on 18 November from the BBC Elstree Centre.

This year saw the biggest totaliser record in the history of Children in Need, £46.6 million. It was announced in summer 2017 that the charity raised the highest ever fundraising total of £60,000,000.

Presenters

The presenters were:

Music

Features

Fantastic Beasts Children In Need Special - with Eddie Redmayne
Would I Lie To You? Children In Need Special
Cast of EastEnders go 80's
Team GB does Strictly Come Dancing

Local Opt-outs

BBC East - Milton Keynes at Stadium MK
BBC East Midlands - Leicester at The Curve Theatre
BBC London - London at BBC Maida Vale Studios
BBC North East and Cumbria - Prudhoe at Prudhoe Castle
BBC Northern Ireland - Belfast at Titanic
BBC North West - Liverpool at Sefton Park
BBC Scotland - Glasgow at BBC Pacific Quay
BBC South - Salisbury at Salisbury Arts Centre
BBC South East - Bexhill at The De La Warr Pavilion
BBC South West - Plymouth at The Royal William Yard
BBC Wales - Swansea at Swansea University
BBC West - Bristol at The Mall at Cribbs Causeway
BBC West Midlands - Dudley at the Black Country Living Museum
BBC Yorkshire - Bradford at Bradford College
BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire - Bridlington at Bridlington Spa

As well as the main studio in Elstree the events at Liverpool, Swansea, Bridlington, Dudley, Glasgow, Milton Keynes, Salisbury and Belfast each hosted a choir of around 150 children to sing Lean on Me in unison as part of the Children in Need Choir.