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SHE’S ARRIVED!
Miranda Hart arrives in Newcastle ahead of her Red Nose Day challenge
With just one day to go before she sets off on The BT Red Nose Challenge: Miranda’s Mad March, Miranda Hart has arrived in
Newcastle, ready and raring to go – despite having no idea what is in store for her! The five day extravaganza will see the
comedienne complete one madcap challenge every day this week in different cities across England. The challenge is sponsored by
BT, a long term supporter of Comic Relief.
Pictured [insert details of pictures], Miranda said:
“Well I’m here – but that’s all I know and all I can say! I’ll be calling Chris Evans first thing tomorrow morning to find out what on
earth I’ll be doing. I haven’t had a wink of sleep worrying about what they might’ve set me – Comic Relief doesn’t do things by
halves!”
Starting today, Monday 11th March in Newcastle, Miranda will then visit Manchester, Birmingham and Oxford, before finishing up
in London on Red Nose Day itself, Friday 15th March, when she hopes to have raised heaps of cash. She has no idea what her
remaining challenges will be until Chris Evans reveals them to her live every morning on his BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show.
To sponsor Miranda in today’s epic task, visit http://www.rednoseday.com/miranda
You can also find out how she’s getting on every evening on The One Show on BBC One at 7pm.
Proving her Hart’s in the right place, Miranda is raising cash for Red Nose Day that could help vaccinate children against deadly
diseases that kill millions in Africa every single year as well as raising money to help people living unimaginably tough lives across
the UK. Just £5 could pay for a vaccine to help protect a child in Uganda against diseases like tetanus and hepatitis B or provide a
hot meal for a young person living on the streets in the UK.
Tomorrow BT is giving £37,500 to support Miranda as part of the £500,000 it has committed to raise in support of The BT Red
Nose Challenges – a duo of celebrity challenges sponsored by BT for Red Nose Day 2013.
To help Miranda stay motivated throughout the challenge, BT is declaring ‘Chat for Change Day’* on Thursday 14th March. On
behalf of its customers, BT will donate 1p to Red Nose Day for every call made from a BT home phone line or BT business line.
-Ends*BT will donate 1p for every phone call made by a BT residential and business calls and lines customer from a BT residential or business landline between
00.01 and 24.00 on the 14/03/13.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Comic Relief Media Team
[email protected]
0207 820 2500
FOR PICTURES CONTACT:
Katie Michell, Comic Relief Photography Team
07850 715 433, [email protected]
TO KEEP UP TO DATE WITH MIRANDA’S CHALLENGE, MINUTE BY MINUTE FOLLOW:
@rednoseday
NOTES TO EDITORS:
Comic Relief and Red Nose Day
Red Nose Day 2013 is heading your way on Friday 15th March when the great British public will once again be asked to Do
Something Funny for Money.
Raising cash this Red Nose Day can help to change lives forever. That’s because Comic Relief spends the money raised to help
change the lives of poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged people across the UK and Africa.
Comic Relief was launched on Christmas Day in 1985, live on BBC One. At that time, a devastating famine was crippling Ethiopia
and something had to be done. That something was Comic Relief. The idea was simple – Comic Relief would make the public
laugh while they raised money to help people in desperate need. Before too long, Red Nose Day was created and the first ever
event in 1988 raised a staggering £15m.
This year, 2013, marks the 25th anniversary of Red Nose Day which has raised over £600m and helped to change lives both in the
UK and Africa.
Comic Relief, registered charity 326568 (England/Wales); SC039730 (Scotland)
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