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Comic Relief
BBC One, Friday, 7pm
Buckle in for Comic Relief live from Salford, David Tennant, Zoe Ball, Paddy McGuinness, Joel Dommett and AJ Odudu host a night jam-packed full with celebrity guests, hilarious sketches and live musical performances. There’s a special edition of The Traitors, with Claudia Winkleman, while Kylie Minogue joins forces with the cast of hit BBC sitcom Ghosts in a spook-tacular one-off sketch. Beloved comedy character Baldrick (Tony Robinson) reads his very own Blackadder bedtime story, while the cast of Mrs Doubtfire take to the stage to perform one of the songs from the show.
Highclere: Behind the Scenes
Channel 4, Friday, 9pm
Documentary following life at Highclere Castle, best known to Downton Abbey fans as the setting for the popular period drama, following Lord and Lady Carnarvon and their loyal staff as they strive to make this year the most profitable to date, with a busy calendar of events both home and away. Lady Carnarvon becomes an unexpected tour guide for some Americans who've turned up expecting a private tour of the famous castle. Head butler Luis mans the drinks and ice-cream kiosk on one of the hottest days of spring, while head of visitor reception Paul prepares to display a vintage 1936 Rolls-Royce.
Challenge Anneka
Channel 5, Saturday, 8.50pm
Revival of the 1980s and 90s show in which Anneka Rice takes on tasks that must be completed in a set time She begins at a dog rescue centre at Foal Farm in Kent with the building of a new block of kennels, a grooming parlour and a play area, all in time for its 60th anniversary.
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer Channel 4, Sunday, 10pm
The celebrity bakers will enter the hallowed canvas of the Bake Off tent, welcomed by hosts Noel
Fielding and Matt Lucas. Over two days they will be challenged to put their baking skills, or lack thereof, to the test. The celebrities hoping to impress Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith are: actor, director and producer David Schwimmer, actor and comedian Tom Davis, comedian Rose Matafeo, singer-songwriter Jesy Nelson, TV presenter Jay Blades, stand-up Judi Love, comedian and writer Mike Wozniak, Dragons Den’s Deborah Meaden, comedian Ellie Taylor, media personality Gemma Collins, poet and broadcaster Tim Key, TV presenter AJ Odudu, actress Jessica Hynes, presenter Paddy McGuinness, singer Coleen Nolan, actor Joe Thomas, Olympic gold medallist
Tom Daley, actor and filmmaker David Morrissey, stand-up, comedy actress Lucy Beaumont, and broadcaster Adele Roberts.
The Repair Shop
BBC One, Wednesday, 8pm
In the first of the new series, Jay Blades and the team restore a painting belonging to a Ukrainian family who risked everything to conserve their family history, and a 1963 calendar from Liverpool's Cavern Club that was used to book The Beatles.