Red Nose Day 2022 LIVE: David Walliams & Dawn French among huge celebrity line-up as Comic Relief bash returns TONIGHT

RED Nose Day returns to TONIGHT with Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders among the big names taking part.

Sir Lenny Henry, David Tennant and Paddy McGuinness will host the main fundraising show, which will be broadcast from the BBC studios in Salford for the first time.

Zoe Ball was due to co-host but has pulled out after testing positive for Covid.

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders will reprise their popular characters The Extras for a sketch set in The Repair Shop, while Walliams and Lucas will bring back their comedy sketch show Rock Profile for a one-off special.

Little Britain stars Lucas and Walliams will impersonate Miley Cyrus and her famous father Billy Ray as part of their comedy sketch.

The fundraising broadcast will also see Kylie Minogue joining forces with the cast of hit BBC sitcom Ghosts in a one-off sketch, while Jack Whitehall will participate in a game of mini golf with footballers Declan Rice and Mason Mount.

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