Children in Need 2007

Television campaign

Artist performances

• Lee Mead opened the show with "Any Dream Will Do" from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, linking up with children's choirs around the country
• Sam & Mark performed "Try a Little Tenderness"
• Jason Donovan performed his 1989 hit "Too Many Broken Hearts"
• The Spice Girls performed their new single, "Headlines ", this year's official Children in Need single.
• John Barrowman and Myleene Klass performed "Your Song"
• The professional dancers from Strictly Come Dancing performed a group routine
• Leona Lewis sang the current number-one single, "Bleeding Love"
• Irish boy band Boyzone reformed to perform a medley of their songs
• Joss Stone sang "Baby Baby Baby"
• Kylie Minogue performed "2 Hearts"
• The cast of the stage version of Dirty Dancing performed the routine to " The Time of My Life"
• The Sugababes performed their number-one single, "About You Now"
• Westlife performed their cover of Michael Bublé's "Home"
• David Gray sang "Babylon"
• A second performance by the Spice Girls, this time their 1998 hit single "Stop"
• Annie Lennox performed "Sing" from her 2007 album Songs of Mass Destruction, followed by "Sweet Dreams " from her time in Eurythmics
• Lee Mead performed again, this time singing his new single "Gonna Make You a Star"
• McFly performed a selection of their songs, notably including the official 2005 Red Nose Day song "All About You"
• The West End cast of Grease performed "You're the One That I Want" and "We Go Together"
• Denise Van Outen performed the Dusty Springfield song, "The Look of Love"
• The cast of Footloose performed a selection from the show including "Footloose", and "Let's Hear It for the Boy"
• The Songbirds performed their song "Wake Up Call"
• Blake performed a cover of The Beach Boys' song "God Only Knows"
• The cast of the 2007 West End revival of stage musical Rent performed "Seasons of Love"
• Runrig performed a special version of their classic track Loch Lomond, which was re-released for Children in Need on BBC Scotland's version of the show.

  Cast performances

• The cast of Hollyoaks performed a tribute to Marc Bolan
• The cast of Holby City performed a tribute to Aretha Franklin
• The cast of EastEnders paid tribute to The Beatles to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
• The cast of The Bill performed a medley of Rat Pack numbers
• The BBC News team made their customary contribution in the form of a performance of "All That Jazz" from stage musical Chicago
• BBC Breakfast weather presenter Carol Kirkwood and sports correspondent Chris Hollins performed the duet "Baby It's Cold Outside"

  Others

• The Shaolin Monks gave a martial arts performance
• A special episode of Doctor Who called "Time Crash" filmed for Children in Need starring David Tennant and Peter Davison and written by Steven Moffat
• A special Junior Dragons' Den with young inventors and entrepreneurs pitching to the Dragons
• A special episode of Hotel Babylon featuring a guest appearance from Prunella Scales as Sybil Fawlty, along with other iconic figures from BBC sitcom history who replaced the current staff. These included Paul Shane, June Whitfield, Frank Thornton, Vicki Michelle Lesley Joseph and Tony Adams versus BBC Radio 2, presented by Jo Brand
• The X Factor judges Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne, Louis Walsh and Dannii Minogue also made a guest appearance.

  QI

Celebrity Scissorhands

Official single

Totals