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The BBC's charity and annual Telethon. As the name implies, it is dedicated to children and to rectifying "child issues" (child abuse, bullying, youth homelessness, underage prostitution, etc.). Its mascot is a mute yellow teddy bear called Pudsey, with a polka dot handkerchief-bandage tied round one side of his head, covering one of his eyes.

The yearly TV telethon airs in the late autumn on BBC One and involves special musical performances by pop stars, and West-End casts (and, recently, the BBC Newsreaders). It also includes skits and spoofs like Comic Relief, although the focus is more on light entertainment than actual comedy. It is one of the few events where programmes from "the other side" will take part (the cast of The Bill are game for a lot of things). Includes an annual charity single.

The BBC News goes in the middle, separating the show into a family-friendly and not-so-family friendly part. This is usually opposite a special edition of a Panel Game on BBC Two.

After Doctor Who successfully revived, the BBC has twice made seven-minute shorts to be aired during Children in Need. The first was a transition from "The Parting of the Ways" to "The Christmas Invasion" (2005); the second, "Time Crash" (2007) is a meeting of the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) which also explains the transition from "Last of the Time Lords" to "Voyage of the Damned". In 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010 they instead aired excerpts from the upcoming Christmas Specials. In 2011 this was preceded by blatant fanservice.

They'd previously done one in 1993 ("Dimensions In Time", written off as non-canon by the Doctor Who Expanded Universe [1] and much later by "Army of Ghosts".[2]) to celebrate the show's 30th Anniversary. Due to contract thingies, this will probably never be aired again or turn up on DVD...not that the fans of either show would mind. The 20th-Anniversary special "The Five Doctors" aired on the night in 1983.

This telethon is best watched recorded and with liberal use of the Fast-Forward button.

Tropes used in Children in Need include:
  1. (the Virgin New Adventures First Frontier wrote it off as All Just a Dream)
  2. (by means of Mutually Fictional)