Red Nose Day 2025: Gladiators, ready?
The Gladiators will be joining this year's Red Nose Day in a very special exclusive sketch. Red Nose Day is a big annual charity event organised by Comic Relief and it will return to our TVs on Friday 21 March 2025. Each year people take part in all sorts of events and fun challenges to raise money for children facing poverty in the UK and around the world.Bionic will be challenging the comedy character Chabuddy G in a head-to-head duel guaranteed to make you giggle.
The sketch will see Chabuddy G step into the legendary Gladiators arena for an exclusive Red Nose Day 2025 showdown.He's convinced he'll be joining the ranks of the mighty Gladiators but discovers he's actually a contender about to take on Bionic. Chabuddy G said: "It was amazing filming this sketch with the Gladiators gang for Comic Relief. A lot of people don't know this but the G in Chabuddy G actually stands for Gladiator!"Red Nose Day take place on Friday 21 March, with the show on TV from 7pm on BBC One and also available on BBC iPlayer.Will you be doing anything at school for Red Nose Day this year? Let us know in the comments.
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