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BBC News
21-03-2025
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Comic Relief: BBC Radio Stoke's Lee Blakeman finishes 100 red noses charity challenge
BBC Radio Stoke breakfast show presenter Lee Blakeman has thanked listeners for supporting him in his task to find 100 red noses hidden around Stoke-on-Trent as part of this year's Comic was given 10 hours on Thursday to track them all down and used nearly every minute to complete the way, Mr Blakeman had to carry out mini challenges including throwing a pot at Love Clay, Fenton and cooking oatcakes at London Road Oatcakes in challenge started at 08:00 GMT in his breakfast show on BBC Radio Stoke and finished during Susan Hank's show in the afternoon. The whole challenge was almost derailed by a council litter picker who inadvertently put one of the hidden red noses in their black bin bag while working to keep the area's streets Mr Blakeman caught up with him in the nick of time and recovered it. He was then helped by listeners with the final clue as they phoned in to sing the lyrics to Up On The Roof by The told him the final red nose was on the top of the BBC's building on Cheapside, the day, the challenge took Mr Blakeman across the length and breadth of the way, he stopped at places including Trentham Monkey Forest, Gladstone Pottery Museum, the Bet365 Stadium and singer Robbie Williams' old in Friday's breakfast show he said: "What a brilliant day - it had a bit of everything: challenges, chaos, hilarious bits, stressy bits."With it being Stoke-on-Trent, there was loads of time stuck at temporary lights getting between the different zones."People can support Mr Blakeman by donating to Comic Relief online here. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
19-03-2025
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Comic Relief: BBC Radio Stoke presenter to find 100 red noses
BBC Radio Stoke breakfast show presenter Lee Blakeman has been tasked with finding 100 red noses hidden around Stoke-on-Trent as part of this year's Comic Relief will have 10 hours to track down all the noses on Thursday – and has been warned there will be surprises and side-challenges along the noses have been placed close to iconic locations by the BBC Radio Stoke team, on a trail which will see Mr Blakeman travel the length and breadth of the has been given clues about some of the challenges but more will be revealed when he sets off just after 08:00 GMT. "He's got places to be and people to see at some of the stops and, of course, challenges too. So there's no time to spare if he's going to find them all by the time is goes dark," a station spokesperson Blakeman said he was looking forward to searching high and low in each of Stoke-on-Trent's six towns."It's kind of like Crystal Maze meets Anneka Rice in Treasure Hunt," he said. 'Grumpy act' Last year's Red Nose Day challenge saw him on air for a marathon 28-hour radio show."As much as I put on the 'grumpy' act, I am actually very excited about this," he said clues from listeners led to him believe the challenges might include go-karting, a haunted building and throwing a pot."I've never thrown a pot before, despite living in Stoke-on-Trent my whole life," he can support Mr Blakeman by donating to Comic Relief online and follow the challenge via BBC Stoke and Staffordshire on social media or by listening to BBC Radio Stoke on the day. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
