Charity begins with a giant sausage?
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Date: 16 November 2013 15:07:16
I didn't see much of the Children in Need programme last night - Mr D wanted to watch the football, and he doesn't much like this sort of "variety" programme very much. I usually like bits - I would have liked to have seen the Torville & Dean dancing segment (I've since caught up with it elsewhere!) - but often they consist of groups of people trying rather too hard to be funny or "off-the-wall". And boy bands of any type don't appeal to me, so a heady mix of One Direction, JLS and Busted (?) would have been just too much.
However, I was really impressed with the total amount of money raised so far is £31,124,896. Considering that there are so many people struggling to afford food and heating for their families, that unemployment is high and prices of everything keep rising, considering too that people have already given, and given again, for the appeal to eleviate the suffering caused by the typhoon in the Phillippines, considering all this the good old British public gave £31,124,896. That is totally amazing!
What is it about this eclectic (and sometimes tedious!) mixture of entertainment that gets people digging into their pockets and texting the word TEAM to support the One Show's Team Rickshaw? I don't know. The emotive short films that explain how the money helps children in the UK? The fact that celebs are willing to make fools of themselves? Or the fact that, even with the hardships being suffered people think "There but for the grace of God..."
It is good to realise that, despite what I generally think, Britain has not completely turned into a nation of individuals who think "I'm alright Jack, and to hell with the rest of you." There is still a compassionate heart beating - even if it requires Harry Hill battling the Hairy Bikers with a giant sausage to bring it to life!
