To hate Children in Need?

Cheryl Coke the Big Haired Batterer

Arf

In the immortal words of Joey Tribbiani " there's no such thing as a truly selfless act"

OOps i meant Cheryl Cole that's how rumours get started

I hate it as well
All the so called 'celebs' begging us to give money and I bet they all get a good pay off for it

YANBU. What infuriates me is Cheryl Coke and the like doing sadface pieces to camera asking people to just donate a few pounds to make this person over here's life better. Erm excuse me love, you're the rich one, put your own money in and don't guilt trip those who barely have 2 pennies to rub together. It's just weightless virtue signalling

I also REALLY hate the celeb bashing that happens.

The chances are they DO donate plenty. Most do lots for charity. And whatever their reasons the result after doing this is more raised for charity.

I find Pudsey Bear so irritating I want to punch him in the face.

So, I shan't be watching.

It serves as a small gesture of humility for the covering up and protection of jimmy saville and all the abuse he was permitted to carry out on all the most vulnerable kids for decades. They were the original children in need.
Ah well, the good old Beeb has made amends by the existing CIN charity so that's lovely.
It just does not sit well with me. I won't be watching.

YANBU - I know someone who refused to donated to CR ever again after they discovered that a local group had received a grant from it.
We live in a naice area -the group was really short of money at the time but it has been used by a lot of people and people have a great fondness for it. Basically if it looked like it was going to go bust we could have had a collection locally and definitely raised enough to keep it going. (and it it is now breaking even again)
They only applied for the grant cos it was available and when they asked an organisation for advice they suggested it and they wanted to be seen doing everything they could - they didn't think they'd actually get a grant....and the minimum they could get (a few hundred) was more than they needed anyway.
(I could say the same about the big Lottery fund too - I think groups etc that are really in need don't have the right resources to put in the right kind of applications -think there should be more help for them)

I'm conflicted because while I find most 'popular weekend television' absolutely dire, it is a very powerful way of engaging the public to raise money for charities that wouldn't survive otherwise.

Charities that have supported my own children, like Penhaligon's Friends who support children through bereavement and the fear of having a sick relative and being a young carer. My daughter wouldn't be coping with life without them.

I hate it with a passion, always have. Well paid celebrities just trying to get another gold star on the careers. Nauseating shite. They should publish how much money the celebrities mincing around in front of the cameras have actually donated themselves.

And I know it's the point but anything like the sad stories I can't watch (which is mostly why I avoid it) the stand up to cancer one really set my health anxiety off the 5-10 minutes I saw and in someways still am affected by it, i get really mentally affected by them but as I said good cause but easy to ignore

I'm only watching because some of 'my' Rock Choir members are singing.

Then I will watch a horror.

It's always been shite tbf

YANBU. I feel exactly the same. I think it is one big cringe-fest. I approve of the sentiment,but I just cannot watch it any more.

I hate it

I hate the whole idea we need it in the first place

I hate z list celebs using it as self promotion

I hate the fact that some woman with more money than sense was enabled to pay 1.1 million to watch fat Gary Barlow in her living room

That money does not reach it's target. If it did, why does absolutely fuck all change year on year ?

Yep BBC4 is doing a chart from the 80s. It's great. Number one is Come on Eileen though. That's not great.

TBH since leaving school for the last 8-9 years I don't know it's on often until the next day it's for a good cause but easy to avoid

Duran Duran on BBC Four, am singing in harmony.
Give money to the charities dear to you when and if you can afford it, don't worry about celebs doing the equivalent of the school staff panto.
God knows what I'll do when the Good Old Days are on though.

I love it! Proper family night in front of the tv. It is very enlightening for children to watch.
Inspiring 😀

Personally, I don't think you are being unreasonable for hating CIN. You can hate what you like. I don't watch it. I give money towards the charity and I have no issues with it being on TV - it is once a year. But like you, I find the whole evening full of the same old 'stuff'. Some people find it entertaining, some don't. Some like GOT, some don't. Some like TWD, some don't. I wouldn't think badly of anyone who didn't watch it and that's not just because I don't.

I hate the Chris Evans stuff too mostly aimed at people with loads of money. However it does raise money for the charity and my child received treatment funded by them which they would never have had without it for which I will I am eternally grateful

Whose the guy hosting... he can't use the autocue very well.

I never watch this or Comic Relief. I donate for the kids/me to dress up. Buy some cakes from a bake sale and sometimes buy the merchandise (I wore Pudsey ears to work today) but I don't feel the need to watch the type of variety entertainment that I usually avoid like the plague just because it's for a good cause.

I think it says more about us as a society.

That we 'need' an event with celebs fronting etc, to make donations to charity.