Children in Need breaks record with £50.6m raised in one night

An average of 6.2 million people were tuned in to BBC fundraiser at any one time, ratings suggest

Children in Need has broken its own record after raising more than £50m during its appeal show, bringing the total funds collected since the annual telethon began to more than £1bn.

Viewers donated almost £34m in the first two-and-a-half hours of Friday evening’s broadcast, which the BBC says was the most viewed show of the night.

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