Jimmy Cricket has given his support to this year’s Children in Need, the BBC’s annual charity marathon.
The much-loved comedian, 71, was invited to see BBC Radio Lancashire’s main fundraising activity for this year’s appeal during a visit to their Blackburn studios recently.
He was there to be interviewed as part of his tour across the BBC local radio network to promote his new charity Christmas CD.
In between interviews Jimmy was invited to pop out to meet Graham Liver who is tasked with dragging a four-poster bed all the way from West Yorkshire to the Lancashire coastline.
Graham, a television newsreader on BBC North West Tonight and Breakfast presenter on BBC Radio Lancashire, will set off from Pudsey – located midway between Leeds and Bradford in West Yorkshire – and walk more than 100 miles to Bare in Morecambe, Lancashire. Pudsey Bear is BBC Children in Need’s mascot.
He will drag his specially designed bed along highways and country lanes, meeting listeners in many of the towns and villages covered by BBC Radio Lancashire.
Graham set off on Saturday (12 November) and aims to complete the challenge in time to help out Pudsey Bear and friends on Children in Need appeal night, which is Friday 18 November.
Jimmy said: “I wish Graham all the very best and hope he raises buckets-full of cash for this annual fundraising drive.”
* Jimmy’s new charity Christmas CD, Santa bring my wellies back to me, is available to buy from this website through a PayPal facility or in person directly from the Francis House Children’s Hospice.
Pleased to lend my support to @BBCLancashire & @GrahamLiver this week & their Children In Need fundraising drive: https://t.co/ftcHCec3SV