Stand up to Cancer

It's been a really good show tonight, kudos to Channel 4 for putting the effort in first and foremost. Brilliant promotion and overall look this year - a great set. And of course Davina is a pro, alongside Alan. Dr Christian felt like a bit of an add-on but obviously he has the expertise.

I really didn't mind the entertainment tonight. Gogglebox was plugged a lot, and I'd have preferred longer slots. It all seemed a little disjointed. But other elements were very good, like the celebrity selfie Alan took, and the singing of 'Brave' with Nicole Scherzinger. I really enjoyed The Last Leg parts too.

I think they've done a really good job, and the content hasn't really been much worse than CiN, which has been awful after 10pm in the last few years.

Love a good technical problem, loss of sound, then problems with the picture, now just a static image of the SU2C numbers

Plus a humerous continuity announcer who is doing a good job of keeping us entertained in the meantime.

It seems the only thing they can show is the tower of celebrities on the phone sketch.

Channel 4 currently on a trailerthon, I presume they've lost the sound feed from the live recording ?

The balcony shots with Davina and Alan earlier is the same used for London Live's Balcony TV sessions.

http://www.londonlive.co.uk/programmes/balcony-tv-music-sessions

Fair to say this years event was far more successful than the first, raising over £14m on the night, double the effort last time. Ratings peaked at over 4m in the 9-10pm hour.

It'll be interesting to see whether they leave it another couple of years or now make it an annual thing.

I doubt it will become an annual thing, the USA version is only every two years. SU2C No3 in the UK will be in October 2016.

It depends how Channel 4 views the success of this year's event, as Brekkie implied. They may just make it an annual thing.

USA version. I can't say much. All looking unhappy.

Very sombre.

I'm watching through Friday night's broadcast now. It doesn't seem any worse than the CINs and Comic Reliefs of recent years.