Children in Need 2009 Children in Need 2009 Children in Need 2009 was a campaign held in the United Kingdom to raise money for Children in Need. It culminated in a live broadcast on BBC One which began on the evening of Friday 20 November and ran through to the morning of Saturday 21 November. The broadcast was hosted by Terry Wogan, Tess Daly and Alesha Dixon. Alan Dedicoat read out the running totals and Peter André reported from the BT Tower. The show was broadcast from BBC Television Centre in London. Dancing Pudseys were projected on to the building. The 2009 event raised
Terry Wogan in 1992, after pressure from the BBC. He said that the BBC also wanted his scheduling slot for the ill-fated soap "Eldorado". After "Eldorado" took over the 7 pm slot, Wogan briefly hosted a new weekly chat strand "Terry Wogan's Friday Night" in 1993, but this series was not recommissioned. Wogan presented "Wogan Now and Then" (2006), a show where he interviewed guests from his old chat show, as well as new guests. BBC Two launched a new compilation series, "Wogan: the Best Of" in 2015, featuring selected interview segments and music performances from Wogan's past chat series, linked by