Sport Relief first time, on Friday 21 March. It was hosted by Gary Lineker, David Walliams, Davina McCall, Fearne Cotton, Jack Whitehall and Claudia Winkleman. The "Clash of the Titans" was hosted by Gabby Logan and Clare Balding. In January 2014, the BBC announced that the 2014 edition of its Sport Relief broadcast on 21 March 2014 would feature a new Only Fools and Horses sketch. During the three weeks before the telethon, "Sport Relief's Top Dog" aired on BBC Two with Gaby Roslin as host. The Sport Relief Mile was joined by three major cycling events (in London, Manchester and Glasgow)
Sport Relief 2012 version was shown on the Fridays on BBC1 at 8:30pm before the main event. On 27 February 2012, comedian John Bishop took on a week of challenges billed as "John Bishop's Week of Hell". Originally John was to complete the challenge with James Corden but he had to pull out due to his commitments with the West End Show "One Man, Two Guvnors". John rowed, ran and cycled 295 miles from Paris to London in just five days. John raised £3,412,261. His programme was shown the day before "Sport Relief" night at 9:00pm on BBC1. ""The One Show" 1000" ran