A less serious side of Bruce has been shown in the BBC's "Children in Need" telethon for several years, in the regular section where newsreaders break out from behind their desks to take part in a song and dance number. Having a better singing voice than most of her colleagues, her turn in the 2007 performance, as Velma Kelly – with a rendition of "All That Jazz" – so impressed the makers of the revival production of "Chicago" that they invited her to the London performance of the 10th anniversary gala, where she appeared on stage in a parade of Velmas.