Comic Relief

:For a description of the origin of the term comic relief see comic relief.

Types of nose and amounts raised by Comic Relief

Source notes. The 'amount raised' figures from 1988 to 1999 are taken fromhttp://www.comicrelief.com/allaboutus/ourstory.shtml. The description of noses was obtained from a history of the nose at http://www.rednoseday.com/flash/nasalhistory.swf.

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1988 - 1999

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YearAmount raised : on the night (£m)Amount raised : total (£m) Type of red nose

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1988Unknown15.8 Plain plastic red nose.

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1989Unknown26.9 Plain red nose with 'MY NOSE' on the front. The nose also contained a mild scent.

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1991Unknown20.3 Also known as "The Stonker" (Named after that year's Comic Relief single), the nose had arms and a face.

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1993Unknown18.0 The nose became a tomato with a face. The larger noses for cars and buildings looked like tomatoes thrown against the wall and were called splats.

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1993 - Tomato

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1995Unknown22.0+ The nose changed colour (from red to pinky-purple or yellow) when heated; holding in a closed hand was enough.

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1997Unknown27.1+ The nose was furry.

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1999Unknown35.0+ The nose made a squeaky noise when squeezed and also glittered.

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200122.0+55.0+ The nose had a tongue, a small rolled-up tube of latex that would unfurl and make a raspy noise when the nose was squeezed.

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2001 - Latex

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200335.0+59.0+ The nose had red stylable hair.

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200537.0+ The nose had multi-coloured hair made from rubber strands, a funny face and came with stickers to add additional facial features. It was packaged with red hair gel and red/yellow face paints.

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2005 - Hair gel - Face paint

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