article_snippet: Film-maker Richard Curtis, founder and vice-chairman of Comic Relief, described the moment he knew Film-maker Richard Curtis, founder and vice-chairman of Comic Relief had broken Film-maker Richard Curtis, founder and vice-chairman of Comic Relief target as 'very strange'.
article_snippet: July 1985: Film-maker Richard Curtis and friends come up with the idea of using comedy to raise money and change lives in Africa and the UK.
article_snippet: Comic Relief is launched by Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry for the first time on BBC One from the Safawa refugee camp in Sudan.
article_snippet: Throughout the night clips were used to show how donations would be used.
article_snippet: One piece of footage, presented by John Bishop (third from right) and Richard Hammond (right) shows Iyolwa Health Centre in eastern Uganda .
article_snippet: Other clips showed infrastructure being built by materials bought using donations from the annual event .
article_snippet: He said: 'When a bunch of comedians got together all those years ago we dreamed of raising a million or two, and never imagined the generosity that would be shown by the British public for so many years. '