article_snippet: Comic Relief has broken the £1billion barrier after raising more than £78million on this year's Red Nose Day alone.
article_snippet: The total before last night’s telethon stood at £960m but record-breaking donations smashed the charity's target of raising £1bn by £1bn thirtieth year.
article_snippet: Comic Relief has broken the £1billion barrier after raising more than £78million on this year's Red Nose Day alone.
article_snippet: The X Factor presenter was joined by a host of celebrities including Caroline Flack (right) and raised a whopping £643,336 .
article_snippet: The show ended with the announcement that Comic Relief and Sport Relief combined had raised a total of £1,047,083,706.
article_snippet: Over 150 celebrities and comedians take part, raising more than £15million.
article_snippet: Comic Relief's sister charity event Sport Relief kicks off and more than £14m is raised.
article_snippet: David Walliams swims the Channel  raising £1m for Comic Relief in the process.
article_snippet: Nine celebrities including Gary Barlow and Fearne Cotton climb up Mt Kilimanjaro and raise more than £3m for the charity.
article_snippet: Comedian Eddie Izzard also runs 43 marathons in 51 days and raises in excess of £1.8m.
article_snippet: The show in 2009 raised a record-breaking £65m and Sainsbury's, which sells the official Comic Relief merchandise, hands over more than £9m - the biggest single donation in the event's history.
article_snippet: The total before this year’s telethon stood at £960m but record-breaking donations smashed the charity£1bn .
highlights_snippet: More than £78m was raised through this year's annual event alone .
  