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Radio 2 listeners raise Β£2m for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Children in Need
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Generous Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 listeners have raised Β£2million for this year's Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Children in Need Appeal – with a little help from presenter Chris Evans who contributed Β£16,039 to bring the total to exactly Β£2million.
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Sir Terry Wogan's auction of Things Money Can't Buy on his breakfast show, Chris Evans' Drivetime Dine and Disco auction – this year with added Drive and Dine – and a Music Marathon all formed part of the network's week-long round of fundraising activities.
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Listeners to Wake up to Wogan raised half-a-million pounds in the Things Money Can't Buy auction, with this year's record bid fetching Β£100,000 for Children In Need when an anonymous caller bid for a guitar master class with Mark Knopfler, the guitar legend behind hits such as Walk Of Life and Money For Nothing.
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Sir Terry says of the amount raised by Radio 2 listeners for the charity: "Everybody has been telling me this is a tough year.
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"But, in my experience, the British public always react best in stressful times and I know they won't forget the children. Well done Radio 2 listeners!"
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Other auction packages included the opportunity to have Raymond Blanc cook a three-course meal for the highest bidder and 11 friends which raised Β£50,000; two VIP passes to all three days of the British Grand Prix which fetched Β£35,000, as did a day at Wimbledon with Aled Jones.
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An exciting day for two with the Blades Aerobatic Team went for Β£24,000, and a day's adventuring in Canada with Ray Mears raised Β£22,000 for the charity.
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Chris Evans also held an auction in his Radio 2 Drivetime show on Thursday afternoon, raising more than Β£450,000.
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Chris auctioned places in seven Ferrari sports-cars to drive in convoy from Radio 2 in London to the New Forest for an evening of relaxation before a two-day extravaganza, where the seven highest bidders – joined by 30 other bidders and a friend each – enjoy a round of golf before going to Chris' pub to enjoy food cooked by Giorgio Locatelli, followed by a live performance by Ocean Colour Scene. They all then head off to Goodwood the following day to watch The Festival of Speed.
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Friday's Music Marathon fetched more than Β£365,000 and over Β£670,000 was raised by sales of Janet & John CDs.
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Full information on Radio 2's Children in Need fundraising activities can be found at bbc.co.uk/radio2.
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