Comic Relief's Red Nose Day: 25 Years In 100 Pictures

PICTURES: 25 Years Of Red Nose Day In 100 Photos

It's hard to believe that the very first Comic Relief Red Nose Day took place 25 years ago, on 5 February 1988. In honour of this milestone, and Red Nose Day on Friday 15 March, we've put together a gallery of memorable moments - both celebrity and not.

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From the Spice Girls to One Direction, from 'Celebrity Fame Academy' to Samantha Cameron: take a trip down memory lane with our gallery of 100 photos below - and watch some of Comic Relief's funniest moments here.

25 Years Of Red Nose Day
Kylie and Jason(01 of100)
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Lenny Henry, Angus Deayton and Richard Fairbrass(02 of100)
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Jennifer Saunders and Tony Robinson(03 of100)
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Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley(04 of100)
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Prince Andrew(05 of100)
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Delia Smith and Dawn French(06 of100)
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Jeffrey Archer(07 of100)
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The England rugby team(08 of100)
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Corncorde(09 of100)
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The Spice Girls(10 of100)
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Jonathan Ross(11 of100)
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Ballykissangel's Dervla Kirwan and Stephen Tompkinson(12 of100)
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Mariella Frostrup, David Baddiel, Nick Hancock and Jenny Agutter(13 of100)
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Eternal(14 of100)
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Kathy Burke, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders (as the Spice Girls)(15 of100)
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Stars of The Archers(16 of100)
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Paul Gascoigne and Chris Evans(17 of100)
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Geri Halliwell(18 of100)
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Emma Freud and Gordon Brown(19 of100)
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All Saints(20 of100)
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Tamzin Outhwaite(21 of100)
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Robbie Williams(22 of100)
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Lenny Henry and Steve Redgrave(23 of100)
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Ruby Wax, Emma Freud and Sally Phillips(24 of100)
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Lady Victoria Hervey and Sophie Anderton(25 of100)
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Billie Piper and Nick Hancock(26 of100)
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The first Celebrity Big Brother contestants(27 of100)
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Chris Eubank(28 of100)
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David Baddiel, Ainsley Harriott and Angus Deayton(29 of100)
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A red nose Tube train(30 of100)
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A red nose on Number 10, Downing Street(31 of100)
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Dawn French and Tony Blair(32 of100)
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Gareth Gates(33 of100)
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Graham Norton and Angellica Bell(34 of100)
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Gordon Ramsay(35 of100)
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Gary Lineker(36 of100)
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Lenny Henry and JK Rowling(37 of100)
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Angus Deayton(38 of100)
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First Celebrity Fame Academy contestants John Thomson, Ulrikka Jonsson and Fearne Cotton(39 of100)
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Ruby Wax(40 of100)
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Jo Brand(41 of100)
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Patrick Kielty and Cat Deeley(42 of100)
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Doon Mackichan(43 of100)
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Kwame Kwei-Armah (44 of100)
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Police recruits at Hendon(45 of100)
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Troops in the Kuwait desert(46 of100)
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Celebrity fun-runners(47 of100)
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A red nose wedding(48 of100)
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Saracens' Richard Hill (49 of100)
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Phil Collins(50 of100)
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Elle MacPherson and Matt Lucas(51 of100)
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Davina McCall(52 of100)
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Kenzie and John McCririck(53 of100)
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Jenny Eclair(54 of100)
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Alistair McGowan(55 of100)
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Angelina Ballerina and Darcey Bussell(56 of100)
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Konnie Huq(57 of100)
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Kim Medcalf and Ade Edmondson(58 of100)
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The Queen meets red nosers(59 of100)
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Jack Dee's red nose stunt(60 of100)
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Comic Relief USA, 2006(61 of100)
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Kate Moss appears in the Little Britain live show...(62 of100)
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...as does Russell Brand(63 of100)
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Red nose capsules on the London Eye(64 of100)
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Russell Brand, the Sugababes and Girls Aloud(65 of100)
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Russell Brand and Lenny Henry(66 of100)
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Sadie Frost(67 of100)
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Sharon Osbourne(68 of100)
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Gordon Brown and red nosers(69 of100)
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Alastair Campbell(70 of100)
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Ruth Jones, Rob Brydon and Joanna Page(71 of100)
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Jo Brand and The Saturdays(72 of100)
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David Tennant(73 of100)
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Celebrity Strictly Come Dancing stars Rachel Stevens and Tom Chambers (74 of100)
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Brian McLauchlin has an ice bath(75 of100)
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Zoe Ball and Suggs(76 of100)
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Captain Lars Gade Olesen and The King Of Scandinavia ferry(77 of100)
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Number 10 gets another red nose(78 of100)
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Gordon Brown with Cheryl Cole(79 of100)
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Robbie Savage and his red-nosed Lamborghini(80 of100)
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Caprice(81 of100)
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Dick and Dom(82 of100)
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A red nose gets carried up Skiddaw in the Lake District(83 of100)
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Scotland's Ryan Krause and teammates(84 of100)
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Lara Stone(85 of100)
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Jimmy Carr and Al Murray(86 of100)
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Dermot O'Leary and Kara Tointon on the Red Nose Desert Trek(87 of100)
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Alex Salmond and fellow Scottish politicians(88 of100)
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Miranda Hart, Emma Freud and Sanjeev Bhaskar (89 of100)
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Clare Balding(90 of100)
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Kirsty Allsopp and Richard Bacon(91 of100)
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Dara O'Briain, Jack Whitehall and Jon Richardson perform the world's highest stand-up gig(92 of100)
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Harry Styles and fans(93 of100)
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The cast of Cats(94 of100)
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Christine Bleakley and friend(95 of100)
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Kim Wilde performs the world's highest gig(96 of100)
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Famous ladies and their 'Tea Party With a Twist'(97 of100)
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Samantha Cameron(98 of100)
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One Direction and David Cameron(99 of100)
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Emma Freud, Lenny Henry and co celebrate 25 years of Comic Relief(100 of100)
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