Allen said: "I’m as surprised as you are! I’m terrible at sport and once, at the gym, I got stuck under a bar bell. A cleaner had to get me out. I think they asked me to do the show as the relief, from the sport. I’m honoured to be involved. It’ll be a brilliant night and anyone pushing themselves physically and striving to do their best for charity is a hero in my book. As a comedian I know that a live audience adds that extra something so I’ll be bouncing off that energy all night.

I’m actually really looking forward to the special Sport Relief QI. I’m a big fan of the show anyway and funnily enough I was just on it in January, but we’re not talking about me. I know they’ll have an absolute ball - if they can handle how loud the klaxons are when you get the answer wrong. But if they’re into sport they’ll be used to loudness anyway, right?"

Highlights include...

Clash Of The Channels 2020

The Celebrity Boat Race returns for 2020, and this time it’s bigger and better! Joining BBC and ITV this year are teams from Channel 4 and Sky. All will be looking to claim the title of the fastest channel on water.

Under the wings of Olympic champions James Cracknell OBE and Helen Glover MBE, all four teams will once again battle it out on the challenging waters of Salford Quays.

Team BBC

• Louise Minchin
• Steve Backshall
• Maya Jama
• Michael Stevenson
• Jay Blades
• Rachel Parris

Team ITV

• Matt Evers
• Colson Smith
• Isabel Hodgins
• Dr Ranj Singh
• Andrea Mclean
• Romilly Weeks

Team Channel 4

• Jamie Laing
• Cathy Newman
• Chelsee Healey
• Amanda Byram
• Tom Read Wilson
• Ed Jackson

Team Sky

• Dermot Murnaghan
• Natalie Pinkham
• Hayley McQueen
• Lloyd Griffith
• Nazaneen Ghaffar
• Carl Froch

Line Of Duty

Mother of God! DS Arnott, DI Fleming and Superintendent Hastings are back and only interested in one thing, catching bent coppers.

In an exclusive ‘deleted’ scene from series five, all three can be seen interrogating DC Taylor, an accused corrupt copper (played by Jason Isaacs) who they suspect knows the identity of the real ‘H’. Unfortunately for DC Taylor, his representation comes in the form of ineffective lawyer David Rickman (played by Lee Mack).

Killing Steves

Hit BBC drama Killing Eve undergoes a Sport Relief makeover. A mysterious blonde assassin is on a killing spree, and targeting victims all with the first name Steve. In this Sport Relief special famous Steve’s from across the UK including snooker legend Steve Davis, Coronation Street favourite Steve McDonald, sporting icon Steve Redgrave and presenter and magician Stephen Mulhern meet their comedic deaths, but who is Killing Steves?

QI

The popular comedy quiz show returns with a Sport Relief twist for this special one-off. Joining regulars Sandi Toksvig and Alan Davies on the panel will be Tom Allen, Johnny Vegas, Phill Jupitus, Aisling Bea and John Barrowman. How obscure and interesting can our guests be when answering sport-related questions to secure the points?

A Round With Rom

Comedian Romesh Ranganathan invites Sir Andy Murray to join him in their own unique version of golf’s Open Championship - but at a mini golf course! Unlike professional golf tournaments, the loser will be subjected to a personal forfeit.

A Question Of Sport Relief

Sue Barker hosts a special A Question Of Sport Relief with sports captains Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell taking on team Sport Relief; Paddy McGuinness, Chris Kamara, Mel Giedroyc and Tom Davis. The teams will battle it out to take home the victory, but not before they take part in the Celebrity Squares round and successfully guess a mystery guest.

Dance Along With AJ And Curtis Pritchard

Dancing stars AJ and Curtis Pritchard are out to get the nation dancing for Sport Relief. The pair will front a series of fun, easy to follow dance routines made available on the Sport Relief social media channels in the lead up to the big night of TV.

Whether at home, work or school the nation can join AJ and Curtis in doing the routines. If they film themselves and share on social media they may even end up on the Sport Relief Night of TV itself as the boys show off their routine live on BBC One.

Beat Beethoven

Beat Beethoven invites everyone from complete beginners to seasoned sprinters to run 5k in the time it takes to listen to the composer’s infamous Fifth Symphony around Salford’s MediaCityUK. Participants will be lucky enough to listen to a live performance by the BBC Philharmonic as they run, conducted by Principal Chief Conductor, Ben Gernon. BBC news presenter Sophie Raworth will also don her trainers and take part in the race on 13 March with the soothing sounds helping every step.

Greatest Sport Relief Sketch Of All Time

Celebrating the very best of Sport Relief over the years, in the lead up to and on the night a live poll will be running to allow viewers the to vote for their favourite Sport Relief sketch, with the winner being announced later in the night. Nominees are: Beckham in Peckham, Smithy (James Corden’s character from Gavin & Stacey) at SPOTY, Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em and Luther.

All-Star Netball For Sport Relief

Two teams of celebrity players and sporting legends came together last summer to battle it out in the first ever All-Star Netball For Sport Relief. Carrying out a childhood dream of lifting a sporting trophy, huge netball fan and comedy legend Jennifer Saunders captained one of the all-star teams. She faced tough competition from a team led by Strictly Come Dancing’s Oti Mabuse, who grew up playing netball in South Africa.

Sport Relief: The Heat Is On

A team of celebrities including Frankie Bridge, Karim Zeroual, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Louise Minchin, Nick Grimshaw, Rob Rinder and Samantha Womack will undertake a gruelling four-day 100-mile expedition across the Namib Desert.

The team will start at the source of the Kuiseb River and travel towards the Skeleton Coast, scaling the highest sand dunes in the world in temperatures reaching as high as 35 degrees Celsius. The challenge will be filmed for a BBC One documentary to be shown in the run up to Sport Relief, during the week of 9 March.

Greg James’ Sport Relief Heroes

Airing on 6 March on BBC One, Greg James hosts documentary Greg James’ Sport Relief Heroes looking back at some of the most incredible challenges celebrities have completed to raise money for Sport Relief.

Featuring challenges undertaken by Davina McCall, Zoe Ball, David Walliams, Eddie Izzard, John Bishop and of course Greg himself, this one hour special shows how these big hearted celebrities pushed themselves to the absolute mental and physical limits to raise millions for causes they care deeply about.

Gareth Thomas’ Tour de Trophy For Sport Relief

This documentary, airing on BBC One on 7 March, will look back at the remarkable Sport Relief challenge that rugby legend Gareth Thomas completed in December 2019 to coincide with BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Gareth cycled a whopping 500 miles across three nations in just seven days from Cardiff to Aberdeen, with the challenge to deliver the SPOTY trophy in time for the big night.

Throughout his seven-day challenge Gareth allowed cameras to record every minute of his struggle in the hope that this film would help change our attitudes to people either living in isolation or burdened by a social stigma, issues close to Gareth’s heart.

Whilst raising life-changing cash for Sport Relief, he also successfully delivered the BBC Sport Personality of the Year trophy to the 2019 winner, Ben Stokes, in front of a live audience of over 10,000 and millions watching on BBC One as he made it to the finish line on stage.

Viewers can also enjoy a series of other Sport Relief themed TV shows, including BBC’s Catchpoint, Blue Peter, Bargain Hunt which will pit Olympians against sports TV presenters, and a Sport Relief special of Football Stars in Bad Cars is available to view on BBC Three, featuring Chris Stark and Peter Crouch.