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Stand Up to Cancer UK (2012)

Stand Up to Cancer UK poster
Original title
Stand Up to Cancer
Genre
reality, comedy
Country
United Kingdom
Length
10 seasons, 10 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British charity telethon hosted by celebrities who ask viewers to donate money for cancer research. The show features appeals and entertainment segments to raise pledges.

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What happens

Stand Up to Cancer (SU2C) is the British version of Stand Up to Cancer, an American charitable television telethon, broadcast between 2012 and 2018 on the Channel 4 network in the United Kingdom, and again from 2020. The most recent edition of the telethon was on 15 October 2021, a programme which was hosted by Davina McCall, Alan Carr, Maya Jama and Adam Hills. By February 2015, the 2014 broadcast had raised £15,585,444 in pledges, in aid of cancer research. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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