Children in Need Picks of 2008

Surprise pick of the night (both for being part of the BBC Scotland opt-out and for being SNP related) was our First Minister Alex Salmond recreating the Rev I M Jolly in this excellently delivered monologue. Not as good as the late Rikki Fulton original, but who is ever going to be. A missed vocation for Alex?



The Walford mob gave it their all for this tribute to the West End musicals. Patsy Palmer, John Partridge and Laurie Brett are particularly good. Several of the cast were also answering phones on the night at the BT Tower



The "Doctor Who" insert seemed to disappoint many people, who apparently expected something standalone, but this was as promised - literally the pre-credit sequence for next month's Christmas Day Special, "The Next Doctor". As such it did what it said on the tin. Strangely though, they gave away more clips on the Six O'Clock News!

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