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RADIO 1’S SCOTT MILLS AND CHRIS STARK RETURN FOR SUPERSIZED 24-HOUR LOL-A-THON!
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BBC Radio 1’s 24-hour LOL-a-thon returns for Red Nose Day 2019
Yesterday Radio 1 set off on a six-day journey around the UK with The Book of LOL - a supersized joke book that’s on a quest to follow the funny across the UK, finding the most hilarious named places and meeting the funniest people along the way. Radio 1 presenter Jordan North kick started the tour this morning from Nob End.
As well as creating comical radio, the station is calling on their listeners to get to The Book of LOL and help fill it up with jokes in time for Scott and Chris to read out during the 24-hour LOL-a-thon. The Book of LOL will make its way back to the London studio in time for the challenge to kick off at 1pm Wednesday 6th March.
Scott Mills said “We’re so excited to be bringing back the 24-hour LOL-a-thon for Red Nose Day! The last LOL-a-thon was nothing short of hilarious and raised a load of money for Comic Relief! An absolute highlight was Chris Stark taking a real horse into a bar and I can’t wait to see how he’s going to top that this time round. We want this year’s LOL-a-thon to be even more random and hilarious than before, so we’re counting on our amazing listeners to be even more LOL than before. After all, we have a whole Book of LOL to fill. It’s going to be an epic 24 hours!”
Chris Stark added: “Here we go again! We had such a laugh last LOL-a-thon and most importantly, all together, we raised loads of money for Red Nose Day. It was knackering, but it was SO much fun. When we got asked if we would bring it back it was an easy decision, however this time we want to bring it up another level and we are both hoping we’ll get even more support from our amazing listeners. 24 hours of non-stop LOL-ing all to raise money for such a brilliant cause. Bring on the LOLs for Comic Relief!”
Scott and Chris are taking on this very silly challenge to raise cash for some of the very serious things Comic Relief helps to fund. They’ve seen first-hand the difference your money can make to young people, including projects like The Good Lads Project in which works in schools to deliver workshops with teenage boys to explore issues of gender equality, masculinity and identity. Specifically, funding from Comic Relief is enabling the project to work in six schools with the aim of improving their mental wellbeing.
To help raise further funds for great projects like this, Scott and Chris will be encouraging their listeners to keep them going and raise much needed cash this Red Nose Day by donating £5.
Listen to BBC Radio 1 from 1pm on Wednesday 6th March to hear the 24-hour LOL-a-thon with Scott and Chris and visit comicrelief.com/lol to show your support.