Editing Telethon (section)

====United Kingdom====
In the United Kingdom, the [[ITV Telethon]]s were three charity telethons organised and televised in the UK by the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] network. The broadcasts took place in 1988, 1990 and 1992. Each lasted for 27 hours and all were hosted by [[Michael Aspel]].

Regular telethons are held for charitable groups such as [[Comic Relief (charity)|Comic Relief]]'s [[Red Nose Day]] and ''[[Sport Relief]]'', and the BBC's ''[[Children in Need]]''. Some of these occur every year, with millions of [[pounds sterling|pounds]] raised to support various charities. These usually include music artists, sketches, and other various segments, often with videos in between each segment or song to promote the charity that money is being raised for, usually children in either Africa or the United Kingdom. In 2012/2013, ''Children in Need'' raised £26 million and Comic Relief £75 million; a combined total of £101 million ($151 million).{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} Children in Need is well known for its [[Children in Need Choir|nationwide link-up performances]] such as the choir that has been running since 2011 featuring over 1500 children in choirs of about 150 singing one song in unison from about 10 locations around the UK. This is usually the point where the telethon receives the most donations.

From 2011 to 2015, [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] held their ''[[Text Santa]]'' telethon in the buildup to Christmas. The telethon lasted for three hours and was hosted by three ITV presenting duos, [[Ant & Dec]], [[Phillip Schofield]] and [[Christine Bleakley]], and [[Paddy McGuinness]] and [[Alesha Dixon]], each duo hosting an hour each. Text Santa supported six UK charities; these were [[Alzheimer's Society]], [[The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association]], [[Marie Curie (charity)|Marie Curie]], [[Teenage Cancer Trust]], [[Together for Short Lives]] and [[WellChild]].{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

Since 2012, [[Channel 4]] has hosted ''[[Stand Up to Cancer (UK)|Stand Up to Cancer]]''. The inaugural telethon was presented by Channel 4 faces [[Davina McCall]], [[Alan Carr]] and [[Christian Jessen]]. All three returned to present the next telethon in 2014, which also had segments hosted by ''[[The Last Leg]]'' presenters [[Adam Hills]], [[Josh Widdicombe]] and [[Alex Brooker]]. The 2014 telethon came live from [[City of Westminster|Westminster's]] [[Methodist Central Hall Westminster|Methodist Central Hall]].