In 1985, comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry founded the Comic Relief charity, to help gathering funds for Ethiopia. Since then, the charity has developed special means of gathering funds for any humanitarian moment. In 1988, the charity proposed the Red Nose Day, a biennial telethon in March, anyone is called to make up his face in a funny way to help raising funds for a good cause. Anyone…Famous or not…
The First Red Nose Day was on February 5th, 1988.
See the Red Nose Day Site to have a view of what will be done on Friday March 13th, the Red Nose Day to come!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5yaUkS2NfM