Comic Relief Does Fame Academy is a spin-off of the original Fame Academy show where celebrities sing as students of the Academy. The programme was launched in 2003 to help raise money for the charities supported by Comic Relief, with the final of the show occurring on Red Nose Day. Coverage of the show was widely shown on BBC One, BBC Three, BBC Prime and the CBBC Channel. Many consider the celebrity version of the show to be far more successful than its predecessor. The Comic Relief series returned in 2005 and again in March 2007. It was announced by the BBC that Cat Deeley would not return because she was hosting So You Think You Can Dance. However, Patrick Kielty returned with co-host and host of the former spin-off show Claudia Winkleman.

Cast

John Thomson

Dawn Steele

Will Mellor

Tricia Penrose

Adrian Edmondson

Jon Culshaw

Mel Giedroyc

Debra Stephenson

Linda Robson

Konnie Huq

Tim Vine

Al Murray

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

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Kim Medcalf

Reggie Yates

Fearne Cotton

Christopher Colquhoun

David Grant

Ulrika Jonsson

Craig Revel Horwood

Seasons

40 episodes

Season 12003 · 8 episodes

Season 22005 · 11 episodes

Season 32007 · 21 episodes