Children In Need 2023 Appeal Show - Follow along with NationalWorld's live blog

Good evening and welcome to NationalWorld's live blog of Children In Need 2023. We'll be here until 9pm covering some of the highlights of the show, including the 'Dr Who' special and 'Puppet MasterChef.'

Of course, with live TV being live TV, we'll also keep our eyes on any slip-ups or bloopers that might become the talking point over coffee when returning to work on Monday morning.

The Children In Need appeal last year raised £51 million - will we see an advance on that when the final count is complete?

Mel Giedroyc is dressed as a sausage roll.

That's it. That's the update.

Since Children in Need was founded way back in 1980, the charity has raised more than £1 billion through its many fundraising events.

The landmark figure was reached in 2018, and in the five years since several hundred million has been added to that total.

This year, Vernon Kay's ultra-marathon alone has helped to raise £5 million, and more than £17 million had been raised by the live show at the halfway point.

The amount raised so far during this show has been revealed, and it's an impressive £17,648,781.

This means that, at half way through the show, we're on track to match last year's £35 million total.

Next up we're on to The Graham Norton Show where the children are in charge.

It's finally Doctor Who time, and David Tennant reprises his role as the The Doctor, once again facing off against those dastardly Daleks.

The Children in Need special imagines an alternative creation of the Dalek race, the Doctor's ultimate enemy throughout the series.

After crashing his TARDIS into a Dalek ship, Tennant's Doctor steps out, confused as to why he is no longer a woman.

He then realises that he has stumbled across the genesis of the Daleks and has accidentally named the creatures and given them their unique plunger weapon.

Doctor Who is confirmed to return in its proper form on November 25 on BBC One.

Little Mix singer and now solo artist Leigh-Anne following the decision of the girl group to go on a break, performs her new song My Love.

The artist came to fame with Little Mix on singing competition show Little Mix, and they were the first girl group to win the series in 2012.

Little Mix has been on hiatus since 2022. Leigh-Anne was joined on stage by young dancers from Aim Sky High.

Radio 2 host Vernon Kay, who ran and walked more than 100 miles over four days in an ultra-marathon learns live how much has been raised so far.

Scott told the DJ that he has raised £5 million for his efforts. He was left gobsmacked by the news.

Presenter Alex Scott welled up during a short film about Shane, a young boy who lives with tourettes.

He felt isolated because of his condition, but through Tick Fest, an event organised to bring together other young people with tourettes, he has got some of his confidence back.

As the film ended, Scott was seen getting teary-eyed, and said to co-host Chris Ramsey 'that one really got to me'.

Among the brilliant fundraisers getting involved in Children in Need this year, are a group of elderly disco lovers who took part in a 12-hour danceathon, an upside down violinist, two young baking wizards, and the late Louise Walsh a driving instructor who raised half a million pounds for the charity, but sadly died earlier this year.

STAND UNIQU3, the UK's entry for Junior Eurovision on November 26 perform their song Back to Life.

The female singing trio Hayla, Maisie, and Yazmin took to the stage to give a preview of their performance.