The Animated All Star Band is made up of over 100 world famous icons from old favourites such as the legendary Bagpuss,Bill and Ben, Postman Pat, Sooty and Sweep, The Thunderbirds, Thomas the Tank Engine and The Wombles lining up alongside new faces including Bob The Builder, Fifi and the Flowertots, In The Night Garden, and of course the axe-man himself, Pudsey Bear. (Watch the video to see the bear rock out for yourself!)

The song is a catchy melody of tunes starting with Can You Feel It, Don’t Stop, Jai Ho, Tubthumping Never Forget, Hey Jude, ending with the Ivor Novello award winning One Day Like This by Elbow.

You can buy the charity single online from Play – iTunes – Amazon

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According to the Daily Mail the trip cost £1 million and was funded by license fee payer cash. They also add that environmentalists have attacked the show for the ‘pointless carbon emissions’ of sending celebrities on an around-the-world ‘jolly’ using public cash. In total, the trip raised around £145k for Children in Need.

Should the BBC have given the cash directly to the charity where it could have helped fund far more projects than the amount raised by the trip?

Is the BBC abusing it’s unique position of public funding, creating shows which seem to lack any value for money, when license payers are struggling to make ends meet in the current recession?

Children in Need 80 Days Around the World Trip worth the Cost to the Tax Payer?

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They are stockists of the Steiff Limited Edition Mohair Pudsey Bear! £30 of the £150 price tag will benefit The BBC Children in Need Appeal. These bears are of a special limited edition of only 2,009! (See what they did with the date there? sweet!) He is a lovely golden yellow colour, made from mohair and he even has his name embroidered on his footpad, just in case he forgets his name

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Spend over £50 at Hamleys and you will get free delivery on all orders!

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The lovely people at Flowers Direct are supporting Children In Need by selling a special Children in Need bouquet packed with bright yellows and orange lillies. From each sale of this bouquet, £5 will go to the nation’s favourite children’s appeal. You can still get the bouquet delivered tomorrow, on Children in Need day on the BBC if you order by 4pm today.

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Now you can show your support for Children in Need by creating your very own custom spotty picture to use on all your social networking profiles, by downloading a choice of three Pudsey bandanas for just £1 each! You can choose from a dotty bow, a dotty bandana and another one, which we can’t get a look of at the moment, sorry! We think it could be an eye patch, however we are sure it will also be dotty

Don’t forget, the whole £1 goes to The BBC Children in Need Appeal and will help them to support even more disadvantaged children and young people across the UK. To date, only £582 has been raised so far- let’s help get this total raised.

To keep up to date with what the bear is up to with his fundraising events around the UK, follow Pudsey on Twitter http://twitter.com/pudseybear and become a fan of Pudsey on Facebook

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The gig is being organised by Take That star and all around good egg Gary Barlow, with a load of top musical acts which includes; Take That; Lily Allen; Dizzee Rascal; Dame Shirley Bassey; Leona Lewis; Paolo Nutini; Mika; Snow Patrol; Cheryl Cole; Katherine Jenkins and Muse.

Tickets for the concert are priced from £50 You need to register your details and if you are chosen in the ballot you will be able to buy a maximum of 2 tickets. click here to visit the Children in Need website. Tickets will be allocated through a ballot that will remain open from 7.00am, Friday 16 October until noon on Tuesday 20 October.

Remember to visit the Children in Need section of the BBC Shop to buy your Pudsey goodies!

This year you can show your support with every cup of tea you have with a Children in Need 2009 Mug, whilst wearing one of the new I’m With The Bear t-shirts, topped off with spotty Pudsey Ears and a 2009 Pudsey Plush bear tucked under your arm.

If you want to take part in this year’s event then visit Pudsey where you can download sponsorship forms, posters and stickers. You’ll also find some ideas on how to raise money for Children in Need in the downloadable toolkits which include Pudsey jam recipes! Yum!

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