The National Maritime Museum Cornwall are delighted to
announce that they have been chosen to host BBC Children in Need in the South
West on Friday, November 15.
There will be live feature broadcasts by the BBC Spotlight
team on BBC1 at half past one and half past six, as well as live links into the
national TV network programme throughout the evening.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2013 Falmouth’s
multi-award winning National Maritime Museum Cornwall has 15 galleries, over
five floors, of interactive hands-on exhibitions dedicated to the sea, boats
and Cornwall. It’ll all be open to fundraisers and members of the public on the
big night – so why not come along, and share in Pudsey’s
party.
Michael Sweeney, Communications Manager at the Maritime Museum
said: “Everyone at the Museum is incredibly excited to be hosting this year’s
BBC Children in Need in the South West. As with last year’s
Antiques Roadshow, this is another example of the Maritime Museum bringing the
media spotlight to shine on what Falmouth has to offer. And of course BBC
Children in Need is such a worthwhile cause that staff and volunteers at the
Museum are only too happy to get behind it.”
It promises to be a fun packed day with abseiling from the
Museum’s tower. Pudsey bear and a BBC Presenter, if they’re brave enough,
will make the descent – see if you can guess who? There’ll be live musical
performances in the Museum’s Main Hall, and creative craft activities for
children throughout the evening.
A highlight of the event will be a performance by the BBC
South West regions’ 200 strong children’s choir, linking across the UK for a
national choral performance. The choir will be made up of children from across
Cornwall with the performance being staged in the Museum’s Main Hall beneath
their flotilla of flying boats suspended from the ceiling.
Local fundraisers and the public are invited to Pudsey’s
party, and if you would like to come along e-mail pudseytickets@bbc.co.uk, tell Pudsey
what you’re doing to raise money, how many people are in your group, and
they’ll just send you the tickets.
