Each Red Nose has a mini mission for you to complete. They are to fly Supernose through the air, help Snout Dracula avoid the daylight, chop planks with Karate Konk, dive with Snortel and there's ...

Reindeer suffer with symptoms similar to a cold, such as coughing and spluttering - and maybe even that legendary red nose. The cause is not a common cold, however, but an infestation of fly larvae.

We all know that Red Nose Day is the chance to act silly to raise money for charity, but how many of us know what actually goes into making it so special? You may wonder, 'how did the idea come about?