BBC One aired the 2021 edition of Comic Relief: Red Nose Day telethon tonight (March 19) and it featured several big British names. Michael Sheen appeared in two sketches: the first was a trailer for ‘2020: The Movie’, also starring Jodie Whittaker, Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan:
The second one was ‘Staged 1592’, featuring Michael as Christopher Marlowe and David Tennant as William Shakespeare going through a plague. Sir Lenny Henry made a cameo appearance:
The charity event has raised more than £45 million. The clips are available on BBC iPlayer for 29 days. See some screencaptures of the segments on our gallery:
Michael Sheen make an appearance at the virtual edition of WJEC Eduqas Moving Images Awards from the set of Prodigal Son in New York, in which he presented the Best Short Movie award. Watch his segment here (courtesy of The Sheendex):
The full ceremony is available here:
Check out some screencaptures from his presentation:
It has been announced that the Staged duo Michael Sheen and David Tennant will be doing a cameo appearance for this year’s Red Nose Day on Friday March 19, according to Chortle:
The day will again feature a live telethon on BBC One, including a contribution from Dawn French as the Vicar of Dible and a special edition of David Tennant and Michael Sheen’s lockdown comedy series, Staged.
Comedians Joe Lycett, Mo Gilligan, Shappi Khorsandi and Sir Lenny Henry and actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Dame Judi Dench have contributed to a new video to launch the charity event, which you can watch below:
Learn more about Red Nose Day here.
Michael Sheen and Tom Payne, who play Martin Whitly and Malcolm Bright in Prodigal Son, have recently been interviewed by Brief Take and ET Canada to discuss the second season, which premiered last week on Fox.
Watch both interviews below and check out screencaptures from them on our photo gallery:
Michael Sheen appeared on ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’ last night to talk about Prodigal Son, having the world’s best beard, traveling with his daughter and more..
Watch a clip here:
Check out some screencaptures of his appearance on our photo gallery:
Earlier today Michael Sheen appeared on BBC Breakfast to talk about #ChristmasTogether, the campaign organized by the Jo Cox Foundation as part of the Great Winter Get Together initiative.
The #ChristmasTogether tries to reach out for people who might spend Christmar alone or shielding. You can learn more about the campaign here and here.
Watch below a couple of excerpts from the show:
Yesterday, November 4, Michael Sheen was one of the presenters of this year’s Spirit of Fire Awards, created by The Fire Fighters Charity to celebrate the achievements of their beneficiaries and supporters. He made an appearance during the online ceremony to present the Lifetime Achievement Award to former County Durham and Darlington firefighter Harold Binyon.
Watch it in the video below from 1:12:35:
Also, check out some screencaptures from it on our photo gallery:
Rhian Mannings, founder of 2 Wish Upon a Star charity, has recieved a Special Recognition award at this year’s Pride of Britain Awards. After losing both her baby son and her husband within five days, she launched the charity to provide “immediate and ongoing bereavement support for families, individuals and professionals affected by the sudden and traumatic death of a child or young adult aged 25 or under.”
Rhian and her family were invited for a brunch when she was surprised by Michael Sheen, who appeared masked to hand her the award. Fighting back tears, he told her it was “an honor” to do it.
You can watch and/or download this moving moment here. Many thanks to @SXJ_XWX for uploading it!
Check out a photo and screencaptures from the pre-recorded award on our photo gallery:
Michael Sheen appeared during the SeriousFun for All online event broadcast yesterday along with some other names like Jimmy Fallon, Allison Janney, Mark Hamill and Dame Helen Mirren. Michael spoke of the time he spent with some SeriousFun campers in London a few years ago and the importance of the camps. He also introduced Dr Glory Alexander, founder and director of Asha Foundation.
You can watch his part in the video below (he appears at 42:39 mark):
In addiction, check out the screencaptures from Michael’s participation:
PAPYRUS, the British charity dedicated to the prevention of young suicide (under 35) across UK, released today a video of Michael Sheen reading a story called “Anabelle and the Trolls”. It is the first of four videos of their new campaign “Bedtime Stories – Chapter Two” to raise awareness of the impact of online bullying on children and young people.
Watch the video below:
Also, check out the screencaptures from it on our photo gallery:
