Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell cuddle up on sofa for Stand Up To Cancer

The show raised £14.5 million for Cancer Research UK
Googlebox: Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss on the sofa (Picture: Channel 4)
Standard Reporter18 October 2014

Fundraising event Stand Up To Cancer, starring Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Andy Murray, raised £14.5 million towards battling the disease.

The Channel 4 evening of comedy and entertainment was hosted by Alan Carr, Davina McCall and Dr Christian Jessen, with stars coming together to raise money for Cancer Research UK.

Comedy sketches and celebrity interviews were featured alongside moving accounts from cancer sufferers and their families.

Among the highlights was a celebrity edition of Gogglebox, where stars Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Noel Gallagher gave their verdicts on Strictly Come Dancing and The X Factor, while Andy Murray The Movie saw the tennis champion casting the lead role for his spoof biopic from a choice of singer Pharrell Williams, golfer Rory McIlroy and footballer Cesc Fabregas.

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Taylor Swift took on Jamie Oliver in a cooking contest and comedians Jack Whitehall, Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe kept the tempo high with a special edition of panel show The Last Leg.

Dr Harpal Kumar, chief executive of Cancer Research UK, said: "Friday night was the culmination of an amazing campaign that has seen the nation come together to turn the tables on cancer.

"I'd personally like to thank everyone who joined us to Stand Up To Cancer this year - through contributing on the night, watching the show, buying our merchandise, taking part in our events and fundraising for us over the past few months.

"Thanks to the generous public, we are getting ever closer to our goal of beating this disease. Your donations will fund vital research which will turn breakthroughs in our labs into better treatments for patients sooner and help us save more lives."

By midnight a total of £14,520,756 had been raised with donations still being taken.

Cancer Research UK will allocate the funds to new clinical trials which will help turn "breakthroughs in the labs to breakthroughs in hospitals".

It will also form a partnership with Breakthrough Breast Cancer to fund new research.

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