BBC Children in Need’s ‘Rickshaw Challenge’ to travelling to Chester Zoo today

The BBC Children in Need’s Rickshaw Challenge is set to pass through Wrexham today, ending up live on BBC 1 from Chester Zoo later in the evening.

The team are expected in Wrexham just after 1pm however due to the nature of the event that is subject to change.

The route takes them from Wrexham along the B5454 and out onto the A483 – Along Grosvenor Road in Chester and through the City up to the Zoo.

The Rickshaw Challenge is a cycling challenge undertaken every year by 6 young people from Children in Need funded projects.

Led by BBC presenter Matt Baker people are following the team’s progress via The One Show and are come out on the route to show support to the riders.

The 423 mile cycle is taking place from 9-16 November and will end in Media City in Salford during the Children in Need appeal TV programme.

This year you are being asked to ‘ride with’ the team, via raising money with your own cycling challenge or making a donation.

You can view a clickable map of the Rickshaw route via this link.

Below are the One Show’s Rickshaw Challenge team for 2018, the convoy itself is made up of a couple of event vehicles, a support / filming 4×4 and of course several cyclists!

The Storyhouse in Chester has been chosen by the BBC as its North West venue for this year’s Children in Need.

One of the biggest fundraising nights of the year, with a television audience of more than nine million people, Children in Need will be broadcast from Storyhouse in Chester this Friday 16 November.

Carol Lowe, North West Producer at BBC said:

“Storyhouse looks stunning with its combination of art deco and modern architecture which will look great on television. Children from Chester primary schools are part of our Children in Need choir and will be singing live on BBC1 to more than nine million people. It’ll be a great event in a great city.”

Eight primary schools from Cheshire West and Chester will perform in the North West choir.

They will be joined by 1,500 children from nine other venues across the country – forming the Children in Need Choir.

The 10 choirs sing simultaneously on the evening, and their performances are stitched together in real time by the BBC production team to be broadcast live as one whole performance. They will sing A Million Dream’s from The Greatest Showman.

Andrew Bentley, CEO, Storyhouse said: “We are delighted to host such an important event at Storyhouse, we are home to so many of Chester’s creative communities so are thrilled to welcome Pudsey bear and his friends to the building.”

The event at Storyhouse will be closed to the general public; an invited audience of more than 150 people will be in attendance – many from the borough who have benefitted from charities supported by Children in Need  or raised money for it.