Wales helps find £1.2m for Pudsey

The telethon included a preview of the Doctor Who Christmas special

More than a million pounds has been pledged to the BBC Children in Need appeal by people in Wales.

£1.2m was raised in Wales - up from £900,000 in 2007 and Friday night's telethon included a preview of the Doctor Who Christmas special.

It also showed the BBC Wales' news team singing as a choir and performing with Only Men Aloud!, winners of the BBC Last Choir Standing talent show.

Across the UK, the amount raised so far is just under £21m.

Torchwood star John Barrowman and BBC presenter Gethin Jones hosted a live Children in Need event at the Wales Millennium Centre.

Performances from McFly, Take That, Girls Aloud and Boyzone were included in the telethon.

Viewers were also given a special edition of Strictly Come Dancing.

The £21m total raised during Friday night's appeal beat last year's record-breaking £19m.

The grand total last year eventually reached £37m and indications are that this year's total will surpass that.

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