Friday 12 December will see Stand Up To Cancer 2025 reach its powerful climax with an unmissable night of television on Channel 4, fronted by Adam Hills, Davina McCall, and a host of special guests.
The live broadcast will feature special editions of much-loved Channel 4 shows, including Celebrity Gogglebox and The Last Leg, alongside moving stories, performances and fundraising moments as celebrities and the public unite to raise money for life-saving cancer research.
Stand Up To Cancer 2025
At the heart of the evening on Friday 12 December is a pioneering new live programme, Cancer Clinic: Live, presented by Davina McCall and produced by Bango Studios and HiddenLight.
In a live broadcast direct from inside a special one-off cancer clinic at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, we meet patients and their families whose cancer journeys have been followed for several weeks from diagnosis to results, as they continue through treatment.
For the first time on UK television, audiences will see clinical consultations with cancer specialists from Addenbrooke’s and Royal Papworth Hospitals unfold in real time.
The aim is to demystify what happens inside a cancer clinic, tackle the fear that prevents many from seeking help and show the life-saving impact of early diagnosis.
The week-long campaign launches on Friday 5 December, leading up to the live event on Friday 12 December on Channel 4.
Across the week a series of extraordinary celebrity challenges are set to take place around the UK. These will combine entertainment and emotion, raising funds for cancer research, driving awareness of the importance of early diagnosis and paying tribute to loved ones lost to cancer.
Further details on the challenges will be announced in the coming weeks.
Broadcaster Dermot Murnaghan, who revealed his own cancer diagnosis earlier this year, will be supporting the campaign, delivering some of the nightly campaign bulletins airing on Channel 4 during the week leading up to the live show on 12 December.
A passionate advocate for early detection, Dermot will update the public with the latest news from the campaign and at each of the challenges happening that day.
At least nine million people in the UK are not up to date with their cancer screening.
Screening is a way to detect cancer early when treatment is more likely to be successful, and in some cases can prevent the disease developing in the first place.
But, at the moment, many people don’t take up their NHS invitations. Even working out whether you are eligible for cancer screenings can be complicated.
To change that, the campaign is launching a simple online screening checker, designed to help people quickly work out if screening is for them. Launching on Friday 5 December, the tool features advice videos from well-known faces.
Davina McCall said: “I want to take the fear out of cancer screening and show everyone that they are not on their own in this.
“I’ve been part of Stand Up To Cancer UK since it started in 2012 and I knew for this year’s campaign I wanted to step out of the TV studio and speak to real people facing a cancer diagnosis.
“On the night of Stand Up To Cancer I will be with incredible teams of medical professionals to demystify what happens inside a cancer clinic. Cancer Clinic: Live is about showing the reality of the incredible care, science and humanity of a cancer diagnosis, and reminding people that early diagnosis gives you options and hope.”
Adam Hills said: “All week we will be asking famous faces to do some incredible and silly things all in the name of entertainment – to raise money for cancer research and to help remind everyone to use our online screening checker to bust myths around cancer screening.
“Join us on Channel 4 to pay tribute to those we have lost and hear about all the good news and incredible breakthroughs in cancer research that are changing the face of cancer treatment.”
Stand Up To Cancer UK is a joint national fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4, bringing the nation together to accelerate life-saving research.
Since its UK launch in 2012, the campaign has raised over £113 million, funding 73 clinical trials and projects involving over 13,000 cancer patients nationwide.
These include research into robotic and laser-assisted cancer surgery, AI to help detect and treat cancers, and even lollipops that could help detect mouth cancer.
Stand Up To Cancer 2025 is commissioned for Channel 4 by Tom Beck, Head of Live Events and Commissioning Editor, Reality & Entertainment, Vivienne Molokwu, Senior Commissioning Editor, Reality & Entertainment, and Steve Handley, Head of Reality & Entertainment.
It is produced by Bango Studios and the executive producers are Emily Hudd, Chris Sawyer, Richard Greenwood and Anna Blue. Strong Watch Studios have been commissioned to produce digital content. Executive producer for Strong Watch Studios is Adam Reeve.
Cancer Clinic: Live is produced by Bango Studios and HiddenLight and the executive producers are Amy Flanagan, Emma Jay and Emily Hudd.