# C4 Dispatches to cover fundraising at London Marathon

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/04/08/c4-dispatches-cover-fundraising-london-marathon/
- Published: 2010-04-08T10:42:54+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Channel 4’s Dispatches tomorrow evening will report on the London Marathon and in
particular how much money it generates, how much it costs to stage, and how it is
used by charities to fundraise.

Journalist Ben Laurance interviews charities to find out how much they pay to take
part in the event and the competition amongst charities to gain places. He also 
talks to charities who do not get a chance to benefit from the UK’s largest fundraising
event and “the biggest one-day fundraising event in the world”.

[Dispatches: Tracing the Marathon’s Millions](https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/04/08/c4-dispatches-cover-fundraising-london-marathon/www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/episode/series-58/episode-1)
will be broadcast tomorrow, Friday 9 April 2010, at 20.00 on Channel 4. It will 
be repeated on Friday 16 April on Channel 4 at 03.55.

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on 25 April. In 2009, 36,000 participants raised £47 million for charities.

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