BBC Children in Need receives £1m pledge
Howard Lake | 18 November 2000 | News
BBC Children in Need has received a pledge of £1 million from a retired 86-year-old businessman who says he had a good day’s betting on the horses. The appeal had raised £12,244,764 by the end of the night.
Read Racing man pledges £1m to appeal and £1m donor was once a child in need at Ananova.com.
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