Anger as BBC turns Red Nose Day blue with explicit sexual references in sketches broadcast before 8pm In another gaffe, comedian John Bishop had to apologise after insulting people from Newcastle during his live presenting slot alongside Davina McCall. The pair were discussing Miranda Hart's madcap week of fundraising, which included organising a dog show in Oxford. Bishop, 46, said: 'I'm glad they put it all in that order and the dog show was in Oxford and not Newcastle. It wouldn't be very good having a dog show with Rottweilers.' He quickly backtracked, but only seemed to make things worse by saying: 'I do love people of the North East, please don't send your dogs down here.' Later the Liverpudlian comic took to Twitter, writing: 'To the people of Newcastle no offence was intended by anything I said tonight - it's a live show, off the cuff jokes were not meant to upset x' One Twitter user wrote: 'John Bishop calling geordie girls dogs and that we all headbutt eachother. pretty sure he's from liverpool... cough, awkward.' Another said: 'Are you sure you're not just running away from the Geordies???' when Bishop tweeted about boarding a plane to a comedy festival this morning. John Bishop took to Twitter to apologise for his Geordie jokes The night of entertainment was hosted by celebrities including Claudia Winkleman, Jonathan Ross and Comic Relief co-founder Lenny Henry. 2013 £75million (on the night total) 1999 £35million 1997 £27million 2009 £82million 1995 £22million 2007 £68million 1993 £18million 2005 £65million 1991 £20million 2003 £62million 1989 £27million 2001 £55million 1988 £15million