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One Direction: 'Incredible to open Children In Need'

16 November 2012 Last updated at 22:25 GMT

The BBC's six-hour televised Children in Need fundraiser has opened with a performance by the band One Direction.

Speaking to the BBC's Lizo Mzimba, the group said it was "incredible" to be involved in the charity event as it was something that they had always watched as children.