Is this the world's biggest Comic Relief super fan?

Is this the world's biggest collection of Comic Relief merchandise?

This impressive haul belongs to 11-year-old Ziggy from Derbyshire, who's been collecting items since he was five years old.

He's now collected around 1,000 pieces including hundreds of red noses, pin badges, tea towels and pens.

"I applied to the Guinness World Records but I haven't had a reply yet." he told BBC reporter Rob Rose.

Ziggy has collected more than a thousand items

Ziggy said his collection first started around 2019 "when I bought my first nose and I ended up with the one that I wanted from the set,"

"A couple of years later they were reintroduced and it then just descended into madness." he said.

His favourite item in his collection is a giant eraser from 2009 - a rare item because Ziggy said he "can't find any images of them online".

He said he has all the red noses apart from one - a super rare one which came out in 2019 - and he is still on the lookout for one.

Ziggy's Mum Charlotte said his bedroom is filled with Comic Relief items - some from the 1980s

Ziggy brought his huge collection into school this week to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the fundraising event.

He said it took him more than two hours to arrange each item - and it has been big hit with his school friends.

Speaking about Red Nose Day Ziggy said: "Not only is the day a way to raise lots of money for a great cause, I get to show off my collection which I don't get to do very often."

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