With such a huge disaster having only recently occurred, I was surprised that the BBC's annual Children in Need luvvy-fest wasn't changed so that all proceeds would go to the Philippines.
You're simply wrong, Beagle. The expression here is, 'charity begins at home'. £31 million was raised by CinN for deserving causes around the UK, whilst charities raising funds for the Philippine's disaster also raised a similar amount in the first 3 days after it was launched. There are clearly enough people in the UK who care about both causes for the BBC not to have to make the gesture you seem to expect of them.