Avid does this by using rubber masks which genuinely look like the characters he. Proper crimbo 2003 2003 funny dvd avid merion is a legend. Pandering, unfunny television show that appeals to borderline retarded tossbags who shouldnt be allowed to own a television or use metal cutlery. The punters at a market are treated to a live look at the ricky gervais disco dance, and the viewers of gmtv are treated to lorraines meeting with dale winton. Websites use cookies that have been placed on this site by its operator. For the shot like ant and dec and the davina mccall interviews in series 2 and the.
With leigh francis, jennifer ellison, lena katina, myleene klass. Avid merrion is the star of this quirky and crude piece of brilliance that has swept great britain by storm. Also includes a seasonal gathering of genuine celebrity guests. Season 2 june 2003 december 2003 10 season 3 june 2004. Tv series see the episodes list with schedule and episode summary. Britney spears takes a day off, the bear probes tess daly, and elton john tells us why he likes using the internet.
Francis played central character avid merrion, a dangerously insane stalker, who is obsessed with celebrities and tracks them down. Using a set of rubber face masks and costuming, leigh and his team create celebrities from the past and present either living out the lifestyle of the rich and the famous or living secret lives, as common as the rest of us. He presents the show under the guise of avid merrion, a romanian stalker with a strange. Episode, title, written by, directed by, viewers millions, original airdate. Written and created by leigh francis, the programme involved lampooning celebrity culture, featuring francis himself in a series of surreal, often crude, celebrity imitations using rubber masks. July 18, 2003 the bear interviews davina mccall and dermot oleary on the set of big brother. Craig david sacrifices a day of making love so that could be a wednesday, thursday, friday or saturday to improve his medieval jousting skills, and david blaine helps a woman overcome her fear of chickens. Written and created by leigh francis, the programme involves lampooning celebrity culture, featuring francis himself in a series of surreal, often crude, celebrity imitations using rubber masks. Leigh francis under the guise of avid merrion introduces us to a sketch show not quite like any other. Craig david visits santa, michael jackson and mel b take up carol singing, and elton john provides the queens speech. The series premiered on fri sep 06, 2002 on channel 4 and episode 6. Comedy involving celebrity stalker avid merrion, and a whole host of celebrities. Bo selecta trilogy series boxset bo selecta series 3 plus christmas special.
An alarmingly dedicated follower of celebrities and their work, avid merrion somehow became eligible for a second series. The keith lemon sketch show best bits series 1 duration. With leigh francis, patsy kensit, karen hayley, craig phillips. Celebrity stalker avid merrion returns with a third instalment of the comedy series, featuring a host of new celebrities including kat slater moon, jordan, justin from the darkness and simply reds mick hucknall plus old favourites craig david, michael jackass and mel b. Now, after years of reticence by programme makers, theres a boom in black. David beckham talks disney, and craig david meets michael jackass and martin bashir in a hotel hallway. The show consists of sketches featuring caricatures of british and american celebrities, portrayed by francis. The programme spoofs celebrities from michael jackson to craig david to mel b. In the show, leigh impersonates and parodies several famous celebrities with michael jackson, mel b and craig david using latex masks often exaggerating their facial qualities.
The actors compendium filmography listings of actors and. Notable personalities spoofed in the series included michael jackson, melanie brown, david blaine, kelly osbourne, elton john and craig david. Season year 2003 network 4od purchase rights stream instantly details format prime video streaming online video. Michael jackson instigates a prisonroof protest in doin porridge, and mel b irritates patsy in the bathroom. This episode included the week in bits by jodie marshs tits, a tour of mel bs house in cribs, the bear interviewing. Interview with mel gibson, maria bello, lucy liu and james coburn. Katie price airs an argument between members of the spice girls and girls aloud. Meanwhile, avid catches up with peter andre on the set of his new talk show. Avid attends a celebrity football game where he meets rod stewart, and gareth gates has a weird encounter.
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