Leigh Francis is the real name of which TV entertainer, the character first appeared in ?Whatever I Want? then ?Bo Selecta??
"guest panellist (as of 20 September 2018). This doesn't include being a fill-in judge: In 2009, 2010 and 2011, the show was voted ""Worst British TV Panel Show"" in the British Comedy Guide's annual awards. Celebrity Juice Celebrity Juice, often referred to as Celeb Juice, is a British television comedy panel game on ITV2, broadcast since 24 September 2008. The show is written and presented by Keith Lemon, the alter-ego of comedian Leigh Francis. The format for the series was first suggested in 2007, after the final series of Leigh Francis' Channel 4 sketch show ""Bo' Selecta!"". ITV approached Francis"
"Bo' Selecta! Bo' Selecta! is a British adult television sketch show written and performed by Leigh Francis that lampoons popular culture and is known for its often surreal, abstract toilet humour. ""Bo' Selecta!"" was broadcast on Channel 4 and ran for three series between 2002 and 2004, spawning several spin-offs. Francis played central character Avid Merrion, a dangerously insane stalker, who is obsessed with celebrities and tracks them down. The show consists of sketches featuring caricatures of British and American celebrities, portrayed by Francis wearing latex facemasks. The most popular sketches involve entertainers such as Elton John, who is portrayed"
"Bear's Chrimbo Top 20"" unreleased. On 24 September 2009, in an interview with the BBC, Leigh Francis said that ""Bo' Selecta!"" might return, claiming he became ""excited"" whilst making the Michael Jackson tribute episode. Francis admitted on Twitter that plans for the series were on hold as he was working on a script for a possible movie for another project, and has since written numerous times, when asked by other Twitter users about the show, ""Bo' Selecta!"" would not be returning. Bo' Selecta! Bo' Selecta! is a British adult television sketch show written and performed by Leigh Francis that lampoons"
"by Francis. During the show's first series, aired in 2002, he made one appearance, which depicted himself in a trendy wine bar attempting to chat-up Tess Daly. Lemon later appeared in the third series of ""Bo' Selecta!"", where he was introduced in a regular role as the agent of Avid Merrion, the main character, also played by Francis, after Avid gets himself his own television show. Lemon's face was not shown to camera during this series, but was instead obscured by various objects in the manner of Wilson from ""Home Improvement"". Lemon also appeared in the ""Bo' Selecta!"" spin-off ""A"
"Want"", aired on ITV. The show also featured Francis' other two main characters, Avid Merrion, a Transylvanian celebrity stalker and Barry Gibson, a human incarnation of The Bear. All three characters were in very early stages of development, and in comparison to Francis' appearances in ""Bo' Selecta!"" and beyond, Lemon's actions and behaviour remain similar to, but are noticeably different from, those of the final personalities of the characters. An episode of this programme is available to view on YouTube. Lemon first appeared as a recurring character in the Channel 4 impersonations series ""Bo' Selecta!"", which was created and performed"
"recovered from it, and scientists who have dedicated their lives to fighting tuberculosis. David stated that his mission is to help overcome the social stigma of TB in order to beat the disease. David was frequently caricatured by comedian Leigh Francis on the British TV comedy show ""Bo' Selecta!""; the show's title itself being a reference to his song ""Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)"". Although many other celebrities lampooned in the series appreciated the jokes and even appeared in the series themselves, David—the series' most prominently mocked target—did not enjoy the attention, remarking that the public were no longer"
"The Bear (Bo' Selecta!) The Bear is a fictional character who originated in the British adult sketch comedy, Bo' Selecta!. He is a rude teddy bear who is a social outcast and engages in cursing and womanizing. He like berries and always wears black glasses. He had a sidekick, a squirrel named Steven, whom he had a love-hate relationship with. The character was popular enough to receive his own show, ""A Bear's Tail"", derived from the Christmas pilot. Since the end of ""A Bear's Tail"", the Bear has featured in Bo' in the USA. He is played by Leigh Francis."
"will feature three contestants, usually each with a talent, who play to win a prize. Keith Lemon's LemonAid Keith Lemon's LemonAid is a British television entertainment series hosted by comedian Leigh Francis as his character Keith Lemon. It aired on ITV from 7 April to 19 May 2012. Each week, with the help of a celebrity guest, Lemon makes people's dreams come true. He calls himself ""The Dream-Meckah!"". The idea for ""LemonAid"" stemmed from a pilot programme recorded by Francis in July 2011, entitled ""The Bang Tidy Show"". The project was released to media with the following tagline: ""Promising to"
"and then John Leslie and gives chase to Wright before Craig David and the other characters start performing the song. Proper Crimbo ""Proper Crimbo"" is a Christmas song written and performed by the creator of the British comedy programme ""Bo' Selecta!"", Leigh Francis featured various artists. ""Crimbo"" is an English slang term for Christmas. Released in December 2003, the single peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart and remained in the charts for nine weeks. The music video for the song sees Francis perform as other characters over the track. The video begins with Matthew Wright and Michael"
"off. As he was in pain, the Bear put him out of his misery. The Bear was previously portrayed before ""Bo Selecta!"", on a short lived programme entitled """"Whatever I Want"""", shown on ""London Weekend Television"". He, however, was not a bear, but a man named Barry Gibson. The character is almost exactly the same, except he is in human form. There is an episode of this programme available to view on YouTube. The Bear (Bo' Selecta!) The Bear is a fictional character who originated in the British adult sketch comedy, Bo' Selecta!. He is a rude teddy bear who"
"Robin Leach Robin Douglas Leach (29 August 1941 – 24 August 2018) was an English entertainment reporter and writer from London. Beginning his career as a print journalist, first in England and then in the United States, he became best known for hosting the television series ""Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"" from 1984 to 1995. The show focused on profiling well-known celebrities and their lavish homes, cars and other materialistic details. His voice is often parodied by other actors with his signature phrase, ""champagne wishes and caviar dreams."" Leach was born in London, the son of Violet Victoria (Phillips)"
"Proper Crimbo ""Proper Crimbo"" is a Christmas song written and performed by the creator of the British comedy programme ""Bo' Selecta!"", Leigh Francis featured various artists. ""Crimbo"" is an English slang term for Christmas. Released in December 2003, the single peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart and remained in the charts for nine weeks. The music video for the song sees Francis perform as other characters over the track. The video begins with Matthew Wright and Michael Jackson driving through the woods at night, before their car breaks down. Jackson then turns into a variety of animals,"
"the press, Leslie was dismissed from the programme and replaced by Phillip Schofield from Mondays to Thursdays and by Eamonn Holmes on Fridays with Ruth Langsford. In December 2003, Leslie appeared in the music video for the Christmas single ""Proper Crimbo"", released by Bo' Selecta! creator Leigh Francis, alongside Matthew Wright in a spoof of their presumed rivalry. In November 2012, John Leslie began to present Friday's Drivetime show on 98.8 Castle FM, hoping to revive his career as a radio DJ. In March 2013, Leslie was among the Castle FM presenters who walked out in a disagreement with their"
"Keith Lemon's LemonAid Keith Lemon's LemonAid is a British television entertainment series hosted by comedian Leigh Francis as his character Keith Lemon. It aired on ITV from 7 April to 19 May 2012. Each week, with the help of a celebrity guest, Lemon makes people's dreams come true. He calls himself ""The Dream-Meckah!"". The idea for ""LemonAid"" stemmed from a pilot programme recorded by Francis in July 2011, entitled ""The Bang Tidy Show"". The project was released to media with the following tagline: ""Promising to be as off the wall as ""Celebrity Juice"", this brand new Saturday night entertainment show"
"received pie in his face. He later got his revenge, along with the other contenders, on Sam and Mark. He has also appeared in the ""Bo' Selecta!"" Christmas Special ""Ho Ho Ho Selecta"", and had a minor appearance on ""Look Around You"" in Episode Four where he played Andy Gough. Lee narrated the British version of MTV's strip show-cum-music video show ""Pants-Off Dance-Off"". He also appears in the 2010 music video for ""I Feel Better"" by Hot Chip, directed by Peter Serafinowicz. After taking a break from presenting shows on children's TV, Ross starred in his own hidden camera show"
"'are you actually for real?' So that plastic TDK tape became gold dust. We had the whole song on there, and we had to use the recording as our reference, playing it very carefully so it didn't get chewed up, and trying to remember all the things we did. And that was 'Re-Rewind'."" It is from this song that Leigh Francis's Channel 4 comedy series ""Bo' Selecta!"" took its name. Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) ""Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)"" is a song by English garage group Artful Dodger, featuring Craig David on vocals. Released in the UK"
"asking for her identity, with some people believing she was Mr Pussy. Lycra featured in ""Working Girls"" but was removed from ""Wonderwomen"" amidst concerns about perceived rudeness expressed by RTÉ. According to the ""RTÉ Guide"", Bernie Walsh—another of Lynch's creations—is her favourite character. Walsh is a country and western singer with an album, ""Friends in Hi Aces"", featuring songs such as ""Start Packin' the Van (Dundalk, Dundalk)"", ""My Van"" and ""Stand By Your Van"", to sell. Sheila Sheik is a female bellydancer from Tallaght, County Dublin, with an Egyptian husband. Dalkey Dunphy Davenport is a teenage blogger from Ballsbridge who"
"open the Las Vegas company of ""The Producers"", reprising her role as Ulla. In 2008-2009, Leigh guest starred on several episodic television shows in America including her role as Leslie Dennis in season 4 of NUMB3RS on CBS. Leigh then returned to the West End of London to reprise the role of Velma Kelly in CHICAGO. In 2010-2011, Leigh returned to Broadway as Velma in Chicago and was thrilled to appear as the self-assured Upper East Side socialite in the feature film W.E. directed by Madonna. She also appeared as Sasha on the new CBS drama PERSON OF INTEREST with"
"family was played by Patsy Kensit, who adored the Bear. The father though, who was played by Sean Pertwee, hated the Bear after he thought that the Bear was stealing his wife. There was also a stroppy teenage daughter, Lillian Hennerson, who would argue with the Bear. The series only lasted for one year, as Leigh Francis decided to bring back ""Bo' Selecta!"", but in America. Leigh Francis brought ""Bo' Selecta!"" back as """"Bo""'"" in the United States of America, in which it featured the whole series in America, instead of Britain. The Bear (and many other celebrities) are staying"
"on ITV. On 26 July 2009, Richie appeared in a one-off television drama called ""Whatever It Takes"" playing a character called JJ Merrick who comes to the aid of a girl who wins a radio competition – and catapults her into stardom, thus giving her a new lease of life. The BBC announced on 14 November 2011, that following Jimmy Savile's recent death, ""Jim'll Fix It"" would return for a one-off Christmas Special in December 2011, with Richie as host. In January 2014, Richie presented one series of BBC One game show ""Reflex"", made by Objective Productions. In December 2014,"
"few weeks but ended up staying for a few months and that the constant cameras focusing on her and her family was stressful. In 2002, during the second season of ""The Osbournes"", Kelly dated The Used lead singer Bert McCracken. The show was filmed in California, where the family has had their residence for several decades. Both she and the Osbourne family were parodied in Channel 4 comedy ""Bo' Selecta"" in which the rubber-masked Kelly, played by Leigh Francis, has her own show and is always being censored for swearing with bleeps. After her appearance on the reality show, Osbourne"
"Bethesda, Ubisoft, Daybreak Games, Twitch, Tempo Storm and eSports Arena. Leach also sells his own gamer merchandise. Jeff became an Ambassador for drugs education charity Angelus Foundation after losing one of his best friends, Louise Cattell, to the club drug ketamine. He also works with various cancer charities as his mother suffered from the illness when he was a teenager. He is also a child sponsor and regular supporter of Act!on Aid children's charity. Jeff Leach Jeff Alexander Leach (born 12 February 1984) is an English actor, writer and stand-up comedian. He has also worked as a television and radio"
"shows. The British comedian Catherine Tate (herself a redhead) appeared as a red-haired character in a running sketch of her series ""The Catherine Tate Show"". The sketch saw fictional character Sandra Kemp, who was forced to seek solace in a refuge for ginger people because she had been ostracised from society. The British comedy ""Bo' Selecta!"" (starring redhead Leigh Francis) featured a spoof documentary which involved a caricature of Mick Hucknall presenting a show in which celebrities (played by themselves) dyed their hair red for a day and went about daily life being insulted by people. (Hucknall, who says that"
"also members of the Royal Family). Then in 1999 came ""Alistair McGowan's Big Impression"" with Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona, and in 2002 ""Dead Ringers"". Both these shows featured impressions of celebrities and television personalities, as well as sporting figures on the former and politicians on the latter. In the same year as Dead Ringers' debut, Channel 4 began broadcasting an adult sketch show created by and starring comedian Leigh Francis, Bo' Selecta! which spoofed singers including Craig David, Mel B and Michael Jackson, however the show focused on making caricatures out of celebrities, rather than impersonating them. ""The Icons"
"Francis Leach Francis Leach (born 1968) is an Australian radio announcer, sports editor and journalist. Leach began his career at Triple J in the early 1990s hosting the ""Three Hours of Power"" show, the weekly late night heavy metal show. Later on he transferred to ""Creatures of the Spotlight"", the Sunday night arts show. In 2000 he made the switch to ""The Morning Show"", Triple J's daily three-hour talkback and current affairs show. He remained in the role until 2002. During the later part of his Triple J career, he also hosted a Saturday morning sports show at fellow ABC"
"Face It"" (1954), the 1964 Hallmark Hall of Fame production of ""The Fantasticks"", and occasional appearances as the mystery guest on ""What's My Line?"" (e.g. December 30, 1956). He performed in commercials, including a memorable series for Lay's potato chips during its long-running ""Betcha can't eat just one"" campaign with Lahr appearing in multiple costumes. He was not afraid to take on the classics in television performances of ""Androcles and the Lion"" and the ""School for Wives"" (1956). He performed as Moonface Martin in a television version of ""Anything Goes"", with Ethel Merman reprising her role as Reno Sweeney and"
"Fatal Attraction, Oscar Jacques, known for playing Tom Tupper in the CBBC Series ""M.I. High"", Luke Pasqualino, known for his roles in Skins and The Musketeers; television presenter, Sarah Cawood, who grew up in Maxey; BBC Formula One presenter, Jake Humphrey; football journalist and Talksport radio presenter, Adrian Durham; and the biologist, author and broadcaster, Prof. Brian J. Ford, who attended the King's School and still lives in Eastrea near Whittlesey. Local businessman, Peter Boizot, founder of the Pizza Express restaurant chain and Deputy Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, has supported the cultural and sporting life of Peterborough and received its highest"
"18 November 2013 as a three-disc set. Lemon La Vida Loca Lemon La Vida Loca is a British mock reality show created and written by, and starring, comedian Leigh Francis and actress Laura Aikman. The show's title is derived from Ricky Martin's 1999 hit single, ""Livin' la Vida Loca"". The series follows the character of television personality Keith Lemon, capturing his home and work life, and everything in between. The series began airing on 2 August 2012 on ITV2, and concluded its first series on 23 August 2012. Whilst on ""Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel"", Lemon announced that"
"Laupin Variety Programme."" ""Viva Variety"" received a 1997 Cable Ace Award nomination for Best Comedy Series. After ""Viva Variety"", Lennon, Kenney and Garant created and starred in ""Reno 911!"" (2003–09). Initially slated for Fox, the program later debuted on Comedy Central. Lennon has appeared as a guest star in dozens of TV shows, including ""The League"", ""Childrens Hospital"", ""Party Down"", ""New Girl"", ""How I Met Your Mother"", ""Comedy Bang Bang"", ""Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23"". One of his notable guest starring roles was as Joey Tribbiani's blackjack dealing, ""identical hand twin"" on the ""Friends"" fifth-season finale (""The One"
"Bruce Nash Bruce Mitchell Nash (born August 14, 1947) is an American reality television producer. Nash first entered reality TV with ""Before They Were Stars"". His credits include the Sci Fi Channel series ""Who Wants to Be a Superhero?"" with Stan Lee; ""World's Most Amazing Videos"" for NBC and Spike TV; ""Most Shocking"" as well as ""Most Daring"" for Court TV/truTV; ""Amazing Sports Stories"" for Fox Sports Net, which garnered four Sports Emmy nominations; """" for CBS, NBC's ""For Love or Money""; ""Who Wants To Marry My Dad?"", ABC Family's 2003 version of ""Dance Fever"" with Merv Griffin Entertainment and"
"cycling. Winner of the Official UK Air Guitar Championships in 2000, 2001 and 2002. Leigh was more commonly known at this time as 'Satan Whoppercock' In spring 2009, Leigh appeared on ""My Life as an Animal"" on BBC Three where he lived with Dogs for a week. Previous to his broadcast career, Leigh had a diverse CV that included professional snowboarding, journalism, event management, cleaning mega yachts and windsurf instructing. However in 1997 after a chance meeting in London he centred his efforts on ""Laughing Gear"", a commentary and cabaret company set up with good friend Christian Stevenson. An intricate"
"by prestigious photographers like Rankin, Tony McGee and John Swannell. She stars in the Lynx TV fragrance adverts. She also was ranked amongst FHM's 100 Sexiest Women at No.93 in 2002. She writes a monthly column for Cheshire’s ""LivingEDGE"" magazine. She appeared on Come Dine with Me, series 25, episodes 91-95, hosting episode 91. Alex Leigh Alexandra Dallas Leigh (born October 1978) is an English fashion model. She was born in Manchester on 2 October 1978 and was formerly a waitress for William's Tavern. She went to school at Altrincham Grammar School for girls and speaks fluent Spanish, having lived"
"as the serial killer's future mother-in-law. Also, she appeared in a memorable 2009 ""Criminal Minds"" listed as Special Guest Star in the episode ""Empty Planet"" as Professor Ursula Kent, who helps the BAU with a bomb threat in Seattle. She has played the recurring role of Bizzy Forbes-Montgomery, mother of Kate Walsh's Addison, on ABC's ""Private Practice"" since 2009. In 2014, she appeared in the CBS science-fiction drama ""Extant"", as Leigh Kern (season one, episode seven). She is married to TV and film director John Pasquin, with whom she worked on ""Jungle 2 Jungle""; they have two sons. JoBeth Williams"