Now, after years of reticence by programme makers, theres a boom in black. Season 2 june 2003 december 2003 10 season 3 june 2004. 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. 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. Avid attends a celebrity football game where he meets rod stewart, and gareth gates has a weird encounter. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Series 2 2003 tv series comedy preowned dvd 2 disc 8 episodes. Episode, title, written by, directed by, viewers millions, original airdate. Jordan goes off on one about how mel b went off on one about girls aloud saying they were the new spice girls.
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. Michael jackson instigates a prisonroof protest in doin porridge, and mel b irritates patsy in the bathroom. 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. 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. Season year 2003 network 4od purchase rights stream instantly details format prime video streaming online video. The show consists of sketches featuring caricatures of british and american celebrities, portrayed by francis. Tv series see the episodes list with schedule and episode summary. Home topics entertainment television television general bo selecta notices welcome to boards. The series premiered on fri sep 06, 2002 on channel 4 and episode 6.
For the shot like ant and dec and the davina mccall interviews in series 2 and the. Websites use cookies that have been placed on this site by its operator. Avid does this by using rubber masks which genuinely look like the characters he. Craig david visits santa, michael jackson and mel b take up carol singing, and elton john provides the queens speech. With leigh francis, patsy kensit, karen hayley, craig phillips. An alarmingly dedicated follower of celebrities and their work, avid merrion somehow became eligible for a second series. Interview with mel gibson, maria bello, lucy liu and james coburn. This episode included the week in bits by jodie marshs tits, a tour of mel bs house in cribs, the bear interviewing. The programme spoofs celebrities from michael jackson to craig david to mel b.
Notable personalities spoofed in the series included michael jackson, melanie brown, david blaine, kelly osbourne, elton john and craig david. 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. July 18, 2003 the bear interviews davina mccall and dermot oleary on the set of big brother. Leigh francis under the guise of avid merrion introduces us to a sketch show not quite like any other. Comedy involving celebrity stalker avid merrion, and a whole host of celebrities. The keith lemon sketch show best bits series 1 duration. David beckham talks disney, and craig david meets michael jackass and martin bashir in a hotel hallway.
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