The Keith Lemon Sketch Show

The Keith Lemon Sketch Show
	File:The Keith Lemon Sketch Show Series 2.jpeg The title card for series 2
Genre	Sketch show
Written by	Leigh Francis; Jamie Deeks; Dan Johnston
Directed by	Jamie Deeks; Dan Johnston; Paul Taylor
Starring	Leigh Francis; Paddy McGuinness; John Thomson; Tom Davis; Fearne Cotton; Hank Osasuna; Emily Atack; Adam C Booth; Zoe Guilford; Pat Oliver; George Potts; Angela Simpson; Ruth Langsford (2016); Eamonn Holmes (2016); Vernon Kay (2016); Jessica Hynes (2016); Ashley Roberts (2016); Bill Oddie (2015); Emma Cargill (2016)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Leon Wilson
Producer(s)	Jamie Deeks; Dan Johnston
Running time	30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s)	Talkback in association with Bang Tidy Productions
Distributor	FremantleMedia
Release
Original network	ITV2
Picture format	16:9 (HDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	5 February 2015 –; 10 March 2016
Chronology
Related shows	Bo' Selecta!
External links
	[{{#property:P856}} Website]

The Keith Lemon Sketch Show is a British television sketch show that has aired on ITV2 from 5 February 2015 until 10 March 2016. It stars Leigh Francis's alter ego Keith Lemon portraying several celebrities.^[1]

Episodes

Series 1

The first series aired from 5 February until 12 March 2015 on ITV2. Paddy McGuinness, Bill Oddie and Fearne Cotton appeared in all episodes in this series.

Official Viewing Figures are from BARB.^[2]

Episode	Original air date	Guests	Viewers (millions)
1	5 February 2015 (2015-02-05)	Eamonn Holmes, Carrie Fisher and Phillip Schofield	1.47
2	12 February 2015 (2015-02-12)	N/A	1.10
3	19 February 2015 (2015-02-19)	Christine Bleakley, Ashley Roberts, Antony Costa, Carrie Fisher, Kate Thornton, Verne Troyer and Jonathan Ross^[3]	0.84
4	26 February 2015 (2015-02-26)	Sarah Harding, Peter Andre and Martine McCutcheon	0.77
5	5 March 2015 (2015-03-05)	Dermot O'Leary, Dave Myers, Si King, Louis Walsh, Shane Filan, Joe Swash, Cleo Rocos and Emma Bunton	0.98
6	12 March 2015 (2015-03-12)	Ruth Langsford, Rylan Clark and Sarah Harding	0.82

Series 2

The second and final series of The Keith Lemon Sketch Show aired from 4 February until 10 March 2016 on ITV2. Paddy McGuinness, Jessica Hynes, Vernon Kay, Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes made regular appearances in this series.

Official Viewing Figures are from BARB.^[4]

Episode	Original air date	Guests	Viewers (millions)
1	4 February 2016 (2016-02-04)	Simon Callow, Will Mellor and Ella Eyre	0.97
2	11 February 2016 (2016-02-11)	Kate Garraway, Simon Callow, Jimmy Carr and Jenny Powell	0.75
3	18 February 2016	Phillip Schofield, Paul Daniels, Will Mellor and Andi Peters	0.72
4	25 February 2016	Mark Arnold^{[disambiguation needed]}, Fearne Cotton, Marvin Humes, Chris Kamara and Andi Peters	Under 0.74
5	3 March 2016	Kate Garraway, Phillip Schofield, Joe Swash, Simon Callow and Fearne Cotton
6	10 March 2016	Gino D'Acampo, Will Mellor, Fearne Cotton, Jamie Laing, Professor Green, Kelly Brook and Yvette Fielding

Sketches

Sketch	Series 1	Series 2
The Big Fat Gypsy Kardashians
The Hairy Lairy Bikers
Dickinson's Any Old Shit
The Exciting Life of Mark Wright & Michelle Keegan
Keith & Paddy's Film Bit
This Morning
Doodles!
Backstage with Cheryl & Kimberley
The Urban Fox
Kate Garraway in the Morning
Keith's Doing it for Charity
Cowboy Builders
Family Fortunes
The Cartoon Job Centre
Martin Clunes Really Loves Animals
The Trip
If Miss Marple was Much More Real
The X Factor: Behind the Scenes
George Lucas Says the Funniest Things
This Week's Spotted
Denzil Rowe: Waxwork Sculptor
The Keith Lemon Sketch Show: The Gossip
Taylor Swift Making Friends
Mick Hucknall: Nightmare Neighbour
The Adventures of Minty Cat and Diablo
Ant & Dec's Jungle Trials
The Great British Piss Up
OptimalFacialSolutions.com
Oh no! There's something wrong with my body I must go on television and talk about it
Ant & Dec Undercover
Jedward 2050
Billy & Miley's European Vacation
Downtoon
Come Dine with Me
Ed Sheeran Watch
Cooking with Sloth
Fearne Cotton Meets One Direction

Series 1 (2015)

The Big Fat Gypsy Kardashians

This is an amalgamation of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings and Keeping Up with the Kardashians. During the series, we follow Kim's marriage to Kanye. The whole sketch shows how trivial both programmes are. Characters

The Hairy Lairy Bikers

This is a cruder take on the Hairy Bikers.

Come Dine with Me

He-Man and Skeletor star in this episode of Come Dine with Me.

The Exciting Life of Mark Wright & Michelle Keegan

Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan are seen doing boring, uninteresting, everyday things.

This Morning

Lemon plays the part of Holly Willoughby and Hank Osasuna Plays The Part Of Phillip Schofield And Eamonn Holmes Some scenes focus around phone-ins, fashion advice and medical help. Many jokes are made about Holly's breasts. Other minor characters include Denise Robertson, The Speakmans, Jeff Brazier, The Speakmans, Dr Chris Steele and Gino D'Acampo.

Backstage with Cheryl & Kimberley

Cheryl tells Kimberley about what has happened to her recently. Both stories are later cleared up by Kimberley to actually be films. After realising that Kimberley's right, Cheryl shrugs this off as having "been under a lot of pressure recently".

OptimalFacialSolutions.com

An overenthusiastic, stereotypical American plastic surgeon whose approach is rather lazy.

Doodles!

A typical 90s kids' art programme but with a presenter resembles Pat Sharp or Neil Buchanan who continually makes sexual references. In series two, the format is changed slightly, whereby presenter Dicky Doodles is seen "out and about".

The Great British Piss Up

With a similar format to The Great British Bake Off, this sees six people trying to get as drunk as possible in the space of an hour.

The Urban Fox

This sees a well-meaning fox (Lemon) terrorising its neighbourhood and in most episodes, clashes with a local dog (Davis). In one episode, it is revealed that The Urban Fox's real name is Russell and that lives with his mother.

Oh no! There's something wrong with my body I must go on television and talk about it

A bizarre take on Embarrassing Bodies. The host of the show is Dr Chrispian, a strange version of real-life host and doctor, Dr Christian Jessen. Dr Chrispian is a somewhat egotistical centaur with an "incredible physique".

Ant & Dec Undercover/Ant and Dec

Ant & Dec go undercover for Saturday Night Takeaway but it sees their costumes as unrealistic and not very convincing. A new sketch was introduced in series 2 featuring Ant and Dec which was based on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, so the Ant and Dec Uncover title would now have changed to just Ant and Dec.

Jedward 2050

This sees Jedward as old men and generally ends with them going to the bookies.

Billy & Miley's European Vacation

Miley Cyrus and her father are touring Britain. Miley's father is hoping some of the British politeness will turn Miley into a lady, however she normally ends up getting her breasts out and doing something inappropriate.

Downtoon

A tongue-in-cheek look at how Downton Abbey would look if written by the writers of Geordie Shore in order to appeal to a younger audience.

Dickinson's Any Old Shit

This is a typical auction programme a parody of Dickinson's Real Deal, hosted by David Dickinson portrayed by Lemon. This version sees viewers bring in everyday rubbish in order to make a few pence. Such items include half a bottle of bleach spray, adult magazines and a jacket potato with coleslaw and cheese. For some reason, this David Dickinson blows raspberries and makes bizarre noises after every other sentences.

Ed Sheeran Watch

A Springwatch-style programme following Ed Sheeran, who is living in a forest. The voiceover is provided by Bill Oddie, former presenter of BBC Two's Springwatch programme.

Keith & Paddy's Film Bit

Keith Lemon and Paddy McGuinness reenact famous movie scenes but the scenes are normally ruined by Keith who tends to go too far. Movies Viewed

Cooking with Sloth

A cooking show hosted by Sloth from The Goonies.

Fearne Cotton meets One Direction

Fearne Cotton talks with One Direction who tells her silly bits of work on their music videos (e.g. pretending to play instruments). Lemon plays Harry Styles - who has a thing for elderly women quoting "I love Sweet wrinkly vag me" - And Hank Osasuna Plays Zayn Malik

Series 2 (2016)

Mick Hucknall: Nightmare Neighbour

In a parody of similar prime time series, Mick Hucknall (Lemon) is accused of being a "nightmare neighbour", but goes out of his way to protest his innocence. Other "nightmare neighbours" include Paul Weller.

Taylor Swift: Making Friends

Taylor Swift (Lemon) tries to make friends with complete strangers while on vacation in the United Kingdom, but ends up alienating more people than she befriends with her impatience and rudeness.

Kate Garraway in the Morning

Lemon plays a fictitious Hollywood reporter known as "George Clooney's Pig" in a spoof of the breakfast show Lorraine, which in turn is instead presented by Kate Garraway. Characters

Kate Garraway

Keith's Doing it for Charity

Lemon fronts a fictitious charity campaign in which he is trained by Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford to have sex non-stop for ten days whilst travelling the length and breath of Britain, raising money for charity.

Cowboy Builders

Dominic Littlewood (Lemon) presents a spoof version of Cowboy Builders in which dodgy builders actually turn out to be real cowboys, and end up in a gunfight, which in turn destroys the persons' home even more.

Family Fortunes

Vernon Kay presents a spoof version of Celebrity Family Fortunes in which Little Mix and One Direction go head to head, however many of the top answers relate to some form of innuendo. Characters

Ant & Dec's Jungle Trials

Ant & Dec (Lemon) host a spoof version of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in which Will Mellor has to perform sexual acts on Ant in order to win meals for the camp.

George Lucas Says the Funniest Things

Presented by Phillip Schofield, this segment parodies the typical daytime gameshow format. George Lucas (Lemon) has to describe an everyday object or item and two contestants, Jennifer and Ian (also portrayed by Lemon), have to guess what the item is. Typically, Ian keeps making references to Star Wars, leading an irate Schofield to constantly remind him the show has no links to Star Wars whatsoever. The first sketch attracted much press attention after Schofield is seen to tell contestant Ian to "f**k off" after he becomes increasingly annoying.^[5]

The Cartoon Job Centre

Jessica Hynes plays the owner/manager of a job centre which specializes in finding work for jobless cartoon characters. Lemon plays a variety of cartoon characters, including the Care Bears.

Martin Clunes Really Loves Animals

Martin Clunes (Lemon) presents a spoof animal documentary series in which he proceeds to wish to 'bum' every animal that he comes into contact with.

This Week's Spotted

Lemon plays a variety of celebrities who engage in weird or unexpected activities, such as Prince going to a car boot sale and Russell Brand learning to ride a skateboard.

The Adventures of Minty Cat and Diablo

Lemon stars as Minty Cat, one half of a crime fighting duo similar to Batman and Robin, who try to foil plots against them by known supervillains and crazed enemies.

The Keith Lemon Show: the Gossip

Fearne Cotton presents a spoof spin-off from show entitled The Gossip (which in itself is a parody of Take Me Out: The Gossip) in which Lemon and a number of guests sit in a posh bar and talk about the show.

The Trip

Lemon and Joe Swash parody the BBC2 series The Trip, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, whereby they visit a series of run-down restaurants and talk about their languishing careers.

If Miss Marple Was Much More Real

Lemon portrays a contemporary version of Miss Marple, who turns up at crime scenes, only to be told to "f**k off" by the local police who claim that the general public have no right to investigate murders.

The X Factor: Behind the Scenes

Olly Murs (Lemon) and Caroline Flack present a behind-the-scenes look at The X Factor, alongside judges Nick Grimshaw (Lemon), Rita Ora and Simon Cowell (also portrayed by Lemon).

References

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External links

The Keith Lemon Sketch Show at British Comedy Guide

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