Lily Allen and Friends

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Lily Allen and Friends

Part of the show's title sequence.
Genre Talk show
Presented by Lily Allen
Country of origin  United Kingdom
Language(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 8
Production
Producer(s) Princess Productions
Editor(s) Karl Warner
Running time 45 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channel BBC Three
Original airing 12 February 2008 - present
External links
Official website

Lily Allen and Friends is a British TV talk show presented by Lily Allen. The programme is produced by Princess Productions for BBC Three. It was first shown on 12 February 2008[1]. The audience consists entirely of Lily's online friends, who sign up via the programme's website. Guests include celebrities, topical guests from the online world, chart-topping bands and lesser known acts chosen by the public. Also each week a member of the public has a chance to record a question for either of that week's guest along with an internet celebrity and a character known only as "Mary, the foul-mouthed grandma". Internet correspondents, such as Chris Crocker, posed questions for the celebrities.[2][3][4][5][6]

Contents

Host

Lily Allen and Friends, as the name suggests, is hosted by Lily Allen, a successful British singer who has released a multi platinum-selling album (Alright, Still). Lily Allen and Friends is the singer's first foray into television presenting.

Format

The show is filmed at Pinewood Studios. The programme features a video diary of Lily's life outside the programme and a section titled weird and wonderful, highlighting internet videos in the YouTube Hero and MySpace Band items.

Reception

During recording of the first episode, a number of audience members, who are selected from Lily's "online friends" list, walked out before the end of the show, some newspapers claiming this was because of boredom, a lack of humour, an uncomfortable recording atmosphere and late taping time; by the end of the recording, just over half of the audience remained. However Allen later dismissed the newspaper reports and said that because the recording went on for longer than intended, some members of the audience had to leave to catch a train[7].

The BBC was criticised by several teacher unions for a video aired on the 18 March 2008 show that apparently showed a student running up from behind and pulling down his teachers trousers. The unions said airing this clip was irresponsible and greatly added to the teachers embarrassment. While introducing the clip Allen called it kegging and said “It's very childish, but very funny”.[8]

It was reported that during an interview with Paddy McGuinness, Allen exposed her breast to the audience for three minutes.[9]

Episode guide

Series 1

List of the BBC Three programme episodes, Lily Allen and Friends.

1This episode was unaired.

Pilot Original Airdate Guest Musical Guest/Song performed YouTube Hero MySpace Band
—
 January, 2008 Alan Davies, Alex James Alphabeat
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—
1
 12 February 2008 Cuba Gooding, Jr., David Mitchell Reverend and the Makers (The State of Things) Tay Zonday The Metros
2
 19 February 2008 Martin Freeman, Lee Mack Adele (Chasing Pavements) The Syncsta Boys Kids In Glass Houses
3
 26 February 2008 Ben Miller, Lacey Turner Mark Ronson (Just) Britney Houston Yelle
4
 4 March 2008 Annie Mac, Louis Walsh, Claudia Winkleman The Charlatans (Oh! Vanity) Greg Pattillo The Whip
5
 11 March 2008 James Corden, Joe Dempsie, Mitch Hewer Róisín Murphy (You Know Me Better) John and Michelle Brubaker Look See Proof
6
 18 March 2008 Phill Jupitus, Jermain Defoe, Roxanne McKee, Jennifer Metcalfe Guillemots (Get Over It) Breakdancing Baby Malakai
7
 25 March 2008 Lauren Laverne, Joanna Page, Patrick McGuinness The Futureheads (The Beginning of the Twist) BeardyMan Underground Heroes
8
 1 April 2008 Robert Webb, Alesha Dixon, Danny Dyer One Night Only (It's About Time) Samwell Metronomy

1 This episode was unaired.

Series 2

On April 1, 2008, it was confirmed that the show has been commissioned for a second series by BBC Three[10] for another eight episodes. It is unknown when the show will recommence. The controller for the BBC Three Danny Cohen said the show was renewed because "She has developed astoundingly well as a TV host in just a few weeks and has established herself as a firm favourite with the young audiences BBC Three targets”.[11]

References

  1. ^ BBC - Press Office - Lily Allen And Friends press pack
  2. ^ "Lily Allen and Friends (Premier - February 12, 2008)". [Allen and Friends]. 12 February, 2008. No. 1, season 1.
  3. ^ Iheartchriscrockerr (16 February 2008). "Chris Crocker on Lily Allen part 2". YouTube. Retrieved on 2008-06-19.
  4. ^ "David Mitchell: Confirmed for Show One - 12th Feb 10:30pm on BBC Three". BBC (2008). Retrieved on 2008-06-19.
  5. ^ Iheartchriscrockerr (16 February 2008). "Chris Crocker on Lily Allen and friends". YouTube. Retrieved on 2008-06-19.
  6. ^ "Cuba Gooding Jr.: Confirmed for Show One - 12th Feb 10:30pm on BBC Three". BBC (2008). Retrieved on 2008-06-19.
  7. ^ Audience walks out in 'sick' Lily Allen BBC chat show debut
  8. ^ BBC criticised over Lily Allen 'kegging' clip
  9. ^ "Lily Allen exposes breast on chatshow", Digital Spy (2008-04-07). Retrieved on 2008-04-07. 
  10. ^ "The 9'O'Clock News", Heatworld (2008-04-01). Retrieved on 2008-04-01. 
  11. ^ West, Dave (2008-04-01). "Lily Allen chatshow will return", Digital Spy. Retrieved on 2008-04-01. 

See also

BBC portal

External links

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