Keith Lemon

Keith Lemon is a fictional TV character portrayed by Leigh Francis. Lemon is most famous for his own show 'Celebrity Juice' and his presenting of famous show 'Through the Keyhole.' These are some of the shows Keith Lemon has been involved in.

2002 - 2006
Keith Lemon became a recurring character in the Channel 4 impersonations show Bo' Selecta! 

2008
Lemon introduced his own panel show Celebrity Juice with Fearne Cotton and Holly Willoughby.

2012
Lemon hosted a Jim'll Fix it style show called Keith Lemon's Lemonaid.

2013
Keith Lemon takes over presenting Through the Keyhole.

2015
Lemon starts his own comedy sketch show; The Keith Lemon Sketch Show.

TV Comedy Panel Shows

All TV comedy Panel shows are topical and have abusive banter between the panelists. There are usually main panelists and a presenter who appear every episode, but also different guests to give the show variety. Panel shows are usually 30 minutes long, much like sitcoms and sketch shows. An example of a comedy panel show is Mock the Week on BBC1. This show has a presenter, Dara O'Briain and a team captain, Hugh Dennis who feature every episode, and five different guest comedians. The show mocks the current news stories of the week, which is funny for the audience as the comedy is up to date and relatable.


Another example of a comedy panel show is a League of Their Own on Sky 1. This is a sport based panel show with regular panelists Freddie Flintoff, Jamie Redknapp, Jack Whitehall and presenter James Corden. A huge feature of a League of Their Own is the banter between the teammates and the sporting guests. A League of Their Own makes a large revenue through advertising and the big audience figures on Sky 1.

Audience Pleasures in Car Share

Car Share uses transgressive humour like a dogging joke in episode two that has a snowball effect throughout the episode. This gives the audience the pleasure of anticipation as they are expecting the joke to appear again and again. Transgressive humour is also used when a butchers advert accidentally uses double entendre which is very funny for the audience. In the last episode, Kayleigh paints her face to look like a blackcurrant, but seems to be trying to 'black up.' This accidental racism is funny because it uses transgressive humour and also links to Kayleigh's naivety. There is narrative resolution pleasures at the end of episode one as their journey had many ups and downs but they wanted to continue car sharing together. At the end of the last episode of the series, there is further narrative resolution as John and Kayleigh have their final car share together. The duo put their differences aside and remember how much they care about each other. This is very enjoyable for the audience as it gives them a feeling of resolution. This is enjoyable for the audience's viewing as it provides them with a very satisfying resolution. The audience has a specific pleasure with Sian Gibson's character as she is very ditsy throughout the series and seems to be oblivious to common phrases. This is funny for the audience as her stupidity is at the centre of many of the jokes.

Peter Kay's Car Share

Peter Kay's Car Share is a popular situation comedy (sitcom) televised by the BBC. It is written by Paul Coleman, Peter Kay, Sian Gibson and Tim Reid and produced by the famous, incredible producer Gill Isles. In 2016, the show won a series of prestigious awards, such as, best comedy at the National Television awards and best scripted comedy at the BAFTA TV awards. The show was televised at 9:30pm and ran for half an hour weekly. The series was very popular and each episode had over 6 million viewers. Car Share follows the generic codes and conventions of comedy. The show uses the same cast over a series of episodes to develop each characters' comedy value. The show also uses a very common setting, a car, which is a common convention of situation comedies as it is a unique selling point.

Walliams and Friend Further Research

Walliams and Friend is a comedy sketch show that was commissioned by Shane Allen and Gregor Sharp from the BBC. The executive producer for King Bert Productions is Jo Sargent and Gregor Sharp is executive producer for the BBC. It is produced by Sarah Fraser for King Bert and directed by Matt Lipsey. The show is aimed at a mainstream audience who appreciate a common, popular comedy series. This is because It is a huge section of the British public and will understand a lot of the transgressive humour used. Walliams and Friend airs at 9:30pm, which is after the watershed, because the show features transgressive humour so that the audience are captivated further.

Walliams & Friend

The BBC comedy sketch show 'Walliams & Friend' follows many conventions of comedy sketch shows. The main presenters of TV comedy sketch shows are usually well known comedians. Walliams and Friend follows this convention as it is presented by National comedy icon David Walliams, partnered by a well known comedian as a guest. Walliams and friend uses parody in the sketches. This can be very humorous to the audience because they will watch and be aware of the things the Walliams mocks. Like in most TV comedy sketch shows, Walliams and friend uses canned laughter in order to encourage the viewer to laugh at the sketch. Most comedy sketch shows are televised after 9pm. This allows the shows to use transgressive humour which appeal to an older audience from about 14 and over. Walliams and friend is televised at 9:30pm as the target audience is adults. It's use of transgressive humour is funny to the viewer because the language and themes are taboo in society. Walliams and friend, like most comedy sketch shows is half an hour long. This is so that it can show many different sketches to appeal to a varied audience, without being so long that the sketches become tedious and boring.