Lily Allen and Friends

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genre = Talk show
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presenter = Lily Allen
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runtime = 45 minutes per episode
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first_aired = 12 February 2008 - present
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"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 [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/02_february/08/lily.shtml BBC - Press Office - Lily Allen And Friends press pack] ] . 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.cite episode
title = Lily Allen and Friends (Premier - February 12, 2008)
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series = Lily Allen and Friends
serieslink = http://www.bbc.co.uk/lilyallen/
airdate = 12 February, 2008
season = 1
number = 1] cite web
last = Iheartchriscrockerr
title=Chris Crocker on Lily Allen part 2
publisher=YouTube
date=16 February 2008
url =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMvd_s3rY7Q
accessdate=2008-06-19] cite web
title=David Mitchell: Confirmed for Show One - 12th Feb 10:30pm on BBC Three
publisher=BBC
date=2008
url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/lilyallen/celeb_davidmitchell.shtml
accessdate=2008-06-19] cite web
last = Iheartchriscrockerr
title=Chris Crocker on Lily Allen and friends
publisher=YouTube
date=16 February 2008
url =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltbsHRdE6VQ
accessdate=2008-06-19] cite web
title=Cuba Gooding Jr.: Confirmed for Show One - 12th Feb 10:30pm on BBC Three
publisher=BBC
date=2008
url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/lilyallen/celeb_cubagooding.shtml
accessdate=2008-06-19]

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 [ [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=513336&in_page_id=1773 Audience walks out in 'sick' Lily Allen BBC chat show debut] ] .

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”. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/19/nbbc119.xml BBC criticised over Lily Allen 'kegging' clip] ]

It was reported that during an interview with Paddy McGuinness, Allen exposed her breast to the audience for three minutes. [cite news|first=Beth|Last=Hilton|title=Lily Allen exposes breast on chatshow|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a93240/lily-allen-exposes-breast-on-chatshow.html|publisher="Digital Spy"|date=2008-04-07|accessdate=2008-04-07]

Episode guide

eries 1

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

¹ This episode was unaired.

eries 2

On April 1, 2008, it was confirmed that the show has been commissioned for a second series by BBC Three [cite news|title=The 9'O'Clock News|url=http://www.heatworld.com/Article/4998/Amy+Winehouse/The+9+OClock+News+%e2%80%93+Tues+1+Apr|publisher="Heatworld"|date=2008-04-01|accessdate=2008-04-01] 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”. [cite news|first=Dave|last=West|title=Lily Allen chatshow will return|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a92761/lily-allen-chatshow-will-return.html|publisher="Digital Spy"|date=2008-04-01|accessdate=2008-04-01]

References

ee also

*Lily Allen
*MySpace

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/lilyallen BBC - Lily Allen and Friends]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/ BBC - BBC Three - Homepage]
* [http://www.princesstv.com/ Princess Productions]