Talk:Leigh Francis

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"Francis was "discovered" by television presenter Davina McCall, who got him regular appearances on MTV UK. This kick-started his television career."

Are you sure? Francis did characters on a T4 programme called Buzz in 1999 (http://www.music-bx.co.uk/buzz.htm) and was on a regular comedy sidekick in the early days of Popworld. I'm not sure Avid Merrion didn't debut on a E4 series called Show Me The Funny (which Jimmy Carr also got his TV break on). He did do MTV slots, but I'm fairly sure this was only recently.

Tne Bear is not based on Ronnie Corbett, this is proved on the Bo' Selecta Series 2 DVD when on the commentary the show producer says that it is not based on Ronnie Corbett. Any similarity is mere coincidence.

What's the source of his name? The Leeds shopping centre or his old teacher. Needs clarification. RedHillian 01:36, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

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2 Craig David
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4 Laimonis Mierins

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BetacommandBot (talk) 23:03, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Craig David

One of Francis's most famous characters is Craig David. In 2008 he stated on the television show "Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack" that he is "not allowed" to sing the name "Craig David" as per an agreement with David's management. [is this right?]

[I thought it was strange there was no mention of Craig David on here, even in the links at the bottom]

90.203.183.62 (talk) 01:41, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Laimonis Mierins

Well I've just watched tonight's episode of Comedy Map of Britain where Leigh Francis revealed that many aspects of Avid Merrion were modeled on his former teacher, Laimonis Mierins. Does anyone know how to properly cite a TV show? Aula ^TPN 22:43, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

I presume just use the normal ref tags and put something like <ref>"The Comedy Map of Britain", first transmitted on [[BBC 2]], 22:45-23:45 BST, [[May 3]], [[2008]]</ref>. His tutor has a website here and is apparantly Latvian. Gustav von Humpelschmumpel (talk) 22:53, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Could use this Template:Cite episode. Gustav von Humpelschmumpel (talk) 22:56, 3 May 2008 (UTC)