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Keith Lemon heads to ITV1 primetime with 'Jim'll Fix It'-style show
Published Thursday, Jan 19 2012, 12:34 GMT | By Alex Fletcher | 39 comments
ITV1 has commissioned a Keith Lemon Saturday night primetime series.
Lemonaid will be fronted by Lemon, the comic creation of Leigh Francis, and will feature the Celebrity Juice star meeting "real people with real problems".
TalkbackThames head of comedy Dan Baldwin said: "Keith Lemon is about to demolish people's problems and make their dreams come true... and we should all be immensely happy about this. Keith Lemon's Lemonaid will be a great opportunity for the British public to interact with Keith on a whole new level.
"We want to reflect the great 'wish fulfillment' shows from yesteryear but add a very special twist of Lemon to ITV1's Saturday nights. We're delighted with the commission."
Keith Lemon said: "I'm very excited to be in t'living rooms of the lovely ITV1 viewers with me new telly show Lemonaid. Solving people's problems and making dreams come true making me look nice like Cheryl Cole like when she went out to t'troops. She's lovely in'it she not as fit as Kelly Brook though! If anyone has ever dreamed of meeting her let me know I can hook you up, I know her in real life. All t'best!"
ITV's commissioning editor of entertainment Claire Zolkwer added: "We're absolutely thrilled to be bringing Keith Lemon to the wider ITV1 audience. He's been entertaining the ITV2 audience on Celebrity Juice for six series and his unique brand of naughty but nice is certainly going to bring some colour and fun to family Saturday evenings on ITV1. It's going to be proper bang tidy!"
Six episodes of Keith Lemon's Lemonaid will air during the spring on ITV1.
> Keith Lemon's 'Celebrity Juice' Christmas special seen by over 2m
> 'Keith Lemon The Film' begins shooting in Belfast on set - pictures
Lemonaid will be fronted by Lemon, the comic creation of Leigh Francis, and will feature the Celebrity Juice star meeting "real people with real problems".
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TalkbackThames head of comedy Dan Baldwin said: "Keith Lemon is about to demolish people's problems and make their dreams come true... and we should all be immensely happy about this. Keith Lemon's Lemonaid will be a great opportunity for the British public to interact with Keith on a whole new level.
"We want to reflect the great 'wish fulfillment' shows from yesteryear but add a very special twist of Lemon to ITV1's Saturday nights. We're delighted with the commission."
Keith Lemon said: "I'm very excited to be in t'living rooms of the lovely ITV1 viewers with me new telly show Lemonaid. Solving people's problems and making dreams come true making me look nice like Cheryl Cole like when she went out to t'troops. She's lovely in'it she not as fit as Kelly Brook though! If anyone has ever dreamed of meeting her let me know I can hook you up, I know her in real life. All t'best!"
ITV's commissioning editor of entertainment Claire Zolkwer added: "We're absolutely thrilled to be bringing Keith Lemon to the wider ITV1 audience. He's been entertaining the ITV2 audience on Celebrity Juice for six series and his unique brand of naughty but nice is certainly going to bring some colour and fun to family Saturday evenings on ITV1. It's going to be proper bang tidy!"
Six episodes of Keith Lemon's Lemonaid will air during the spring on ITV1.
> Keith Lemon's 'Celebrity Juice' Christmas special seen by over 2m
> 'Keith Lemon The Film' begins shooting in Belfast on set - pictures
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