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Keith Lemon: The Film. Image shows from L to R: Kelly Brook, Keith Lemon (Leigh Francis). Copyright: Generator Entertainment
Keith Lemon: The Film

Keith Lemon: The Film

  • 2012 film

Film starring Leigh Francis as his infamous alter-ego, Keith Lemon. Stars Leigh Francis, Verne Troyer, Kevin Bishop, Laura Aikman, Conleth Hill and more.

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Keith Lemon: The Film. Image shows from L to R: Keith Lemon (Leigh Francis), Kelly Brook. Copyright: Generator Entertainment

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
2012
Stars
Leigh Francis, Verne Troyer, Kevin Bishop, Laura Aikman, Conleth Hill, Nina Wadia, Harish Patel, Charlotte Jackson and more
Writers
Leigh Francis and Paul Angunawela
Director
Paul Angunawela
Producers
Aidan Elliott, Mark Huffam, Emma Berkofsky, Zygi Kamasa, Nick Manzi, Steve Milne, Andrew Boswell and Simon Bosanquet
Company

Small-time Northern businessman Keith Lemon gets himself in a pickle when he invests heavily in his own useless invention, the Securipole, putting in a massive production order with Evil Steve. After his product dives at the Invention Convention, he does a deal with a fellow inventor and takes on a quirky but revolutionary mobile phone, but this too proves a hard sell.

However, things take a turn when he meets a man calling himself 'The Fixer', who secures Keith a slot on David Hasselhoff's prime-time TV chat show. In the pressure of the spotlight, he zests up the phone by sticking a lemon sweet on the back and suddenly experiences overnight success, becoming a worldwide sensation with a shedload of money, rubbing shoulders with celebrities - and even dating Kelly Brook.

However, Keith has forgotten about his friends and debts back home, complete unaware that an angry Evil Steve has kidnapped girlfriend Rosie. When the lemon phone business begins to turn sour, he realises he must return north and sort out the life he'd run away from.

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Additional details

Tagline
In glorious flat 2D; It's bang tidy; Biggerer, longerer, funnierer
UK certificate
15
Duration
85 minutes
UK release
Friday 24th August 2012
Produced
2011
UK premiere
Monday 20th August 2012, Leicester Square
Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

Most recent repeats
  • Sunday 9th September 2018 at 1:10am on ITV2
  • Monday 6th August 2018 at 12:30am on ITV2
  • Monday 19th March 2018 at 12:25am on ITV2

Recording details

  • London and Belfast - Filmed during November and December 2011.

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