Late Night Lycett

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Late Night Lycett
Genre
Created by Joe Lycett
Written by Joe Lycett, James Kettle
Directed byBen Sutton
Presented by Joe Lycett
Theme music composerPaul Farrer [1]
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes7
Production
Executive producerBen Sutton
ProducersJoe Lycett, James Daniels, Adrian Grant, Charlie Knight, Tom Taylor, Holly Dwight, Emma Ison, Patch Morely
Production locations Birmingham, UK
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companiesRumpus Media, Channel 4, My Options Were Limited
Original release
Network Channel 4
Release31 March 2023 (2023-03-31) –
present

Late-Night Lycett is a comedy variety show on Channel 4 first broadcast on 31 March 2023. The show is hosted by Joe Lycett and filmed in his home city Birmingham. [2] [3]

Contents

Format

Filming for the show taking place at "Joe's local corner shop" (Ruprai Food and Wine) with celebrity shop host Ian "H" Watkins (far right). LateNightLycettH.jpg
Filming for the show taking place at "Joe's local corner shop" (Ruprai Food and Wine) with celebrity shop host Ian "H" Watkins (far right).

The show includes brief interviews with celebrity guests, a spoof of GB News with "Richard Yewtree", a competition in which three audience members tell an embarrassing story in a chance to win Lycett's own car, and, in series 1, the running gag in which comedian Katherine Ryan never reaches the studio. [4]

The show also features a celebrity minding Lycett's local corner shop in Kings Heath because the owner is in the studio audience. [5] [6] [7] Lycett's aunts, Pauline and Margaret, [8] are also in the audience each week and are brought attention to during the starting period of the show, alongside his "local corner shop" owner, Hardev.

Linda Biscuits, or Chilli, on Late Night Lycett. Linda Biscuits AKA Chilli the Labrador on Late Night Lycett.jpg
Linda Biscuits, or Chilli, on Late Night Lycett.

As part of Lycett's supposed scheme to hire trainees with no previous experience, Linda Biscuits (portrayed by Chilli the Labrador) is featured to have been chosen to be a part of the behind-the-scenes team and is often seen during episodes. [9]

Featured in each episode is artwork decorating the set from local Birmingham artists such as Tat Vision, Fokawolf, Hannah Alshemmeri, Dion Kitson, Imbue and others.

Production

The show is filmed live at The Bond in Digbeth. [10] It is produced by Channel 4, Rumpus Media and My Options Were Limited, Joe Lycett's production company. [11]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Episode 1"Ben SuttonJoe Lycett31 March 2023 (2023-03-31)
Guests include Alison Hammond, Alan Carr, Joanna Lumley and Katherine Ryan. Claire Sweeney minds the shop. Victim of Richard Yewtree: Alan Carr [12] Ryan is not interviewed as the canal boat where the guests wait drifts away.
2"Episode 2"Ben SuttonJoe Lycett7 April 2023 (2023-04-07)
Guests include Daisy May Cooper, Rylan Clark, David Harewood, Greg James and Katherine Ryan. Natalie Cassidy minds the shop. Victim of Richard Yewtree: Greg James [13] The previous week's incident with Ryan is revealed to be the start of a running gag as she again fails to make it off the boat.
3"Episode 3"Ben SuttonJoe Lycett14 April 2023 (2023-04-14)
Guests include Gemma Collins, Joan Collins, Joel Dommett, Munroe Bergdorf and Katherine Ryan. Anthea Turner minds the shop. Victim of Richard Yewtree: Joel Dommett [14] Ryan makes it off the boat but fails to enter the studio as she is supposedly arrested.
4"Episode 4"Ben SuttonJoe Lycett21 April 2023 (2023-04-21)
Guests include Jonathan Ross, Rob Delaney, Judi Love and Katherine Ryan. Ian "H" Watkins minds the shop. Victim of Richard Yewtree: Rob Delaney [15] Ryan makes it off the boat but fails to enter the studio as she gets pushed by a 'fan' into the canal, she floats away.
5"Episode 5 - Finale"Ben SuttonJoe Lycett28 April 2023 (2023-04-28)
Guests include Richard E. Grant, Rosie Jones and Katherine Ryan. Paul Chuckle minds the shop. Victim of Richard Yewtree: Katherine Ryan. Victim of Kathy Yewtree: Joe Lycett. Ryan reaches the studio and is interviewed with questions from episode one. Richard Yewtree is fired in the middle of his own show and replaced by Kathy Yewtree (Ryan)

Reception

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References

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