Name: Bo' Selecta!
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2002-09-06
Rating: 7
Cast: Leigh Francis, Barunka O'Shaughnessy

Leigh Francis puts on rubber masks and terrorizes British celebs in unhinged chaos.

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Latest Episode

Season 4 • Episode 7

Latest

The Bear's Proper Chrimbo!

Dec 18, 2009

The Bear counts down his top twenty all-time favourite Christmas-related music videos, including both of Avid Merrion's Christmas-related singles – "Proper Crimbo" and "I Got You Babe".

Overview

Comedy

Bo' Selecta! is a British sketch show written and performed by Leigh Francis, which lampoons popular culture and is known for its often surreal, abstract toilet humour.

Content warning

sketch comedy surreal

celebrity cultureidentity and performanceBritish class anxietythe grotesque in comedy

Standout Aspects

Acting

Francis commits fully to every grotesque physical transformation.

Production

Deliberately cheap rubber masks become iconic visual language.

Writing

Rapid-fire celebrity parodies that defined early 2000s British TV.

Best for:Solo·Streaming·Friends

Heads up:Sexual Content·Disturbing

Creator

Leigh Francis

First AiredSep 6, 2002

StatusEnded

Vibe

Pacefast

Intensityhigh

Tonemixed

Feellight

Seasons4·Episodes35

Top Cast

Leigh Francis

Various Characters

Barunka O'Shaughnessy

Sacha Merrion

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

The show coined 'proper bo' as slang and briefly made Leigh Francis the most feared man in British showbiz—celebrities literally dreaded becoming a mask.

Memorable

Craig David's 2018 '7 Days' video finally addressed the mockery by having the real David kill the rubber-mask version, ending a 15-year cultural beef.