''Everybody Loves Lil' Chris'' is a television series broadcast by

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in 2008 and presented by the singer and performer

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. Broadcast in October and November 2008 (after a successful pilot in April 2008), 18-year-old Lil' Chris (Chris Hardman) hosted seven episodes of ''Everybody Loves Lil' Chris'' on the T4 strand of Channel 4 on Saturday mornings. Each episode ran for 23 minutes. The series was a mixture of comedy, celebrity interviews, live music performances and various 'challenges' that Hardman undertook, including

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while dressed as a wild animal, visiting a haunted location and cage fighting. Another feature of the programmes was 'Lil' Chris' Big Eight', in which celebrity guests were quizzed on what they knew about the lives of such media personalities as

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and

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. The airing of the shows coincided with the release of Hardman's second album '' What's It All About'' in October 2008. Guests on the series included

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and

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.''Everybody Loves Lil' Chris'' on the Connected Pictures website
/ref> The Executive Producers were Adam Penny and Peter Penny. The series was directed by John Pereira, and was produced by Gareth Collett.

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* Channel 4 original programming 2008 British television series debuts 2008 British television series endings {{UK-comedy-tv-prog-stub