Avid Merrion

Avid Merrion is the main protagonist of the series. He is a Romanian, dangerously insane celebrity stalker.

Avid is born in the small town of Arachnipus near Transylvania, Romania to a father, who was a Dracula-impersonating stripper.

Avid grew up to be the "number 1 super fan, here in the world". He went to Paris, because of "something to do with the police".

Avid lived in his London flat for a long time with his dead mother slouched in one cupboard and Craig Phillips from the 1st series of Big Brother chained up in another.

Avid's only other friend and gay landlord was Ozzey Rezat, a refugee, who used to operate a T-shirt printing business in the flat beneath Avid's. Avid claims, in a distinct eastern-European accent, "I don't know what he is!".

Avid has short light brown hair.

Avid always wears a neck brace (due to an encounter with Liza Tarbuck), and usually wears a red short-sleeved T-shirt with a long blue jacket, tight jeans, and brown shoes.

With his slurred and broken English, ginger mullet, peculiar sexual fetishes, and obsession with showbiz figureheads, Avid made one scary stalker of celebrities.

Avid spends most of his time harassing celebrities at functions, such as book signings or movie premières. He doesn't see it as harassment though, but rather affectionate worship. Due to his hanging around at these events, Avid became noticed by the media during the 3rd series of Big Brother on Channel 4 after he repeatedly tried to break into the house to get closer to his television heroes.

After this, Avid was allowed to play his own part in Bo' Selecta!. By the 3rd series of this show, his newly elevated status in pop culture allowed him to talk one-on-one with celebrities rather than stalking them, so his spots on Bo' Selecta! were transformed into his own chat show. He is played by Leigh Francis.