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Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   612 votes
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Director:
John Robins
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 full episode list
Release Date:
January 1979 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
A skit based show with Benny Hill, often containing smutty humour. full summary
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
DS Icon: Bella Emberg
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The King Of British Comedy more

Cast

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Benny Hill ... Host / ... (59 episodes, 1969-1989)
Henry McGee ... Himself / ... (46 episodes, 1969-1989)
Jackie Wright ... Himself / ... (44 episodes, 1969-1985)
Bob Todd ... Himself / ... (42 episodes, 1970-1989)
The Ladybirds ... Vocal Backing / ... (42 episodes, 1969-1989)
Sue Upton ... Various Roles / ... (28 episodes, 1977-1989)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
60 min (58 episodes) | France:35 min (edited version) (dubbed version)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White (1970-1971) (3 episodes) | Color (1969-1970 and 1971-1989)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Argentina:13 | USA:TV-PG | UK:12 (some epiosodes) | UK:PG | Singapore:PG (some episodes) | Australia:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16

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Trivia:
Benny's first Thames special was taped at Teddington studios on 12 October 1969, one week after the premiere of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969). more
Quotes:
Mervyn Cruddy: I don't care what anybody says, you know, about these common-market Romeos, for my money the greatest lover in the world is the Englishman.
Andree Melly: Well, surely it's the Frenchman who has that reputation, the way he'll kiss a girls hand, and then her cheek, her neck, and then here ears...
Mervyn Cruddy: By that time, the Englishman's coming home from his honeymoon, I'd say!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Jack Frost (#9.13)" (1997) more
Soundtrack:
Yakety Sax more

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12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
The King Of British Comedy, 4 April 2001
Author: Thor2000 from Collinsport, Maine

There was a time on Earth when all of the world stopped to watch The Benny Hill Show. Businesses would close, people stayed home and every tv in the world in every house tuned in to watch this man who just wanted to make us laugh. And laugh we did. The world died when his show stopped, and it cried when he left this mortal realm. Labeled a dirty old man for the content of the material in less than a quarter of his sketches, he was considered a genius by his fans and his peers for the other seventy-five percent. Even Thames Television admitted far too late that cancelling the show was the worst mistake they had ever made. Letting it go was a knife in Benny's side, a heartbreak that led to his death, but what a great legacy of humor !

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