"The Benny Hill Show" (1969) TV series 1969-1989

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

John Robins

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19

Release Date:

January 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A skit based show with Benny Hill, often containing smutty humour.

Plot Keywords:

Buxom | Sketch Comedy | British | Eccentric | Actor Playing Multiple Roles

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

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)

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

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

Company:

Thames Television

Trivia:

In the 1980s, as public opinion in Britain was systematically being turned against Hill and his show, two former guest stars, Paula Wilcox and Paul Eddington, successfully lobbied to have the respective programs on which they appeared (23 February 1972, Episode 3.3, and 21 April 1976, Episode 7.4) pulled from repeat airings in England.

Quotes:

Sheriff Bill Jardine: Hey, do we know Ace Dickey?
Deputy Leroy: Yeah. Did five years for statutory rape.
Sheriff Bill Jardine: Why now, anybody who rapes a statue deserves what he gets!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Pierce Brosnan/Destiny's Child (#26.18)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Yakety Sax

The King Of British Comedy

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 !