"TV Burp" (2002) TV series 2002-????

Writers:

Brenda Gilhooly (writer)
Stuart Kenworthy (additional material)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Release Date:

14 November 2002 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Harry Hill stars in this surreal comedy show, revolving around the previous week's shows on British television.

Plot Keywords:

Entertainment

Awards:

3 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Harry Hill

...

Himself / ... (61 episodes, 2002-2009)

Also Known As:

Harry Hill's TV Burp (UK) (complete title)

Runtime:

23 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Avalon Television

Quotes:

Harry Hill: Hang on, this isn't a show, is it? This is just some things that happen. It's like an episode of Wife Swap where they don't swap wives, they swap dogs and one of the dogs gets a cough and one of the husbands nephews spends some book tokens. The end.

Movie Connections:

Featured in RTS Huw Wheldon Lecture: Wit's End? British Comedy at the Crossroads (2009) (TV)

Will this ever let up?

For four years Harry Hill has been consistently funny making fun of TV and re-editing things to look different. A hero in my eyes, as in the last year i've started doing the same, but no one can do it as well with the best deadpan, well almost, and quick witted comic timing around. His innovative views of TV shows and little sections of them, like this week when dot from eastenders steps out in front of a taxi, and he edits it with footage taken in which he hits a doll mildly resembling the same person, making it so funny and unexpected that it'll make you laugh for half the episode, but by then you'd have seen thousands of other jokes in similar vein or better, so you'll be laughing for a week, which is when the next episode was on.