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Benny Hill Show

Original title: The Benny Hill Show
  • TV Series
  • 1969–19891969–1989
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
4.8K
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POPULARITY
2,958
917
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Comedy

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

IMDb RATING
7.6/10
4.8K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,958
917
  • Stars
    • Benny Hill
    • Henry McGee
    • Jackie Wright
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  • Stars
    • Benny Hill
    • Henry McGee
    • Jackie Wright
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    • 32User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 3 wins & 5 nominations total

    Episodes59

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    Benny Hill: Complete & Unadulterated Set 5
    Trailer 1:11
    Benny Hill: Complete & Unadulterated Set 5
    Benny Hill: The Complete Megaset The Thames Years
    Trailer 1:03
    Benny Hill: The Complete Megaset The Thames Years
    Benny Hill: Complete & Unadulterated
    Trailer 1:06
    Benny Hill: Complete & Unadulterated
    Benny Hill: Complete & Unadulterated Set 4
    Trailer 1:15
    Benny Hill: Complete & Unadulterated Set 4
    The Benny Hill Show
    Trailer 2:00
    The Benny Hill Show

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    Benny Hill
    Benny Hill
    • Variousas Various…
    Henry McGee
    • Selfas Self…
    45 episodes45 eps • 1969–1989
    Jackie Wright
    • Selfas Self…
    43 episodes43 eps • 1969–1985
    Bob Todd
    Bob Todd
    • Selfas Self…
    41 episodes41 eps • 1970–1989
    The Ladybirds
    • Vocal Backingas Vocal Backing…
    14 episodes14 eps • 1979–1989
    Sue Upton
    • Various Rolesas Various Roles…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1977–1980
    Jon Jon Keefe
    • Selfas Self…
    22 episodes22 eps • 1973–1989
    Hill's Angels
    • Themselves - Dance Ensembleas Themselves - Dance Ensemble
    22 episodes22 eps • 1980–1989
    Jenny Lee Wright
    • Various Rolesas Various Roles…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1980–1985
    Ken Sedd
    • Various Rolesas Various Roles…
    21 episodes21 eps • 1969–1984
    Louise English
    Louise English
    • Selfas Self…
    19 episodes19 eps • 1978–1986
    Bella Emberg
    Bella Emberg
    • Various Rolesas Various Roles
    15 episodes15 eps • 1971–1982
    Lorraine Doyle
    • Various Rolesas Various Roles…
    12 episodes12 eps • 1977–1989
    Nicholas Parsons
    Nicholas Parsons
    • Announceras Announcer…
    Lee Gibson
    • Various Rolesas Various Roles…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1981–1985
    Cyril Cross
    • Various Rolesas Various Roles…
    10 episodes10 eps • 1978–1985
    Len Keyes
    • Various Rolesas Various Roles…
    10 episodes10 eps • 1974–1986
    Samantha Spencer-Lane
    • Hill's Angelas Hill's Angel
    10 episodes10 eps • 1980–1986
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    Storyline

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    A sketch-comedy series in which Hill would often play multiple characters and satirize popular British and American performers and stars. Common themes in the show were the husband-beating wife, buxom women, and silent, high-speed chase scenes between Hill and the other characters. —Gregg Long <diggerblue@hotmail.com>
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    • Genre
      • Comedy
    • Certificate
      • TV-PG
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      More than 90% of the material, both musical and scripted, was written by Benny Hill himself. He also frequently directed the show.
    • Quotes

      Blanche: Drink and sex. That's what killed your uncle - drink and sex!

      Harry: Yeah. He couldn't get either, so he shot himself.

    • Alternate versions
      For syndication in the United States, Benny's specials were edited down into half-hour episodes, typically removing obscure British references, the guest musical number (in earlier shows) and the Hill's Angels dance routines (in the early 1980s ones). Later, the syndicators simply took a complete Benny Hill episodes and cut it into two halves, regardless of material/British references.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Best of Benny Hill (1974)
    • Soundtracks
      Yakety Sax
      Written by Boots Randolph and James Rich

      (closing theme)

    User reviews32

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    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 !
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    • Thor2000
    • Apr 4, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 19, 1969 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Benny Hill Show
    • Production company
      • Thames Television
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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