The Benny Hill Show

1969

The Benny Hill Show

7.6 | TV-14 | en | Comedy

The Benny Hill Show is a British comedy television show that starred Benny Hill and aired in various incarnations between 15 January 1955 and 30 May 1991 in over 140 countries. The show focused on sketches that were full of slapstick, mime, parody, and double-entendre. Thames Television cancelled production of the show in 1989 due to declining ratings and large production costs at £450,000 per show.

Seasons & Episodes

EP1 The Crook Report

Feb. 08,1989

1.Benny Quickies: Indiscretions a. The Ceiling b. Compulsive Liar c. You Carry The Baby d. "92" 2.Benny's Ballad: Cockney Girls and Rustic Lasses 3.Hill's Little Angels: The Birthday Party 4.Fred Scuttle: The Daily Scuttle 5.Benny Quickie: Bad Memory! 6.Hills Angels: Sport 7.The After Dinner Speech Dinner 8.Benny Quickie: Sick As a Dog a. Rover Bit Your Mother b. Expecting 9.The Crook Report 10.Closing Chase

EP2 Holding Out for a Hero

Apr. 05,1989

1.Benny Quickies: Frank Talking! 2.Scuttle's Circus 3.Benny's Ballad: Anna Marie 4.Benny Quickies: Frank Talking II 5.Heroes Through the Ages 6.Misunderstandings 7.Chow Mein: Home Catering 8.Hill's Angels: Photocall 9.Misunderstandings II 10.Jungle Antics 11.Closing Chase

EP3 Tales of the Unexpected

May. 01,1989

1.Benny Quickies: a. Where Is Granny Now? b. Peeping Tom c. Sex Life Of A Tiger d. Eye Of The Beholder e. Pepys's Diary 2.Benny Quickies: Getting Away With It a. Can You Lend Me $5 b. The Morgue c. The Window Cleaner 3.The Good Guys 4.Marriage Guidance 5.Benny Hill: A Single Life 6.Hill's Angels: TV Shows Titles 7.Tales of The Unexpected 8.Hill's Angels: Happy Days 9.The Bill 10.Boon 11.Benny Quickie: You're Next! 12.School Master 13.Hill's Little Angels: Gone Fishing 14.Closing Chase

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Released: 1969-11-19 | Released Producted By: BBC , Thames Television Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Comedy

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Cast

Benny Hill , Henry McGee , Bob Todd

Director

Philip Jones

Producted By

BBC , Thames Television

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Benny Hill

Is Benny Hill Still Funny? I Was A Hill's Angel The Filth and the Fury Benny Hill: The Lost Years - The Good, the Bawd and the Benny Benny Hill - Unseen Benny Hill: The World's Favorite Clown Benny Hill's World Tour: New York! Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice Just Like That! A Tribute to Tommy Cooper

Henry McGee

Charlie Drake: Drake's Progress Benny Hill: The Lost Years - The Good, the Bawd and the Benny Benny Hill - Unseen Angry George Irons Benny Hill's World Tour: New York! Mr. H Is Late Let There Be Love Benny Hill Show Carry On Emmannuelle Adventures of a Taxi Driver

Bob Todd

Benny Hill: The Lost Years - The Good, the Bawd and the Benny Benny Hill - Unseen Benny Hill's World Tour: New York! Just Like That! Mr. H Is Late The Steam Video Company Gabrielle and the Doodleman Showdown at Spiggots Store Superman III It's Your Move

Philip Jones

Executive Producer

David Bell

Producer

Keith Beckett

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Ronald Fouracre

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John Robins

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Peter Frazer-Jones

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Mark Stuart

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Dennis Kirkland

Producer

The Benny Hill Show Audience Reviews

WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Ploydsge just watch it!

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

dvbar1 When I was young in the early eighties I would stay up late every weekend to watch Benny Hill and just got the DVD set not having seen it since. I have to say it's still as funny as I remember (probably even more so now that I understand more of the jokes) and one of the funniest things I've seen in years. After growing up watching Benny Hill I now understand why I just don't find many of today's comics funny, because they're not. You can all have your Adam Sandlers and the like I'll take Benny any day. I find it very sad reading about his early death and treatment in his home country, to think we were all denied probably years more of his comic genius because of a bunch of over sensitive loudmouth idiots is beyond me. I can understand if you didn't like him, not everyone has the same taste, but to vilify the man who was obviously doing something right by staying popular for so long is a true travesty. Thank goodness we have video to enjoy what he did do to keep those of us who do find him funny laughing for as long as we like.

atomius This is one of those great comedies from the 70s. It is a sketch show but has little in the way of an extended plot line, most episodes featuring entirely new characters and situations. That is one reason it is worth watching. Sure, some might think it's a tad vulgar, but Benny does indeed show brilliance with his lyrics and rhymes, and the visual humour is very funny. The characters themselves, a constant change of new ones and some recurring ones, are quite hilarious. Half of it is filmed in the studio/audience room itself whilst half is filmed outdoors at particular places such as parks/streets etc. The music and background music is quite 'catchy' and certainly gives the show an upbeat feel. The fact Benny's characters never get the girl they want to just makes it more amusing. And of course one can't forget the effects, using television as a form of almost magic trick like effects, there are some scenes which defy physics. Quite certainly the effects themselves are worthy of viewing.

Thor2000 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 !

Helstrom Benny is the King! I love this show! I love the facial expressions! I love the innuendo! I love the songs! I love the chases! I love Louise English and Sue Upton!"The pleasures of drink last but a moment, Cigarettes make you sick, you could die; But the love of a beautiful woman, oh! That's the best thing that money can buy!" -Benny Hill