The Benny Hill Show

TV Series
1969–1989
TV-PG
30m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

5.7K

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Parody Sketch Comedy Slapstick 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.

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

5.7K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,367

118

Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 3 wins & 6 nominations total

Episodes59

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TopTop-rated19 seasons20 years

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)

I've laughed and enjoyed the Benny Hill shows ever since i was very young, and still do. Benny Hill is one of the comedians who are really able to be funny, without contrived situations and one-liners. And he manages to throw in some more serious acting too. There is a certain feeling of quality, of true artistry to every moment of the show which most of his followers lack. Many of the jokes are seen as off-color today and would probably never be aired if the show was new, a sign that things are changing in the other direction. Catch it now before it is forever buried and condemned by the politically correct!