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The Benny Hill Show

Duration:
UK:51 min (58 episodes) | France:35 min (edited version) (dubbed version) | USA:30 min
Genres:
Comedy
IMDB rate:
7.6
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Cast
Actor
Character
Candy Davis
Candy Davis
The Benny Hill Show
Benny Hill
Himself - 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)
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Trivia
Though the program's location scenes were largely shot on film throughout its run, there were two attempts to use videotape for outdoor shoots. The first was during the 1970-71 series (with the exception of the 24 March 1971 edition and the "Love Will Find a Way" sketch from 27 January 1971), and the second was the 30 May 1978 telecast. In those days, location shooting on videotape for comedy/variety shows was almost unheard of due to the cumbersome equipment in use then and the added expense of using videotape rather than film for exterior shots. Other than those two instances, Benny Hill continued to shoot on location with film to the end, even with the advances in technology in the late 1980s which made it possible to do location shoots on videotape. He would only do one more show with videotaped outdoor segments, Benny Hill: Unseen (1991), which was made after his show was cancelled by Thames.
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More than 90% of the material, both musical and scripted, was written by Benny Hill himself. He also frequently directed the show.
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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.
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Quotes
Director Sam Speiler: [reminiscing about an actress who was in one of his films] Oh God, she couldn't sing, she couldn't dance, she couldn't act . . .
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Sheriff Bill Jardine: Hey, do we know Ace Dickey?
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Nicholas Parsons: Are Thames executives against attractive nude women?
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Photos from cast
Andrea Allan Candy Davis
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