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The Benny Hill Show is a British comedy television show starring Benny Hill that aired on the BBC and ITV between 15 January 1955 and 1 May 1989. The show consisted mainly of sketches typified by slapstick, mime, parody, and double entendre.
Show begins with a monologue from 'Professor' Benny about the "missing link" in history, which leads to a filmed segment of the evolution of civilization from the age of the caveman to modern times. A shop clerk at a pharmacy incorporates brand names of certain products into the conversation.
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The Benny Hill Show aired on the BBC and ITV (from 1969) between 15 January 1955 and 1 May 1989. It had a music hall-derived format combining live on-stage comedy and filmed segments, and its humour relied on slapstick, innuendo and parody.
Jan 21, 2024 · 1955 – The Benny Hill Show airs for the first time in its initial manifestation. 1956 – Makes the first of several cameo appearances in films, starting with Who Done It?
Jan 21, 2024 · The show started on 19th November 1969 and over the next 20 years there would 58 episodes in 19 "series" (often a series consisted of a couple of one-hour specials in the course of a year).
Oct 4, 2007 · ...many forget that Benny Hill first forged his TV career with a long stint at the BBC, where The Benny Hill Show ran on and off for an amazing 13 years from 1955-1968.
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After the war, Hill worked as a performer on radio, later producing a list of comedy sketches to the BBC who gave him his first television series. His first series, "The Benny Hill Show," ran from 1962 to 1963, in which he played a different character in each episode.
