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The Benny Hill Show

Page 1 (Shows 1 - 20)

Benny Hill fan William Brown has added details for many of the shows of my guide to the Syndicated Series of the Benny Hill Show. There are air dates for almost every item, as well as names of cast members and so on. These details show when sketches appeared and so on. William looks as though he is going to continue adding info. Thanks again, William. Enjoy!

Please note:

The Benny Hill Show was not a weekly series, but was aired as specials several times a year. For syndication, all of these specials were put together as thirty minute shows. This Show Guide represents the 111 syndicated shows.

SHOW #1

  1. Beanz Meanz Beanz (3/29/73)
  2. Song: "Ring around your finger, rope around your neck"
    (Benny, Ladybirds, Orange Blossom Sound)
    (first broadcast in U.K. on 2/22/73; opening musical number)
  3. The Crimson Shadow 1: "Underwear" (2/22/73)
  4. Billy Epstein (vibrating voice) (2/22/73)
  5. Chocolate Cream 1: "I can't break it" (2/22/73)
  6. Liberace (2/22/73)
  7. Crimson Shadow 2: "In England we drink tea"
    (Benny and Pat Ashton) (2/22/73)
  8. Hai Karachi (2/22/73)
  9. Chocolate Cream 2: "Falling Vase" (2/22/73)
  10. Crimson Shadow 3: "Sword" (2/22/73)
  11. Newscaster: Broken Glasses (1/26/77)
  12. Nor Iron Bars A Cage: Escaped Convicts
    (feat. Benny, Jackie Wright, Eddie Connor and Sue Upton) (1/26/77)
  13. Chimpy Dog Food: 2P Off (with Rita Webb) (1/26/77)
  14. Poetry Corner: "They Said That It Could Not Be Done" (3/29/73)
  15. Benny: "How does he do it?" (Knife in back) (1/26/77)
  16. Close: The Beach - Jackie Wright goes bodybuilding (1/26/77)

SHOW #2

  1. Benny: "She's Big!! /Smoooth Bald Head ("Pub Bore")
    (12/22/71)
    (NOTE: the underlined title in parentheses is what A&E Home Video's DVD compilation of Hill's 1969-71 shows called this sketch)
  2. Song: "Gypsy Rock" (12/22/71 opening number)
  3. Spot Black (Pool): Hurricane Hill vs. Henry McGee
    (also w/Lesley Goldie) (12/5/73)
  4. Capitano & Prisoner 1: "sexy pictures of your wife…" (12/5/73)
  5. Hospital X-Ray (Benny & Bella Emberg) (12/5/73)
  6. Manollo: "a hand…" (Benny & Bella Emberg) (12/5/73)
  7. Crystal Ball (Bob & Henry McGee) (12/5/73)
  8. Juvenile Delinquent (12/5/73)
  9. Capitano & Prisoner 2: "sorry, wrong number…" (12/5/73)
  10. Red China (Bob and Henry) (12/5/73)
  11. Manollo: "fishcakes…" (12/5/73)
  12. Date: "No means yes…?" (12/5/73)
  13. Capitano & Prisoner 3: "the old fat bag…" (12/5/73)
  14. Adultery: "Avon calling…" (Benny, Bob & Kay Frazer) (12/5/73)
  15. Capitano & Prisoner 4: "No tasty food for 4 days…" (12/5/73)
  16. Painters: singing to radio (12/5/73)
  17. Sunbright Lemon Liquid (12/5/73)
  18. Dates: "Short & Tall" (12/5/73)
  19. The Great British Dancing Finals (12/27/73)
  20. Batman (A drink) (12/27/73)
  21. Zeek & Lem 1: "How's the wife…?"
    (Benny, Bob & Malou Cartwright) (12/27/73)
  22. New Baby: "His father's eyes…"
    (Benny, Andree Melly & Lesley Goldie) (12/27/73)
  23. Zeek & Lem 2: "I came to mend the roof" (12/27/73)
  24. Hospital: Specimen (Benny & Andree Melly) (12/27/73)
  25. Zeek & Lem 3:
    "My wife closes her eyes when we make love…" (12/27/73)
  26. Miss Dimpton on Sea (Clovissa Newcombe) (12/22/71)
  27. Close: Female Bobbies (12/22/71; w/ original closing credits)

SHOW #3

  1. Minister: "Don't jump, my son…" (12/17/75)
  2. Cinema, The Vintage Years: "Passengers Of Love" (3/24/71)
  3. Autumn Fashion Parade 1
    (Benny & Trudi Van Doorn as models, Hugh Paddick as commentator) (10/25/72)
  4. Travel Ad 1: "I've got 2 38's" (Benny & Trudi Van Doorn) (10/25/72)
  5. Autumn Fashion Parade 2
    (Benny & Gypsie Kemp as models, Hugh Paddick as commentator) (10/25/72)
  6. Travel Ad 2: "I've got 747's" (10/25/72)
  7. Woodstick (Song: "Big daddy's Alabamy-bound") (10/25/72)
  8. Song: "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Benny and Pat Ashton) (2/22/73)
  9. Close: Wheel Chair
    (Ol' Man Benny; w/Jackie, Lesley Goldie & Sue Bond)
    (3/24/71; w/ part of original closing credits)

SHOW #4

  1. Unfaithful Wife (3/24/71)
  2. Song: "Lulu-Belle"
    (w/Jackie & Leanne Robinson) (12/17/75 opening number)
  3. Pearl & Plain prevents: "Shopping Center" (12/17/75)
  4. Children and apologies:
    "He comes back now and again to apologize" (12/17/75)
  5. Execution (12/17/75)
  6. Mustache (Benny & Dilys Watling) (12/17/75)
  7. Railway Station Medley: (3/29/73)
    1. "The Runaway Train"
    2. "Widdlecome Fair"
    3. "Baby lover"
    4. "Gather In The Mushrooms"
    5. "Slow March Of The Railway Boar"
  8. Candid Camera from
    "One Night Video Stand"
    (2/23/77)
  9. Close: Dept. Store: "The age of Aquarius"
    (3/29/73; w/original closing credits)

SHOW #5

  1. Lottery Terminal Lover (Benny & Bob Todd)
    from "The Naughty Early Years: Set 2" (10/25/72)
  2. Lance 'Juggler' Vane & Cherry - Lana & her performing men
    (9/24/75)
  3. Song: Eddie Buchanan: "Going Nowhere"
    (9/24/75 opening number)
  4. Mr. Scuttle & Eddie: "Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like"
    (Ink breast in hotel) / Dibbles Health Farm (9/24/75)
  5. Hair Ad (w/Jon Jon Keefe) (03/29/73)
  6. The British Army (ad) (03/29/73)
  7. Midnight in Soho (Topless Bar) w/Song: "Love For Sale"
    (also feat. Anna Dawson, Diana Darvey, Lee Gibson) (3/12/75)
  8. Record store: toilet paper (9/24/75)
  9. Flu injections (9/24/75)
  10. Bus stop (9/24/75?)
  11. Close: Bus stop mannequin (9/24/75; w/original closing credits)

SHOW #6

  1. The Amazing Kreskin (w/Lorna Nathan as assistant)
    from "The Naughty Early Years: Set 3" (12/17/75)
  2. Song: "The Egg Marketing Board Tango" (3/24/71 opening number)
  3. The Messenger (3/24/71)
  4. Benny explains the making of the show and television: costume, scripts (3/24/71)
  5. "French For Starters": Claude and beautiful French girl
    (Bettine Le Beau) (3/24/71)
  6. Benny & Bob: golfing
    (edit from Scuttle Channel Tunnel sketch) (12/27/73)
  7. Tea or Coffee… sugar…milk? (12/27/73)
  8. Berlin Youth Choir Recital:
    German song group led by Benny (10/25/72)
  9. Close: Men's toilet (10/25/72)

SHOW #7

  1. Shoelace and stickup: Manollo
    (Benny, Bob & Barbara Wise) (12/5/73)
  2. Benny, Jackie & Eddie with Female Dancer
    (prob. Lorna Nathan) - Song: "Tonight You'll Be Mine" (12/17/75)
  3. The Dance: Guys & Gals Ballroom Dancing (12/17/75)
  4. Mr. Scuttle & Henry McGee:
    Scuttle the Security Guard & Rex + film (2/22/73)
  5. Date: Contact lens (Benny & Jenny Lee-Wright) (12/27/72)
  6. Duet 1: Benny & (Pat Ashton) (12/27/72)
  7. Cruise: "Don't jump!! (Benny, Pat Ashton & Diana King) (12/27/72)
  8. "Knock Three Times…" (12/27/72)
  9. Bad Closeups & Directing 1 (w/Pat Ashton) (12/27/72)
  10. Duet 2: "Forgotten words" (w/Pat Ashton) (12/27/72)
  11. Bad Closeups & Directing 2 (12/27/72)
  12. Duet 3: "Falling In Love With Love"
    (Bad Key) (w/Pat Ashton) (12/27/72)
  13. Clumsy dancer (12/27/72)
  14. Bad close-ups & directing 3 (12/27/72)
  15. Close: Scottish Adulterers (yakkety-sax)
    (Benny, Henry & Helli Louise)
    (2/22/73; w/original closing credits)

SHOW #8

  1. The Deputy: "make sure he's dead…" (5/30/78)
  2. Song: "The ashes on the dust-bin of your mind"
    (10/25/72 opening number)
  3. Fairly Liquid 1 (Benny & Lee Gibson) (3/29/73)
  4. Streetlight dancers: outtake #1 (3/29/73)
  5. Blooper: "Drink to old Vienna" 1 (3/29/73)
  6. Streetlight dancers: outtake #2 (3/29/73)
  7. Fairly Liquid 2 (Benny & Trudi Van Doorn) (3/29/73)
  8. Blooper: "Drink to old Vienna" 2 (3/29/73)
  9. Fairly Liquid 3: "little girl Benny…" (3/29/73)
  10. Lean on my crutch: monologue from
    "The Naughty Early Years: Set 2" (3/29/73)
  11. Casanova from "One Night Video Stand" (3/23/77)
  12. Song: "At The Streaker's Ball" from
    "One Night Video Stand" (3/23/77)

SHOW #9

  1. Matches for sale
    (edit from "Villain of the Year Award" sketch) (2/23/77)
  2. Programming Line-up (3/23/77)
  3. Starsky & Hutch from "One Night Video Stand"
    (w/Jackie as Huggy Bear; also feat. Rita Webb and Lorraine Doyle) (3/23/77)
  4. International Moments of Television: (all from 12/22/71)
    1. German Soldiers "Es Ist Eine Mann's Leif in der Deutch Armee"
    (also feat. Bob, Ronnie Brody and Carol Mills)
    2. Model Display - British (Benny & Bettine Le Beau)
    3. Dirty Doll Winder 1 - British
    (Benny, Kay Frazer, Clovissa Newcombe and Johnny Greenland)
    4. Brillo Pad - German
    5. Dirty Doll Winder 2 - French
    (Benny, Bob, Kay Frazer and Clovissa Newcombe)
    6. Tennis - German - Balmolive Soap (ad)
    (Benny, Mia Martin and John Trayhorn)
    7. Flamenco Guitarist 1 - Spanish (Benny & Bob)
    8. The Black Theatre - British
    (Benny, Bob and Kay Frazer)
    *NOTE: later remade in "Monte Carbolic Show" sketch
    9. Calais Soap Ad (Stand-In) (w/Carol Mills)
    10. Flamenco Guitarist 2 - Spanish (Benny & Bob)
    11. Bra Ad - German
  5. "Girls, Girls, Girls" from "One Night Video Stand" (3/23/77)
    1. "Girls, Girls, Girls" (w/Suzy Mandel)
    2. "Somethin' 'Bout You Baby I Like" (w/Anne Bruzac, a.k.a. 'Froggie')
    3. "When The Saints Go Marchin' In"

SHOW #10

  1. Stick-Up: from "Villain Of The Year Award" (2/23/77)
  2. Song: "Mad About You"
    (Lee Gibson; Benny on various instruments) (3/29/73)
  3. A Feast on the Beach (a.k.a. "I Have To Watch My Figure")
    (w/Dilys Watling) from "One Night Video Stand"
    & "The Naughty Early Years: Set 3" (3/23/77)
  4. Deep In My Heart on Television in Wide-Screen
    (a.k.a. Pan And Scan) (Benny, Jackie and Dilys Watling)
    from "One Night Video Stand" and
    "The Naughty Early Years: Set 3" (3/23/77)
  5. Mattress Ad (feat. Eddie Buchanan & Lorraine Doyle) (3/23/77)
  6. Victorian Scandals
    (w/Henry, Jenny Lee-Wright and Rita Webb) (2/23/77)
  7. Boy Scouts Campground
    (Benny & Jackie; also feat. Ken Sedd & Jenny Westbrook) (2/23/77)

SHOW #11

  1. German Soldier
    (Benny, Bob and Jenny Lee-Wright) (3/22/72)
  2. Song: "Give Me An Older Woman Every Time"
    (12/27/73 opening number)
  3. Hospital Ward: Charley Gray's Birthday (Nurse "Can-Can")
    (also feat. Carol Mills, Lesley Goldie, Jackie, Bob, Jim Tyson, Verne Morgan and Yvonne Paul) (3/22/72)
  4. "Deputy" talks about Airplanes & duet: "Those Days" - Benny and Ladybird Marian Davies (3/22/72)
  5. The "Mirror": Benny & The Ballerina (3/29/73)
  6. Close: Dimpton Health & Sun Club
    (3/12/75; w/ original closing credits)

SHOW #12

  1. Mighty Deodorant for Men (3/12/75)
  2. Song: "The Rose of El Paso" (3/12/75 opening number)
  3. Aboriginal Blow-Pipe: "Who's going to suck the poison out"
    (Benny as Rolf Harris, w/ Lee Gibson) (3/12/75)
  4. Horse Races: Cut Throat (Benny and Patrick Newell) (3/12/75)
  5. Digger Blue: Private Eye (5/30/78)
  6. Music Festival direction
    (w/Bob, Zienia Merton, Jenny Lee-Wright, Nicholas Parsons, Robert Howe, Lesley Goldie, Penny Meredith, Yvonne Paul, Jose Stewart, Jim Tyson, Geraldine Burnett and Jackie) (3/22/72)
  7. "Deputy" talks about Airplanes & duet: "Those Days"
    Benny and Ladybird Marian Davies
  8. The State of The Nation: Suicide
    (also feat. Bob and Kay Frazer) (12/5/73)
  9. Kojak: Jack and Jill
    (Benny, Henry, Jackie, Eddie Buchanan and Dilys Watling) (12/17/75)
  10. Close: Olympic Training Area
    (12/17/75; w/ original closing credits)

SHOW #13

  1. Tree Fellers from "The Naughty Early Years: Set 3" (01/08/75)
  2. Monologue & Song:
    "The Island Of Waikiki" with Diana Darvey (1/8/75)
  3. The Reluctant Bridegroom (a.k.a. The Wedding) from "One Night Video Stand"
    and "The Naughty Early Years: Set 3" (Benny, feat. Rita Webb, Ken Sedd, Jenny Lee-Wright and Eddie Buchanan) (2/23/77)
  4. Pam's People
    (Benny, Henry, Bob, Jackie and Earl Adair in drag) (3/12/75)
  5. The Bionic Baby (1/26/77)
  6. Close: Fruit Stand thieves and Chase Scene
    (1/8/75; w/ original closing credits)

SHOW #14

  1. Benny's Cling Seal from
    "The Naughty Early Years: Set 2" (12/5/73)
  2. Song: "Wild Women" (3/22/72 opening number)
  3. Mr. Scuttle and the Army Band, Gardener's Park Ballet: (12/5/73)
    1. The Flower (Benny, Johnny Greenland and Kay Frazer)
    2. Benny and the guys
    3. Garbage Collection
    4. Kitchen Orchestra (w/Jon Jon Keefe, Henry and Lesley Goldie)
    5. Ticket Man (Benny, Kay Frazer, Bob and Bella Emberg)
    6. Fight
  4. Nicholas Parson's talks to the Children:
    "She's A Na-kid" (also w/Lesley Goldie) (3/22/72)
  5. Song: "Little Things Mean A Lot"
    (w/Pamela Cundell) (3/22/72)
  6. Monologue: "Fishermen" Lakeside Park with Jack and Bob (3/22/72)
  7. Song: "Harvest Of Love" (3/22/72)
  8. Close: Escaped Convict (3/22/72)

SHOW #15

  1. Dearest Heart (Leather)
    (Benny w/Henry and Helli Louise) (2/22/73)
  2. Song: "Portable TV Set" (Benny and Jenny Lee-Wright) (12/27/72)
    1. Ironside (Benny, Bob, Jimmy Thompson and Pat Ashton)
    2. Cooking Show
    3. Sunday Best
    4. The Ladybirds (Benny, Bob and Jimmy Thompson in drag)
  3. Commercials: (12/27/72)
    1. Paint Commercial 1 (Knocked over cans)
    2. St. Evil (Cheese)
    3. Paint Commercial 2
    4. Hair Spray 1 (blowing flower)
    5. Paint Commercial 3
    6. Hair Spray 2
    7. Pirates
    8. Dog Food
  4. Church Mission: "Knowing what we now know" (Knickers) (12/27/72)
  5. Benny accompanies Dilys Watling: "Fever" from
    "One Night Video Stand" and
    "The Naughty Early Years: Set 3" (3/23/77)
  6. Window: "George . . . come back!" (Rita Webb)
    from "The Naughty Early Years: Set 3" (3/23/77)
  7. Hotel Sordide (Benny provides room service for an arguing couple) (Benny, Henry, Jillianne Foot, Charles Stapley, Eunice Black, Dee Dee Darlington and Lee Gibson) (5/30/78)
  8. Silent Sequence: Nature Park and Zoo, Aquarium, Sauna, Bus Stop (also feat. Ken Sedd and Jenny Westbrook) (5/30/78 ending)

SHOW #16

  1. Stage play: fart (10/25/72)
  2. Diana Darvey, Benny and Jackie:
    "You are a pair of T-W-I-T-S!!" (1/26/77)
  3. Poem: "The Birds and Bees" (Benny)
    from "The Naughty Early Years: Set 1" (3/11/70)
  4. Paint Commercial (10/25/72)
  5. Cruising on the S.S. Rumpo from
    "The Naughty Early Years: Set 1" (11/24/71)
  6. Rogue Nudist from "The Naughty Early Years: Set 1"
    (Benny, Nicole Shelby, Michael Sharvell-Martin, Jimmy Thompson, and Ladybirds Marian Davies and Maggie Stredder) (3/11/70)
  7. Sunnydays Naturists Colony
  8. Moments of Television: from
    "The Naughty Early Years: Set 1": (3/11/70)
    1. Sword Fight
    2. Indigestion (w/Michael Sharvell-Martin and Sue Bishop)
    3. Song: "Please Release Me"
    4. Tiny Tim
    5. Benny looking up skirts
    6. Song: "Stardust"

SHOW #17

  1. The Musical Monks (Benny & Jackie)
    from "The Naughty Early Years: Set 3" (2/18/76)
  2. Song: "On The Beach at St. Tropez" from
    "The Naughty Early Years: Set 1" (11/24/71 opening number)
  3. Moments of Television from
    "The Naughty Early Years: Set 1" (11/24/71):
    1. Big Ben in France (w/Jerold Wells)
    2. Ripped pants (Benny & Bettine Le Beau)
    3. Henry the 8th (Benny & Jenny Lee-Wright)
    4. Firm Bristols (Bettine Le Beau)
    5. Calais Soap (Benny & Henry)
    6. Heart To Heart (air chair) (Benny & Carol Mills)
    7. Western Movie set (Benny & Jerold Wells)
  4. Jackie Wright's Holiday
    (nudity in beach stalls; girls on plane) (2/22/73)
  5. Benny & Jackie as Luke & Tinker:
    Nursery Rhyme Song (vaudeville) (2/18/76)
  6. Marriage Advice Bureau (2/7/74)
  7. Benny & Jackie: The Bill Stickers from
    "The Naughty Early Years: Set 1" (10/28/70)

SHOW #18

  1. Office: Counting & Bent over Secretary
    from "The Naughty Early Years: Set 3" (2/18/76)
  2. Song: "Juanita Bonita Dolores" from
    "The Naughty Early Years: Set 1" (12/25/69 opening number)
  3. Program Lineup with Humphrey Bumphrey
    (Paul Eddington) (4/21/76):
    1. Movin' On,
    2. "Who's Afraid Of Virgin Wool"
    (Benny as Rich Burt & Eliza Tayl, w/Paul Eddington & Susie Baker)
  4. Pregnant Again 1 - from "The Naughty Early Years: Set 3" (2/18/76)
  5. Pregnant Again 2 - from "The Naughty Early Years: Set 3" (2/18/76)
  6. Tommy Tupper in Tupper Time from
    "The Naughty Early Years: Set 1" (2/4/70)
  7. Monk Playing hands and feet from
    "The Naughty Early Years: Set 1" (3/11/70)
  8. Brassiere Shopping (bag on head) from
    "The Naughty Early Years: Set 3" (2/18/76)
  9. Dog Names - from "The Naughty Early Years: Set 3" (2/18/76)
  10. Mask Boutique Mime from
    "The Naughty Early Years: Set 1"
    (also on Best of Benny Hill)
    (Benny, Charmaine Seal, Jackie & Nicholas) (10/28/70)

SHOW #19

  1. "Come Back, Thelma!!" from
    "The Naughty Early Years: Set 1" (12/25/69)
  2. Song: "So Many Girls" (a.k.a. "Time Is Runnin' Out For Me")
    from "The Naughty Early Years: Set 3" (4/21/76)
    (also feat. Bella Emberg, Susie Baker, Ken Sedd,
    Eddie Buchanan & Love Machine)
  3. Bettine Le Beau: Moments going wrong from
    "The Naughty Early Years: Set 1" (3/24/71):
    1. Mexican Dancer (Benny & Johnny Greenland)
    2. Little French Boy - Egg Commercial (Benny & Bettine)
    3. TV Paris Presente: "Bonanza" (Benny & Bob)
    4. German Margarine Commercial
    (Benny, Lesley Goldie, Bettine & Bob)
    5. Bar: Turpentine Beer (Benny, Nicholas, Bob & Jackie)
  4. Supersonic (Rock concert) (4/21/76)
    1. Lindsay DePaul: "Be Gentle With Me"
    2. Roy Wood: "Rose"
    3. Roy Orbison: "You're The One"
    4. Benny & Eddie: "I'll Never Know"
  5. Bishop's Walk (Henry & Jackie) from
    "The Naughty Early Years: Set 3" (2/18/76)
  6. Ventriloquist: Counting and Drinking from
    "The Naughty Early Years: Set 1" (w/Nicole Shelby) (3/11/70)
  7. Good Night (2/23/72):
    1. Shirley Bassey
    2. Piano Player
    3. Dorothy Squires
    4. Nana Moskouri
    5. "Coming Through The Rye"
    6. "Me and My Shadow"

SHOW #20

  1. Your Own Food! (Benny & Henry) from "The Naughty Early Years: Set 3" (2/18/76)
  2. Song: "Lovely Bianca"
    (w/Eddie Buchanan, Diana Darvey, Jenny Lee-Wright & Reflections) (1/26/77 opening number)
  3. The Short and Unhappy Romance of Ted Tingle
    (also feat. Bella Emberg,.Jon Jon Keefe & Len Keyes) (3/13/74)
  4. World of Sport with Dickie Davies
    (also feat. Eddie, Jackie, Henry, Love Machine & Moira Foot) (2/18/76)
  5. At The Disco with Benny, Jackie, Eddie & Henry (2/18/76)

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