Benny Hill
- English
- Actor, writer, composer and comedian
Press clippings
Snoop Dogg on his unexpected love for Benny Hill
He's not the obvious Benny Hill fanboy, but Snoop Dogg has been waxing lyrical about his love of the old-school British comic, despite him long falling out of fashion.
Chortle, 24th July 2024Slapstick icon Benny Hill still tickling the Spanish
He may have been a global phenomenon in his heyday, but Benny Hill's fondness for scantily clad actresses and blackface impressions would definitely have led to him being cancelled today. At least here in Britain. Over in Spain, however, Hill, the epitome of political incorrectness, is enjoying a revival.
Simon Hunter, The Times, 24th January 2023Remembering Benny Hill 30 years after his death
Legendary comedian Benny Hill passed away nearly 30 years ago. Born in Hampshire, the comic was renown for his slapstick comedy, mimes and saucy humour.
Megan Stanley, Hampshire Live, 3rd April 2022When Michael Met Benny review
This sounds like a blatant pitch for one of Sky Arts' Urban Myths episodes: a dramatisation of what happened when Michael Jackson met Benny Hill.
Chortle, 4th March 2022New podcast dramatises real-life meeting between Michael Jackson & Benny Hill
On February 22 1992 the King of Pop met the King of Comedy. Benny Hill was staying at the Brompton Hospital following a heart attack when he was visited by his number one fan - Michael Jackson. They talked for half an hour, making plans for Michael to star in a future TV series of The Benny Hill Show. But it was not to be; Benny Hill died on the April 20, less than two months later. Now, exactly thirty years later a new play When Michael Met Benny is being released as a free drama podcast, imagining just what took place in that hospital room.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th February 2022Maureen Lipman thinks cancel culture is killing comedy. Don't make me laugh.
The veteran performer's concerns aren't shared by everyone in the comedy world, writes Bruce Dessau.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 22nd December 2021Whether wokies like it or not, Benny Hill is our heritage
Alternative comedy has come and gone, but how has Hill - invariably being pursued into woods by young women who would lose their clothing on tree branches - sidestepped the more ferocious forces of wokeness? I think it's precisely because of cancel culture that he's made a comeback from beyond the grave. He's a giant raspberry to the current climate of fear and loathing.
Aidan Smith, The Scotsman, 23rd November 2021Benny Hill repeats are back on TV
The Benny Hill Show is returning to TV tonight after an absence of almost 20 years. Nostalgia channel That's TV Gold is to air the comedian's work from his time at Thames TV from 1969 to 1989.
Chortle, 18th November 2021On the set of The Ladykillers - in pictures
The much-loved British caper starring Alec Guinness is being reissued, 65 years on, fully restored from the original negative. It was shot at Ealing Studios and around King's Cross in London, where photographers captured the stars relaxing on set.
Sarah Gilbert, The Guardian, 23rd October 2020Benny Hill's film debut restored
Benny Hill's first feature film, Who Done It?, has been restored to HD and will be released on Blu-ray in August.
British Comedy Guide, 12th July 2020