Harry Hill

Harry Hill and Friends comedy review

Harry Hill dominated. He seemed liberated, itching to let rip and interact with the audience.

Video: Harry Hill at the Royal Academy Exhibition

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Harry Hill: 'A lot of stand-up comedy is just a lie!'

"I'm passionate about comedy - it's a job, but I love it. It's like some people with music when you talk about discovering a band; it's the same when you discover someone doing something different in comedy."

Win a pair of tickets to see Harry Hill + Friends Live

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Harry Hill's Stars In Their Eyes is axed after 1 series

Stars in Their Eyes has been axed. The Harry Hill-fronted show has reportedly been dropped by ITV after it failed to get the audience figures the channel was hoping for.

This week we have the latest proof that ITV's light entertainment line-up has been devised by Alan Partridge. Following such disasters as Harry Hill's Stars in their Eyes and Get Your Act Together, the channel were in a need of a new hit. Unfortunately they're not going to find it in hypnosis-based game show You're Back in the Room which sounded like a rubbish idea even before it began.

Every week five members of the public compete in a series of challenges including balloon blowing and clay sculpting with the aim to win as much money as possible. The only problem is that they've been put under the spell of the hitherto unknown hypnotist Keith Barry.

Whilst watching You're Back in the Room I had the distinct impression that the whole show was a way to get Barry famous and that he'd had to hypnotise the light entertainment department at ITV in order to do so. The only people who'd find You're Back in the Room remotely entertaining are those who feel that one man trying to re-enact the pottery scene from Ghost with another male contestant is the funniest thing you've ever seen.

The humour in You're Back in the Room was very base and at times I felt like the only people being entertained were the studio audience and host Philip Schofield. Indeed, Schofield seemed to be having the time of his life leading me to believe that he was seeing something that those of as at home didn't.

Obviously there was the big question about whether the contestants were genuinely hypnotised or if they were just acting. However, I don't think this matters all that much as even if they were acting it didn't contribute to a show that was entertaining in the slightest.

The best Saturday night shows; such as Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, are ones in which the hosts try to involve the audience at home as best they can. Unfortunately the only people being entertained by You're Back in the Room were those watching it live and as a result I don't see it being back on the box after this series has come to an end.

Harry Hill tests new cookery themed comedy

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Seven questions with... Harry Hill

An FAQ with Harry Hill

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