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Benny Hill: Clown Imperial

  • TV documentary
  • BBC One
  • 1991
  • 1 episode

Omnibus examines Benny Hill's career and his innovation in the field of television comedy. With contributions from unexpected fans such as Mickey Rooney, Burt Reynolds, Michael Caine and writer John Mortimer.

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Press clippings

In Benny Hill: Clown Imperial (BBC2) he did a striptease in which he peeled off the solid flesh and showed a skeleton. Peeled off his face and showed a skull. Then detached his bones one by one. Alas, poor Yorick.

Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 27th April 1992

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