Harry Hill's TV Burp

Your next box set: Harry Hill's TV Burp

Harry Hill has made an art out of zooming in on the preposterous, eye-popping bits of everyday TV, and it works deliriously, hilariously well.

Harry Hill signs record deal

Harry Hill has just signed a deal with Universal Records. The TV Burp genius will stick to what he knows best and issue albums of comic songs and other funny stuff.

Harry Hill in £5m ITV pay deal

Harry Hill has signed a new £5 million ITV deal. The comic had been courted by Sky, but decided to stay with ITV - for extra wonga.

Harry Hill signs two-year deal with ITV

Comedian will make two more series of TV Burp and You've Been Framed in multi-million pound deal.

Another deliciously daft digest of the week's TV with our generously collared host Harry Hill. He dissects the week's soaps, dramas and documentaries via surreal skits and a thorough rummage through the dressing-up box. He'll no doubt also cast his satirical eye over Let's Dance for Sport Relief, while knitted talent show spoof The K Factor continues.

Radio Times on Harry Hill

The last series showed signs of wear and tear, possibly because it is a hugely labour-intensive show as Harry Hill and his small team of writers watch unimaginable amounts of television, most of it pap.

Harry Hill returns for another series of unflaggingly funny send-ups and observations of the week's TV. His jovial, yet deadly, mockery of television's oddities is so superb, it's increasingly tempting to think that some of our nuttiest programmes are being produced simply to keep Hill in spoofable material. Alas, this time there'll be no X Factor for Hill to get his lampooning hands on. But then, his ability to dredge up the unexpectedly surreal delights lurking at the depths of the TV ocean is part of his high-collared genius.

Although there were times when the last series of TV Burp lost its mojo, there's still no other straightforward laugh-fest quite like Harry Hill's weekly demolition of bad telly. And it did have its moments, like his remorseless ribbing of The X Factor and Jimmy's Food Factory, not to mention Simon King on Autumnwatch. The clip-meister returns for a new series to brighten Saturday nights with a bit of wit and sauciness, poking fun at lazy and idiotic pieces of digital-television nonsense, plus the likes of Emmerdale, EastEnders, Coronation Street and anything else that takes the fancy of Hill and his small squad of assiduous, square-eyed researchers.

TV Burp Australia

Here's the Australian version of Harry Hill's TV Burp, hosted by actor/DJ Ed Kavalee. The general humour seems the same, the set's similar, the use of clips is identical, but there doesn't seem to be as much spirit to proceedings. I think TV Burp is so entwined with Harry Hill's brand of madcap humour that it's difficult to translate with someone else. See the full article for clips.