Heroes Of Comedy (1995)
- TV documentary
- Channel 4
- 1995 - 2003
- 33 episodes (6 series)
Long-running documentary series looking at some of the greatest and most famous names in British comedy.
Episode menu
Series 3, Episode 1 - Benny Hill
Benny Hill is the subject of this tribute. Hill touched the funny bone of the whole world, but behind the comedy there was a very private person: the loner, a shy and humble clown.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 12th January 1998
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Bob Monkhouse | Self |
| Barry Took | Self |
| Anthony Newley | Self |
| Phyllis Diller | Self |
| Caroline Aherne | Self |
| Dick Van Dyke | Self |
| Peter Charlesworth | Self |
| Steve Allen | Self |
| Henry McGee | Self |
| Richard Stone | Self |
| Jeremy Hawk | Self |
| Dennis Kirkland | Self |
| Louise English | Self |
| Don Taffner | Self |
| Sue Upton | Self |
| Reg Varney | Self |
| Benny Hill | Self (Archive Material) |
| John Fisher | Writer |
| Thomas Atkinson (as Tom Atkinson) | Director |
| John Fisher | Producer |
| Mark Sangster | Editor |
Press
A worthwhile repeat of this episode from Channel 4's 1998 series Heroes of Comedy about Benny Hill, a comic who managed the trick of being popular on both sides of the Atlantic. And he didn't stop there: Hill had fans from China and Russia too. As he once observed of his visual humour: "I can get my face slapped in six languages." This tribute captures the man behind the bawdy "seaside postcard" humour: the shy, humble loner. With clips from his shows and contributions from Bob Monkhouse and Barry Took.
Simon Horsford, The Telegraph, 25th June 2010