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The Benny Hill Show (1969)

  • Comedy
  • 60 min episodes
  • 19 seasons
  • TV-14 age guide
  • ★ 7.2/10 from 184 ratings

The Benny Hill Show is a British comedy television show that starred Benny Hill and aired in various incarnations between 15 January 1955 and 30 May 1991 in over 140 countries. The show focused on sketches that were full of slapstick, mime, parody, and double-entendre. Thames Television cancelled production of the show in 1989 due to declining ratings and large production costs at £450,000 per show.

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    The Two Ronnies

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    1971 · 50 min · Comedy

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    The Two Ronnies is a British sketch show which aired on BBC1 from 1971 to 1987. It featured the double act of Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, the "Two Ronnies" of the title.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared theme: sketch comedy
    • a closely matched era
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    Ripping Yarns

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    1976 · 45 min · Comedy

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    A British television comedy series, written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python fame. Following an initial pilot episode in January 1976, it ran for two subsequent series of five and three episodes in October 1977 and October 1979 respectively. Each episode had a different setting and characters, looking at a different aspect of British culture and parodying pre-World War II literature aimed at schoolboys.

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    • shared network: BBC One
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    The Tony Hancock Show

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    1956 · 30 min · Comedy

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    The Tony Hancock Show was a black-and-white British sketch show starring Tony Hancock that was broadcast for two series from 1956 to 1957. It was written by Eric Sykes, Larry Stephens, John Jose and Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. All the episodes were shown live.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared network: ITV1
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    The Goodies

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    1970 · 30 min · Comedy

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    A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.

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    Morecambe & Wise: Christmas Specials

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    1969 · Comedy

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    Running from 1969 until 1977, the BBC Christmas shows were usually on Christmas Day. These classic sketches revolved around famous guest stars, such as Eric Porter, Fenella Fielding, Ann Hamilton, Peter Gushing, Glenda Jackson, Andre Previn and Des O'Connor, being made fun of by Eric and Ernie.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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    • shared network: BBC One
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    Cribbins

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    1969 · 25 min · Comedy

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    An offbeat revue of quickfire sketches in the 'Cribbins style', this fast-moving mixture of comedy and song (including chart hits Hole in the Ground, Gossip Calypso, and Right Said Fred) featured a gallery of outrageous characters in a myriad of seemingly inexhaustible situations! Bank clerk, burglar, tramp, librarian, cowboy and even spaceman – Cribbins is all these, and many more!

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    The Squirrels

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    1974 · 30 min · Comedy

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    The Squirrels is a British television sitcom, written by Eric Chappell, who went on to create the Yorkshire Television sitcoms Rising Damp and Only When I Laugh. It ran for 3 series and 28 episodes and was made and broadcast from 1974 to 1977 on the ITV network, by ATV. Phil Redmond, the creator of now defunct Soap-Opera Brookside, was also a writer for the series.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared network: ITV1
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    Alfresco

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    1983 · 30 min · Comedy

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    A sketch comedy show featuring some of Britain's great comedic talents of the 1980s and 1990s in one of their earliest TV appearances.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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    • shared network: ITV1
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    Alas Smith and Jones

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    1984 · 30 min · Comedy

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    A British comedy sketch television series featuring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones that ran on BBC One and BBC Two from 31 January 1984 to 14 October 1998. From series 5 in 1989 the 'Alas' title was dropped and became simply Smith and Jones.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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