The Benny Hill Show was a UK TV staple for decades. He was on BBC from 1955 to 1968 and the first 4 files on Disc 1 are a presentation of surviving film clips from that period. In 1969 he went with the new Thames Television and remained there through 1988. As zany and silly as his shows were, Benny himself was sort of a tragic figure. The Benny Hill Show and Monty Python's Flying Circus were the first UK programs I ever recall watching nearly 40 years ago (outside of "both-sides" programs like The Avengers, The Prisoner, Dangerman, and even Robin Hood).
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