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Jane Eve

**Jane Eve** is an English actress, singer, dancer and director, known for the movies "The Meaning of Life," "Can't Stop the Music" with Bruce Jenner and Valerie Perrine and "Consequences."

Born Jane Margaret Colthworphe in 1956, Eve was schooled in dance at the age of four, primarily in ballet. At eleven, she attended the Bush Davies boarding dance school. She played a ballet dancer on the "Passion Play" album cover for Jethro Tull and in the film that ran at his concerts.

She started out as a dancer with the music troupe Love Machine in the Seventies, gaining a lot of popularity on "The Benny Hill Show," after getting discovered at The Penthouse Club in Mayfair London. Along with the other group members, she also starred as a sketch performer on the show, later leaving the show when Benny Hill created the Hill's Angels.

Colthworpe eventually joined the Hot Gossip dance troupe in the late 1970s and early 1980s, appearing in "Can't Stop the Music" and Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life." In 1978, she married Nick Newman, the tour manager for Love Machine. They eventually had two sons. Credited as Jane Newman, she appeared as one of the "Naughty Bits" performers on "The Kenny Everett Television Show" from 1982 to 1983, a role she auditioned for against Jane Leeves.

Colthorpe was also dancer in "The Main Attraction," a cabaret style show on TV called "The Main Attraction." Arlene Phillips of Hot Gossip eventually invited her to be her assistant on Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Starlight Express" in London.

Now credited as Jane Eve, Colthworpe works as a dance teacher. In 2016, she wrote and directed the short, "Consequences."

## Episode(s)

* The World of Sports
* Sale of the Half-Century
* Villain of the Year

## Gallery

* Jane Eve and Libby Roberts
* Jane as Transistor Girl
* Jane with Jackie Wright and Teresa Lucas
* Jane with Claire Lutter and Libby Roberts
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John Gallant

**John Gallant** is an English actor and stuntman whose career covers the Seventies and Early Eighties. Not much of his life and career is known. His early film work was for the films "Leo the Last" and "The Insomniac" before appearing on "The Benny Hill Show," appearing as a pedestrian behind Benny Hill in the "Sum Awards" sketch and doing the stunts for Benny Hill, Jackie Wright and Linda Thorson in "The Avengers" sketch. He later did stunts in "Flash Gordon" and the James Bond movies, "You Only Live Twice" with Sean Connery and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" with George Lazenby. He also did stunt work in the first two "Superman" movies with Christopher Reeve and the British TV series, "Mitch."
Mike Mulloy

**Mike Mulloy** is an English television actor known mostly for the British TV series "Tugs."

Not much is known about his life and career. His first break-through was in the short, "Through An Unknown Land," which landed him roles in the TV movie, "The Return," and the TV-series, "Slinger's Day." He eventually started working on "The Benny Hill Show" as both an actor and as a stand-in for Benny Hill, replacing Ken Sedd. He also turns up as truck driver in The Bucket sketch and as a reporter in The Crook Report on February 8, 1989. He has since lent his voice to the British animated TV series, "Tugs."

## Episode(s)

* R. Dibble: Handyman (uncredited)
* The Halitosis Kid
* Club Chicago-Go (uncredited)
* The Crook Report
* Holding Out For A Hero
* Pepy's Diary
* Benny Hill's World Tour: New York

## Gallery

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Lesley Woods

**Lesley Woods** is an English dancer who starred as one of the Hill's Angels during the 1984 episodes of "The Benny Hill Show," appearing in the "Workout" act and the "The Boys Are Back in Town" act in the April 25, 1984 episode among others. There is not much more known about her life or career.

## Episode(s)

* The Hot Shoe Show (uncredited)
* Scuttle-Vision (uncredited)
* Holiday (uncredited)
Johnny Greenland

**Johnny Greenland** is an English actor, dancer and choreographer, best known for his work on "The Young Girls of Rochefort" and "Sykes: With the Lid Off."

Greenland also starred as a performer and worked as a choregrapher for "The Benny Hill Show." He appeared in the "Band in the Park" ending on the December 5, 1973 episode and was Benny's dance double in a Spanish dance blooper on March 24, 1971. He also appeared in the "Down Memory Lane" sketch on  March 22, 1972 and possibly the French street dance bloopers on March 29, 1973. He choreographed five pre-Hill's Angels during the series and appeared in sketches featured in The Best of Benny Hill. His other credits include the movies, "Seaside Swingers," "Three Hats for Lisa," "The Young Girls of Rochefort," "Sykes: With the Lid Off" and the TV series, "The Tommy Cooper Hour."

## Episode(s)

* Cinema: The Vintage Years - cast member and choreographer
* News at Ten with Reginald Boozenquet - cast member
* Down Memory Lane - cast member and choreographer
* Dalton Abbott Railway Choir - choreographer
* Spot Black - cast member and choreographer
Mad About You

## Bio

**Mad About You** was the opening number on March 29, 1973 performed by Lee Gibson with Benny Hill on various instruments. It was written and recorded in 1972 by Bruce Ruffin and released in the UK on Rhino and in the US on Bell. Initially a somewhat reggae-derived tune, it was reworked for "The Benny Hill Show." It is possibly the most popular of the musical acts in the series with Lee singing seductively and touching Benny intimately as he grows even even more nervous during her performance. The opening footage of this number opened the Benny Hill profile on "Biography" in 2001.

## Lyrics

I can't get over this feeling deep inside...

I can't fight this feeling that I can't hide...

I never thought it could happen to me...

I always wanted to be free.

Now, I'm changing my mind...

I'm mad...

Mad about you...

I'm mad about you.

I'm mad about you.

I'm going out of my head over you...

I can't fight this feeling that I can't hide...

I never thought it could happen to me

I always wanted to be free

Now, I'm changing my mind...

I'm mad...

Mad about you...

I'm mad about you.

I'm mad about you.

Mad about you...

I'm mad about you.

I'm mad about you.

Mad about you...

And about you...

I never thought it could happen to me

I always wanted to be free

Now, I'm changing my mind...

I'm mad...

Mad about you...

I'm mad about you

I'm mad about you

Mad about you...

I'm mad about you

I'm mad..

Mad about you
Maria Whittaker

**Maria Whittaker** is an English model and dancer best known for her career as a Page 3 Girl in the Eighties.

She was born October 7 1969 in Hounslow, England and made her début as a Page 3 girl in the British newspaper, The Sun, at the age of 16, becoming one of the most celebrated glamour models of the 1980s alongside Samantha Fox and Linda Lusardi.

As a dancer, Whittaker appeared as an uncredited dancer on "The Benny Hill Show" in 1983, appearing to the right of Louise English singing "Paradise" on January 3, 1985. She also appeared in the movie "Whoops Apocalypse."

Her appearance in The Sun parlayed her into more modeling jobs, she appeared on the cover of Palace Software's computer game, "Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior" along with Michael Van Wijk from "Gladiators" in 1987, appearing together again on the cover of "Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax." She also appeared on "X-Mas Strip Poker," a computer game released in 1988 for the Commodore Amiga, Commodore 64 and 128.

Voted Page 3 Girl Of The Year in 1989, Whittaker was ranked as #80 in "Glamour Girls: An Illustrated Encyclopedia." She starred in her second movie, "Tank Malling," in 1989.

After retiring from modelling, Whittaker attempted a singing career with the band, "Rhythm Zone," in 1990 that failed, and she returned to modeling for men's magazines. She eventually met and married rapper Michael West who performed as Congo Natty and Rebel MC among other names. She has two children. She also has a younger sister, Lisa Whittaker, who was also briefly a Page 3 girl, and a brother, David Whittaker, who is a London accountant.
Marcel The Barber

## Bio

**Marcel The Barber** is a character in an unidentified Fred Scuttle film project. He's a laid-back character who reads while he cuts hair, often balancing objects like mugs and snuff boxes on the heads of his clientele.

In the film, Marcel works in a two-chair barber shop with a partner (Henry McGee). While working with a dozing customer (Patrick Newell) he reads a comic book and sniffs a bit of snuff tobacco. After applying shampoo to his customer, he leaves the man rising out his own head to wander outside and clear his head. Out there, he meets an old-timer (Jackie Wright) waiting for his girlfriend and drags him in for a shave.

The shop also has a manicurist (Anna Dawson) with whom Marcel seems to be having a relationship. She kisses him on the way in, getting a reaction from the guy in the chair. As he moves the old man to the chair, his partner comes in, and he also seems to be having a relationship with the manicurist. Marcel gets so jealous with watching their relationship that he over-lathers the old man and tries to shave him with a dust mop. The shaving is even more precarious with the hot towel casually thrown on, scorching him.

With his girlfriend (Diana Darvey) waiting, the old man looks like he's back from the war as he stumbles out to meet her after his shave. Upon seeing him, she becomes upset and throws his crushed flowers into his face, leaving him in the process. The barber pole then comes down knocking him out. When a local cop (Bob Todd) finds him, Marcel just claims he's drunk.

## Trivia

* Marcel the Barber was played by Benny Hill.
* The sketch looks as if it was filmed on the same sound stage set that became known as Little Dimpton in the 80s episodes of the series.
* This was a remake of a sketch that aired on Hill's last BBC special of December 26, 1968. Benny and Jackie reprised their respective roles from the earlier rendition; in the 1968 version Jim Tyson played the role that in this version was played by Patrick Newell.

## Gallery

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Lanny Flaherty

**Laurence "Lanny" Flaherty** is an American film actor possibly best known for his appearances in the movies, "Book of Shadows," "Signs," "Natural Born Killers" and "Waterworld."

Flaherty was born on July 27, 1942 in Pontotoc, Mississippi and attended the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi where he performed in plays, such as Victor Velasco in "Barefoot in the Park" and Henry II in "The Lion in Winter." He made his television debut in an episode of "The Equalizer" with Edward Woodward, going on to make appearances in "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd," "Lonesome Dove" and "The Cosby Show" before playing a police officer, paramedic and a mugger in Benny Hill's World Tour: New York. Through the Nineties, he was making moves in such films as "A Simple Wish," "Natural Born Killers," "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2," "Men in Black 3" and "Signs."

He currently resides in New York City.
Great British Dancing Finals (sketch)

## Bio

The **Great British Dancing Finals** is a British television dance contest featuring six couples competing for prizes. It is hosted by Terry Wobegone (Benny Hill), and by the time of the episode has six couples, numbered #2, #3, #4, #7 and #69, still on the dance floor. The #69 couple (Benny Hill and Carole Ball) weave, sail and sashay all over the dance floor around the other dancers.

At the end, the winners are announced with each of the ladies dancing and doing a pirouette. The third place winners are Fred and Leslie Wilcox from Penge (Bob Todd and Judy Gridley). The second place winners are Ted and Tina Tingle from Tucson (Jon Jon Keefe and Judy Gridley). The first place winners are Jean and John Thomas (Benny Hill and Carole Ball), but Jean jumps around so much, she fails to notice her underwear slipping down around her ankles under her skirt. When she does her pirouette, she ends up flashing everyone in the room, even as Wobegone tries blocking the view of the camera.

## Trivia

* Terry Wobegone is a spoof of Terry Wogan, a longtime TV host and presenter of several television programs in England.
* The seated ladies behind Benny as Terry Wobegone are Leslie Goldie (in blonde wig), two unknowns and Claire Russell in a red dress. Jackie Wright sits at another table in long shots.
* The male dancers are David Wright dancing with the girl in the blue dress, Ian Kaye and George May, but just which male dancer is with which lady dancer has yet to be revealed.
* BLOOPER: The female dancers seem to change dresses, or the guys change partners. Bob Todd dances with a girl in a flower-print dress but ends up with the girl in the yellow dress. Jon Jon dances with the girl in the white dress and ends up with the girl in the blue dress.
* Although Andree Melly, Bella Emberg, Marilyn Harrison and Earl Stephenson are credited for this episode, they don't appear in this sketch which seems to features several unknown extras.

## Gallery

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Martin Slater

Not much is known about **Martin Slater**. His only known acting credit was as a police escort to Gary O'Bee in the "It's a Hard Life" opener of "The Benny Hill Show" on January 13, 1988. Ten years after the series ended, he was working behind the scenes as a cameraman in the TV shows "The Courtroom" and "Hollyoaks Later." His current whereabouts are known.
Lynn Morgan

**Lynne Morgan** is a British actress, known for a string of TV appearances in the Seventies, including the movie "Killer's Moon" and roles in the TV shows "Tropic" and "The Bill."

Not much is known about her career. She attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, Drama, Dance and Musical Theatre between 1972 and 1980 with actress Caroline Sargeant. Her first known film was the 1978 movie "Killer's Moon," followed by television roles in the "CBS Children's Film Festival," "Crown Court" and a recurring role in "Tropic." She also played a hitch-hiker in a pink sweater on the December 26, 1978 episode of "The Benny Hill Show," a role usually attributed to Caroline Sargeant. Later roles included appearances in "Leap in the Dark," "Plays for Pleasure," "Up the Elephant and Round the Castle," "Fresh Fields," "Mixed Doubles," "The Bill" and "Inspector Morse."
Henry and Alice and Bob And Mary

## Bio

**Henry and Alice and Bob and Mary** is an American film based on the lives of an American couple and their neighbors.

Relaxing at home, Henry (Benny Hill) is watching a social commentary on marriage on television when his wife, Alice (Patricia Hayes), enters and sits down by him. The description of the man on television married to an old unattractive wife seems oddly familar to them, even to the point that the wife owns the house. On this point, she looks at him, smiles and nods her head. However, when she hears the husband might get tired and move on to marry a young seventeen-year-old girl, she purposely stands up and blocks his view to get her purse for no apparent reason to block Henry's view of the young nubile girl getting out of a swimming pool.

Alice sends Henry off to make tea, criticizing him on his weight as she mentions old boyfriends; Henry insulting her back under his voice and accidentally shattering her tea set. She soon gets sensitive, asking Henry if he still loves her and critizing his brother's choice to run around with a chorus girl, a life that sounds like bliss to Henry.

Bob (Nicholas Parsons), the new neighbor, comes over to introduce himself. His arrival flusters Alice, who turns back into the kitchen. Henry invites him to sit down, and Bob confesses he thinks Alice is attractive, at which point Henry checks his vision. On the sofa Bob confesses that he and his wife are swingers interested in swapping partners. Bob proposes they swap wives for a night, but Henry wants no part of it until he meets Mary (Jenny Lee Wright), the sexy young lass from next door. He's so befuddled by her looks that he accidentally dumps tea on her. As Alice dries her clothes for her, Mary has to walk around in her bustier and stockings. Henry is now really interested in swapping, and he tricks Alice to go next door with Bob, but Henry soon learns Mary is Bob's daughter. When Henry's wife really shows up, she (Rita Webb) turns out to not be the great beauty he expected. However, she does make her own wine and beer and loves cooking and bowling. Harry turns out to be a big fan of her pastries, and they bond only as friends

## Trivia

* The full name of this sketch was "Henry and Alice and Bob and Mary" in the packaging and DVD menu. It was possibly meant to be a spoof of the 1969 American film, "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice."
* This sketch was possibly the predecessor of the recurring Fudpuckers sketches later in the series. In fact, Benny must have liked the material so much that he turned it into a remote control sketch on February 10, 1982 and the last Fudpuckers sketch on later April 16, 1986 episode.
* Willie Tredder (Alice's old boyfriend) is also a character on Opportunity's Knocking.
* This was Jenny Lee Wright's first appearance on the series. She would go on to become one of Benny's favorite co-stars.
* Rita Webb can seen in the crack of the door in the background waiting for her cue to enter.

## Gallery

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Johnny Hutch

**Johnny Hutch** is an English actor, comedian and acrobat from the age of fourteen, best known as one of the elderly sidekicks to Benny Hill on "The Benny Hill Show."

Born John William Hutchinson on August 8, 1913 in Middlesbrough, England, Hutch was a paratrooper during World War II. After the war, he became an entertainer, performing as a skilled tumbler, dancer, and movie stuntman on the music hall circuit performing in various knockabout comedy acts and progressed from there to appearances in various traveling circuits. Performing well into his seventies, he won the World Circus Championships in 1976, where he performed a full twisting backward somersault at the age of 63.

In 1988, Hutch auditioned for "The Benny Hill Show," as a replacement for Jackie Wright, the comedy partner of Benny Hill. He appeared in the last two years' worth of shows as well as the Benny Hill's World Tour: New York special.

In 1994, he was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire for his services to fringe theater. He passed away on December 9, 2006, in Tooting, England, survived by his wife, Jean Phillips, and his son.

## Episode(s)

* The Halitosis Kid
* Club Chicago-Go
* The Crook Report
* Holding Out for a Hero
* Pepy's Diary
* Benny Hill's World Tour: New York

## Gallery

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Great British Dancing Finals

## Production

**Episode:** 20

**Date:** December 27, 1973

**Time:** 50:28

**Musical Director:**

**Vocals:** The Ladybirds

**Choreography:** Albert Elms

**Producer:** John Robins

**Director:** John Robins

**Writer:** Benny Hill

## Episode

* Quickie: Batman
* Song: Ballad of Diaper Dan
* Fred Scuttle Chunnel Tunnel
* Quickies - 6
* Great British Dancing Finals
* Guest: Ann Shelton - Galilee Song
* Departure Lounge with Merwyn Cruddy
* Quickie: No Milk!
* The Ladybirds - Broadway Melodies
* Little Bo Peep
	+ Sure Taylor
	+ Naked Lust in Sinful Sweden
	+ Nathan Wylde
	+ Much Ado About Bo Peep
	+ Ironsides
* Tag: The Park Bench

## Highlights

* Fred Scuttle Chunnel Tunnel
* Great British Dancing Finals

## Cast

* Benny Hill
* Henry McGee
* Bob Todd
* Andree Melly as Bo Peep's Sister and Herself
* Leslie Goldie as Nursery Teacher
* The Ladybirds
* Bella Emburg as Bo Peep's mother
* Carole Ball
* Malou Cartwright as Leslie Wilcox and Bo Peep
* Jon Jon Keefe
* Judy Gridley as Jean Thomas
* Marilyn Harrison as Bikini Girl
* Ian Kaye as Dancer
* David Wright as Dancer
* George May as Dancer
* Clare Russell as Dance Patron and Shower Girl
* Earl Stephenson as Tunnel Cook

## Quotes

* **Andree Melly**  - "All these girls had their way with you?"
**Merwyn Cruddy**  - "All except the little fat one."
 **Andree Melly**  - "Why not?"
 **Merwyn Cruddy**  - "I didn't fancy her..."

* **Ironsides**  - "I'm sorry I doubted your veracity."
 **Bo Peep**  - "Oh, I lost that years ago."

## Trivia

* Last appearance of Andree Melly's three appearances in the series.
* The opening quickie refers to a military batman, a military term for a soldier or airman assigned to a commissioned officer as an orderly or personal servant. However, Benny applies it to the iconic DC Comics character whose American 1966 to 1968 TV series had already ended by time this episode aired.
* In the Chunnel sketch, Bob Todd pours medicine into a spoon, drinks from the bottle then pours the spoon portion back into the bottle. Little Rascal George "Spanky" McFarland also did this bit in the "Our Gang" short, "Hook And Ladder."
* Benny does a parody of the American 70s police drama, "Ironsides."
* Last on-screen appearance of The Ladybirds; the show would instead start showcasing singers and bands until the first appearance of Love Machine, who then became the basis of the Hill's Angels.
* Quickies for this episode feature Benny and Bob Todd discussing how to spell "womb" and getting corrected by Andree Melly, early appearances of Jedediah Jardine (although he's called Zeke here), a bit about a newborn baby, a trip to the nurses's office and Bella Emburg offering Manolo sugar and milk. It wraps on a tag on a park bench involved in a bit of identity confusion.
* This is the last episode for the Ladybirds.

## Sequence

* **Last Episode:** Spot Black
* **Next Episode:** Film Time at the National Film Theater
May 22, 1965

## Production

**Episode:** 23

**Date:** May 22, 1965

**Time:** 45 minutes

**Musical Director:** Burt Rhodes

**Producer:** Kenneth Carter

**Director:**

**Writer:** Benny Hill

## Episode

* Guests include:
	+ Jan Waters
	+ Los Zafiros

## Cast

* Benny Hill
* Patricia Hayes
* Jeremy Hawk
* Ronnie Brody
* Pat Ashton
* John Howard
* Johnny Clayton

## Sequence

* **Last Episode:** Police: Friend or Foe?
* **Next Episode:** Opportunity Calls
Cannes TV & Film Retreat

## Bio

The **Cannes TV & Film Festival** is a recurring annual event in France that showcases the best in television and film entertainment. It is frequented by actors, producers and directors from all the countries in the word.

In 1986, a group of visiting American directors (Benny Hill, Henry McGee, Jon Jon Keefe and Bob Todd) sit around talking about American TV, mentioning that someone is making a movie with 800 extras about the historic Battle of Little Big Horn but with real bullets. Their discussion turns to how to beat successful American shows like "Dallas" and "Dynasty" in the rating. With their flighty secretary (Anna Dawson) taking notes, they realize American viewers prefer rich people while British viewer prefer poor people and start pitching the idea to create a series based on The Bible because "it's already been written." During casting, they discuss Moses, Noah and Salome and choose:

* Little and Large as David and Goliath
* Woody Allen as Adam
* Farrah Fawcett (or Esther Rantzen or Janet Street Porter) as Eve
* Cannon and Ball as Cain and Abel
* Murray Grayson as Samson
* Lionel Blaire as John The Baptist
* Larry Hagman (or Bob Geldorf or Jimmy Saville or Eammon Andrews) as Jesus Christ
* Joan Collins (or Joan Rivers) as Mary the Virgin

The idea sounds so fortuitous to them they start talking about investing in it. By that moment, the waitress (Alison Thomas) arrives for them to pay for their drinks, but none of them have any cash.

## Trivia

* Faye Mertens and Katie Randall possibly play the young ladies that depart at the start of the sketch, but this is unconfirmed.
* Fiona Baker, Claire Fairegood and Samantha Spencer-Lane possibly play the girls standing in the background. Alison Thomas is the waitress.
* Benny briefly distrorts the names of three American shows from the 80s, calling them "Die-Nast," "Dullest" and "Fulcan Crest."
* Benny mentions Quinn, Harton, Martin, Barton and Fargo Productions from Murder on the Orient Express and Don Taffer who converted his 45-minute shows to 22-minute episodes for syndication in the United States.
* According to William Brown of "Benny's Place," the original aired version of this sketch includes a reference to casting Liberace in the epic which is not included in the DVD version. Comedy Central ran the sketch uncut in the 1990's. The flamboyant pianist and showman was impersonated by Benny in Jackie Wright: Holiday and died in 1987.

## Gallery

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Jack Wright

**John "Jackie" Wright** was an Irish comedian, best known for being the bald-headed sidekick of comedian Benny Hill.

Wright was born September 24, 1904 in Belfast, Ireland, the eldest of twelve children. He briefly worked as an automobile body assembler in the United States for Cadillac, but when the Great Depression occurred, he returned to Ireland and started working in the movie industry, getting work as a musician and as a supporting comedian.

Not getting into television until 1960, he became friends with Benny Hill at the BBC, later joining his comedy troop at Thames Television. Wright also appeared on the short-lived 1973 series, "Whoops Baghdad," starring Frankie Howerd, and had a small role in the musical comedy film, "Three for All," in 1975. Despite his other appearances, he was best known for his appearances on "The Benny Hill Show," sometimes appearing in drag but often getting slapped on the top of his head. According to cast members, Jackie was a chain smoker and would often hide his cigarette in his mouth or behind his back during scenes. The slapping actually started out as a way of waving the smoke away.

Through the series, Jackie was temporarily replaced several times, notably by John Vyvyan, Len Keyes and Don Estelle. Only 4 feet, 11 inches tall, Wright's diminutive stature and strong Northern Irish accent became assets to the comedy, but as his health worsened, he left the show in 1983, and he was replaced by Johnny Hutch. Benny invited Jackie back a few times with bed scenes that were easier for him to handle, as well as creating sketches for Jackie that aired after he had left so he would keep getting residuals. Five and a half years later, Wright died at the age of 83 in a Belfast hospital after battling a long, undisclosed illness. Having never married, he was survived by his sister, who he shared a home with when he he wasn't filming the series in Teddington.

## Episode(s)

* The European Song Contest
* Tommy Tupper in Tupper-Time
* The Underwater World of Jacques Custard
* Opportunity's Knocking
* Top of the Tops
* Cinema: The Vintage Years
* Fun in the Kitchen with Johnny and Cranny Faddock
* Benny's All-Star Finale
* Down Memory Lane
* Woodstick
* The Common Market Square Dance
* Jackie Wright's Holiday
* The Dalton Abbott Railway Choir
* Coal-Pits
* Spot Black
* Film Time at the National Film Theater
* Gavin Blod - The Man and his Music
* Great Mysteries with Orson Buggy
* Jack and Jill
* The World of Sport
* Murder on the Oregon Express
* Sale of the Half-Century
* The Bionic Baby
* Villain of the Year
* A Packed Program
* Benny Hill: Down Under
* The South Blank Show
* Friday Night Fever
* Leprechaun TV
* The Police Raid in Waterloo Station
* Women's Lib TV
* Butch Cafferty and the Fundance Kid
* Name That Tune
* WonderGran Meets Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hyde
* A Tribute to the Lower Tidmarsh Volunteer Fire Brigade
* Big Poppa
* The Monte Carbolic Show
* Talking Point
* Super-Teech
* Holiday
* Scuttle-Vision
* The Hot Shoe Show
* The B-Team
* Carmen

## Gallery

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Marilyn Harrison

Not much is known about **Marilyn Harrison**. She was the actress who played the shapely brunette hit with the golf ball in the Scuttle Chunnel Tunnel sketch on December 23, 1973. She has no other movie or TV credits, but she was identified by the "Aveleyman" actor identification site. She might have been a "Page Three Girl" like several of Benny's actresses on the series, but this has yet to be confirmed.
Jackie Wright: Holiday

## Production

**Episode:** 16

**Date:** February 22, 1973

**Time:** 50:42

**Musical Director:**

**Vocals:** The Ladybirds

**Choreography:**

**Producer:** Keith Beckett

**Director:** Keith Beckett

**Writer:** Benny Hill

## Episode

* Quickie: Leather Outfit
* Ballad: Carol
* Fred Scuttle Security Guard
	+ Scuttle Security
* Programme Planner
* Quickies - 7
* Guest: The Orange Blossom Band - What Am I Doing Hanging Round
* At Home With Henry McGee
	+ Chu-Em Gumm
* Jackie Wright: Holiday
* Benny Hill and Pat Ashton: Lover Come Back to Me
* Tag: Scottish Tryst

## Cast

* Benny Hill
* Henry McGee
* Bob Todd
* Pat Ashton
* The Ladybirds
* Jack Wright
* Helli Louise
* Bella Emberg
* Connie Georges
* Walter Goodman
* Sue Bond
* Cheryl Gilham
* Laraine Humphrys
* Sui-Lin
* Chai-Lee
* Su-Yong

## Quotes

* **Henry McGee**  - "Does she come under your jurisdiction?"
**Fred Scuttle**  - "Not as often as I would like."

* **Fred Scuttle**  - "Sorry, sir, it must be the distemper.... And the dog isn't well either."

* **Henry McGee**  - "What did he say?"
 **Chow Mein**  - "He didn't say anything. He was clearing his throat."

* **Henry McGee**  - "Well, I'm afraid that it's a fact that in England our criminals get out and go right back into crime. Is it the same in China?"
 **Fred Scuttle** - "No, we don't let them out."

* "Stop dancing up there!" - Jack Wright after Benny Hill raps on his helmet

## Trivia

* Helli Louise is the pretty young girl in the opening bit with Benny Hill wearing leather. Henry McGee and possibly Pat Ashton play the girl's parents.
* The song, "What Am I Doing Hanging Round," performed by the The Orange Blossom Band was originally released by "The Monkees."
* This episode features Henry McGee in his first interview with Fred Scuttle, replacing Nicholas Parsons.
* Pat Ashton is the female actress in the demonstration with Fred Scuttle.
* In the quickies, Benny plays the Crimson Shadow (Chalfort St. Giles), singer Billy Eckstine, Australian broadcaster Clive James and Liberace dancing by his piano.
* The brunette in the Hi Karachi quickie is Laraine Humphrys.
* The tag with Benny, Helli and Henry was possibly filmed at the old Foxhills Estate, the same exterior mansion grounds used in Bionic Boy and the Grand Wheelchair Rally.
* The Clive James blooper was featured in the 1979 half-hour U.S. syndicated version, but it was omitted in the 1987 version of the episode.

## Sequence

* **Last Episode:** Common Market Square Dance
* **Next Episode:** Dalton Abbott Railway Choir
It's a Woman's World

## Production

**Episode:** 27

**Date:** December 6, 1976

**Producer:** Peter Whitmore

**Director:**

**Writer:** Dave Allen, Austin Steele and Peter Vincent

## Cast

* Dave Allen
* Jacqueline Clarke
* Michael Sharvell-Martin
* Ian Burford
* Chris Serle
* Peter Hawkins
* Simon Barnes
* Robert East
* Susie Baker
* Paul McDowell
* Ralph Watson

## Quotes

* **Dave Allen** - "They're called wakes; I don't know why because the guy's never coming out of it."

* **Dave Allen** - (*about wakes*) "Where the English have going out parties, the Irish have going in!"

* **Dave Allen** - "The funny thing about doing comedy is that you're never quite sure about how the audience will react to what you're doing.

* **Dave Allen** - "We're getting a bit strange...." (*after seeing himself in the masochist sketch*)

## Trivia

* Sherlock Holmes was the literary creation of writer and novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, beginning with the book, "A Study In Scarlet" (1887). Some literary experts believe the character was modeled after Dr. Joseph Bell, Doyle's professor at Edinburgh University.
* Wuthering Heights which Dave Allen parodies in this episode is a great English romantic novel by Emily Bronte.
* Recurring series characters and themes for this episode include the military, drinking, cowboys, duelists, the Catholic Church, marriage, the Pope and Wuthering Heights.

## Sequence

* **Last Episode:** History Repeats Itself
* **Next Episode:** This Is Your Life
Gavin Blod

## Bio

**Gavin Blod** is a Twentieth Century English musician, the son of George Henry Blod (Benny Hill), the footman, gardener and handyman of Lord Denby (Jackie Wright) and Emily Turnball (Diana Darvey), the Denby's maid. The two of them married on September 15, 1907 and honeymooned in Botnor Regis with infant Gavin in attendance.

Named after a sailor Emily knew, Gavin never talked until he was seven years old, but he was considered musical. In 1914, his father was drafted to fight in German East Africa never to return. he married an Ubangi Lady. His mother moved to Fruiton-on-Sea and raised funds for Gavin to attend schooling in Milan and Paris. One of his teachers was **Janine Bovine** (Benny Hill) at the Ecole des Merchants Nancy, who considered him a delicate yet high-strung boy who studied music and began composing music. His studies were delayed by getting drafted into the Army.

Placed in the infantry, Gavin played the cello in the foxholes for his troops, distracting them from the war while instilling his love of music into others. He was captured by German soldiers while distracted by his music and sent to Colditz Prison, using his piano as a means of escape. Two years after the war, he was studying music under composer **Baron Schtuk** (Benny Hill).

Gavin met eventually met opera singer Mariah Carlisle (Lee Gibson) in 1949. Though she was promised to Count Macavarni (Henry McGee), Gavin defeated Macavarni by introducing a pistol into their duel. Gavin married Mariah on March 15, 1950, discovering her opera voice could shatter all the ceramic objects in their house. They divorced two years later.

Returning to England, Gavin eventually played for **Ivy Fiske** (Benny Hill) of the Amateur Light Orchestra, but he started drinking after Pop Music displaced his style of music. After playing in the street a few years, he took to his bed in 1962 filled with remorse. He passed away May 12, 1974 after a visit from a sexy nurse (Diana Darvey). He never heard the brass band in his hometown of Widlock play his tune, "Bird of Freedom."

## Trivia

* Benny Hill played five characters in this sketch.
* Bob Todd played around five characters in this sketch. Jackie Wright played around four while Diana Darvey played two.
* The hospital location in the sketch looks like the same set from the Lower Tidmarsh Volunteer Hospital sketch from The European Song Contest.

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Francesca Boulter

**Francesca Boulter** is an English vocalist and entertainer whose work includes "The Benny Hill Show."

Not much is known about her life and career. She is the daughter of tenor John Boulter, and as an adult, she performed as the lead singer for Georg Kajanus' synth-pop band DATA with her sister, Phillipa Boulter. The title track of their first album, "Opera Electronica," was used as the theme music to the short film, "Towers of Babel" in 1981.

DATA went on to release two more albums, "2-Time" in 1983 and the country and western-inspired electronica album "Elegant Machinery" in 1985. The title of the last album became the inspiration for the name of Swedish pop synth group, Elegant Machinery, formerly known as Pole Position.

In 1989, Boulter performed the Bonnie Tyler song "Holding Out For A Hero" with The Ladybirds for a Hill's Angels segment on "The Benny Hill Show."

In 1995, Boulter and DATA released a compilation album, "Accumulator," containing the complete albums from "2-Time" and "Elegant Machinery" and the track "Fallout" from "Opera Electronica."
She eventually married music promoter Robert Unsworth. They have two children.
Home for the Summer

## Bio

**Home For The Summer** is the opening number on January 6, 1984. The American South-style musical is a remake of Flying South For The Summer performed by Benny on January 27, 1971 to accompany a sketch with Benny as a traveler coming home to marry his love Maria, played by Jenny Lee-Wright. Henry McGee plays the father, Bob Todd is Herbie Jackson, her intended and Len Keyes is the preacher. The townsfolk are comprised of Sue Upton as another old lady, Louise English as a farmer and Jon Jon Keefe as the barber with the Hill's Angels (Debi Gaye, Lesley Woods, Tracy Smith, Lisa Mulidore, Noreen Bothan, Lindsay Neil, Fiona Sloman) and two unidentified male extras. This number was a first for two reasons: it was the first number with Len Keyes as a replacement for Jackie Wright, and it was the first number choreographed by former Love Machine member Libby Roberts. Due to the fact the Angels and players are singing along to a tape, many of the back-up vocals are hard to decipher.

## Lyrics

Oh, I'm glad I've come home for the summer

Oh, and I'm going to have me some fun

Back to talk of all the people you've met

And all of the things that you've done

Now, one day I saw in Jerona by a river so quiet and remote,

There were eight lovely girls from the college, they were all in the same boat.

And as they rode in unison by me, I gallantly raised my hat,

And I said with a sigh, "I wish that I could stroke a crew just like that."

Oh, but I'm glad I've come home for the summer. Oh, bird-watching's going to be fun.

I'm glad I've come home for the summer now the mating season's begun.

Now, Big Annie from Canton once ordered a steak weighing nine and a quarter pound,

The butcher said, "How will you take it, ma'am, or shall I send it 'round?"

She said, "No, I just wanna look at it because I've been dieting like a chump,"

"And that's what I've lost, and I just wanna see what it looks like in one lump."

(*back-up vocals indecipherable*)

Now, Hagatha from Hamburg had four sets of twins; a journalist paid her a call

He said, "Do you always get twins every time?" She said, "Sometimes we get nothing at all."

My husband named the last set of twins. He called them Rudolph and Adolf.

If I get any more, I shall name them myself. I'll call them "Get Off" and "Stay Off."

Oh, but I'm glad I've come home for the summer. To see the girl I adore!

To marry my girl Maria... I'll be happy for ever more....

(*Ending lyrics at tag of the sketch*)

Oh, I've got my Lovely Maria

And I've got my wonderful guy

We'll face off to the future forever

And soon we'll be man and wife

And soon we'll be man and wife
Freddie Wiles

**Robert Frederick "Freddie" Wiles** was a British actor best known for playing the uncredited role of Goddard the elevator operator on "Are You Being Served." He also appeared in one episode as a porter named Mr. Clampton.

Wiles was born November 20, 1914 in London, England. Not much of his life or career is known; his credits include the films, "Dad's Army," "Doctor in Charge," "Doomwatch," "The Benny Hill Show" and "Oh Brother!" Although he wasn't credited for his appearance on "The Benny Hill Show," his name was featured on The Best of Benny Hill when the "Lower Tidmarsh Hospital Service" sketch was repeated for theatrical release.

Wiles passed away in June 1983 at the age of 68 in Rotherham, England.
Linda Thorson

**Linda Thorson** is an English-Canadian actress best known for playing Tara King in the 1960s British TV series, "The Avengers," a role for which she received a special BAFTA at the 2000 BAFTA TV Awards along with Honor Blackman, Joanna Lumley and Diana Rigg, other actresses from the series.

She was born Linda Robinson on June 18, 1947, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the second of four children of a math and physics teacher. Moving to London in 1965, she studied dance and voice at the London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, later succeeding over 200 hopefuls in replacing Diana Rigg as Patrick Macnee's new female TV partner. Despite her looks and blue eyes, she wasn't accepted by fans of the series and soon returned to the theater, later starting a brief singing career as part of the music group Reflections. The group appeared on "The Benny Hill Show" on January 26, 1977 and performed background vocals in Bianca Malone. Linda also performed in a few sketches, such as a "New Avengers" spoof with Benny Hill, minor roles in "Mastermind,' "News At Ten" and "I, Claudius" spoofs as well as in a "Candid Camera" satire on March 23, 1977.

Linda later went on to more TV and supporting film roles, including "Valentino" and "The Greek Tycoon." Traveling to the United States, she starred in "Steaming" in 1982 for which she received a Theatre World Award. She also had rave reviews for the Drama Desk Award-winning comedy farce, "Noises Off." Through her career in the United States, Canada and England, she performed with the prestigious Royal Shakespearean and Old Vic Theatre companies. Bi-dialectal, she can speak in her native Canadian dialect and English dialect. By the late 80s, she was appearing in films, such as "Walls of Glass," "Sweet Liberty," "The Other Sister" and "Half Past Dead." Her TV credits include the American TV shows "Law & Order " and "St. Elsewhere." She was a regular cast member on the British series, "Marblehead Manor" and "The Hoop Life." (1999). Although she failed to receive notoriety in film or TV, her work on stage has been more successive. Her stage work includes work in "Shirley Valentine," "The Sisters Rosenzweig" and "Amy's View."

Married four times, Linda changed her name to Linda Thorson after being married to Barry Bergthorson, who she divorced in 1965. She had a son, Trevor Boggs, during her marriage with producer/newsman Bill Boggs, her third husband. She was married to production designer Gavin Mitchell in November 2005, but they divorced in 2011.

She now lives in New York City.

## Episode(s)

* The Bionic Baby
* Villain of the Year

## Gallery

* with Henry, Benny and Bela Emburg
* with Benny
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Fiona Sloman

**Fiona Sloman** is an English actress and dancer who starred as one of the Hill's Angels on "The Benny Hill Show," appearing in the "Aerobatics" number in the April 25, 1984 episode. After the series, she appeared in the TV series, "Chance in a Million," and the movie "Stormy Monday." She also appeared in "The Endless Game" TV Mini-Series.

## Episode(s)

* The Hot Shoe Show
* Scuttle-Vision

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Len Keyes

**Len Keyes** is an English actor best known for his appearances on "The Benny Hill Show." Not much is known about his career. He was born Len Strugnell, and used the name Len Keyes in his acting career. He had made a few bit appearances either credited or uncredited on the series as early as 1974, eventually becoming a potential replacement for Jackie Wright who had to leave the show due to declining health.

Keyes's only other known TV credits were a 1988 episode of the TV series "'Allo, 'Allo" and the movie, "Microbes and Men" in 1974. He passed away in 1993.

## Episode(s)

* R. Dibble: Handyman
* The Herd (uncredited)
* Cagney and Lacey
* Carmen
* The B-Team
* Forever Love
* Scuttle-Vision
* A Tribute to the Lower Tidmarsh Volunteer Fire Brigade
* Friday Night Fever
* Coalpits

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Georgian Dancers

## Bio

The **Georgian Dancers** are a highly synchronized Russian dance team of nine identically-dressed female dancers moving in a close proximity traditional circle dance. Gliding around on rigs hidden under their skirts, they break into three groups of three after lining up and eventually come together to form a circle. Five girls then detach to form a fan pattern, but one of the girls on in the formation (Benny Hill) starts getting dizzy. After one girl detaches to join the exterior, she flys off back stage, plowing through some boxes and getting tossed off the rig, walking away disgustedly a few minutes later.

## Trivia

* The female dancers with Benny are Sue Upton, Louise English, Elfrida Ashworth, Denise Gyngell, Abigail Higgins, Cathy Holmes, Jane Paris and Samantha Spencer-Lane.
* When Benny rolls loose backstage, the set for Remote Control Angels can be seen in the background.

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Juanita Bonita Dolores

## Bio

**Juanita Bonita Dolores** is a Mexican ballad Benny Hill performed in a Mexican accent on December 25, 1969 with The Lady Birds.

## Lyrics

Well, the dogs that run across the Mexican desert

Could sure give a horse a head start.

They have to run fast in the Mexican desert

Because the trees are so far apart.

I ride across the desert

And think of my sweetheart

My heart is longing to shout,

But I love Juanita Bonita Dolores

I just hope my wife doesn't find out

Oh, I love Juanita Bonita Dolores

Forever happy I'll be

Juanita Bonita Dolores

Please come to my hacienda for me!

I ride through the desert

And I see a young maiden

My eyes are ripe with desire

I cannot help looking as I see her cooking

Dumplings on her open fire

She was wearing a combrero and a dress

That is cut so low that it is bright and green as the clover

I near lost my reserve

But I can't help but observe

That the pot is now boing over

Oh, I love Juanita Bonita Dolores

Forever happy I'll be

Juanita Bonita Dolores

Please come to my hacienda for me!

I arrive at my village. She left me a message.

I read it and I stand there aghast.

She says, "Dear Don Pedro, I'm writing this slowly,

'cause I know you can't read very fast.

I love you only, but I got so lonely

I could not wait for you to come.

So, I went to Nevada, and married your dadda.

Your's sincerely, Mum."

Will I see Juanita Bonita Dolores?

A bachelor I am destined to be.

No more of her hacienda...

And no more happy for me.
Jane Paris

**Jane Paris** is an English actress, dancer and comedienne who starred briefly on "The Benny Hill Show" in 1981. Nothing is known about her life, career or other projects. She appears as the patient in the cowboy hat in Big Poppa Sketch and hidden under the leather and sunglasses as one of the Remote Control Angels in the "Street Dance" number on March 25, 1981. She may have become a writer, possibly having written an episode of the 90s TV-series, "Full House."

## Gallery

* Denise Gyngell, Jane Paris and Samantha Spencer Lane
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Nathan Whitechurch

## Bio

**Nathan Whitechurch** is a British male newscaster on the News at Ten broadcast in London. When newscaster Ann Afford reports on Peter Pike, the Minister of Strikes, Deaths and Other Inconveniences calls the tiny Central American country of Amanda backward, she goes to a broadcast of Nathan visiting the country and finding it a charming country (despite the fact the residents drive in reverse). He mentions that the people are expecting a military coup, going on to describe how he has been treated very well by the locals (even as the soldiers pile up explosives and a bomb behind him). As Nathan says he could spend the rest of his life in Amanda, the explosives go off, throwing him into a tree where he finishes his broadcast.

## Trivia

* Nathan Whitechurch was played by Benny Hill.
* The girls in the sun dresses are Louise English and (possibly) Jane Paris.
* The soldiers were played by Bob Todd. Jackie Wright, Henry McGee and Ken Sedd.
* Whitechurch also appears in a Leprechaun TV interview in Leprechaun TV.

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