The Best of Benny Hill

**The Best of Benny Hill** is a theatrically-released compilation of sketches from "The Benny Hill Show." It was released in 1974.

## Synopsis

* Lower Tidmarsh Volunteer Hospital - (from November 19, 1969)
* Quickie: "Open Wide The Window" - - (from November 19, 1969)
* The Grass is Greener - (from March 24, 1971)
* Love Will Find A Way - (from January 27, 1971)
* Quickie(s):
	+ "Forgot Your Lines" - (from October 14, 1970)
	+ Barmolive - (from March 22, 1972)
	+ Spuddo Instant Potatoes - (from November 19, 1969)
	+ Benovite - (from March 11, 1970)
	+ German Butter Test - (from March 24, 1971
* Video Delay with Edith Packet - (from November 19, 1969)
* The Mask - (from October 14, 1970)
* After Dinner with Charlotte Fudge - (from March 11, 1970)
* The Messenger - (from March 24, 1971)
* Ballad: Garden Of Love - (from March 11, 1970)
* Quickie - "Father of One" - (from October 14, 1970)
* Interview With Pierre de Terre - (from February 23,1972)
* Passengers Of Love - (from March 24, 1971)
* Monologue: Birds and Bees - (from March 11, 1970)
* Keep Fit Brigade - from (February 23, 1972)
* Quickie: Church Mission - (from October 14, 1970)
* Ye Olde Wishing Well - (from November 19, 1969)
* Tommy Tupper: Tupper Time - (from February 4, 1970)
* Quickie(s)
	+ Visit To Black Moor - from February 4, 1970)
	+ "What's That in the Road?" - (from (February 23, 1972)
* The Short Happy Life of Maurice Dribble - (from December 25, 1969)
* Quickie(s)
	+ Doctor's Examination - (from October 14, 1970)
	+ The Fat Bride - (from February 4, 1970)
	+ The Adjudicating Panel - (from March 22, 1972)
	+ This Thing Called Love - (from (February 23, 1972)
	+ The Picture - (from October 14, 1970)
* Chow Mein: East Meets West - (from (February 23, 1972)
* Quickies
	+ Doctor Examination 2 - (from October 14, 1970)
* Goodbye with Friends - (from (February 23, 1972)
* The Great Escape - (from March 22, 1972)

## Cast

* Benny Hill - Host / Fred Scuttle / Merwyn Cruddy / The Messenger / Lower Tidmarsh Hospital Doctor / Lower Tidmarsh Ambulance Driver /
* Patricia Hayes - "Words of Comfort" Interviewer / Marie Quaint
* Eira Heath - Charlotte Fudge
* Henry McGee - Himself / Rodney Fairchild / Member of Scuttle's Keep Fit Brigade / Customs Agent / Member of Scuttle's Keep Fit Brigade
* Nicholas Parsons - The Phantom Prowler / Mask Boutique Staffer / King Charles / Various
* Bob Todd - Ship's Captain / King's Guard
* Andree Melly - "The Grass Is Greener" Interviewer
* Rita Webb
* Leslie Goldie
* Jackie Wright - Member of Scuttle's Keep Fit Brigade
* Connie Georges
* Nicole Shelby - Bubble Gum Girl
* Penny Meredith - Adjudicating Panel Member / Various
* Michael Sharvell-Martin - Lower Tidmarsh Hospital Doctor / Rev. Peter Wilby
* Jan Butlin - Jackie's Wife / Old Lady
* Bettine Le Beau
* Jenny Lee-Wright
* Sue Bond
* Charmaine Seal - "Mask Boutique" Dancer
* David Prowse - Wishing Well Muscleman
* Anne Irving
* Jim Tyson
* Pamela Cundell
* Verne Morgan - Lower Tidmarsh Ambulance Driver
* Michael Moore
* Arthur Hewlett
* Valerie St. John
* Carol Mills
* Geraldine Burnett - Adjudicating Panel Member
* Roy Scammell - Member of Scuttle's Keep Fit Brigade
* David Hamilton - "Tupper-Time" Announcer
* Rona Newton-John - Doctor's Patient/Female Bicyclist
* Mia Martin
* Ken Sedd (credited as Ted Senton) - Lower Tidmarsh Tavern Proprietor
* Malcolm Weaver - Member of Scuttle's Keep Fit Brigade
* Johnny Greenland (credited as Johnny Greeland)
* José Stewart (credited as Josie Stuart) - Adjudicating Panel Member
* Tom Sye
* Freddie Wiles - Lower Tidmarsh Hospital Patient
* Tessa Scopes
* Walter Goodman
* Barbara Lindley - Lower Tidmarsh Hospital Patient/Lower Tidmarsh Hospital Nurse
* Pamela Beckman - Lower Tidmarsh Nurse

## Trivia

* This was the last appearance of Benny Hill in a major film.
* This film features chosen sketches from the episodes The European Song Contest, Is This Your Life, Tommy Tupper in Tupper-Time, The Sound of Frankenstein, The Underwater World Of Jacques Custard, Top of the Tops, Cinema: The Vintage Years, Benny's All-Star Finale and Down Memory Lane.