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Jenny Westbrook

**Jenny Westbrook** is an English actress probably best known for the movie, "Adam and Nicole," and her several appearances on "The Benny Hill Show."

Not much is known about her life and career. Her first film appearance was in the movie, "Naughty Wives" with Malou Cartwright. This was followed by appearances in the soft core films, "The Sex Thief," "Keep It Up, Jack," "Confessions of a Window Cleaner" and "The Amorous Milkman" in which she was uncredited. She was also a comedy actress on "The Morecambe & Wise Show" and "The Benny Hill Show" on which she starred for several episodes. Benny Hill chases after her in the tag on December 17, 1975, she goes into space with Fred Scuttle and plays Sgt. Pepper on March 24, 1976, she plays the babysitter to the Bionic Baby on January 26, 1977 and she goes on a double date with Benny on February 23, 1977. She left the show about this time due to her pregnancy with her husband, Andrew Wilson, having a daughter, Jade Westbrook. She returned to the series in 1985, appearing with five-year-old Jade in the Dibbles Health Farm sketch on May 27, 1985 and as the mother to her daughter having a birthday party on February, 1989.
Since Thames TV cancelled "The Benny Hill Show," Westbrook added her voice to an episode of the anime-adventure series, "Generation Gawl." Not much more is known about her.

## Episode(s)

* Jack and Jill
* Murder on the Oregon Express
* The Bionic Baby
* Villain of the Year
* The South Blank Show
* Friday Night Fever
* Leprechaun TV
* Carmen
* The Crook Report

## Gallery

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Legacy

## Links

* *The Benny Hill Show* at the Wikipedia
* *The Benny Hill Show* at the IMDB
* *The Benny Hill Show* at TV.com
* *Benny's Place* featuring Louise English & Hill's Angels – A tribute to Benny Hill.
* *The Benny Hill Show* at TV Tropes
* *The Benny Hill Songbook* Benny Hill Lyrics and transcripts
* Twenty Lovely Ladies of *The Benny Hill Show*
* *Hill's Angels: Not Over The Hill*
* *Louise English Official Fan Site*
* *Sue Upton Official Fan Site*
* *Lee Gibson Fan Site*
* *Lorraine Doyle's Jewelry Website*
* *Abi Higgins Porcelain Site*
* *Julie Kirk's Dance Workshop on Facebook*
* *Julie Kirk Interview*
* *Helen Carpenter-Waters at DYBO Academy*
* *Helen Tozer Bridal Hair* website
* *Pamela Rhatigan's Holistic Website*
* *Caroline Sargeant Personal Website*
* *Vivienne Warman's Kitchen Confidential*

## Pages

* Benny Hill Bloopers
* Benny Hill Characters
* Benny Hill Commercials
* Benny Hill Connections - Benny Hill parodied on other TV shows
* Benny Hill Lists
* The Benny Hill Dictionary
* Benny Hill Filming Locations - Where were these locations?
* Benny Hill Locations
* Benny Hill Photo Page
* Benny Hill Songs and Ballads
* Benny's Recurring Gags
* The Benny Hill Show on VHS/DVD
* The Cast of the Benny Hill Show
* The Hill's Angels
* The Hill's Angels Appearances
* The Hill's Angels Routines
* The Faces of Benny Hill
* Unknown Cast Members - Can you help me identify these unidentified cast members?

## Movies and Specials

* The Best of Benny Hill
* Who Done It?
* Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
* Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
* The Italian Job
* Benny Hill: Down Under
* Benny Hill World Tour: New York

## Books

* *Benny Hill: Merry Master of Mirth* by Robert Ross
* *Funny, Peculiar: The True Story of Benny Hill* by Mark Lewisohn
* *Benny Hill - King Leer* by Jeremy Novick
* *Saucy Boy: The Life Story of Benny Hill* by Leonard Hill
* *The Real Benny Hill* by Margaret Forwood
* *I Was Benny Hill's Toy Boy* by Jon Jon Keefe
Henry McGee

**Henry McGee** is an English comedy actor, best known as a straight man to Benny Hill and announcer on "The Benny Hill Show."

Born Henry James Marris-McGee on May 14, 1929 in South Kensington, England, he was a student at Stonyhurst College studying for his medical degree, but the sudden death of his father in 1946 put financial strains on the family and he started pursuing an acting career. Backed by his mother, who had been an actress, McGee started taking supporting roles in films and television series and dramas, including "The Italian Job" with Michael Caine and Benny Hill in 1969, "The Saint" and "The Avengers." McGee started intermittently on "The Benny Hill Show," sharing the role as straight-man to Hill with Nicolas Parsons through the 70s until he became a regular performer on the show in 1975, sometimes specializing in comedic roles as figures in authority, such as police officers and The Marriage Counselor, while also playing exaggerated buffoons, such as Murdock in Benny's A-Team spoof. Jon Jon Keefe remembered him for his infallible memory for remembering his lines. Later in his career, he also became famous as "The Mummy" of Honey Monster, a large, yellow, furry creature in advertisements for the breakfast cereal "Sugar Puffs."

During hiatus time, McGee also took comedy roles in feature films, such as "Holiday on the Buses," "Adventures of a Taxi Driver," "Revenge of the Pink Panther" and "Carry On Emmannuelle" as well as TV appearances on "The Worker," "Rising Damp" and "There Was An Englishman, An Irishman and a Scotsman."

After "The Benny Hill Show" was cancelled in 1989, McGee returned to work with Benny Hill in Benny Hill's World Tour: New York. He also attended Benny's funeral along with Louise English and Sue Upton. Semi-retired by now, he appeared in an episode of the series, "Last of the Summer Wine" and the A&E series "Biography" in a bio on Benny Hill's life.

After a long and successful theater career during which he tackled a wide range of roles, receiving plaudits for deadpan delivery in farces such as "Plunder," McGee sadly spent the last six months of his life in a nursing home, suffering from Alzheimer's disease. He passed away January 28, 2006 and was buried at Brompton Cemetery, London, survived by one daughter, Stephanie McGee.

## Episode(s)

* The European Song Contest
* Tommy Tupper in Tupper-Time
* Fun in the Kitchen
* Spot Black
* Great British Dancing Finals
* Gavin Blod - The Man and his Music
* Great Mysteries with Orson Buggy
* Murder on the Oregon Express
* Sale of the Half-Century
* 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
* Forever Love
* Carmen
* R. Dibble: Handyman
* The Herd
* Cagney and Lacey
* 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

* Henry and Moira Foot
* Bob Todd and Henry McGeeGo to Bob Todd
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Libby Roberts

**Elizabeth "Libby" Roberts** is an English actress, dancer and choreographer best known for the Libby Roberts Dancers on "3-2-1", the Hill's Angels on "The Benny Hill Show" and "The Fruit Machine."

In her youth, Roberts attended dance and singing classes privately, whilst at Maidenhead High School (now Newlands Girls' School) in Berkshire, England, and was in the chorus at the Windsor Pantomime Christmas 1966. From 1968, she attended a Performing Arts College in London, then worked professionally as a dancer at The Stork Club, later joining with Teresa Lucas, Claire Lutter and Jane Eve to create Love Machine in the 1970s. She was a hostess on Ted Roger's game show "3-2-1" in the 1980s, which later showcased the Libby Roberts Dancers, and she had a number of small acting roles in various sketch shows. She first appeared on "The Benny Hill Show" as a dancer with Love Machine before the Hill's Angels.

Roberts ended up helping Benny discover many of the dancers who became the Hill's Angels on "The Benny Hill Show" and succeeded Linda Finch as their choreographer on the show. She also appeared in the sketch, "Sale of the Half-Century" on April 21, 1976. In a documentary, she describes Benny as a major influence on her life and career.

Libby has been married to Barry Johnston, managing director of a TV facilities company since 1984 and now lives in Surrey. She has three children; one of which, Adam Johnstone, was one of the Hill's Little Angels appearing in sketches in the series. Her other two children are the twins, Ben and Lucy. She now works as a fitness consultant.

## Episode(s)

* Tex Cymbal: Golden Boy
* The World of Sports
* Sale of the Half Century
* Villain of the Year

## Gallery

* Jane Eve and Libby Roberts
* Benny visiting Libby's family
* with Jackie and Bela Emburg
* with Benny and Paul Eddington
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Fruit Vendor

## Bio

The **Fruit Vendor** is the unnamed proprietor of a fruit stand that is constantly getting robbed and exploited by locals and pedestrians. After an apple is stolen, he accuses a young girl (Samantha Stevens) with a ball, only to discover the fruit was taken by a hungry police officer (Bob Todd). He is also stymied by a mother (Henry McGee) who dumps purloined oranges into a baby carriage concealing a female thief with a gun. After two women (Diana Darvey and Yvonne Dearman) steal fruit from him, the vendor rushes behind his stand to confront them, but he is unable to retrieve his merchandize as the items are concealed on their person. He also gets held up by a mugger (Bill Weston) who steals his clothes, leaving him to be chased by three female cops (Lee Gibson/Anne Bruzac/Samantha Stevens) who chase after him followed by everyone else.

## Trivia

* Benny Hill played the vendor.
* Benny also plays a fruit vendor in a later 80s sketch as a man giving a banana to Anna Dawson for her "monkey" and talking to Bob Todd as a police officer in a 1989 episode.

## Episode(s)

* Gavin Blod - The Man and his Music (tag)
Luis Alberto del Parana

**Luis Alberto del Paraná** was a Paraguayan singer, guitarist and entertainer whose career with Los Paraguayos spanned the Fifties, Sixties and Seventies effectively popularizing Paraguayan music, becoming the best-selling Paraguayan musician internationally.

Paraná was born June 29, 1926 in Altos, Paraguay, the fourth son of eight children of Luis Osmer Meza and Doña Jacinta Mesa. He attended primary school in Ypacarai. At the age of 18, he was performing at the local Rex Theater and led to a tour through Central America. He formed a band with Digno García and Agustin Barboza named "Los Paraguayos Threesome," recieving a grant to tour Europe playing Paraguayan music through a cultural exchange.

After the contract expired, the band dissolved, and Paraná formed the band "Los Paraguayos" with his brother Reynaldo Meza, Rubito Medina and José de los Santos González, a harpist. They recorded two albums in the Netherlands, "Famous Latin American Songs" and "Ambassador of Romance," which launched their popularity. On tour, they shared the stage with The Beatles and recorded with The Rolling Stones, also playing live on "The Benny Hill Show" in 1970. Luis Alberto del Paraná and "Los Paraguayos" sold more than 30,000,000 records, more than 650,000 tape cassettes.

On September 15, 1974 at the age of 48 in London, England, Paraná passed away from a stroke in his room at Pembridge Court Hotel. He was returned to Asunción, where he was laid to rest. He was survived by his first wife, Lissette Cairoly, a French "circus princess," his second wife, Carmen González Caballero, a Spanish dancer, and his two children: Luis Manuel Meza González and Carmen Fabiola Meza González.
Ironsides

## Bio

**Ironsides** is an American TV crime drama based on the investigations of retired San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Chief of Detectives Robert T. Ironside, bound to a wheelchair due to a sniper's bullet.

In "The Case Of The Stolen Sheep," Ironsides (Benny Hill) tries to help a distraught couple (Bella Emburg and Jackie Wright) track down their missing daughter Bo Peep (Andree Melly). With him are Detective Sergeant Ed Brown (Henry McGee) and Detective Mark Sanger (Bob Todd) dancing around to avoid his wheelchair from rolling over their toes. When she's found, she comes in and dramatically describes getting drugged, forcing Ironsides to wheel back from her through some doors as she crowds in on him.

Speculating whoever has the sheep must be spending a lot of time tending to them, Ironsides recommends a vagrant (Jon Jon Keefe) be brought in they suspected earlier. His name is Basil Bassey, and he speaks haltingly like a sheep. Bo Peep recognizes him and he's arrested.

Ironsides and his staff take Bo Peep to dinner at Luigi's Restaurant where the maitre'd (Jon Jon Keefe) listed his very lamb-oriented menu. They get so excited that Ironsides has an attack at the table and collapses with everyone still laughing. However, it may not have been fatal because he later turns up on a train trip filled with various detectives and teams up with Sheriff Sam McCloud (Benny Hill) to solve a murder.

## Trivia

* Leslie Goldie also appears playing a character, possibly Officer Fran Belding played by Elizabeth Baur in the original series.
* This was one of four sketches based on "Bo Peep" along with Naked Lust in Sinful Sweden, Sure Taylor, Nathan Wylde and "Much Ado About Bo Peep" with Benny in a Shakespearean playlet. The bit was introduced by Leslie Goldie. Henry McGee introduced similar sketches with "Jack And Jill" in Jack and Jill.
* These sketches were part of the material along with the guest star features that were not included in the early HBO VHS collection of Benny's material.

## Gallery

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Francesca Lacey

**Francesca Lacey** is an English actress and dancer who starred as one of the Hill's Angels on "The Benny Hill Show" from 1984 to 1985, appearing as the girl in pink in Cafe Bizarre on January 16, 1984 and as a dancer in the "Oddball Club" routine on April 8, 1985. She also appeared as one of two girls with Amber Bezer in a famous Levi Jeans TV commercial with Nick Kamen in 1985.

## Episode(s)

* Scuttlevision
* The B-Team (uncredited)
* Forever Love
Jacqueline Clarke

**Jacqueline Clarke** is a British actress and comedienne best known for her work as a sketch performer on Dave Allen at Large.

Born on February 13, 1942 in Buckinghamshire, England, she made her acting debut in the TV series "No Hiding Place," followed by appearances in "Public Eye," "The Dustbinmen," "Hark at Barker," "The Adventures of Don Quick" and "Doctor at Large." She also had a role in the 1969 film, "Night After Night After Night."

In 1971, she started work as one of the sketch performers on "Dave Allen at Large." On the series, she showed a vast repetoire as a chameleon-like actress, playing everything from sexy French girls to dour nuns and old gossipy lady, starring in all five years of the series and its revivals.

Through her career, she also appeared on "The Basil Brush Show," "Battle of the Sexes," " Mike Yarwood in Persons" and "The Mike Reid Show." Through her career, she has worked with Kenny Everett and Kelly Monteith, and has made appearances on "Rings on Their Fingers," "A Sharp Intake of Breath," "Engagement Partners," "The Young Ones," "Eureka," "Chish 'n' Fips," "The Little and Large Show," "The Gingerbread Man," "Surgical Spirit" and "Molly's Gang."

In 1992, she performed in play, "It Runs in the Family," by Ray Cooney at the Playhouse Theatre in London, England with John Quayle, Sandra Dickinson, Wanda Ventham, Henry McGee, Dennis Ramsden, Doris Hare, and Windsor Davies in the cast.
She was formerly married to actor Barrie Gosney until his passing in January 2008.

## Gallery

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Ginger Thompkins

## Bio

**Ginger Thompkins** is a star English football (soccer) player of England, having taken over the position of center forward of Dimpton City, replacing Georgie Best in the team. He is married with kids, but he is also mostly criticized for his philandering with a redheaded girlfriend and raucous egomaniac behavior by his team captain, Ernie Touch.

In 1975, Thompkins wins the Match Of The Week award has it presented to him by Georgie Pest (Jackie Wright) and later turns up in training for the Olympics.

## Trivia

* Both Ginger and Ernie were both played by Benny Hill.
* Thompkins' football skills were accomplished using secret wire work and by reversing the footage.
* Thompkins seems to frequently turn up unnamed through the series, such as in a dance quickie in The Sound of Frankenstein, in the Top of the Tops spoof, in Match of the Week, as an Olympic jumper in the Cross-Country Race and as the emcee of the Club Chica-Go-Go, but these could just be easy be Tommy Tupper (who also had the huge orange hair) or random characters with the same curly orange wig.
* Besides Ginger, Benny has also played host Jimmy Hill and other goalies including Hugh Jarse, Willie Groper and Walter Guy through the series. Jackie Wright has also appeared as football legend George Best
* William Brown of "Benny's Place" speculates Ginger Thompkins was based on Ginger Baker, a famous rock-and-roll drummer of Cream and Blind Faith fame.

## Episode(s)

* Is This Your Life?
* The Sound of Frankenstein
* Jack and Jill
* Top of the Tops

## Gallery

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Garden Of Love

## Bio

**Garden of Love** is a song written and released by Benny Hill. He performs it on March 11, 1970 with Nicole Shelby playing the object of his infatuation.

## Lyrics

The sun and the rain fell from up above

And landed on the earth below

In my Garden of Love

Now, there’s a rose for the way my spirits rose when we met

A forget-me-not to remind me to remember not to forget

A pine tree for the way I pined over you

And an ash for the day I ashed you to be true

The sun and the rain fell from up above

And landed on the earth below

In my Garden of Love

Now, there’s a palm tree that we planted when we had our first date

A turnip for the way you always used to turnip late

Your mother and your cousin, Chris, they often used to come

So, in their honour, I have raised a nice chris-an’-the-mum

The sun and the rain fell from up above

And landed on the earth below

In my Garden of Love

Now, there’s a beet root for the day you said that you’d "beet-root" to me

A sweet pea for the sweet way you always smiled at me

But you had friends who needed you

There was Ferdie, there was Liza

So, just for them, I put down a load of ferdy-liza

The sun and the rain fell from up above

And landed on the earth below

In my Garden of Love

But Gus the gardener’s left now and you went with him, too

The fungus there reminds me of the fun Gus is having with you

Now the rockery’s a mockery, with weeds it’s overgrown

The fuchsia’s gone, I couldn’t face the fuchsia all alone

And my tears fell like raindrops from the sky above

And poisoned all the flowers in my Garden of Love
Keep Fit Brigade

## Bio

The **Keep Fit Brigade** is the team of exercise members at Fred Scuttle's Health Farm. Founded by Scuttle as health courses at popular prices (300 British guineas or $1575 for four weeks), the facility includes exercise and meals consisting of suet dumplings, Yorkshire pudding and treacle and custard. The living quarters are segregated with the men and women joining for exercises (and in the sauna), according to Scuttle.

Exercise includes marching on the grounds, following a female instructor (Jenny Lee-Wright) followed by aerobics (Roy Scammell and Malcolm Weaver) and instructions in unarmed combat. Scuttle sometimes chases after the female guests (Bettine Le Beau and Jenny Lee-Wright), although the mail guests (Bob Todd), get just as distracted. The men also play American football on the grounds. Scuttle also attempts to show displays of his strength when not hitting the punching bag. He also tries to teach boxing unless he gets punched by a female guest (Mia Martin).

## Trivia

* The full membership includes Benny Hill, Bob Todd, Jack Wright, Henry McGee, Jenny Lee-Wright, Jim Tyson, Carol Mills, Bettine LeBeau, Penny Meredith, Mia Martin, Roy Scammell and Malcolm Weaver.
* Of the members:
	+ Roy Scammell and Malcolm Weaver are the tumblers at the start. They also tumble during the unarmed combat demonstration and later seemingly stand on Scuttle's shoulders.
	+ Jenny Lee Wright is the member struggling with the chest expander; Henry McGee is the victim of the same device
	+ In the human hurdles. Scuttle jumps over Jackie Wright and gets jumped over by Roy Scammell. Scuttle then catches Mia Martin trying to jump over him.
	+ Bob Todd and Jackie assist and befuddle Scuttle in unarmed combat.
	+ Bettine LeBeau crosses before Scuttle with Roy and Malcolm on his shoulders.
	+ Roy and Malcolm both try getting Bob on the trapeze swing.
	+ The two girls distracting Benny are probably Jenny Lee-Wright and Penny Meredith.
	+ It is Jenny Lee Wright that Scuttle chases in the football game. The players are Jackie, Bob, Henry and Jim Tyson.
	+ Scuttle tries launching Carol Mills on to Roy and Malcolm.
	+ Carol Mills, Jackie Wright, Bettine Le Beau, Bob Todd, Jim Tyson and Roy Scammel watch Scuttle try to lift the weight. The identity of the little girl is unrevealed.
	+ Penny Meredith watches Suttle in his boxing demonstration.
	+ Roy appears in Scuttle's segue.
	+ In the acrobat demonstration, Malcolm is lifted by Scuttle, followed by Mia Martin.
	+ In the boxing demonstration, Scuttle excuses Jackie Wright, dismisses Jim Tyson and is the recipient of a punch to the abdomen from Mia Martin.
* The location in the sketch seem to be at the former hospital and field which Benny used through much of the series as a studio.

## Gallery

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The Ballad of the Halitosis Kid

## Bio

The **Ballad of the Halitosis Kid** was a ballad performed by Benny Hill on January 13, 1988. It was accompanied by a sketch set in the Old West with Benny, Lorraine Doyle, Bob Todd and Jon Jon Keefe playing the main characters and much of the cast in supporting roles and sight gags. The performance seems to follow the tradition of Ernie - The Fastest Milkman In The West.

## Lyrics

He came out of no where, and he traveled over the West.

No shotgun, no six-shooter and no badge upon his chest

But when he came into town the population hid.

He was known as the Halitosis Kid

One day the Kid came to see the dentist to stop himself from yawning.

The Dentist said, "You should rinse your mouth out with cow manure every morning."

He said, "Will that take care of my halitosis? Will that get rid of it?"

The doctor said, "No, but it will tone it down a bit."

Now, the kid loved a woman, and she loved him too.

You may say that's impossible, and how can that be true?

She'd had an operation and had lost her sense of smell.

The town called her *Lucky Lulu Bell*.

Now, the kid had a rival who was often heard to yell.

He meant to have his way with Lucky Lulu Bell.

His body was known to make weird noises, and his soul was pitch black.

And they called him Thunderclap.

Now, Thunderclap had a partner, and he was squeaky clean.

He made his clothes on a brand new sewing machine.

He wore chiffon shirts and a pink sombrero.

And they called him.... The Gay Caballero

Well, you see, that villain Thunderclap and the Gay Caballero...

They thought the end was in sight for their arduous hero.

There's one thing they ain't heard of...

There's one thing they don't know.

The Kid's halitosis is quite mild....

Compared to his B.O......
Holiday Sports Spectacular

## Bio

**Holiday Sport Spectacular** is a sports highlights series hosted by Jemmy Hill (Benny Hill) covering the news from the sports world with footage from English football (soccer) and golf. For the show, Nicholas Parsons interviews Ernie Touch of the Dimpton City Players, who has a nervous breakdown over his obnoxious player, Ginger Thompkins, who is loved by the fans.

The episode also continues with a wrestling match from Loganberry between the Two-Ton Grudge (Tommy Mann) and Big Ben from Ballin (Benny Hill). Between wrestling moves, the two talk about the holidays and family; when Ben sees a good-looking girl in the audience, Grudge offers to toss him out to meet her.

The episode wraps with more scenes of football, racing, running, shot-putting and pool-playing.

## Trivia

* Benny plays three characters in this spoof.
* Benny calls Tommy by his real name in the sketch.
* Tommy Mann is said to have hurt his ankle stumbling over a cable in his sketch.
* Grudge's manager is played by Bill Straiton(?) while Benny's manager is played by Nicolas Parsons. The referree is played by Michael Sharvell Martin.

## Gallery

* Holiday03.JPG
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Lisa Jackman

**Lisa Jackman** is an English actress who starred as one of the Hill's Angels on "The Benny Hill Show."

Born November 24, 1963 in the Elephant and Castle neighborhood of London, England to a single mother, she was raised on an East London housing estate, and was encouraged by her mother to pursue her obvious talent for entertaining, enrolling at the local drama school for weekend classes. First acting on TV at the age of 11 in a school program, "A Place Like Home," she starred in the group, "Unity," in 1981, singing "For Only a Day" on BBC TV's "A Song for Europe.

As an actress, Lisa went on to have roles in "Remembrance," "The Dark Crystal," the 1983 James Bond film "Octopussy" and as one of the Hill's Angels on the April 25, 1984 episode of "The Benny Hill Show."

In 1985, she beat 3000 contenders to become co-presenter of "No Limits," a pioneering youth program which was featured in the BBC's early evening schedule. This appearance was followed by a stint as children's presenter on Thames TV's popular TV series, "Splash", and as a foil to Russ Abbot and Les Dennis, both popular comedians of the day.

By 1993, auditioned for the fole of Daphne Moon on the American TV series, "Frasier," losing out to fellow Angel Jane Leeves. (Around this time, she seems to have been confused with Lisa Maxwell of "The Lisa Maxwell Show." This kind of makes it difficult to separate their credits.) She also starred on "Acapulco H.E.A.T." and "Murder, She Wrote," returning to England to star in "Grease" on the London stage and in the popular musical, "Boogie Nights." She also starred in the TV series "In Deep" and "The Bill." In 2009, she joined the ITV lunchtime chat show, "Loose Women," as a regular panellist and stayed until March 2014. During her time on the show, she also appeared in the BBC-One soap opera, "EastEnders."

In 2014, Lisa married her long-term partner Paul Jessup on the grounds of their house located in Edge.They have a daughter who was born in 1999. She was reunited with her birth father in 2008. As of 2016, Lisa is currently playing Judy Garland in the UK tour of "End of the Rainbow."

## Episode(s)

* The Hot Shoe Show
* The Herd
* The B-Team

## Gallery

* Lisa Jackman, "Boys Are Back In Town"
* Benny and Lisa, "The Hot Shoe Show"
* Lisa, Erica, Lindsay and Benny in "The Hot Shoe Show"
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John Street

**John Street** is an English television director and producer, known for Citizen James (1960), A Christmas Night with the Stars (1958) and Comedy Playhouse (1961).

Not much is known about his life. He was July 1, 1914 in Guildford in Surrey, England, first working as a director on "The World Our Stage" in 1957, and going on to work on "Citizen James," "A Christmas Night with the Stars" and "Comedy Playhouse" among other projects. among his work, he worked on both of Benny Hill's TV shows for the BBC, The Benny Hill Show and Benny Hill. In 1979, Benny called on Street to edit the first ten years of his series for Thames Television for syndication in the United States. He also went on to work with Rikki Fulton, Dick Emery and Carol Burnett.

He passed away November 13, 2008, survived by his wife, Joan Johnstone.

## Episode(s)

* Mervyn's Christmas Pudding
* The Secret of Planet Seven
* The Vanishing Man
* Mr. Apollo
* The Visitor
* Mr. Jolly
* The Trouble Maker
* The Dresser
* The Taxidermist
Kerry Gallagher

Not much is known about **Kerry Gallagher.** Her first known TV appearance was on The Benny Hill Show, playing Carmen in Benny Hill's spoof of the eponymous opera. She is a native of New Zealand and she appears in the TV movie "Hercules and the Circle of Fire," later returning as another character in the "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" TV Series, both of which filmed on location. Her only other credit was a 1995 episode of the TV series, "Riding High," which was also made in New Zealand. She now lives in North London,

## Gallery

* Kerry gallagher on set in Benny Hill's Carmen
* Go to Kerry Gallagher and Kevin Sorbo
* Kerry Gallagher - Photo Shoot
* Kerry as Liana in Hercules.
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Ken Parry

**Ken Parry** is an English actor best known for the movies "The Taming of the Shrew" in 1967, "Start the Revolution Without Me" in 1970 and "Lifeforce" in 1985. A classically trained, cherubic-faced character actor, he was was born on June 20, 1930 in Wigan, England and played Shakespearean roles on stage, later appearing in many films and television series from the 1950s to the 1990s. Among the series he appeared in were "No Hiding Place," "The Wednesday Play," "Z Cars" and "Hazell." After two roles on "The Avengers," he was offered the role of John Steed's boss, "Mother," in 1967 but turned it down; the part instead went to Patrick Newell and became a regular role in the program's final season. Before becoming an actor, he worked for Wigan Coal and had a secondary career as a clairvoyant, once doing a reading for Mae West. He went on to star in two roles on "Coronation Street," "Pardon the Expression" and "Turn out the Lights" in 1967. Through his career, he became friends with actors Albert Finney, Tom Courtney, John Thaw and Michael Cashman, becoming known for his drinking escapades. He passed away on December 5, 2007 in London, England.
Lisa Price

**Lisa Price** is an English actress who starred as one of the original Hill's Angels on "The Benny Hill Show." Before starring on the show, she starred in the movie, "A Picture of Katherine Mansfield," in 1973, later joining the Angels as one of the girls in the beach number on the February 6, 1980 episode and in the "Little Dimpton Street Party" and "Mimed Striptease" numbers on February 10, 1982, the last episode to individually name the Angels. She also appeared in the TV series, "Only Fools and Horses," and the "Real Life Divas" TV series.

## Episode(s)

* Women's Lib Television
* Talking Point
Laurie Goode

**Laurie Goode** is an English actor and musician best known for starring in several movies in uncredited roles or as extras. He is probably best known for playing the Imperial Storm-Trooper who hit his head on a low beam in the movie, "Star Wars," which also starred David Prowse.
He was born Laurence Philip Goode in Windsor, England in 1945 to parents from Hackney in East London, moving out of the area during the Blitz and ending up homeless twice. His relatives include Victorian actor and writer, George Grossmith; his grandmother, May Combes, was a teenage music hall performer, often appearing on the same bill as actress Dorothy Ward.

Raised in Woking, England, Goode was attended the same school as singer Billie Davis. As a teenager, he learned to play the guitar, also getting involved in photographic modelling under top fashion guru and entrepreneur, John Stephen, for countless photo sessions. Featured in advertising campaigns for a period exceeding two years, his photos appeared in numerous publications. Goode also appeared in bit parts and as an extra for several television and movie project through the 70s and 80s. His TV appearances include "Popdown," "ITV Sunday Night Theatre," "The Wednesday Play" and and role as a hippie in the Woodstick sketch on "The Benny Hill Show." In 1978, he played three roles in "Star Wars" as a Rebel soldier, an alien in the Cantina scene and a Storm-Trooper hitting his head entering a scene. The blooper which made it into the movie became so iconic that Goode wrote and recorded a song, "Who Was The Stormtrooper Who Banged His Head!?" that was released on January 20, 2016. It was his pop debut single at 70.

With his main interest in music, Goode recorded "I Chose the World" with musician Phil Collins in one of Denmark Street's studios in London in 1970. He also wrote with song-writer Lionel Bart in 1981 on a project was never completed. He also wrote the song, "Devil's Disciple," with actor and singer Mike Berry and wrote a column for The Beat Magazine. He also teamed up with the London band, Uproar, until the group broke up. Goode also started acting again, taking his first speaking roles for film and TV directors, John Dexter and Viktors Ritelis, appearing in "I, Claudius," "Blakes 7," "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," "The Goodies" and "Doctor Who."

Goode also wrote two plays for David McGillivrays' company, The Entertainment Machine; both plays were performed at The Edinburgh Festival. He has also written for Mick Carling's video company UXB and The Beat. He also appears at times in Science Fiction and Fantasy conventions in connection to his roles on "Star Wars."
Mahala

## Bio

**Mahala** is an exotic dancer who performs in a men's night club in England; her act involves a large balloon that conceals her figure as she dances, moves around, performs deep stretches and even winks and blows kisses to the audience.

One day, an unnamed schoolboy wanders in with the men into the night club by chance with his slingshot. During her dance, the youth watches her for several minutes then uses his slingshot on her in an attempt to puncture her balloon and leave her naked on stage, but after destroying the balloon concealing her, he actually ends up revealing Mahala to be a blow-up doll herself, and she deflates into a mound on stage in front of her audience.

## Trivia

* Mahala was played by Corinne Russell; the youth was played by Benny Hill.
* Corinne also appears as herself in the chase scene.
* The wooden park staircase also appears in the National Smile Week sketch in The Halitosis Kid.
* This sketch possibly pushed the boundaries of decency than any other sketch in the series. (There was also a side view of Corinne's breasts in the Holiday sketch in this episode.) After this episode, the episode toned down the sexuality and started to include children to create a more family-oriented series.
* This sketch shows up on the "Home Video Drive-In" VHS from HBO Home Video.
Julie Hervieu

**Julie Hervieu** is an English actress and choreographer who worked with the Hill's Angels in two episodes of "The Benny Hill Show." Not much has been found about her life or career. She was once a member of the Member of the Players Theatre in London, later appearing in the TV-series "The Good Old Days" in 1980. This appearance might have parlayed her into working with the Angels in the "Runaway" number on January 7, 1981 and the "Remote Control" performance on March 25, 1981. Compared to known photos of her, she seems to have played the alternate leopard lady alongside Alison Thomas in the Benny the Clown sketch on January 1981. Afterward, Julie had two roles in the TV series, "Bergerac." Not much more is known about her.

## Episode(s)

* Big Poppa (choreographer)
* WonderGran Meets Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hyde (choreographer)
Midas, Cinderella and Robin Hood

## Production

**Episode:** 18

**Date:** March 26, 1973

**Producer:** Peter Whitmore

**Director:**

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

## Highlights

* Dave finds money under the tire of a parked car
* The clergy goes on strike

## Cast

* Dave Allen
* Ronnie Brody
* Jacqueline Clarke
* Michael Sharvell-Martin
* Peter Hawkins
* Robert East
* Peter Woods as the newscaster

## Quotes

* **Michael Sharvell-Martin** - "Why do I always have to be the one who gets the ball?!!" (after playing a guard climbing over a wall after a baseball)

* **Dave Allen** - "He's the only person who sits on a stool and gets a hangover." (about Michael Sharvell-Martin)

* **Dave Allen** "We were talking about doing the show, and we said, 'Let's actually do a show - Let's actually do a show without any religious gags just to prove we can do it.' and then we thought, 'Why the h\*\*\* should we?'"

* **Jacqueline Clarke** - "What a lovely family there are!" (*about a group of co-mingling religious figures greeting each other*)

* **Dave Allen** - (*about Elizabeth I being a virgin*) "I'm not surprised she got remembered for that; you don't meet many of those."

* **Jacqueline Clarke** - (*playing a lady officer being courtmaritaled*) "Really, sir, You and your war games!!"

## Trivia

* Recurring Characters and Themes: King Arthur, golf, Cyrano de Bergerac, criminals, the police, religion, heaven and James the Butler
* British journalist, reporter and newsreader Peter Woods makes an appearance as a TV Newsman for the clergy on strike sketch.
* The sketch with the clergy going on strike ranks as one of the top remembered sketches from the series.
* In the "clergy-on-strike" scene, the clergy list as their grievances "dank cells, drafty churches, woodworm in the confessionals, low pay and having to work ever Sunday." They also sing Hymn 769 as their song of protest.
* The money under the car tire sketch ranks among the top ten remembered sketches in the series.
* Recurring series characters and themes for this episode include priests, army officers, golfing, Prince Charming, Robin Hood, King Arthur, drunks, taverns and marriage.

## Sequence

* **Last Episode:** Spies, Indians and Vikings
* **Next Episode:** Twitches and Gestures
March 2, 1957

## Production

**Episode:** 6

**Date:** March 2, 1957

**Time:** 45 minutes

**Musical Director:** Bob Sharples

**Producer:** Duncan Wood

**Director:** Tommy Linden

**Writer:** Benny Hill and Dave Freeman

## Episode

* Guests include:
	+ Luis Alberto del Paraná
	+ The Tommy Linden Dancers

## Cast

* Benny Hill
* Carl Barriteau
* Tonia Bern
* Susan Denny
* Jeremy Hawk
* Patricia Hayes

## Sequence

* **Last Episode:** Saturday Comedy Hour 2
* **Next Episode:** March 30, 1957
I'll Never Know

## Bio

**I'll Never Know** is a song performed by Benny Hill in the opening act on March 31, 1986. The format is a Fifties-style "American Bandstand" scenario followed by "Those Days" and "In The Papers," tunes Benny performed on the show when he was starting out in show business. He is joined by Jon Jon Keefe, Bob Todd, (unknown) and Henry McGee on one side and Vanessa Biddulph (who comes forward to sing in a baritone voice), Samantha Spencer-Lane (?) and Tracy Smith (?) with Alison and Rebecca Marsh dancing in back in matching spandex ski suits. It was previously performed by the Spatchelors (Benny Hill, Jackie Wright and Pete O'Dell) on January 27, 1971.

Biddulph might also be the short figure on the men's side, but this is unconfirmed.

## Lyrics

(Note: The accuracy of these lyrics are a bit in doubt.)

I'll never know how a rose can look so sweet and pure

And hold it's head up high when it's standing in manure

Why do they say all brides are beautiful, each and every one.

If its true, where do all the ugly wives come from?

I'll never know, Never know, Never know, Never know

I'll never know, Never know, Never know, Never know

The sign said don't come back again (*indecipherable*)
It makes your bread soggy and impossible to light
The sign said buy her a flower, and she'll feel like a queen
But she's get romantic over a package of margarine

I'll never know, Never know, Never know, Never know

I'll never know, Never know, Never know, Never know

(*"Those Days" excerpt*)

**Benny** - When I came round to her house for her birthday, the cake I had wasn't bad

**Anna** - I liked the twenty-eight candles that were on the slice that I had.

(*second line indecipherable*)

**Benny** - Because I crossed a duck with a banjo and got a bird that plucks itself

**Anna** - (*indecipherable*)

**Benny** - Because I sat there biting my nails like some kind of adolescent fool.

The door burst open, and she stood there with all my mates from the docks

**Anna** - And we all sang happy birthday to you.

**Benny** - And all I had on was my socks.

**Benny** and **Anna** - Those days are far behind me; they were so long ago

They all seem to remind me how I love you so

(*"In The Papers" excerpt*)

Now, the nurse went to the paper, he got the job on the very first day

He saw the boss of the building with a pitchfork barring his way

He said all of my tenants are very high class and very well bred

He was possibly holding the pitchfork cause he was making his bed

I know its true; I know it's right

It's in all the newspapers in black and white.

Now, little Jimmy sat by the roadside. He was crying one summer day.

"Why do you cry, young Jimmy?" A man was heard to say.

"Because I can't do what the big boys do." said Jimmy.

"Move over, son." said the old man, and he sat down and cried with him.

I know its true; I know it's right

It's in all the newspapers in black and white.
Gary O'Bee

Not much is known about **Gary O'Bee**. During the 80s, he was part of a circus act with performer Duncan Pettigrew, the two of them appearing in the same episode of "The Benny Hill Show." He played the son of Brooklyn Benny in the "It's a Hard Life" opener on January 13, 1988 with Martin Slater as his police escort and a Club Chic-A-Go-Go door man with Pettigrew on April 27, 1988, two of the next to last shows of the series. His current whereabouts are unknown.

## Episode(s)

* The Halitosis Kid
* Club Chicago-Go

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Marie Ploski

**Marisha "Marie" T. Plotkin** (nee Ploski) is an Australian actress and dancer (misidentified as Marie Polski in the September 10, 1977 issue of "TV Week," an Australian TV magazine). Not much is known about her life and career. Her first known credit was as one of the dancers and as one of Benny Kelly's outlaws in Benny Hill: Down Under. She later starred in "The Pirate Movie" with Kristy McNichol and Christopher Atkins in 1982 and "Rebel" with Matt Dillon in 1985.

Today, she works as a choreographer and stage manager on Broadway in New York City, working on productions of "Leap of Faith," "The Glass Menagerie," "Rock of Ages," "Hairspray," "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "The Wild Party."
Karan David

**Karan David** is an English actress possibly best known as the hostess of "3-2-1." She later went on to star in the TV shows "The Lotus Eaters," "Marked Personal," "Churchill's People," "Six Days of Justice," "Angels" with Julie Dawn Cole of "Willie Wonka" fame, "Crown Court" and "Crossroads" before playing a nurse in the St. John Thomas Hospital tag on the April 25, 1984 episode of "The Benny Hill Show." She later starred in the series "The Upper Hand." Sometimes credited as "Karen Davis," her film appearances include the movies "It's Not the Size That Counts," "Belonging," "A Matter of Honour" and "Are You Being Served?" She was married to comedian Roger Kitter until his passing in 2015.

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* Karan in "Angels"
* Julie Dawn Cole, Karan and the cast of "Angels"
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Lindy Benson

**Lindy Benson** is an English actress, best known for a string of movies in the 1970s, such as "The World Is Full of Married Men," "Intimate Games" and "Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair."

Not much is known about her life and career. She was born in 1953 in Muswell Hill in London, England and attended Highgate Wood Secondary Modern. Her first known acting role was in the short, "The Hot Girls," followed by the films "Adam and Nicole," "I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight," "To the Devil a Daughter," "Intimate Games" and "Adventures of a Plumber's Mate."
She also had roles in the British TV shows "Ripping Yarns" and "The Innes Book of Records." She also had parts in "The World Is Full of Married Men" and "Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair" as well as the short, "Can I Come Too."
On January 5, 1983, she had an uncredited role as one of Wanda the Wicked West Whickam Whip Woman's female soldiers. At one time in her life, she was a private eye in the Fargo agency, a Canadian detective agency.
Match Of The Week

## Bio

**Match of the Week** is a British weekly sports highlights series that plays the best of the week in local sports. At the start, the host (Benny Hill) announces the progress of the Golden Goalie competition. The prize is having Brighton Champion Brian Klump sitting in the winner's home to watch the competition. Second prize is to have him sitting two seats away.

The nominees include Ginger Thompkins from the Maidenhead Academicals; his footage shows him leering at the female spectators, a blind referee (Jackie Wright), cheating players moving the ball and a string of magical sports moves. The second nominees is Hugh Jarse of the Titfield Thunderbolts, who deflects the ball with his butt, and the third is Willie Groper of the Bristol City Rovers who gets hit with a ball on the head, catches a ball in his third hand and deflects another with a huge shoe. The last nominee is Walter Guy of British West Hempstead, a former model who poses on the field for photographers and catches the ball even after it partially deflates.

Back in the studio, the sports newsman is caught drinking with a scantily clad girl (Diana Darvey) who appears with another girl (Malou Cartwright) to present the award with professional British football player Georgie Pest (Jackie Wright. The winner is Ginger Thompkins, and as Pest delivers it, he describes his hands "as safe as the banks of England," upon which the award disassembles before his eyes.

## Trivia

* This sketch is a spoof of "Match of the Week" a British sports news series that aired intermittently on Anglia TV from 1961 to 1983. It was hosted separately by sports reporters John Camkin, Gerald Sinstadt and Gerry Harrison.
	+ Although unidentified, Benny Hill seems to be impersonating Camkin who had departed the show seven years prior.
	+ William Brown of "Benny's Place" speculates Benny is actually impersonating British sports commentator Jimmy Hill, last seen as "Jemmy Hill" in Holiday Sports Spectacular.
* Ginger's female spectators are played by Jeannie Collings, Zoe Hendry, Claire Russell, Bella Emberg and Diana Darvey.
* The British football players are played by Jerold Wells, Bob Todd, Jack Wright, Jon Jon Keefe, Jim Tyson, Brian Nolan, Len Keyes, Bob Bauld, Kevin Moran and Stephen Kane.
	+ This was Len Keyes first appearance in the series; he was later brought in as a potential replacement for Jackie Wright.
	+ Jackie, Bob and Jon Jon also play referees and photographers.
* The so-called sport stunts were created with the cast acting backwards and then reversing the film.
* Georgie Pest is a parody of professional British football player George Best who played from 1961 to 1984. Sadly, he died at age 59 in 2005 due to complications after a liver transplant in 2002.

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