Editing Harry Hill (section)

==Career==
[[File:Harry Hill (2006).jpg|thumb|200px|Hill performing live with The Caterers in 2006]]

===''Harry Hill's Fruit Corner'' (1993–1997)===
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Hill achieved his breakthrough in 1992, when he won the Perrier Award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= Comedy comrades |date= 16 December 2006 |issue= 68885 |page= 40[S6] }}</ref> Shortly after, a radio show starring Hill was commissioned by [[BBC Radio 4]] entitled ''[[Harry Hill's Fruit Corner]]''. Hill hosted the show as himself, and each week he was joined by various guest performers, as well as regular character actors including [[Al Murray]] and [[Burt Kwouk]]. The show featured a variety of other celebrity guests during its run including [[Rolf Harris]] and [[Ronnie Corbett]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} Each episode is interspersed with Hill's stand-up routines. ''Fruit Corner'' ran for four series on [[BBC Radio 4]].

===''Harry Hill's Fruit Fancies'' (1994)===
Hill made his television breakthrough in 1994, when he starred in [[BBC Two|BBC2]] black-and-white silent comedy series ''Harry Hill's Fruit Fancies''. In a similar format to ''Fruit Corner'', Hill performed a series of sketches, with celebrity guests making cameo appearances.

The series ran for six episodes on BBC2 between October and December 1994. For Christmas that year, a VHS containing a 100-minute compilation of the best material from the series, as well as unseen sketches, was released by BBC Video.

===''Saturday Live'' (1996)===
Hill was a regular on ''[[Saturday Live (British TV programme)|Saturday Live]]'', which was broadcast in 1996 on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] for eight episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDbf_ImLWp8|title=Harry Hill Saturday Live 1996 S1-E1|website=[[YouTube]]|date=4 March 2013 }}</ref>

===''Harry Hill'' (1997–2003)===
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Harry Hill got his own television series on [[Channel 4]] in 1997. Among the regular characters were Harry Hill's big brother, Alan, played by Al Murray, and his adopted son, Alan Jr., played by Matt Bradstock. [[Burt Kwouk]] also appeared in many episodes as Harry's "Chicken Catcher" – and each week, he would come up with an excuse as to why he has not yet captured a chicken, followed by a performance of the song "Hey Little Hen". In later series, Hill and Kwouk appeared in sketches as [[Karl Lagerfeld]] and [[Gianni Versace]].

Hill's screen wife Mai Sung also made several appearances on the show, mainly on the theme of trying to steal his [[Abbey National]] bank savings book. Another character that featured on the show was Stouffer the Cat, a [[glove puppet]] cat made from blue rubber. Stouffer would normally sit in a throne, supported by a rubber arm in the style of [[Rod Hull]], and was employed to intimidate guests during Hill's standup routines. Some of Stouffer's catchphrases are "he got a big face" and "sorted – respect due".{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

At the end of each episode, an event called "The Badger Parade" was supposed to take place. The parade featured a number of [[puppet]] [[badger]]s that included "[[Gareth Southgate]] badger" and "[[Tasmin Archer]] badger", among others – however, every week, there would be some kind of problem, resulting in the badgers being unable to perform. In place of the badger parade, Hill would usually sing a song, with a guest that he had invited onto the show. A [[tie-in]] book relating to the series was released in October 1998, entitled ''Harry Hill's Fun Book''.

The series was cancelled in April 2000 but was revived by [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] in March 2003, as ''[[Harry Hill&nbsp;(TV series)#ITV1 (2003)|The All-New Harry Hill Show]]''. It was broadcast in between the first two series of Hill's new ITV show ''[[TV Burp]]''. Regular features on the ITV version included the Hamilton Challenge, featuring [[Neil Hamilton (politician)|Neil]] and [[Christine Hamilton]], and a butterfly in blue jeans. The Channel 4 series was revisited in August 2012, for a retrospective documentary entitled ''Whatever Happened to Harry Hill?''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/harry_hill_the_reunion/ |title=Whatever Happened To Harry Hill? – C4 Sitcom |publisher=British Comedy Guide |date= |accessdate=2022-09-18}}</ref>

===''Harry Hill's TV Burp'' (2001–2012)===
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In October 2001, Hill moved to [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] in a lucrative deal, in which he created an all-new show, ''[[Harry Hill's TV Burp]]'', where he would take a look at the week's television, showing clips from various British television programmes, and framing them with funny commentary or intercutting additional footage.

The series would feature a regular stable of all new characters, including the Knitted Character, a small knitted rabbit, Wagbo, a demon love child whose parents are reportedly [[The X Factor (UK series 7)|Wagner Carillho and Mary Byrne]] of ''[[The X Factor (UK TV series)|X Factor]]'' fame, and an interpretation of [[Heather Trott]] from ''[[EastEnders]]'', played by Steve Bernham, as well as a doll of ''[[The Apprentice (British TV series)|The Apprentice]]'' star [[Alan Sugar]], who would regularly rap before clips of ''The Apprentice'' were introduced.

The show was piloted in December 2001, before running for eleven full series between 2002 and 2012, before being cancelled to allow Hill to work on other projects. Hill would occasionally say his catchphrase "Chippy chips!" and the show became known for another catchphrase "You get the idea with that" and Hill's actual sideways look at a topic. The show won a number of [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] awards, and spawned five ''Best of TV Burp'' DVD compilations, and a book based on the series, which was released for Christmas 2009.

===''You've Been Framed!'' (2004–2022)===
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From 2004 to 2022, Hill narrated 15 series of the comical clip show ''[[You've Been Framed!]]'', often shortened to ''YBF!'', replacing [[Jonathan Wilkes]] on the show. In February 2023, it was reported that the show had been axed by ITV.

===''Harry Hill's Shark Infested Custard'' (2005)===
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In October 2005, Hill wrote and starred in ''[[Harry Hill's Shark Infested Custard]]'', a thirteen-part show broadcast in the [[CITV]] children's television slot, on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. While many of his well-known characters, such as Stouffer and Garry Hill, his fictional layabout son from his first marriage, remained, it also showcased several new characters, including Speed Camera Boy, an outsider who is half boy and half [[Road safety camera|speed camera]], and Evelynne Hussey, a one-woman band who played a number of different instruments.

While the show featured a game-show element, ''Help the Aged'', it was very similar in structure to ''[[Harry Hill (TV series)|Harry Hill]]''. In the show, Hill wore a pale yellow, custard-coloured shirt, with a giant collar, instead of his usual white collar.

The series was never released on DVD; however, it did spawn ''Harry Hill's Whopping Great Joke Book'', a book of children's jokes, released in 2006. The book was also made available as an [[iPhone]] application.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://harryhillsjokebookapp.com/ |title=Harry Hill's Whopping Great Joke Book – The app for iPhone and iPod Touch |publisher=Harryhillsjokebookapp.com |access-date=2011-10-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019090316/http://harryhillsjokebookapp.com/ |archive-date=19 October 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> A second book, ''Harry Hill's Bumper Book of Bloopers'', was released for Christmas 2011.

===''The Harry Hill Movie'' (2013)===
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''[[The Harry Hill Movie]]'' premiered in the [[United Kingdom]] on 20 December 2013. The film also stars [[Matt Lucas]], [[Julie Walters]], [[Johnny Vegas]], [[Sheridan Smith]], [[Simon Bird]], [[Marc Wootton]], [[Jim Broadbent]], and band [[The Magic Numbers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a524447/the-harry-hill-movie-premieres-first-trailer-watch-video.html|title='The Harry Hill Movie' premieres first trailer – watch video|work=Digital Spy|access-date=19 October 2014|date=18 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/24548250|title=The Harry Hill Movie gets 20 December UK release date|work=BBC News|access-date=19 October 2014|date=16 October 2013}}</ref> The film sees Hill embark on a road trip to [[Blackpool]] with his Nan ([[Julie Walters]]) when he discovers that his hamster has only one week to live.

The 88-minute film was directed by [[Steve Bendelack]] and made $3,647,870 at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a540494/the-hobbit-holds-off-anchorman-2-at-uk-box-office-top-10-in-full.html|title=The Hobbit holds off Anchorman 2 at UK box office – top 10 in full|work=Digital Spy|access-date=19 October 2014|date=24 December 2013}}</ref> It was also released on DVD on 14 April 2014.

===''Stars in Their Eyes'' (2015)===
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Hill presented a revived version of the ITV talent show ''[[Stars in Their Eyes]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week3/harry-hills-stars-their-eyes|title=Harry Hill's Stars In Their Eyes Episode 1}}</ref> The series aired for six episodes from 10 January until 14 February 2015. The revival has proved divisive. Fans of the original format were extremely critical of it, saying that Hill had made the show about himself rather than the contestants.

In April 2015, it was announced that the show had been axed by ITV, due to extremely poor ratings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a642410/harry-hills-stars-in-their-eyes-has-it-been-axed-by-itv.html|title=Stars in Their Eyes: Has it been axed?|website=[[Digital Spy]]|date=17 April 2015}}</ref>

===''Harry Hill's Tea Time'' (2016–2018)===
''Tea Time'' saw Hill welcome guests to a spoof comedy kitchen and ask them to cook bizarre things. A new entertainment series for [[Sky 1]], the first series debuted on 16 October 2016, and was viewed by 400,000 viewers. Ratings slipped the following week, when only 180,000 watched. Guests for the first series included [[Paul Hollywood]], [[Joey Essex]], [[Gok Wan]], [[Martin Kemp]] and [[Jason Donovan]].

''Harry Hill's Tea Time'' was commissioned for a second series which began airing in January 2018.

===''Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule'' (2017–2019)===
In March 2017, Hill began presenting six thirty-minute episodes of ''[[Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule]]'', which aired on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] on Thursday nights, 8.30 to 9&nbsp;pm.

The [[panel show]] sees Harry welcoming two teams of two celebrity guests as they are tasked with saving planet Earth from [[alien invasion]] by sending evidence (via the "fun capsule" of the title) that Earthlings are good fun and therefore worthy of saving from destruction. Harry alludes to the premise of the show as being rather tenuous in a running joke during each show's introduction, before introducing the two teams of guests, usually a mix of comedians and television stars.

In a similar style to ''[[Harry Hill's TV Burp]]'', the show includes various clips from television and film, often attributed or related somehow to the current guests. The guests also partake in sketches and songs based on or directly spoofing the funny or bizarre items featured. There is a regular slot entitled "Local News Round Up", accompanied by its own theme tune, which involves each of the guests taking turns to read out bizarre headlines from local newspapers. Alan the Alien also appears as a green extra-terrestrial's arm, emerging from a box to aid Harry in some way.

Guests on the show included [[George Formby Society]], [[Alison Hammond]] and [[Les Dennis]].

The series has received positive reviews, with many pointing out the similarities to ''TV Burp''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/harry-hills-superb-alien-fun-10006119|title=Harry Hill's superb Alien Fun Capsule is a bit like TV Burp repeating itself|first=Ian|last=Hyland|website=[[Daily Mirror]]|date=10 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/what-is-harry-hills-alien-fun-capsule-on-itv-is-it-any-good/|title=What is Harry Hill's Alien Fun capsule on ITV? Is it any good?|website=Radio Times}}</ref>

The show moved to Saturday evenings between 7.30&nbsp;pm and 8.00&nbsp;pm for a second series, aired in 2018, and a third in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/itv-recommissions-harry-hills-alien-fun-capsule|title=Press Releases|website=Press Centre}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a826235/harry-hill-alien-fun-capsule-getting-a-second-series/|title=Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule gets a second series|website=[[Digital Spy]]|date=18 April 2017}}</ref>

===''Harry Hill's World of TV'' (2020)===

In 2020, Harry Hill started presenting ''Harry Hill's World of TV''. Using archive clips, this ''TV Burp''-style show pokes fun at television, with each episode themed around a specific genre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/aug/23/harry-hills-world-of-tv-review-bursting-soaplands-bubble|title=Harry Hill's World of TV review – bursting soapland's bubble|first=Rebecca|last=Nicholson|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=23 August 2020}}</ref>

===Novels===
In 2002, Hill published a novel entitled ''Flight from Deathrow'', based around the unlikely fictional antics of real-life celebrities and politicians, as seen through the eyes of a storyteller who drifts in and out of a coma. His second book, ''[[Tim the Tiny Horse]]'', was published in October 2006, and featured the tale of a small horse who has to wear glasses because of poor eyesight.

Hill's third book, ''The Further Adventures of the [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|Queen Mum]]'', was published in October 2007, and was a comic take on the life and times of the Queen Mother. His fourth novel, ''[[Tim the Tiny Horse at Large]]'', which is a sequel to ''Tim the Tiny Horse'', was published in October 2009.

In 2010, Hill released ''Livin' the Dreem'', a fictional account of a year in his life with frequent references to pop culture. The book was reprinted in May 2011, with additional entries for events occurring between January and April of that year.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

''A Complete History of Tim (the Tiny Horse)'' was published in November 2012 which contains the first two ''Tim the Tiny Horse'' novels, with four new stories.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Complete History of Tim (the Tiny Horse)|id={{ASIN|0571280374|country=uk}}}}</ref>

===Other projects===
Hill has recorded voice-overs on television commercials. Advertisements that Hill has provided a voice over for include the holiday adverts for [[Boots Group|Boots]] in 2004, the "Bring on the Branston!" adverts for the [[Branston Pickle]] brand during 2006 to 2007, adverts for the [[Green Flag]] car breakdown service, and adverts for the new yogurt, ''Danio by [[Danone]]''. He also sang in 2001 "[[This Charming Man]]" by [[The Smiths]] as [[Morrissey]] in [[Stars in their Eyes]].{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

In February 2001, and again in April, Hill appeared on ''[[Lily Savage's Blankety Blank]]''.<ref name="blanketyblank2">{{cite episode|series=Lily Savage's Blankety Blank|network=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]|airdate=25 February 2001}}</ref><ref name="blanketyblank">{{cite episode|series=Lily Savage's Blankety Blank|network=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]|airdate=29 April 2001}}</ref> Hill has also appeared as a guest on the [[BBC Radio 4]] series ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'', in the ''[[ChuckleVision]]'' episode "Mind Your Manors", the first episode of the twentieth series, and as Joon Boolay in the [[Sky Atlantic]] sitcom ''[[This is Jinsy]]''.<ref name="yahoo_july2011">{{cite web |url=http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/news-extra/article/168245/daily-tv-round-upharry-goes-drag-in-new-comedy.html |title=Daily TV round-up – Harry goes drag in new comedy |work=Yahoo! TV |year=2011 |access-date=28 July 2011}}</ref> Between July and October 2003, Hill presented a Sunday morning comedy and music show on [[Capital Radio]] called "Funch".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Byrne |first=Ciar |date=2003-05-19 |title=Capital Hill recruited for radio |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/may/19/radio.commercialradio |access-date=2023-11-24 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In October 2006, Hill presented his own episode of long running ITV series, ''An Audience With...'', in which he revived several characters from ''Harry Hill''. On 4 October 2004, he also appeared in an episode of ''[[Room 101 (British TV series)|Room 101]]''.

In November 2010, Hill released his debut comic album, 'Funny Times'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/95fd/|title=BBC – Music – Review of Harry Hill – Funny Times|last=Kennedy|first=Adam|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-24}}</ref> The album was preceded by the singles 'I Wanna Baby', 'SuBo', and 'Ken!', which features [[William Roache]], as his ''[[Coronation Street]]'' character, [[Ken Barlow]], is the feature of the song. Since October 2010, Hill has had his own comic strip in ''[[The Dandy]]'', entitled ''[[Harry Hill's Real Life Adventures in TV Land]]'', drawn by [[Nigel Parkinson]]. Hill was directly involved in its creation and is co-credited with Parkinson. Between October and December 2010, Hill starred in a weekly online comedy series on the [[ChannelFlip]] website, entitled ''Harry Hill's Little Internet Show''. Ten episodes of the show were broadcast online.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/series/harry-hill-s-little-internet-show |title=Harry Hill's Little Internet Show |work=The Guardian |date=22 October 2010 |access-date=29 December 2010}}</ref>