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=== Films and recordings === Hill appeared in five full-length feature films: ''[[Who Done It? (1956 film)|Who Done It?]]'' (1956), ''[[Light Up the Sky! (film)|Light Up the Sky!]]'' (1960), ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'' (1965), ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' (1968) and ''[[The Italian Job]]'' (1969). He also made two [[Short film|short-subject films]]: ''The Waiters'' (1969) and ''Eddie in August'' (1970), the latter a TV production. Finally, a clip-show film spin-off of his early [[Thames Television]] shows (1969β1973), called ''[[The Best of Benny Hill]]'' (1974), was a theatrically released compilation of ''The Benny Hill Show'' episodes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Best of Benny Hill |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150017136 |access-date=15 February 2025 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> Hill's audio recordings include "[[Gather in the Mushrooms]]" (1961), "[[Pepys' Diary (song)|Pepys' Diary]]" (1961), "[[Transistor Radio (song)|Transistor Radio]]" (1961), "[[Harvest of Love]]" (1963) and "[[Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)]]", which was the [[List of UK singles chart Christmas number ones|UK Christmas number one]] single in 1971.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 252}}</ref> He received an [[Ivor Novello Award]] from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors in 1972.<ref name="GQ"/>
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