The Cancellation Of Benny Hill
- TV documentary
- 5
- 2025
- 1 episode
Documentary looking at Benny Hill's "controversial" material.
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The Cancellation Of Benny Hill review
What distinguished this from the usual talking-head/clip format was the clever idea of showing Benny Hill sketches to three Gen Z people. They were shocked by the racism and the fact that a woman bending down in suspenders while he leered was considered normal, which is perfectly fair. But, interestingly, they did still find that some of it funny, such as when Hill's character was interviewing a vicar who had his flies undone and Hill kept trying to cover it with a plant pot.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 13th April 2025Fawlty Towers, Kenny Everett & Benny Hill "cancelled" in C5 films
Fawlty Towers, Kenny Everett and Benny Hill are the subjects of new Channel 5 documentaries about controversies that have seen them "cancelled", while Sally Lindsay is to host a 1970s-themed panel show for the channel featuring John Thomson and Shaparak Khorsandi as team captains.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd April 2025