Benny Hill on VHS
by William Brown

Benny Hill's Video Revue [1981]

(originally released as The Best of The Benny Hill Show - Vol. 1 Color [1:58:11]
Cast: Benny Hill with Henry McGee, Bob Todd, Jack Wright, Helen Horton, Jenny Lee Wright, Rita Webb, Sue Upton, Roger Finch, Ken Sedd, Cyril Cross, Pat Ashton & Andee Cromarty, Susan Daly, Anne Easton, Louise English, Debi Gaye, Sharon Haywoode, Julie Kirk, Erica Lynley, Leigh Miles, Clare Smalley, Samantha Spencer Lane, Vivienne Warman, Penny Wells as Hill's Angels. Vocal backing by The Ladybirds. (Also appearing, uncredited: Brenda Arnau, Eddie Buchanan, Jenny Westbrook, Monica Ringwald, Leanne Robinson, Charles Stapley, Dee Dee Darlington, Lee Gibson, Eunice Black, Denise Brownlow, Jillianne Foot, Donna Scarff, Penny Chisholm, Frank Coda & The Cotton Mill Boys.)

Produced & Directed by: Dennis Kirkland (and, uncredited, Mark Stuart and Keith Beckett)

1. A Host of Your Favorite Stars (from 03/05/80)
2. Benny's Ballad: Johnnie Boy (from 03/05/80)
3. Art Gallery Munchies (from 03/05/80)
4. The Lower Tidmarsh Volunteer Fire Brigade Glee Singers (from 03/24/76)
5. The Misadventures of Robin Hood (from 03/24/76)
6. Murder On The Oregon Express (from 03/24/76; opening title sequence cut out)
7. More Guest Stars (from 03/24/76)
8. Benny & Brenda Arnau: Native Song of Luana (from 03/24/76)
9. The Handyman (from 03/24/76)
10. Captain Fred Scuttle Space Ace (from 03/24/76)
11. Benny's Ballad: Married Life (from 05/30/78)
12. First Impressions (from 05/30/78)
13. Digger Blue: Private Eye (from 05/30/78)
14. Hotel Sordide (from 05/30/78)
15. Chow Mein's Industrial Tribunal (from 03/05/80)
16. Hill's Angels in Madame Louise Summer Collection (from 03/05/80)
17. The Medieval Jester (from 03/05/80)
18. The South Blank Show (from 05/30/78; Jillianne Foot's interview with Benny as Marvin Lubtisch not included; ends with Jenny Westbrook handing Benny a bus stop sign)
19. Snuffo Box (close from 03/24/76; cuts out before chase and closing credits)
20. The Fudpuckers (from 03/05/80)
21. Butch Cafferty & The Fundance Kid (from 03/05/80)
22. Hill's Angels Climax (from 03/05/80; original end credits and Thames endcap included)

Benny Hill's Video Sideshow [1982]

(Originally released as The Best of The Benny Hill Show - Vol.3) Color [1:54:41]
Cast: Benny Hill with Henry McGee, Bob Todd, Jack Wright, Sue Upton, Roger Finch, Bella Emberg, Ken Sedd, Camilla Blair, Alison Bell, Lee Gibson, Barry Otto, Victoria Quilter, Ron Shand, Max Phipps, Lorna Lesley, Rita Webb, Jenny Lee Wright, Eddie Buchanan, Diana Darvey, Suzy Mandel, Johnny Vyvyan, John Quayle, Cyril Cross, Eddie Connor, Len Keyes, Sharon Bond, Tina Bond, Erica Ludlow (Lynley), Stephanie Lawrence, Mandy Perryment, Victoria Shellard & Louise English, Abigail Higgins, Beverley Kay, Penny Kendall, Claire Smalley as Hill's Angels. Vocal backing by The Ladybirds. (All except Hill uncredited.)

Producers: Dennis Kirkland, Mark Stuart, Ronald Fouracre, Dennis Spencer

Directors (uncredited): Dennis Kirkland, Mark Stuart, Ronald Fouracre, Richard McCarthy, Rod Kinnear

1. Opening Titles (on original Vol. 3 issue; montage and "Yakkety Sax" from The Best of Benny Hill)
2. Benny's Ballad: Les Girls (from Benny Hill Down Under, 04/12/78)
3. Hold Back The Wind (from Benny Hill Down Under, 04/12/78)
4. Benny's Ballad: Down On The Farm (from 02/11/81)
5. A Tribute To The Lower Tidmarsh Volunteer Fire Brigade (from 02/11/81)
6. Grand Wheelchair Rally (from 12/26/78)
7. Telephone Exchange (from 12/26/78)
8. Holiday Time (from 12/26/78; Note: Costa Patatas segment not included)
9. The True Story of Benny Kelly, Outlaw (from Benny Hill Down Under, 04/12/78)
10. Benny's Monologue: Castaway (from 02/11/81)
11. The Poster Girl (from 02/11/81)
12. Hill's Angels: Keep Young and Beautiful (edit from "Down The Road With Hill's Angels" segment, 02/11/81)
13. On The Beach: Closing Chase (from Benny Hill Down Under, 04/12/78; cuts off before Benny says his good nights and closing credits)
14. Vagabond (from Benny Hill Down Under, 04/12/78)
15. Mastermind (edit from "The Sum Awards," 01/26/77)
16. I, Claudius (edit from "The Sum Awards," 01/26/77)
17. "Nor Iron Bars a Cage...!" (from 01/26/77)
18. Benny's Commercial Bloopers (Chimpy Dog Food; from 01/26/77)
19. Continental Cabaret with Diana Darvey (from 01/26/77)
20. Peter Seymour: New Political Correspondent (from 01/26/77)
21. Bionic Baby (from 01/26/77)
22. Benny Quickie: Fire! (from 12/26/78)
23. More Benny Quickies (Separate Checks, Apartment 6, "Fly in My Soup", "Something's Bothering You", "My Wife Doesn't Understand Me...", Benwich Building Society, Easy Clean vacuum) (from 12/26/78)
24. Friday Night Fever (from 12/26/78)
25. Bus Stop She-Hulk and Chase (from 02/11/81; same as original show but w/o original cast & crew credits over chase)

Benny Hill's Crazy World! (1988)

Color [55:01]
Cast: Benny Hill with Henry McGee, Bob Todd, Anna Dawson, Jon Jon Keefe, Louise English, Jenny Lee-Wright, Sue Upton, Jerold Wells, Alison & Rebecca Marsh, Lorraine Doyle, Jade Westbrook and Hill's Angels (Also appearing, uncredited: Len Keyes, Sydney Arnold, Helen Horton, Kathy Staff, Christine Pilgrim, Alison Thomas) Produced & Directed by: Dennis Kirkland

Golden Titters (1998) #54

Repackaging of 01/13/88 edition

Golden Giggles (1997) #57

Repackaging of 04/05/89 edition

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