LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Benny Hill Comics Society plaque

Genre

News report; Tribute; Music

TX Date

17 Oct 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:04:35

Description

Report and tribute to comedian and actor Benny Hill who died in August 1992 and whose house in Kensington, London will receive a Dead Comics Society plaque in the actor’s memory. Speakers are former Hill’s Angel, Sue Upton; actor Henry McGee; Chairman of the Dead Comics Society, David Graham; also archive material of Benny Hill telling jokes. The Benny Hill Show theme tune starts the report. Ian Fenn reports.

Contributors

Benny Hill; Henry McGee; Ian Fenn; Sue Upton

Keywords

Actors; London; Performers; Reminiscence; Comedians; Television comedy; Television variety programmes; Kensington; Benny Hill; The Benny Hill Show

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