Benny Hill Time

Last Edited: 08-Oct-2015 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.

Three series, broadcast on the BBC Light Programme. At least 26 episodes were distributed by the BBC Transcription Service. Specific order within each series is conjectural.
Written by Benny Hill.
See also Hill, Benny.

Date Episode Title Cast Parameters
23-Feb-1964 1-1 "start of a new series"
High Street Interview
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Jan Waters, Patricia
Hayes, Frank Thornton
The Michael Sammes Singers
BBC Revue Orchestra, Malcolm Lockyer
produced by John Browell
29:28, 13229, s
BBC Lt.Prg.
1964
1-n BBC Audience Research Department
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Jan Waters
The Michael Sammes Singers
BBC Variety Orchestra, Paul Fenouhlet
produced by John Browell
20:53, 6122, m
songs missing
BBC Lt.Prg.
1964
1-n Avant Garde Writer
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Jan Waters, Patricia
Hayes, The Michael Sammes Singers
BBC Revue Orchestra, Paul Fenouhlet
produced by John Browell
BBC Lt.Prg. off air
23:26, 21920, s
last few minutes
missing
BBC Lt.Prg.
1964
1-n Explorer Humphrey Bumphrey
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Jan Waters, Patricia
Hayes, Anthony Sharp 
The Michael Sammes Singers
BBC Variety Orchestra, Paul Fenouhlet
produced by John Browell
BBC Lt.Prg. off air
29:32, 27639, s
missing end credits
BBC Lt.Prg.
1964
1-n Hiding Emotions
Benny Hill, [Peter Vernon, Jan Waters, Patricia
Hayes, Anthony Sharp
The Michael Sammes Singers
BBC Variety Orchestra, Paul Fenouhlet
produced by John Browell]
BBC Lt.Prg. off air
26:26, 246734 s
missing beginning
AND end credits
BBC Lt.Prg.
1964
1-n Little Bo Peep
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Jan Waters, Anthony
Sharp, The Michael Sammes Singers
BBC Revue Orchestra, Malcolm Lockyer
produced by John Browell
BBC Lt.Prg. off air
29:22, 27473, s
missing end credits
BBC Lt.Prg.
1964
1-n Pop Impresario
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Jan Waters, Patricia
Hayes, The Michael Sammes Singers
BBC Revue Orchestra, Malcolm Lockyer
produced by John Browell
BBC Lt.Prg. off air
28:51, 26987, s
missing end credits
BBC Lt.Prg.
1964
1-n Seaside Resort Waxwork Museum
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Jan Waters
The Michael Sammes Singers
BBC Variety Orchestra, Paul Fenouhlet
produced by John Browell
BBC Lt.Prg. off air
28:37, 26774, s
missing opening
BBC Lt.Prg.
1964
1-n
TS5
If you won £50
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Jan Waters, Anthony
Sharp, The Michael Sammes Singers
BBC Variety Orchestra, Paul Fenouhlet
produced by John Browel
BBC Lt.Prg. off air
29:44, 14339, s
TS (KW)
27:10, 25425, s
BBC Lt.Prg.
1964
1-n
TS6
Pick of the Week -- Folk Dancers
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Jan Waters, Anthony
Sharp, The Michael Sammes Singers
BBC Variety Orchestra, Paul Fenouhlet
produced by John Browell
TS (KW)
26:58, 25235, s
BBC R7 rebroadcast
29:38, 27785, s
BBC Lt.Prg.
21-Feb-1965
2-1
TS14
"start of a new series"
High Street Interview
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Jan Waters, Patricia
Hayes, Pearl Carr, Teddy Johnson
Malcolm Lockyer's Hill Time Band
produced by John Browell
TS (KW)
27:15, 25498, s
BBC Lt.Prg.
28-Feb-1965
2-2
TS15
Health Farm
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Jan Waters, Patricia
Hayes, Pearl Carr, Teddy Johnson
Malcolm Lockyer's Hill Time Band
produced by John Browell
TS (KW)
27:09, 25406, s
BBC Lt.Prg.
1965
2-n
TS16
I Love Richard
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Jan Waters, Patricia
Hayes, Pearl Carr, Teddy Johnson
Malcolm Lockyer's Hill Time Band
produced by John Browell
TS (KW)
27:04, 25329, s
BBC Lt.Prg.
1965
2-n
TS17
Justice is Expensive
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Jan Waters, Patricia
Hayes, Pearl Carr, Teddy Johnson
Malcolm Lockyer's Hill Time Band
produced by John Browell
TS (KW)
27:00, 25266, s
BBC Lt.Prg.
1965
2-n
TS18
Planning a Holiday
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Jan Waters, Patricia
Hayes, Pearl Carr, Teddy Johnson
Malcolm Lockyer's Hill Time Band
produced by John Browell
TS (KW)
27:00, 25260, s
BBC Lt.Prg.
1965
2-n
TS19
Big Business Tycoons
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Jan Waters, Patricia
Hayes, Pearl Carr, Teddy Johnson
Malcolm Lockyer's Hill Time Band
produced by John Browell
TS (KW)
27:05, 25334, s
BBC Lt.Prg.
1966
3-n
TS20
Radio Ships
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Patricia Hayes,
The Raindrops, Malcolm Lockyer's Hill Time Band
produced by John Browell
TS (KW)
27:08, 25382, s
BBC Lt.Prg.
06-Mar-1966
3-n
TS21
Radio Producers
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Patricia Hayes, Elaine
Taylor, The Raindrops
Malcolm Lockyer's Hill Time Band
produced by John Browell
TS (KW)
27:11, 25439, s
BBC Lt.Prg.
1966
3-n
TS22
I Met You in Holsey's Cantina
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Patricia Hayes, Elaine
Taylor, The Raindrops
Malcolm Lockyer's Hill Time Band
produced by John Browell
TS (KW)
27:03, 25313, s
BBC Lt.Prg.
1966
3-n
TS23
It's in the Papers
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Patricia Hayes, Elaine
Taylor, The Raindrops
Malcolm Lockyer's Hill Time Band
produced by John Browell
TS (KW)
27:05, 25346, s
BBC Lt.Prg.
1966
3-n
TS24
I'll Never Know
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Patricia Hayes, Elaine
Taylor, The Raindrops
Malcolm Lockyer's Hill Time Band
produced by John Browell
TS (KW)
27:09, 25395, s
BBC Lt.Prg.
1966
3-n
TS25
Amateur Orchestras
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Patricia Hayes, Elaine
Taylor, The Raindrops
Malcolm Lockyer's Hill Time Band
produced by John Browell
TS (KW)
27:08, 25380, s
1966 3-n
TS26
Here I Stand at the Railroad Track
"last of the present series"
Benny Hill, Peter Vernon, Patricia Hayes, Elaine
Taylor, The Raindrops
Malcolm Lockyer's Hill Time Band
produced by John Browell
TS (KW)
27:06, 25358, s

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