Synopsis
The Benny Hill Show is a British comedy series you can watch online on iFILM — Thames Television's flagship sketch show that ran from 1969 to 1989 and reached audiences in more than 140 countries.
Benny Hill wrote and starred in every episode, playing a revolving roster of characters: bumbling constables, lecherous old men, hapless foreigners. Each episode was built around slapstick chases, silent-film-style mime, sharp TV parodies, and relentless double entendres. Henry McGee played the deadpan straight man for decades; tiny Jackie Wright was the permanent fall guy who never quite escaped Benny's slap.
Beyond the laughs, the show exported one sound effect to the entire world: "Yakety Sax," the frantic trumpet cue played over the closing chase, is now the universal shorthand for speeded-up comic chaos. Stream all episodes of The Benny Hill Show online on iFILM.
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