This week we review - Benny Hill Time (From March 1964)

Despite re-running this radio series, all the BBC can find to say about this show is "The master of double entendre presents sketches including Fred Scuttle. With Peter Vernon and Jan Waters. From March 1964." Perhaps they were still smarting from his choice to work with Thames Television for 20 years.

However, we do know that Alfred Hawthorne Hill was born on 21 January 1924 in Southampton.

After the Second World War, Hill worked as a performer on radio and his first appearance on television was in 1950.

In addition, he attempted a sitcom anthology, Benny Hill, which ran from 1962 to 1963, in which he played a different character in each episode and in 1964, he played Nick Bottom in an all-star TV film production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

He also had a radio programme lasting for three series called Benny Hill Time on BBC Radio's Light Programme, from 1964 to 1966. It was a topical show with episodes from March 1964 featured James Pond 0017 in "From Moscow with Love" and his version of "The Beatles".

He played a number of characters in the series, such as Harry Hill and Fred Scuttle.

Written by Benny Hill

Produced by John Brown

Benny Hill Time is available here https://bbc.in/2MifIYP

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