The Best of Benny Hill


The Best of Benny Hill is a 1974 film version of material from the television comedy series The Benny Hill Show. This movie features sketches from the early Thames Television years from 1969–1973. All of the sketches in the film are from the episodes produced and directed by John Robins.
Some Sketches include:
This movie is similar to the 1971 film And Now For Something Completely Different which was a film spinoff from the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring sketches from the Python's first two seasons. The difference is that the Pythons recreated all the sketches for the film, while this theatrical release used clips from the original shows. The original programmes were recorded on videotape and shot on 16 mm film ; the videotaped material was transferred to 35mm film as a telerecording, and the 16 mm footage was blown up to 35 mm.
Interestingly, while Fremantle owns Thames' Benny Hill Show through its ownership of the Thames library, StudioCanal holds the rights to The Best of Benny Hill, through its acquisition of EMI in 2012.

DVD releases

Anchor Bay Entertainment released the movie on DVD in 2001 for Region 1 format and was released by Network on DVD and Blu-Ray in Region 2 format in 2016.