Benny Hill: Down Under

ProductionEdit

Episode: 32
Date: October 11, 1977 (Australia), April 12, 1978 (United Kingdom)
Time: 1:33:01
Musical Director:
Vocals: The Ladybirds
Choreography:
Producer: Dennis Spencer
Director: Rod Kinnear and Richard McCarty
Writer: Benny Hill

EpisodeEdit

• Opener: Les Girls
• Hold Back The Wind
• Dance Sequences
  • New Avengers
  • Hawaii 5-0
• The Legend of Benny Kelly
• Lady Godiva
• Archie's Angels
• Tag: Seaside Romp

HighlightsEdit

• Hold Back The Wind
• The Legend of Benny Kelly
• Lady Godiva
• Archie's Angels - a spoof of the American TV-series "Charlie's Angels"

CastEdit

• Benny Hill
• Jackie Wright (uncredited) - Claude
• Jenny Lee-Wright (uncredited) - Claude's maid
• Leslie Goldie (uncredited) - Fifi
• Ron Shand
• Victoria Quilter
• Max Phipps
• Barry Otto
• Lorna Lesley - Lucy Jardine
• Jim Clifford
• Christina Danielle
• Maurice Murphy
• Marilyn Natty
• Nat Nixon
• Marie T. Ploski
• Amber Rodgers
• Stuart Wagstaff
• Les White

QuotesEdit

• Benny Hill - "She's sixteen years old!"
  Barry Otto - "I know... but she looks twelve!"

• Christina Danielle - "Would you like something to bite on?"
  Benny Hill - "No, I had a biscuit with my tea."

• Benny Hill - "Did you call the doctor?"
  Barry Otto - "No, daddy, I called the undertaker."
  Benny Hill - "You called the undertaker?"
  Barry Otto - "I did what you taught me, daddy. I cut out the middle man!"

TriviaEdit

• Filmed in Australia with an Australian crew and actors, this episode aired on October 11, 1977 in Australia and on April 12, 1978 in Great Britain.
• The Claude and Fifi sketch ("Love Will Find A Way") is repeated from Top of the Tops.
• This episode is unavailable on DVD; however, select clips from this episode were chosen to appear in the HBO VHS "Video Sideshow."

SequenceEdit

• Last Episode: A Packed Program
• Next Episode: The South Blank Show