Jackie Wright: Holiday

ProductionEdit

Episode: 16
Date: February 22, 1973
Time: 50:42
Musical Director:
Vocals: The Ladybirds
Choreography:
Producer: Keith Beckett
Director: Keith Beckett
Writer: Benny Hill

EpisodeEdit

• Quickie: Leather Outfit
• Ballad: Carol
• Fred Scuttle Security Guard
  • Scuttle Security
• Programme Planner
• Quickies - 7
• Guest: The Orange Blossom Band - What Am I Doing Hanging Round
• At Home With Henry McGee
  • Chu-Em Gumm
• Jackie Wright: Holiday
• Benny Hill and Pat Ashton: Lover Come Back to Me
• Tag: Scottish Tryst

HighlightsEdit

• Jackie Wright: Holiday

CastEdit

• Benny Hill
• Henry McGee
• Bob Todd
• Pat Ashton
• The Ladybirds
• Jack Wright
• Helli Louise
• Bella Emberg
• Connie Georges
• Walter Goodman
• Sue Bond
• Cheryl Gilham
• Laraine Humphrys
• Sui-Lin
• Chai-Lee
• Su-Yong

QuotesEdit

• "Stop dancing up there!" - Jack Wright after Benny Hill raps on his helmet

TriviaEdit

• Helli Louise is the pretty young girl in the opening bit with Benny Hill wearing leather. Henry McGee and possibly Pat Ashton play the girl's parents.
• The song, "What Am I Doing Hanging Round," performed by the The Orange Blossom Band was originally released by "The Monkees."
• This episode features Henry McGee in his first interview with Fred Scuttle, replacing Nicholas Parsons.
• Pat Ashton is the female actress in the demonstration with Fred Scuttle.
• In the quickies, Benny plays the Crimson Shadow (Chalfort St. Giles), singer Billy Eckstine, Australian broadcaster Clive James and Liberace dancing by his piano.
• The brunette in the Hi Karachi quickie is Laraine Humphrys.
• The tag with Benny, Helli and Henry was possibly filmed at the same exterior mansion grounds as Bionic Boy and the Grand Wheelchair Rally.
• The Clive James blooper was featured in the 1979 half-hour U.S. syndicated version, but it was omitted in the 1987 version of the episode.

SequenceEdit

• Last Episode: Common Market Square Dance
• Next Episode: Dalton Abbott Railway Choir