Alfred Hawthorne ‘Benny’ Hill, born on 21st January 1924, Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK, was a comedian and actor, best remembered for his TV programme The Benny Hill Show, an amalgam of slapstick, burlesque and double entendre, in a format that included live comedy and filmed segments with Hill at the focus of almost every segment. Hill was a prominent figure in British culture for nearly 4 decades, his show becoming one of the great success stories of TV comedy, being was among the most-watched programmes in the UK, with an audience of over 21 million in 1971. The Benny Hill Show was exported to 97 countries around the world.
