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This was in which Harry would invite a celebrity on, who would then reveal their secret hobby, and the Bouncy Castle, whereby the show would end with the entire audience coming on stage, and bouncing on a giant bouncy castle. Although viewing figures were high enough, ITV decided not to commission a
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The documentary reveals the story in a spoof light, claiming that Hill was in fact the cause of the show's demise, when it was in fact Channel 4's budgetary restraints, and an upcoming deal with ITV which led to its cancellation, fake stories of Hill becoming addicted to Sild and abusing cast
387:, and occasionally, a tale from Nana Hill, Harry's eighty two year old nan. The Channel 4 version ran for three years, between 30 May 1997 and 24 April 2000, and spawned three series. The Channel 4 series was produced by 376:, who appeared as himself, Steve Bowditch, who played Harry's chief scientist, Finsbury Park, and Matt Bradstock, who played Harry's three year old adopted son, Alan Hill Jr. Each episode was introduced by 368:
As well as writing and producing the majority of the show's material himself, the Channel 4 version of the series also featured regular performances from
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Each episode would also include regular features, such as Burt Kwouk performing "Hey Little Hen", the Badger Parade, Harry reading the news disguised as
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would take on one of a number of different challenges; "Celebrity hobby that you didn't know about.... but will in a minute".
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series was commissioned in January 1997. The programme's title, as shown in the title sequence, was simply
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New features for the revival included "The Hamilton Challenge", where each week
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members, and a pair of new sketches, dubbed as the "rewritten ending".
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series expressing distaste for what was dubbed the "poor ITV revival".
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and Hill, Alan, Burt Kwouk and Stouffer dressing up as the judges of
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Following the success of Harry's latest television series,
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To tie in with the series, Channel 4 released a book,
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Harry Hill
Harry Hill
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Burt Kwouk
Channel 4
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Harry Hill's TV Burp
Fruit Fancies
British
stand-up
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Harry Hill
Channel 4
ITV
Fruit Fancies
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Al Murray
Burt Kwouk
Barrie Gosney
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TV Burp
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