Radio Times

Review by:

David Butcher

There was a time, before TV Burp made him a household name, when Harry Hill was best known for a brilliant but utterly bananas Channel 4 sketch show with a cult following.

To say that The Harry Hill Show, which ran from 1997–99, divided people is putting it kindly; even those who adored it probably wouldn’t have marked Hill out as a future megastar.

Hill fronts this reunion mockumentary looking at what made Stouffer the Cat, Bert Kwouk and Brother Alan (played by another superstar-in-waiting, Al Murray) into obscure comedy icons. If there isn’t a badger parade (remember Tasmin Archer Badger and Gareth Southgate Badger?) we’ll all be very cross indeed.

About this programme

Spoof documentary in which the comedian looks back at the Channel 4 sketch show that made him famous in the late 1990s. He discovers what some of his former co-stars have been up to since the series ended, including his big brother Alan (Al Murray), Burt Kwouk and the stars of the Badger Parade, and tries to get them to take part in a one-off reunion. However, the programme also features backstage revelations about the making of the series which suggest the cast have plenty of good reasons for not wanting to work with Harry again.

Cast and crew

Cast

Himself

Harry Hill

Big brother Alan

Al Murray

Himself

Burt Kwouk

Crew

Director

Harry Hill

Producer

Adrian Sturges

Writer

Harry Hill

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