Production[]
Episode: 40
Date: January 7, 1981
Time: 51:14
Musical Director: Ronnie Aldrich
Vocals: The Ladybirds
Choreography: Julie Hervieu
Producer: Dennis Kirkland
Director: Dennis Kirkland
Writer: Benny Hill
Episode[]
Wonder-Gran
- Quickie: 5 Minutes
- Ballad: Maria
- The Loser
- Not A Lot Of People Know That
- Circus Clown
- The Wishing Well
- Meeting People With Henry McGee
- Hill's Angels: Runaway
- Quickies - 2
- Wonder-Gran vs Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hyde
Highlights[]
- Benny impersonates Michael Caine, his co-star in the movie, The Italian Job
- The Loser
- The Wishing Well
- Wonder-Gran vs. Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hyde
Cast[]
- Benny Hill
- Jack Wright
- Bob Todd
- Henry McGee
- Ken Sedd
- Louise English
- Sue Upton
- Abigail Higgins
- Roger Finch
- Bella Emberg
- Elfrida Ashworth - Hill's Angel
- Alison Bell - Hill's Angel
- Lee Gibson - Hill's Angel
- Julie Kirk - Hill's Angel
- Clare Smalley - Hill's Angel
- Samantha Spencer Lane - Hill's Angel
- Alison Thomas - Hill's Angel
- George Chandler - vocals only (uncredited)
- David Barham (uncredited)
Quotes[]
- Abigail - "Gladys! I can't talk to you now. i'm on my weddng night! Call me back in five minutes!"
- Wall Graffiti - "Slides Rules OK - Spain rules "ole!" - Elizabeth rules UK - Marquis of Queensbury rules KO"
- Michael Caine - "Do you know what they call a dog who's got no legs? Well, it don't matter, 'cause he won't come anyway."
- Michael Caine - "Roses are reddish, and violets are bluish, if it weren't for Christmas, we'd all be Jewish."
- Gaston LeClerc - "The English are a funny lot. Shipments go by car while cargo goes by ship."
- Gaston LeClerc - "Englishmen have sixteen wives. It is in the verse. Four richer, Four poorer, four better and four worse."
- Wall Graffiti - "Frederick's nuts aen't what they're cracked up to be - Englishmen make the best lovers - The Japanese make them smaller and cheaper."
- Wall Graffiti - "Stamp out vandalism - Or I'll blow out your windows!"
Trivia[]
- Selected sketches from this episode appear in the "Video Spotlight" and "Home Video Drive In" VHS tapes from HBO Home Video.
- George Chandler sings "Runaway" during the Hill's Angels' routine, backed by The Ladybirds.
Sequence[]
- Last Episode: Name That Tune
- Next Episode: A Tribute to the Lower Tidmarsh Volunteer Fire Brigade