Harry Hill's TV Burp (2002)
Harry Hill's TV Burp is a British television comedy programme that ran for 11 years from 2001 to 2012. It was produced by Avalon Television for ITV and hosted by comedian Harry Hill. The show presents a look at the week's television, including extracts from TV shows with added sketches, observational voice-overs, and guest appearances. The show is based on clips of the previous week of programming on television, frequently reinterpreting actions or lines of dialogue in a humorous way, or pointing out how views of props or sets amusingly resemble other objects, and often lightheartedly or sarcastically commenting on the actual intended content of the programme. To produce the show, Hill and his programme associate writing team, including Brenda Gilhooly, Paul Hawksbee, Dan Maier, Joe Burnside and David Quantick, watch significant amounts of television, much on preview tapes. Clips from a variety of shows across most channels are included in the show, with soaps, dramas and popular-factual series being the most commonly represented genres. The clips are shown outside of the context of their original programme and only limited information about the scene is given, as the focus of the show's treatment is on the often unintentional humour which can be derived from the scene. The show was filmed at Teddington Studios, Greater London, in Studio 1 for series 1 to 8. From series 9 to 11, the studio has been the BBC Television Centre in London.
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Episode 1 - Series 4: Episode 1
Release Date: 2004-10-23In the first episode of the fourth series, gags revolve around a shortsighted sniper in Spooks, a Cilla Black look-alike in Emmerdale to a Robert Kilroy-Silk look-alike in Holby City, Coronation Street, Holiday Showdown, The Bill, Jennie Bond's Royals, Trains With Pete Waterman and others. Plus there's a fight between Jennie Bond and Pete Waterman and all the usual chaos.
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Episode 2 - Series 4: Episode 2
Release Date: 2004-10-30Shows that fall victim to Harry's scrutiny this time include The Bill, Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Beyond River Cottage and Foyle's War. From Fooling Hitler, Harry creates his own version of You've Been Framed showing clips of Adolf Hitler's comrades playing tricks on the Fuhrer. Harry noticed two peculiar nurses in Casualty: a short, blonde haired nurse dressed in pink who is constantly seen walking up and down the wards and then a tall, blonde haired nurse, also dressed in pink who is constantly seen walking across the wards widthways. Plus, we get a fight between these two nurses and all the regular chaos.
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Episode 3 - Series 4: Episode 3
Release Date: 2004-11-06Gags include Mike Reid on Age Swap, Holiday Showdown, tea in EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale and The Bill. As well as this we have a sketch on the bad side of meerkats, a fight between a shark and a toaster and all the usual craziness.
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Episode 4 - Series 4: Episode 4
Release Date: 2004-11-13Among the gags are cooking Conger Eel in Beyond River Cottage, Nigel Marven's Animal Nightmares: Rats, a football tournament in EastEnders, Emmerdale, BBC 3 drama Conviction, The Bill, Holiday Showdown and Coronation Street. Harry sarcastically comments that he MUST see the next episode of Selling Houses Revisited when the couple decide whether or not to buy the house. What follows are a series of sketches, each depicting a historical event: the trenches in France on Christmas Day 1914, Albert Einstein in his laboratory and the Titanic, where the people in each place comment they must not miss Selling Houses Revisited for the same reason (to see if the couple buy the house)! As well as this, we have a fight between a brown rat and black rat and all the regular craziness.
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Episode 5 - Series 4: Episode 5
Release Date: 2004-11-20Shows that fall victim to Harry's scrutiny this week include Wife Swap, Britain's Worst Mother-In-Law, With a Little Help from My Friends, Emmerdale, Foyle's War, Coronation Street, The Bill and Musicality. Find out from the clues in Casualty and Holby City as to what charity event is taking place this week. In Coronation Street, when Blanche Hunt said someone's been guzzling the gold top, she ""It's like there's a giant blue tit in residence"". What follows is a sketch called Giant Blue Tit In Residence where a giant blue tit walks up Coronation Street and enters the Barlows' house. The sketch ends when Harry enters dressed as Karen McDonald and starts bashing the blue tit with a cushion! There is also a fight between Karen McDonald and the giant blue tit and all the usual goings on.
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Episode 6 - Series 4: Episode 6
Release Date: 2004-11-27Programmes that fall victim to Harry's scrutiny this time include I'm a Celebrity: Get Me Out of Here, Chubby Chasers, With a Little Help from My Friends, Emmerdale, Coronation Street and British Isles: A Natural History. Harry pokes fun at Burger Barry who appeared in documentary Booze Britain and has him appear on chat shows such as Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, The Frank Skinner Show and Richard & Judy. Also has Harry comparing the likeness of Bruce Forsyth to Basil Brush, a fight between Tracy and Little Tracy from Chubby Chasers and all the regular goings on.