The Benny Hill Show and Rumpole of the Bailey

Rude, raunchy and very, very silly, <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ENTTV0000516" title="The Benny Hill Show (tv program) " href="/topic/entertainment/television/the-benny-hill-show-%28tv-program%29--ENTTV0000516.topic">"The Benny Hill Show"</a> gave many Americans their first taste of British TV comedy, and "<a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB0000005531" title="Benny Hill" href="/topic/entertainment/benny-hill-PECLB0000005531.topic">Benny Hill</a>: The Complete Megaset: The Thames Years 1969-89" delivers exactly what the title promises, nearly 600 sketches on 18 <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="T50009001" title="DVDs" href="/topic/services-shopping/dvds-movies/dvds-T50009001.topic">DVDs</a>. Another iconic Brit, Leo McKern, tackles what became his signature role as Horace Rumpole in the long-running legal drama "Rumpole of the Bailey," now available complete in a 14-DVD megaset. <a href="http://shop.history.com/index.php?v=aetv/"><b>Available at shop.history.com</b></a>

Rude, raunchy and very, very silly, "The Benny Hill Show" gave many Americans their first taste of British TV comedy, and "Benny Hill: The Complete Megaset: The Thames Years 1969-89" delivers exactly what the title promises, nearly 600 sketches on 18 DVDs. Another iconic Brit, Leo McKern, tackles what became his signature role as Horace Rumpole in the long-running legal drama "Rumpole of the Bailey," now available complete in a 14-DVD megaset. Available at shop.history.com

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