Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule

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Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
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Genre Comedy
Panel show
Created by Harry Hill
Written byHarry Hill
Directed byGeraldine Dowd
Presented byHarry Hill
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes22
Production
Executive producersMurray Boland
Harry Hill
Danielle Lux
ProducerAlan Thorpe
Production locations The London Studios (2017-2018)
Pinewood Studios (2019)
EditorsSteve Nayler
Mobashir Dar
Running time30 minutes (including adverts)
Production companyNit Television
Original release
Network ITV
Release2 March 2017 (2017-03-02) –
20 July 2019 (2019-07-20)
Related
Harry Hill's TV Burp

Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule is a British television comedy panel show created, written and presented by Harry Hill and produced by his company Nit Television for ITV. The series began on 2 March 2017 and follows Hill and a group of celebrity guest panelists trying to find funny things to convince an alien invasion that the earth is worth saving. A second series began on 14 April 2018. [1] A third series of the show was commissioned by ITV and started on 8 June 2019. [2] On 4 February 2020, it was confirmed that ITV had cancelled the programme. [3]

Contents

Format

The show revolves on Hill trying to fill an "alien fun capsule" with funny things so that aliens will not invade. Regular segments include "Local News Round-Up", where Hill and the guests sing a short song about strange headlines from the local news, Hill performing a short skit with 'Alan the Alien' to decide what the next round will be, a 'what happens next' segment, taken from You've Been Framed , where Hill shows a clip before the start of the ads and a song at the end of the show.

Episodes

SeriesEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
1 72 March 2017 (2017-03-02)13 April 2017 (2017-04-13)
2 814 April 20189 June 2018
3 78 June 201920 July 2019

Series 1 (2017)

No. overallNo, in seriesEpisodeDatePanelist 1Panelist 2Panelist 3Panelist 4
11"Episode 1"2 March 2017 Kelvin Fletcher Sara Pascoe Patrick Robinson Josh Widdicombe
22"Episode 2"9 March 2017 Kathy Burke Joe Lycett Ainsley Harriott Lorraine Kelly
33"Episode 3"16 March 2017 Mel Giedroyc Bridget Christie Eamonn Holmes Judith Chalmers
44"Episode 4"23 March 2017 Sally Lindsay Phillip Glenister Joe Lycett Sara Cox
55"Episode 5"30 March 2017 Ross Noble David O'Doherty Raleigh Ritchie Gloria Hunniford
66"Episode 6"6 April 2017 Nina Wadia Fay Ripley Nish Kumar Des O'Connor
77"Episode 7"13 April 2017VariousVariousVariousVarious

Series 2 (2018)

No. overallNo, in seriesEpisodeDatePanelist 1Panelist 2Panelist 3Panelist 4
81"Episode 1"14 April 2018 Sally Dynevor Robert Peston Micky Flanagan Anneka Rice
92"Episode 2"21 April 2018 Moira Stuart Kara Tointon Tom Davis Suzanne Packer
103"Episode 3"28 April 2018 Johnny Vegas Samantha Giles Sue Johnston Jimmy Osmond
114"Episode 4"5 May 2018 Una Stubbs Janet Street-Porter Alex Brooker Jordan Stephens
125"Episode 5"12 May 2018 Gaynor Faye Anita Rani Cannon and Ball Robert Winston
136"Episode 6"19 May 2018 Rosemary Shrager Liza Tarbuck Peter Davison Louis Walsh
147"Episode 7"26 May 2018 Charlie Brooks Chizzy Akudolu Lolly Adefope Carol Vorderman
158"Episode 8 - Unseen"9 June 2018VariousVariousVariousVarious

Series 3 (2019)

No. overallNo, in seriesEpisodeDatePanelist 1Panelist 2Panelist 3Panelist 4
161"Episode 1"8 June 2019 Martine McCutcheon Les Dennis Alison Hammond Tom Courtenay
172"Episode 2"15 June 2019 Kevin Whately Konnie Huq Georgia Taylor Bill Roache
183"Episode 3"22 June 2019 Krishnan Guru-Murthy Stephanie Beacham Pam Ferris Tom Allen
194"Episode 4"29 June 2019 Chris Packham Chelsee Healey The Krankies Pam St Clement
205"Episode 5"6 July 2019 Nick Helm Jennie Bond Angellica Bell Patrick Mower
216"Episode 6"13 July 2019 Warwick Davis Charlie Dimmock Kelly Brook Sarah Greene
227"Episode 7"20 July 2019 Josh Widdicombe Amanda Barrie Samantha Womack Michael Buerk

References

  1. ↑ "Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule gets a second encounter : News 2017 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide".
  2. ↑ "ITV orders more Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule". British Comedy Guide . 17 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "ITV confirms Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule fate". Digital Spy . 4 February 2020. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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