Benny Hill

Clockwise from left, Julie Kirk relaxing with Steven Spielberg; on set with with Benny Hill; now in her dance studio; scantily clad with a fellow Hill's Angel

Mr Aldridge added: "The beret and glasses are probably the most recognisable props used by Benny Hill and Fred Scuttle was his most famous character."

1 Tusk; 2 Are You Being Served?; 3 Germany, 4 Black box; 5 The Munsters; 6 Yellowhammer; 7 Edward Scissorhands; 8 Gwynn; 9 Maiden; 10 Catwoman; 11 Fly; 12 Cycling; 13 Spain; 14 Herbivores; 15 Broadway; 16 Contract; 17 Two; 18 Map; 19 Benny Hill; 20 Janitor.

He was said to have chased a nurse around a patient's trolley like "something out of a Benny Hill escapade".

In one incident he was said to have chased a nurse around a patient's trolley and tried to grapple her like "something out of a Benny Hill escapade".

In the 1980s, Benny Hill (above) was labelled sexist.

- WHAT can I say without sounding like Benny Hill? This gloriously-named beast is, in fact, a white bramble which looks brilliant in winter.

It began in 1971, when I was seven and my mum bought me my first single: Benny Hill's Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West).

She laughed that another of his choices Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) by Benny Hill had "seemed about right".

IT turns out that David Cameron is a secret Benny Hill fan.

CASANOVA: The opening scene looks like an 18th Century Benny Hill sketch as a half-dressed womaniser flees from the fists of an angry husband.

And what could be more humiliating for Benny Hill than to be priced up on a par at 66-1 with Richard and Judy?

PITCHING IN: England footballer David James teaches football skills to youngsters in Malawi in Newsround, BBC1, 5.20pm, while the humour of Benny Hill is featured in The Unforgettable Benny Hill, ITV, 11.00pm

The channel has come in for mockery, with nightly repeats of the Benny Hill Show and dated sitcoms.

COMEDY legends Tommy Cooper and Benny Hill join quiz host Anne Robinson and chef Jamie Oliver in ITV's chart of the greatest telly stars.