Harry Hill's Fruit Corner

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Harry Hill's Fruit Corner was a radio show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom. It starred Harry Hill (real name Matthew Hall), a former doctor and British comedian. Hill achieved his big breakthrough in 1992 when he won the Perrier Award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The show was commissioned shortly after he received the award.

Hill hosted the show as himself, and each week was joined by his brother Alan Hill (Al Murray), his three year-old adopted son (also called Alan Hill), his parents Jan and Tony Hill and his grandmother Nana Hill. The later series of the show often saw the family joined by Burt Kwouk. The show also enjoyed a variety of other celebrity guests across its run, including Ronnie Corbett and Rolf Harris. The show used surreal humour as the base for many of its jokes, and its presentation was very conversational, with each item tending to involve one or more members of the family, and later on roping in other recurring characters such as scientist Finsbury Park. Each programme was interspersed with surreal jokes from Harry, common ground for anyone familiar with his stand-up routines.

Fruit Corner ran for four series on Radio 4. The first of these, in 1993, contained four episodes, but after the show's success it returned for three further six-episode runs in 1994, 1995 and 1997 respectively. The show acted as a springboard for Hill's television career, and his small-screen show on Channel 4, The Harry Hill Show, was not dissimilar in style and structure to Fruit Corner.

Contents 1 Episode guide 1.1 Series 1 1.2 Series 2 1.3 Series 3 1.4 Series 4

[edit] Episode guide

[edit] Series 1

Episode Number	Air Date	Title
1	November 11, 1993	Monks And Nuns
2	November 18, 1993	Lords And Ladies
3	November 25, 1993	Police And Thieves
4	December 2, 1993	Doctors And Nurses

[edit] Series 2

Episode Number	Air Date	Title
1	November 17, 1994	Elves And Pixies
2	November 24, 1994	Judges And Janitors
3	December 1, 1994	Army And Navy
4	December 8, 1994	Minicab Drivers
5	December 15, 1994	Dons And Dames
6	December 22, 1994	Dog And Bone

[edit] Series 3

Episode Number	Air Date	Title
1	August 31, 1995	Desmond Tutu Sings Motown
2	September 7, 1995	Prince Charles Sings Musical Youth
3	September 14, 1995	Jimmy Saville Sings The Cranberries
4	September 21, 1995	The Midget Off Fantasy Island Sings Tina Turner
5	September 28, 1995	Mike Read Sings Blur
6	October 4, 1995	Desmond Tutu Sings Disney

[edit] Series 4

Episode Number	Air Date	Title
1	March 20, 1996	Gregorian Monks Chant The Ragga Hits
2	March 27, 1996	David Bowie Sings The Instrumentals
3	April 3, 1996	Tom Baker Sings Meatloaf
4	April 10, 1996	Chewbacca Sings Spandau Ballet
5	April 17, 1996	Mariella Frostrup Sings Dionne Warwick
6	April 24, 1996	Alec Guinness Sings Pulp

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