Episode
Harry Hill's TV Burp: Series 2: Episode 1
Overview
In the opener to Series 2, Harry pokes fun at TV shows such as the recent Henry VIII drama with Ray Winstone, Auction Man and soaps such as Coronation Street (Todd's gay kiss with Nick Tilsley) and Emmerdale (Zak's return and Terry's stroke). Also includes a visit to Coronation Street, a fight between illusionists David Blaine and Derren Brown and all the usual mayhem.
Details
- Series
- Harry Hill's TV Burp
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2003-10-30
Episode context
Series 2: Episode 1 is Episode 1 in Season 2 of Harry Hill's TV Burp. It aired on 2003-10-30.
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Episode 3
In this edition of TV Burp, Celebrity Wife Swap (Jade Goody and Charles Ingram special), Casualty, Holby City, Holiday Airport Cyprus (where the misfortunes of a Russian couple get on Harry's nerves), Emmerdale, Pop Idol, new BBC 3 soap drama Burn It (where nothing happens), Celebrity Dog School and many other programmes are in the spotlight this week. Harry comments that he's getting tired of programmes like Superstars, so he invents his own show: Superstars Revisited. Also features Harry comparing the likes of Howard Donald (from Take That) to a young Kevin Keegan, Shadrach Dingle (from Emmerdale) to the Lion from The Wizard of Oz, a fight between the Ingrams (Charles and Diane) and the Hamiltons (Neil and Christine), various comic sketches with Pop Idol judges Neil Fox and Simon Cowell and all the usual tomfoolery.
Episode 4: Series 2: Episode 4
In this edition of Harry Hill's TV Burp, Casualty, The Royal, Pop Idol, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Junior Eurovision Song Contest, The Salon, Emmerdale, EastEnders and many more shows are among the programmes in the limelight this week. Also includes ‘At Home with the Pop Idol Judges', showing us what they get up to in their spare time, a fight between Charles II and Henry VIII to see which historical drama is better: BBC's Charles II or ITV's Henry VIII from the previous month, Harry's take on the videophone adverts for the 3 Network (the ones that feature the T-Rex song ‘Children of the Revolution') and all the usual stuff.
Episode 5: Series 2: Episode 5
In this week's edition of Harry Hill's TV Burp, jokes revolve around EastEnders (Dirty Den having to read his lines off the ceiling and Lisa finally getting a lawyer), Emmerdale (Eddie getting tights stuck on his head), Merseybeat, Coronation Street, The Royal, The Osbournes, Holiday Showdown and others. Also includes part 2 of ‘At Home with the Pop Idol Judges', Harry's take on 1970s safety commercials (saying they're better than the ones we have today), a fight between Geoff Hurst and Jonny Wilkinson to see who's better, ‘Ze Office', a German version of The Office with Hitler as David Brent and all the regular mayhem.
Episode 6: Series 2: Episode 6
In this week's Harry Hill's TV Burp, jokes vary from a talking car in The Royal to a talking organ in Emmerdale, Howard Brown (Halifax advert man) look-alikes in Merseybeat to young David Essex look-alikes in Coronation Street, Judge John Deed (which Harry finds boring) to Friday Night with Jonathan Ross and current TV topics like gay sexuality and swearing (EastEnders and Casualty). Also features the next instalment of ‘At Home with the Pop Idol Judges' (which contains of rendition of the Beyoncé Knowles song 'Crazy in Love' and Foxy going bad and doing an Exorcist head spin), a fight between Catholicism and Hinduism and all the regular antics.
Episode 7: Series 2: Episode 7
In this week's TV Burp, jokes include a Rolf Harris look-alike in Emmerdale, Kilroy, Jungle (the way in which the camera pans over things making it look like the title sequences from TV shows) and what Harry thinks will happen in the next episode of Holby City (a sketch where Harry as Nurse Kelly using a machine gun to kill everyone shows this). Also includes the next episode of 'At Home with the Pop Idol Judges' (where Simon Cowell attempts to create his own pop idol), a fight between Jimmy Savile and Tim Kash to see which version of Top of the Pops is better: old or new and all the regular tomfoolery.
Episode 8: Series 2: Episode 8
In the finale to the series, people and shows made fun of this time include Saddam Hussein, Kilroy and BBC 1 documentary Bodysnatchers. Harry also asks why would someone take their goldfish to the vets in Emmerdale and discusses the not-so-exciting next episode previews for The Bill. Other things include Hagrid (from Harry Potter) look-alikes in Coronation Street to Grim Reaper look-alikes in Operatunity. There's also a fight between Saddam Hussein and Santa Claus, the next part of ‘At Home with the Pop Idol Judges' (where Simon Cowell has a sex change to become Simone Cowell so he can marry Brendan but shortly after the wedding, Foxy spears Simone through the chest) and all the regular stuff.