The Harry Hill Show

In this week’s episode of the Vodscarf we welcome social media sensation Jack Skipper and Egyptian Egyptologist Dr. Arto Belekdanian to the studio for an hour of pure, unadulterated history and anti-comedy. Things get incredibly weird, incredibly fast.

Watch as Harry’s mum calls from a warzone just because she wanted to buy him some birthday pants from Debenhams, Sarah the AI Bot experiences a severe existential crisis before being miraculously cured by Dr. Pimple Popper, and witness Jack Skipper risking his entire reputation in the elite biscuit community by guessing the contents of rusted metal tins.

If you've ever wanted to hear an esteemed Egyptologist explain why Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony weren't just hooking up with Cleopatra for her looks, but rather her incredible conversational skills, listen up.

00:51 – Sarah's Lament

04:32 – The Croydon Crucible: Did Nando’s coatings and IKEA meatballs create Adele?

05:38 – The 21-pin SCART lead generation struggle

06:26 – Jack's masterclass in succeeding on social media (Hint: Don't make any effort)

09:03 – Spitting water into the bushes vs. the failure of the Top Boy title sequence

10:08 – Regretting the financial investment of buying wigs for TikTok

12:52 – AI Sarah returns! Cured by Dr. Pimple Popper

14:05 – The dark truth about Jack’s Australian tomato farm past

14:59 – Throwing bread at Germaine Jenas on The One Show

15:29 – Carpet Fitting 101: The knee-kicker stretcher and the landing runner dilemma

21:12 – Giving all your personal data to the Chinese government

22:01 – Hiding a Saturday comedy course in Brighton from your family

22:43 – Jack completely derails the interview by eating Harry’s Twix

25:30 – Lee Evans at the Fairfield Halls and missing the glory days of VHS

27:34 – The BBC weather forecast photo rejection

27:59 – Commercial Break: The Pub Carpet Pillow Collection

29:17 – Theme of the Week: Cleopatra

31:43 – Dr. Arto Belekdanian exposes the legalities of female Pharaohs

33:58 – Roman propaganda: Why history hates Cleopatra

38:31 – Coin portraits and taking the honourable way out

41:09 – Game Time: "Biscuits or Sewing Kit? How well do you know your tins?!"

45:07 – Jack completely embarrasses himself in front of the biscuit community

47:05 – Gary’s Joke Corner

49:32 – Butterfly In Blue Jeans
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In this week’s episode of the Vodscarf we welcome legendary documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux (after he accidentally walked onto set, why else would he be there?!) and Oxford astrophysicist Professor Chris Lintott to the studio for an hour of pure, unadulterated science and anti-comedy.

Things get incredibly weird, incredibly fast. Watch as we attempt to save our nose-diving viewer retention graph by shouting random words at you, dive deep into the tragic family lore of Harry’s fictional heir, Gary, and witness Louis Theroux showing he is in fact Harry's number one fan.

If you've ever wanted to hear an esteemed Oxford professor explain why aliens might just be a bunch of Venusian penguins standing around in their own poo, listen up.

00:00 – Fixing our terrible viewer retention graph (Kittens! Puppies! Sex!) 02:00 – Licky is a bit keen
03:25 – Gary reveals he is a 12-year-old incel
05:45 – Dark family secrets: Gary’s mum is in a secure institution
08:50 – Louis Theroux proves he is a Harry Hill superfan
13:15 – The Bald Cap Incident
15:40 – Sarah the AI Bot brings out the Twix bars
18:00 – An impromptu musical tribute to Catford
26:50 – The Theroux Bunch theme song
28:00 – Space Talk: Do aliens look like us? (The Theroux-Hill Theory)
36:10 – Professor Chris Lintott exposes Venusian poop penguins
38:25 – Louis met a man who chopped up 10 aliens
41:28 – Game Time: "What is the Velcro Singing?!"
43:28 – Gary’s Joke Corner (Louis tells a highly inappropriate joke)
45:15 – Butterfly In Blue Jeans

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Alex Horne - comedian, creator, and the middle of three boys from Chichester - joins Harry to talk about loving school, his hard-hitting Goldsmiths student documentary about urban foxes, and whether the word "meat" was meant as a pun in Harry's new ballad. We also hear about a 24 hour singing challenge that accidentally lasted 25 and three quarter hours, why Alex's wife Rachel is in charge of his private pension, and a highly questionable "life swap" idea based entirely on dishwasher ethics.

Architectural historian and seaside culture expert Dr. Kathryn Ferry stops by to celebrate Scarborough’s 400th anniversary and answer the questions that matter - did King George III actually say "bugger Bognor"? Why do pleasure piers have a habit of burning down? And would you buy the Brighton Palace Pier with Harry?

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Timestamps
00:00 – Welcome to the Hill Show!

00:36 – A Love Song for Ham

01:36 – Meet Alex Horne!

02:28 – Licky the Mascot

03:45 – The Cheshire United Pig Mascot

04:50 – The 25-and-Three-Quarter-Hour Sing-a-thon Error

06:15 – Granola Chaos Backstage at Battersea Power Station

07:18 – Dishwashing Debates & The Wife Swap Idea

10:45 – Sarah the AI Bot Claims She Felt Scammed

12:44 – Is Alex a Musician? (And the Son of a GP)

15:25 – Goldsmiths, Urban Foxes, and a Guaranteed Distinction

16:45 – Seeing Vic and Bob at the Albany Empire

18:45 – Sarah's Breakdown of Alex's Sky News Career

22:20 – Trying to Force "Honk" and "Pratt Digger" into the Dictionary

24:35 – Meeting Ken Dodd & Leaving the Show to Get a Coat

26:34 – Wafer-Thin Ham Product Recall Emergency

28:40 – Taskmaster in the Children's Ward

29:45 – The Traumatic Five-Foot Badger Story

31:04 – Wafer-Thin Ham Preventative Nose Cages

32:34 – The British Seaside ft. Dr. Catherine Ferry

35:05 – Scarborough's 400th Anniversary & The Mineral Spring

37:32 – Steamers, Trains, and Jane Austen Styles

38:45 – King George V and the Truth About "Bugger Bognor"

39:15 – Victorians, Bank Holidays, and the Invention of the Holiday

40:00 – The Very First Pleasure Pier on the Isle of Wight

42:50 – Buying Brighton Pier & The Fire Overheads

44:54 – Pebble Ridges, Mud, and Catherine's Postcard Book

47:45 – Name the Celebrity Seed!

52:30 – Gary's Joke Corner: Identity Politics

54:55 – Animals in Clothes Outro Song

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Bridget Christie — comedian, writer, and the youngest of nine siblings from Gloucester — joins Harry to talk about leaving school at 15 with basically no qualifications, getting a four-star review in The Times, and why she keeps forgetting the plots of books she's just read. We also hear about a deeply chaotic Celebrity Millionaire with Al Murray, Chris Tarrant marching down a corridor with a ghetto blaster playing "Alice Who The F**k Is Alice," and Bridget's decision to commemorate all of this by painting him in the nude.Plus: Battersea Dogs Home's canine behaviourist Beth Bushkid brings in Pancake the pug (brother: Dumpling) to answer the questions that matter — can you teach your dog to go to bed when a fox turns up? Are dogs psychic? And what is a dog? Bridget also becomes the first person in the show's history to do something correctly.

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Adam Hills, the biggest comedian to come out of the home of the Sydney Tramway Museum joins Harry to talk about everything from surviving a five-hour bladder-testing royal ceremony to why AI comedy routines are getting a little *too* good for comfort.We also take a deep, chaotic dive into British history with archaeologist Dr. Erin Lloyd-Jones to uncover the truth about William Wallace. Did he actually wear a kilt? Did he paint his face blue like Mel Gibson? And what exactly is a "sticky end"? (Warning: it involves a lot of tar ).

Plus, introducing yet ANOTHER new game, "What is the Velcro Singing?" and check in with Gary's Joke Corner.

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