Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule

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Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
GenreComedy
Panel show
Created byHarry 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 locationsThe London Studios (2017-2018)
Pinewood Studios (2019)
EditorsSteve Nayler
Mobashir Dar
Running time30 minutes (including adverts)
Production companyNit Television
Original release
NetworkITV
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]

Format

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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

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SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
172 March 2017 (2017-03-02)13 April 2017 (2017-04-13)
2814 April 20189 June 2018
378 June 201920 July 2019

Series 1 (2017)

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

Series 2 (2018)

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No. overall No, in series Episode Date Panelist 1 Panelist 2 Panelist 3 Panelist 4
8 1 "Episode 1" 14 April 2018 Sally Dynevor Robert Peston Micky Flanagan Anneka Rice
9 2 "Episode 2" 21 April 2018 Moira Stuart Kara Tointon Tom Davis Suzanne Packer
10 3 "Episode 3" 28 April 2018 Johnny Vegas Samantha Giles Sue Johnston Jimmy Osmond
11 4 "Episode 4" 5 May 2018 Una Stubbs Janet Street-Porter Alex Brooker Jordan Stephens
12 5 "Episode 5" 12 May 2018 Gaynor Faye Anita Rani Cannon and Ball Robert Winston
13 6 "Episode 6" 19 May 2018 Rosemary Shrager Liza Tarbuck Peter Davison Louis Walsh
14 7 "Episode 7" 26 May 2018 Charlie Brooks Chizzy Akudolu Lolly Adefope Carol Vorderman
15 8 "Episode 8 - Unseen" 9 June 2018 Various Various Various Various

Series 3 (2019)

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No. overall No, in series Episode Date Panelist 1 Panelist 2 Panelist 3 Panelist 4
16 1 "Episode 1" 8 June 2019 Martine McCutcheon Les Dennis Alison Hammond Tom Courtenay
17 2 "Episode 2" 15 June 2019 Kevin Whately Konnie Huq Georgia Taylor Bill Roache
18 3 "Episode 3" 22 June 2019 Krishnan Guru-Murthy Stephanie Beacham Pam Ferris Tom Allen
19 4 "Episode 4" 29 June 2019 Chris Packham Chelsee Healey The Krankies Pam St Clement
20 5 "Episode 5" 6 July 2019 Nick Helm Jennie Bond Angellica Bell Patrick Mower
21 6 "Episode 6" 13 July 2019 Warwick Davis Charlie Dimmock Kelly Brook Sarah Greene
22 7 "Episode 7" 20 July 2019 Josh Widdicombe Amanda Barrie Samantha Womack Michael Buerk

References

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  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.
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