Harry Hill signs two-year deal with ITV

By Patrick McLennan
( What's on TV )
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Harry Hill signs two-year deal with ITV
Harry Hill signs two-year deal with ITV (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

Harry Hill has signed a two-year deal to make TV Burp and You've Been Framed as well as develop new formats for ITV. The agreement spanning 2010 and 2011 means Harry will host two new series of both ITV1's popular Saturday evening shows. The former doctor said: "If you're a light entertainer there's really only one place to be on a Saturday night, and that's ITV." In January, Harry topped a poll as the celebrity people would like to see taking over Jonathan Ross's Friday night chat show on BBC One when he leaves. Peter Fincham, ITV's director of television, channels and online, said: "Harry is one of the outstanding comedians and television entertainers of his generation. "I'm delighted that ITV1 will continue to be the home of the multi-award winning TV Burp and I very much look forward to working with Harry and [TV Burp producers] Avalon on new projects for the channel."

Patrick McLennan
Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.