Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule Explained

Genre:Comedy
Panel show
Creator:Harry Hill
Director:Geraldine Dowd
Editor:Steve Nayler
Mobashir Dar
Presenter:Harry Hill
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Num Series:3
Num Episodes:22
Executive Producer:Murray Boland
Harry Hill
Danielle Lux
Producer:Alan Thorpe
Location:The London Studios (2017-2018)
Pinewood Studios (2019)
Runtime:30 minutes (including adverts)
Company:Nit Television
Network:ITV
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

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

Series 1 (2017)

!No. overall!No, in series!Episode!Date!Panelist 1!Panelist 2!Panelist 3!Panelist 4
11"Episode 1"2 March 2017Kelvin FletcherSara PascoePatrick RobinsonJosh Widdicombe
22"Episode 2"9 March 2017Kathy BurkeJoe LycettAinsley HarriottLorraine Kelly
33"Episode 3"16 March 2017Mel GiedroycBridget ChristieEamonn HolmesJudith Chalmers
44"Episode 4"23 March 2017Sally LindsayPhillip GlenisterJoe LycettSara Cox
55"Episode 5"30 March 2017Ross NobleDavid O'DohertyRaleigh RitchieGloria Hunniford
66"Episode 6"6 April 2017Nina WadiaFay RipleyNish KumarDes O'Connor
77"Episode 7"13 April 2017VariousVariousVariousVarious

Series 2 (2018)

!No. overall!No, in series!Episode!Date!Panelist 1!Panelist 2!Panelist 3!Panelist 4
81"Episode 1"14 April 2018Sally DynevorRobert PestonMicky FlanaganAnneka Rice
92"Episode 2"21 April 2018Moira StuartKara TointonTom DavisSuzanne Packer
103"Episode 3"28 April 2018Johnny VegasSamantha GilesSue JohnstonJimmy Osmond
114"Episode 4"5 May 2018Una StubbsJanet Street-PorterAlex BrookerJordan Stephens
125"Episode 5"12 May 2018Gaynor FayeAnita RaniCannon and BallRobert Winston
136"Episode 6"19 May 2018Rosemary ShragerLiza TarbuckPeter DavisonLouis Walsh
147"Episode 7"26 May 2018Charlie BrooksChizzy AkudoluLolly AdefopeCarol Vorderman
158"Episode 8 - Unseen"9 June 2018VariousVariousVariousVarious

Series 3 (2019)

!No. overall!No, in series!Episode!Date!Panelist 1!Panelist 2!Panelist 3!Panelist 4
161"Episode 1"8 June 2019Martine McCutcheonLes DennisAlison HammondTom Courtenay
172"Episode 2"15 June 2019Kevin WhatelyKonnie HuqGeorgia TaylorBill Roache
183"Episode 3"22 June 2019Krishnan Guru-MurthyStephanie BeachamPam FerrisTom Allen
194"Episode 4"29 June 2019Chris PackhamChelsee HealeyThe KrankiesPam St Clement
205"Episode 5"6 July 2019Nick HelmJennie BondAngellica BellPatrick Mower
216"Episode 6"13 July 2019Warwick DavisCharlie DimmockKelly BrookSarah Greene
227"Episode 7"20 July 2019Josh WiddicombeAmanda BarrieSamantha WomackMichael Buerk

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule gets a second encounter : News 2017 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide .
  2. Web site: ITV orders more Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule . . 17 September 2018 .
  3. Web site: ITV confirms Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule fate . . 4 February 2020 .