Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
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]
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| Genre | Comedy Panel show |
| Created by | Harry Hill |
| Written by | Harry Hill |
| Directed by | Geraldine Dowd |
| Presented by | Harry Hill |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 22 (as of 20 July 2019) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Murray Boland Harry Hill Danielle Lux |
| Producer | Alan Thorpe |
| Production locations | The London Studios (2017-2018) Pinewood Studios (2019) |
| Editors | Steve Nayler Mobashir Dar |
| Running time | 30 minutes (including adverts) |
| Production company | Nit Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 2 March 2017 – 20 July 2019 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Harry Hill's TV Burp |
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 | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 7 | 2 March 2017 | 13 April 2017 | ||
| 2 | 8 | 14 April 2018 | 9 June 2018 | ||
| 3 | 7 | 8 June 2019 | 20 July 2019 | ||
Series 1 (2017)
| 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)
| 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 | Janet Street-Porter | Alex Brooker | Jordan Stephens | Una Stubbs |
| 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)
| 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 |