What's Beyond Surreal? Harry Hill Said To Be Chasing A Movie Deal

[Brendon Connelly]

I don't know if you've read Harry Hill's novel Flight From Deathrow, but it's wild stuff, sequenced like a string of non sequiturs, with individual episodes that range from the baffling to the bizarre, little tall tales stacked on one another long after they've all toppled in a silly heap.

But, for all of that, it is also really very funny. It's out of print, but available for the Kindle for less than a fiver.

Hill does nonsense superbly, and his own brand of bent-up logic has led to some of the best modern stand-up, several great sketch shows and, most recently, an unexpected mainstream smash, with TV Burp. But what's next?

According to The Daily Mirror, Hill is looking to make a new deal with Channel 4, where he's had some real success before. As well as returning to sketch comedy, they say that he's keen to make a movie. The quote an unnamed source:

Harry has lots of ideas and fancies doing something different for a while, especially his own film.

The mental images I have are astonishingly like old episodes of The Goodies, maybe one of the Goons' films, or Help! I would expect puppets, people dressed as animals, overly specific references to biscuits, at least one musical number, a part for Al Murray and Hill in multiple roles.

But whatever Hill has in mind, be it for a film, sketch show or both, I'm expecting we'll all be laughing. This guy's just got funny bones.

[thekeith82]

I love that book. Completely insane, even by his standards, but absolutely wonderful. Is it out of print already? It was only a couple of years ago they did an updated edition, wasn't it?

[Brendon Connelly]

I love that book. Completely insane, even by his standards, but absolutely wonderful. Is it out of print already? It was only a couple of years ago they did an updated edition, wasn't it?

Local bookstore said it was out of print in the run up to Christmas and Amazon aren't stocking paper copies, so I guess it's done again.

[Death's Head]

I have too much love for this man. Used to live on my road. Drove a funny little grey car. Always late for the Badger Parade.