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. A third series of the show was commissioned by ITV and started on 8 June 2019. On 4 February 2020, it was confirmed that ITV had cancelled the programme.
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. overallNo, in seriesEpisodeDatePanelist 1Panelist 2Panelist 3Panelist 411"Episode 1"2 March 2017Kelvin FletcherSara PascoePatrick RobinsonJosh Widdicombe22"Episode 2"9 March 2017Kathy BurkeJoe LycettAinsley HarriottLorraine Kelly33"Episode 3"16 March 2017Mel GiedroycBridget ChristieEamonn HolmesJudith Chalmers44"Episode 4"23 March 2017Sally LindsayPhillip GlenisterJoe LycettSara Cox55"Episode 5"30 March 2017Ross NobleDavid O'DohertyRaleigh RitchieGloria Hunniford66"Episode 6"6 April 2017Nina WadiaFay RipleyNish KumarDes O'Connor77"Episode 7"13 April 2017VariousVariousVariousVarious
Series 2 (2018)
+No. overallNo, in seriesEpisodeDatePanelist 1Panelist 2Panelist 3Panelist 481"Episode 1"14 April 2018Sally DynevorRobert PestonMicky FlanaganAnneka Rice92"Episode 2"21 April 2018Moira StuartKara TointonTom DavisSuzanne Packer103"Episode 3"28 April 2018Johnny VegasSamantha GilesSue JohnstonJimmy Osmond114"Episode 4"5 May 2018Una StubbsJanet Street-PorterAlex BrookerJordan Stephens125"Episode 5"12 May 2018Gaynor FayeAnita RaniCannon and BallRobert Winston136"Episode 6"19 May 2018Rosemary ShragerLiza TarbuckPeter DavisonLouis Walsh147"Episode 7"26 May 2018Charlie BrooksChizzy AkudoluLolly AdefopeCarol Vorderman158"Episode 8 - Unseen"9 June 2018VariousVariousVariousVarious
Series 3 (2019)
+No. overallNo, in seriesEpisodeDatePanelist 1Panelist 2Panelist 3Panelist 4161"Episode 1"8 June 2019Martine McCutcheonLes DennisAlison HammondTom Courtenay172"Episode 2"15 June 2019Kevin WhatelyKonnie HuqGeorgia TaylorBill Roache183"Episode 3"22 June 2019Krishnan Guru-MurthyStephanie BeachamPam FerrisTom Allen194"Episode 4"29 June 2019Chris PackhamChelsee HealeyThe KrankiesPam St Clement205"Episode 5"6 July 2019Nick HelmJennie BondAngellica BellPatrick Mower216"Episode 6"13 July 2019Warwick DavisCharlie DimmockKelly BrookSarah Greene227"Episode 7"20 July 2019Josh WiddicombeAmanda BarrieSamantha WomackMichael Buerk
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