As with TV Burp that ended in 2012, Tea Time is sprinkled with all hallmarks you would expect from the mind of Harry Hill. In each episode Harry is joined by a celebrity guest to assist him in the kitchen as he presents a master class in classics such as chicken a la Tom Jones and sponge finger prison. In between such gastronomic delights, there are the TV clips from the celebrities past tossed with the usual Harry Hill flair as well as inane games and celebrity impersonations.
The first episode was a smorgasbord of comedy and farce featuring Paul Hollywood, who joined Harry for Greek Night. In between BGT favourites Stavros Flatley dancing in to music from Zorba the Greek, Quasimodo deep fat frying a mystery object, and a fist fight over Ferrero Rocher, Paul helped Harry make a doner kebab carved into the visage of George Michael. After all that, it was obvious that the only way to end the show was with a band made up of Delia Smith doppelgangers singing This Charming Man.
Filmed at Sky Studios, LD Martin Kempton uses a variety of kit including VL1000TS', Alpha Spot 575s, MAC Auras, Chroma Flood TCs and Chroma Banks.
"Harry Hill's humour is cartoon-like so bold saturated colours seemed to be appropriate to light the set," says Martin. "There were also several occasions in the show where we needed to bump between colours on a sting or during a silly song. Using a combination of MAC Auras from above and Chromafloods below, I was able to cover the set with a textured wash and call up any combination of colours that occurred to my operator Ian Reith and me on the day!
"Also, there were occasions where an artist or singing combo needed to be isolated amongst all the colour - you can't beat good old VL1000s for that."
(Jim Evans)
