Harry Hill's Shark Infested Custard

The series was produced by Hill's long-running production team, Avalon Television, and broadcast on ITV between October 2005 and January 2006. Hill co-wrote the series with British comedian Dean Wilkinson.

The series was originally broadcast at 4:30 pm on Fridays on CITV, children's programming on the ITV Network. It co-starred Siobhan Hayes and Joann Condon.[1] The name of the show is derived from the punchline of the well-known children's joke, "What's yellow and dangerous? Shark-infested custard!".

The show was deemed new territory for Harry Hill, as prior to its broadcast he had never made children's television. However, for many years Hill, whose comedy has always generally been free of smut and harsh language, had appealed to a large audience of all ages with his comedic routines.

While it may have originally been a surprise when Hill announced his show plans on his website, the cross to children's entertainment was not entirely unexpected.[2][3] Two books – Harry Hill's Whopping Great Joke Book,[4] and Harry Hill's Bumper Book of Bloopers[5] – were released to tie in with the series.

In a very similar setup to his Channel 4 breakthrough series in the 1990s, Harry Hill, the show included various sketches, recurring jokes, musical numbers, a segment entitled "Meet The Johnsons", in which Harry would invite a family with the surname Johnson onto the show, and a Multi-Coloured Swap Shop style game, entitled "Help The Aged".

The series also featured classic Harry Hill characters, such as Stouffer the Cat, and Harry's "son from his first marriage" – ventriloquist doll Garry Hill. Several new characters were also introduced: Burly Caroline, Harry Hill Snr., Speed Camera Boy, a giant, and a musical "genius", Evelynne Hussey. The self-aware formulaic style continued, with each show ending on a song, as per Harry Hill.