Famed now for his bawdy, 'naughty boy' seaside-postcard humour, Hill was actually one of the cleverest and most innovative of comedians working in television in the 1950s and 1960s. The saucy, sex-obsessed sketches seemingly decorated with acres of scantily-clad young women (for which he is mainly remembered) came later; their preponderance in his shows eventually leading to Hill becoming an unworthy victim of political correctness.

Disabled people are just like everyone. They just want to live life to the full and do normal, everyday things like go to work, catch buses, buy clothes, play sport, go to the pub, travel abroad, watch telly and moan about the weather.

If only for his unforgettable feature films, such as The Time Machine,  War of the Worlds, When Worlds Collide, and tom thumb (to name  a few), George Pal will be remembered as one of the most gifted directors  of fantastic cinema in history. Ironically, this popularity as a feature-film director  usually overshadows Pal's great contributions to the field of stop-motion animation.