You've Been Framed!
| You've Been Framed! | |
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Title card (2014–present)
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| Genre | Comedy, clip show |
| Presented by |
Richard Madeley (pilot) Jeremy Beadle (1990–97) Lisa Riley (1998–2002) Jonathan Wilkes (2003–04) |
| Voices of | Andrew Brittain (1991–2004) |
| Narrated by | Harry Hill (2004–) |
| Composer(s) | Ray Monk |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 29 |
| No. of episodes | 458 (end of series 29) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Granada Studios (1990–2003) |
| Running time | 30–60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) |
Granada Television American Broadcasting Company Vin Di Bona Productions Tokyo Broadcasting System Action Time |
| Distributor | ITV Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format |
4:3 (1990–2001) 16:9 (2001–present) |
| Original release | 14 April 1990 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
...Do the Funniest Things Kirsty's Home Videos The Planet's Funniest Animals |
| External links | |
| Website | |
You've Been Framed! is a British television series where viewers can contribute to the programme with their humorous home videos for the entertainment of others. It is produced by Granada Television and comedian Harry Hill has been providing narration to the programme since 2004. The series began in 1990, and is currently in its 29th series. As of the 27th series, there have been 457 main-series episodes, excluding specials, of which there have been approximately 67.
During the show, the video clips are played and the people who sent them in receive £250. Just before the advert break, viewer-participation competitions are started, and then are concluded when the programme resumes; examples of these include the "What Happens Next?" competition where the viewers have to guess what happens after a clip is frozen is started, the "Framed Gold Records" competition, where viewers have to guess how many times something can happen before something else happens (for example, "how many people can fall over before a dog gets through a very tight space?"), or "Are You A Cry Baby? Maybe" competition, where viewers guess if there will be tears before bedtime, is played. The answer is revealed after the break.
The video clips are normally sorted into separate categories, with examples being categories based on animals, humorous things children say, or embarrassing situations at weddings. Some of the categories let their clips play with humorous commentary from Harry Hill, whilst others have consistent musical backing, so that the clips can be seen as forming a sort of music video. Generally, the soundtrack choice is relevant to the subject of the category (for example, "What's New Pussycat?" once played over a category on cat videos). The musical categories also feature shorter clips than the commentary categories, as the latter will often feature more of what happens before and after the incident in the clip to accommodate Hill's commentary.
Episodes will typically begin with Hill announcing what is "coming up" in the retrospective episode, showing three brief clips, before seguing into the title sequence, although these openings could be considered part of the title sequence. This is a departure to episodes in the Lisa Riley era, which used to contain cold openings showing all of a clip without any voice-over.
Sometimes, special editions featuring countdown or "A-Z" lists will be produced, which mostly reuse older clips. There have been approximately 67 specials, and are especially common in the current day.
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