So once again people look at TV and think that is the only level of Success eh? Simon Cowal must be screwed then. Harry hill had his own Comedy show on ITV and CH4 before TV Burp, he does Stand up, and painting which has been shown in many art festivals. Hes done musical and even release an album... ....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gybuEqDnBLM
I think the movie was an ill-advised move, but I still look forward to any project that he's involved in. I think there can be a clash sometimes when he's trying to perform some of his more surreal material to a mainstream audience, such as the last series of TV Burp.
He also has an Instagram account where he posts pictures of mattresses amongst other things, if you're interested http://instagram.com/mrharryhill
I am a very big Harry Hill fan, I really enjoyed the movie too however I did think that Stars in their Eyes was too odd an idea to mix his humour with such a strong format even though I laughed at many parts of it.
The problem with Harry and his humour is that its incredibly subjective. I'd argue it was on par with (or maybe even surpasses) the surrealism of Vic and Bob. But like Vic and Bob with Shooting Stars, Harry found a platform that a much wider audience could enjoy with TV Burp, and a lot of people assumed Harry's comedy was taking the mickey out of celebrities and television shows. They didn't realise that the little odd bits like the knitted character and the dancing Queen Vic head routine where actually a lot more representative of his sense of humour. Once TV Burp was out of the equation, the suits made the wrong decision in thinking Harry's humour would still work with a wider audience, despite it being very different to what TV Burp was. This is backed up by the show he did for Channel 4's anniversary some years ago, and it was very much akin to his original stuff back in the mid-late 90s. And the ratings were abysmal.
The only way I can see Harry get back on track is either finding a vehicle for him where his humour doesn't dominate over the format, or trying to find a home for his own brand of comedy somewhere a little more niche like Comedy Central, who seem to be giving a considerably bigger toss about bringing in names they can call their own nowadays.