Hi-de-Hi! (1980)
Synopsis
Hi-de-Hi! is a British sitcom set in Maplins, a fictional holiday camp, during 1959 and 1960, and was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who also wrote Dad's Army and It Ain't Half Hot Mum amongst others. It aired on the BBC from 1980 to 1988. The series revolved around the lives of the camp's management and entertainers, most of them struggling actors or has-beens. The inspiration was the experience of writers Perry and Croft: after being demobilised from the army, Perry was a Redcoat at Butlin's, Pwllheli during the holiday season. The series gained large audiences and won a BAFTA as Best Comedy Series in 1984. In 2004, it came 40th in Britain's Best Sitcom and in a 2008 poll on Channel 4, 'Hi-de-Hi!" was voted the 35th most popular comedy catchphrase.
First Air Date: 1980-01-01
Last Air Date: 1988-01-30
Number of Seasons: 9
Number of Episodes: 58
Created By: Jimmy Perry, David Croft
Networks: BBC One
Top Cast
- Ruth Madoc as Gladys Pugh
- Paul Shane as Ted Bovis
- Su Pollard as Peggy Ollerenshaw
- Jeffrey Holland as Spike Dixon
- Felix Bowness as Fred Quilley
- Nikki Kelly as Sylvia Garnsey
- Diane Holland as Yvonne Stuart-Hargreaves
- Chris Andrews as Gary
- David Webb as Stanley Matthews
- Tony Webb as Bruce Matthews
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Specials (1980)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Hey Diddle Diddle (Pilot)
It is 1959. Tired of academia, Cambridge University archaeology professor Jeffrey Fairbrother goes to Maplin's Holiday Camp as the new Entertainments Manager, a job he looks forward to with idealised optimism. Camp host, Ted Bovis, instructs his new recruit, camp comic Spike Dixon, in how to succeed at Maplin's. The pilot would subsequently be shown consecutively with the first series, although repeated broadcasts on television were edited to reduce the runtime down to a more standard half-hour format.
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Ep. 2: Christmas Special - The Great Cat Robbery
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