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Hi-de-Hi!

1980 · 9 seasons · 58 episodes · Ended · BBC One

Comedy

TMDB 7.0 · 20 votes

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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.

Episodes

  • S01E01Hey Diddle Diddle (Pilot)1980-01-0140m

    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.

  • S01E02Desire in the Mickey Mouse Grotto1981-02-2630m

    Jeffrey is implicated when Ted is spotted entering a chalet with a girl camper.

  • S01E03The Beauty Queen Affair1981-03-0530m

    Jeffrey is called upon to judge the Holiday Princess Competition. Meanwhile, Ted teaches Spike how to make the most of the campers' generosity.

  • S01E04The Partridge Season1981-03-1230m

    Mr. Partridge's drinking is getting worse, and Jeffrey's untimely decision to give him an advance on his wages doesn't help matters.

  • S01E05The Day of Reckoning1981-03-1930m

    Fred's past comes back to haunt him, causing the staff - Peggy and Spike in particular - several difficulties.

  • S01E06Charity Begins at Home1981-03-2630m

    Joe Maplin ordains that each Thursday should be Sunshine Smile Day, encouraging Ted to indulge in a money-making scheme.

  • S01E07No Dogs Allowed1981-04-0230m

    Jeffrey's marital problems start to interfere with his work, and scandalous rumours are soon circulating around the camp.

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