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Hi-de-Hi!
Sign in to saveHi-de-Hi! is a British sitcom created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, and produced by the BBC. The programme initially began with a pilot on 1 January 1980 and aired for nine series between 26 February 1981 and 30 January 1988, and starred Paul Shane, Su Pollard, Jeffrey Holland, Ruth Madoc and Simon Cadell.
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★ 7.0Hi-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.
- Aired
- 1980–1988
- Seasons
- 9 · 58 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Jimmy Perry, David Croft
- Network
- BBC One
- Genres
- Comedy
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- Instance of
- television series
- Genre
- sitcom
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Cast member
- Kenneth Connor
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- original broadcaster
- BBC One
- number of episodes
- 58
- number of seasons
- 9
- distributed by
- BBC Worldwide
- end time
- 1988-01-30
- start time
- 1980-01-01
- title
- Hi-de-Hi!
- set in environment
- island
- described at URL
- www.comedy.co.uk/features/comedy-rewind/hi-de-hi
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Hi-de-Hi! is a British sitcom created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, and produced by the BBC. The programme initially began with a pilot on 1 January 1980 and aired for nine series between 26 February 1981 and 30 January 1988, and starred Paul Shane, Su Pollard, Jeffrey Holland, Ruth Madoc and Simon Cadell.
Inspired by Perry's time serving as a Redcoat at Butlin's, the series takes place within the fictional Maplins holiday camp in Essex towards the end of the traditional British holiday period of the 1950s. The episodes themselves focus on the lives of the camp's entertainers and staff, who frequently greet campers with the titular phrase "Hi-de-Hi!", and consist mostly of struggling actors, comedians, wannabe stars, and has-been entertainers.
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