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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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Article · Nederlands
Hi-de-Hi! is een Britse komische televisieserie, geschreven door Jimmy Perry en David Croft. De reeks liep, na een pilotaflevering in 1980, van 1981 tot 1988 op de BBC, met in de hoofdrollen grotendeels dezelfde acteurs als in latere reeksen van dit schrijversduo, zoals You Rang, M'Lord? en Oh, Doctor Beeching!. Van Hi-de-Hi! werden, naast de proefaflevering, acht reeksen gemaakt. De afleveringen duurden telkens dertig minuten. Wel verschenen er enkele specials die wat langer duurden, variërend van 40 tot 60 minuten. In Nederland werd de serie destijds uitgezonden onder de titel Hoera, het is vakantie! De reeks draait rond het vakantiekamp Maplins en zijn personeel en speelt zich af in de jaren 1959-1960. Het personeel bestaat onder meer uit entertainment-manager Jeffrey Fairbrother (Simon Cadell, tot 1984) en DFC Clive Dempster (David Griffin, vanaf 1984), "yellow-coats" (aangevoerd door Gladys Pugh, gespeeld door Ruth Madoc), komiek Spike Dixon (Jeffry Holland), gastheer Ted Bovis (Paul Shane) en schoonmaakster Peggy Ollerenshaw (Su Pollard).
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