Hi-de-Hi!
1980–1988 · BBC Two · 30 min · 9 seasons
S09E06 · The Wind of Change
Sun, 31 Jan, 5:20 am
The holiday season is almost over and everybody is discussing their future plans, which, in several instances, involve not returning to Maplin's. Dawn, one of the Yellowcoat girls, is rushed to hospital with appendicitis and Peggy at last gets her wish to become a Yellowcoat when she is asked to replace Dawn. However, she is so enthusiastic that she also ends up in hospital, suffering from nervous exhaustion. But there is further bad news to come, as the staff learn that Maplin intends to turn the camp into a self-catering resort - with no Yellowcoats.
About
Hi-de-Hi! is a BBC television sitcom shown on BBC1 from 1980 to 1988.
The location is Maplins, a fictional holiday camp, during 1959 through to the early 1960s. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who also wrote Dad's Army and It Ain't Half Hot Mum amongst others. The title was the greeting the campers heard and in early episodes was written Hi de Hi. The series revolved around the lives of the camp's management and entertainers, most of them struggling actors or has-beens.
Episodes
- E01
Tell It to the Marines
Sun, 27 Dec· 30 min - E02
Marry-Go-Round
Sun, 3 Jan· 30 min - E03
The Perils of Peggy
Sun, 10 Jan· 30 min - E04
Let Them Eat Cake
Sun, 17 Jan· 30 min - E05
Wedding Bells
Sun, 24 Jan· 30 min - E06
The Wind of Change
Sun, 31 Jan· 30 minThe holiday season is almost over and everybody is discussing their future plans, which, in several instances, involve not returning to Maplin's. Dawn, one of the Yellowcoat girls, is rushed to hospital with appendicitis and Peggy at last gets her wish to become a Yellowcoat when she is asked to replace Dawn. However, she is so enthusiastic that she also ends up in hospital, suffering from nervous exhaustion. But there is further bad news to come, as the staff learn that Maplin intends to turn the camp into a self-catering resort - with no Yellowcoats.
Cast
Paul Shane
Ted Bovis
Ruth Madoc
Gladys Pugh
Jeffrey Holland
Spike Dixon
Su Pollard
Peggy Ollerenshaw
Simon Cadell
Jeffrey Fairbrother