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Hi-de-Hi! is a British sitcom series, created by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, and produced for the BBC. The programme initially began with a pilot on 1 January 1980 and aired for nine series between 26 February 1981 to 30 January 1988, [4] and starred Paul Shane, Su Pollard, Jeffrey Holland, Ruth Madoc and Simon Cadell.
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Dec 10, 2022 · Hi-de-Hi! became known for its long-running comedy themes, such as Peggy's dreams of becoming a Yellowcoat. Peggy finally fulfils her ambition in the very last episode of the sitcom, when another Yellowcoat is hospitalised and she’s recruited as a stand in.
Set in the fictitious seaside town of Crimpton-on-Sea, "Hi-De-Hi" chronicles the comedic goings on within the Maplins Holiday Camp - one of many dotted along the British coast owned by the mega-rich, but never seen (on screen) Joe Maplin.
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Jan 30, 2018 · Set in the late 1950s and early 60s, Hi-de-Hi! followed the trials and tribulations of the camp's staff at a time when the popularity of domestic holidays was already in decline.
Jan 26, 2009 · Hi-De-Hi! was initially set in 1959, the year in which its creators both did stints in holiday camps themselves - David Croft as a show organiser and Jimmy Perry as a Redcoat. The fictional holiday camp featured in the series was owned by one Joe Maplin.
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.
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This BBC sitcom written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft (Dad’s Army and Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em) was set in a typical British holiday camp in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The show was quite obviously modelled on Butlin’s or Pontins holiday camps with the legendary redcoats replaced in the series with yellowcoats.
