Hi-de-Hi!

Season 1

Comic goings-on in this series. Ted's the camp comic but is always on the lookout for a way to make money. Gladys has her eye on the boss, and Peggy wants to swap her mop and cleaner's outfit for a 'yellow coat.'

7 Episodes

  • Hey Diddle Diddle (Pilot)
    E1
    Hey Diddle Diddle (Pilot)The staff of Maplin's Holiday Camp assembles for the new season to find a university professor as entertainments manager.
  • Desire in the Mickey Mouse Grotto
    E2
    Desire in the Mickey Mouse GrottoTed Bovis is seen entering a chalet with Rose, a young camper whose parents are friends of owner Joe Maplin. They are reported but Rose implicates Jeff as being her secret lover. Gladys Pugh, the camp's strident announcer, is prepared to dig Jeff out of the hole, but it means she will forever be on his back - in the most adoring way.
  • The Beauty Queen Affair
    E3
    The Beauty Queen AffairJeffrey is called on to judge the Holiday Princess Competition. Meanwhile, Ted teaches Spike how to make the most of the campers' generosity.
  • The Partridge Season
    E4
    The Partridge SeasonMr. Partridge, the Punch and Judy man, hates children and slaps one who is annoying him. Jeff is supposed to sack him but his kind nature cannot do it so he gives Partridge money. This is a bad move as the puppeteer gets very drunk and cannot perform. Jeff fills the breach, helped by glamorous Yellowcoat Sylvia, who, like Gladys, now very jealous, has a very soft spot for Mr. Fairbrother.
  • The Day of Reckoning
    E5
    The Day of ReckoningRiding instructor and ex-jockey Fred Quilley panics when he hears camper Ron Armitage mention Big Mac, since Big Mac is the name of a violent man who wants to thump Fred for failing to place a bet Big Mac won. In fact Ron is planning to rob the camp but when Jeff, to help Fred, offers him two hundred pounds to leave, Ron assumes Jeff is on to him and wants two hundred pounds to keep quiet. A mutual monetary exchange takes place.
  • Charity Begins at Home
    E6
    Charity Begins at HomeTed's latest scam to get money from the guests is the Campers' Amenity Fund, actually to pay maintenance to his ex-wife. He puts money on a horse that wins but pockets the cash, claiming that Spike failed to place the bet. When Jeff finds out he is disappointed in Ted but, when confronted by an elderly couple who have been robbed, finds a way to make amends.
  • No Dogs Allowed
    E7
    No Dogs AllowedIn the throes of his divorce, Jeff has to take care of his estranged wife's sheep-dog, Bubbles, but, due to Maplin's No Pets policy, has to hide the dog in his chalet. Hearing noises, people assume he is entertaining a young lady and Gladys is not pleased though all is revealed when a private eye, hired by Jeff's wife to catch him out with a member of the opposite sex, bursts into his room.

Cast of Season 1

  • Ruth MadocGladys Pugh
  • Paul ShaneTed Bovis
  • Su PollardPeggy Ollerenshaw
  • Barry HowardBarry Stuart-Hargreaves
  • Jeffrey HollandSpike Dixon
  • Felix BownessFred Quilley
  • Nikki KellySylvia Garnsey
  • Diane HollandYvonne Stuart-Hargreaves
  • Penny IrvingMary
  • Chris AndrewsGary
  • Leslie DwyerMr. Partridge
  • Simon CadellJeffrey Fairbrother
  • David WebbStanley Matthews
  • Tony WebbBruce Matthews
  • Rikki HowardBetty Whistler
  • David CroftProducer
  • John KilbyProducer

 

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