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<mainpage-leftcolumn-start /> {| style="width:100%;" |- | style="border: 1px solid #d5d4d4; color:#000; font-size:10pt; font-variant: small-caps; font-weight:bolder; border-radius:8px;" | <div style="float:left; padding-left:7%;"> ● [[:category:Content|content]] </div> <div style="float:left; padding-left:8%;"> ● [[:Category:Characters|characters]] </div> <div style="float:left; padding-left:8%;"> ● [[:category:Episodes|episodes]] </div> <div style="float:left; padding-left:8%;"> ● [[:category:Videos |videos]] </div> <div style="float:left; padding-left:8%;"> ● [[:category:Yellowcoats|yellowcoats]] </div> |} <center><h2>Welcome to the <font color="blue">'''{{SITENAME}}'''</font></h2></center> <center><h4>'''Hi-de-Hi!''' is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1980 to 1988</h4></center> [[File:Cast.jpg|center|700px]] {| class="color1" style="width:100%; padding:0.4em; margin:10px 0; border-radius: 7px; box-shadow:2px 2px 2px #888;" ! style="font-size:1.2em; font-weight:bold;" | About |} <div style="text-align:justify"> ''Hi-De-Hi'' was set in a holiday camp during the 1950s and 1960s and was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who had written ''Dad's Army'' and ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum''. The title was the phrase used to greet the campers and in early episodes was written Hi de Hi. The series surrounded 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 Butlins 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. </div> {| class="color1" style="width:100%; padding:0.4em; margin:10px 0; border-radius: 7px; box-shadow:2px 2px 2px #888;" ! style="font-size:1.2em; font-weight:bold;" | Featured Article |} <div style="text-align:justify"> ''Hi-De-Hi'' was set at Maplins, a holiday camp owned by entrepreneur Joe Maplin in the fictional seaside town of Crimpton-on-Sea, Essex. It is loosely based on Butlins, the holiday camp empire of Billy Butlin, his Redcoats replaced with 'Yellowcoats'. At the end of the 1958 season, the camp Entertainment Manager Mr Baverstock, a conman and womaniser, had been sacked for stealing charity money from the camp wishing well. At the same time, the camp comic Teddy Drinkwater had burned out and resigned, leaving the two posts vacant. The following year, a Cambridge University Professor of Archaeology, Jeffrey Fairbrother, tired of academia and applied for the role of Entertainment Manager. This annoyed the portly Camp Host, Ted Bovis, who wanted the job. The job of Camp Comic was given to naive but kind-hearted Spike Dixon, who is awaiting his 'big break' and wants an introduction to the world of show business. Most episodes involved [[Ted Bovis]] attempting to scam the campers as well as the well-meaning [[Jeffrey Fairbrother|Fairbrother]], who also had to avoid the romantic approaches of Chief Yellowcoat and Sports Organiser, [[Gladys Pugh]], as he was estranged from his wife but was initially reluctant to divorce her because of the social stigma attached. Most of the other characters in the show were out-of-work actors and entertainers at the tail-end of their careers. These consisted of [[Fred Quilly]], a disqualified jockey; [[Yvonne Stuart-Hargreaves|Yvonne]] and [[Barry Stuart-Hargreaves]], two former ballroom champions and [[Mr Partridge]], a failed Music Hall star reduced to performing Punch and Judy puppet shows for the children. All these characters were big stars in their prime, but were forced to take jobs at Maplins to due their careers failing, most of which were due to the chaos ensued by the aftermath of the Second World War. Other characters consisted of several young men and women who had summer jobs as Yellowcoats, and [[Peggy Ollerenshaw]], an eccentric but ambitious chalet maid who dreamed of becoming a Yellowcoat. </div> {| class="color1" style="width:100%; padding:0.4em; margin:10px 0; border-radius: 7px; box-shadow:2px 2px 2px #888;" ! style="font-size:1.2em; font-weight:bold;" | Featured Videos |} [[File:BBC Hi De Hi theme|thumb|center|500 px]] {| class="color1" style="width:100%; padding:0.4em; margin:10px 0; border-radius: 7px; box-shadow:2px 2px 2px #888;" ! style="font-size:1.2em; font-weight:bold;" | News |} <rss>http://news.google.com/news/feeds?hl=en&q=Hi-De-Hi|short</rss> <mainpage-endcolumn /> <mainpage-rightcolumn-start /> [[File:HideHi.jpg|center|250px]] {| class="color1" style="width:99%; padding:0.4em; margin:10px 0; border-radius: 7px; box-shadow:2px 2px 2px #888;" ! style="font-size:1.2em; font-weight:bold;" | Yellowcoats |} <gallery type="slideshow" hideaddbutton="true" widths="290px" navigation="true"> Char april.jpg|April|link=April Hidehi.jpg.display.jpg|Barry|link=Barry Stuart-Hargreaves Felixbowness.jpg|Fred|link=Fred Quilly Char gary.jpg|Gary|link=Gary Bolton Ruth madoc gladys 150 150x180.jpg|Gladys|link=Gladys Pugh Char julian.jpg|Julian|link=Julian Dalrymple-Sykes Article-0-00461F6800000258-967 233x322.jpg|Peggy|link=Peggy Ollerenshaw Char ramona.jpg|Ramona|link=Ramona Hi de Hi 004.jpg|Spike|link=Spike Dixon Char twins.jpg|Stanley & Bruce|link=Stanley & Bruce Matthews Char sylvia.jpg|Sylvia|link=Sylvia Garnsey Char morris.jpg|Uncle Sammy|link=Uncle Sammy Morris SNN1828DHZ 280 735372a.jpg|Yvonne|link=Yvonne Stuart-Hargreaves </gallery> {{Clr}} {| class="color1" style="width:99%; padding:0.4em; margin:10px 0; border-radius: 7px; box-shadow:2px 2px 2px #888;" ! style="font-size:1.2em; font-weight:bold;" | Social Media |} <div class="fb-page" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/Hi-De-Hi-159470577455409" data-small-header="true" data-show-facepile="false" data-show-posts="true"> </div> {| class="color1" style="width:99%; padding:0.4em; margin:10px 0; border-radius: 7px; box-shadow:2px 2px 2px #888;" ! style="font-size:1.2em; font-weight:bold;" | Discussions |} <Discussions /> <mainpage-endcolumn /> {{Clrl}} {{w:BBC_2}} [[Category:Browse]]
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