Hi-de-Hi!

Hi-de-Hi! is a British comedy television series, written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft. The series ran, after a pilot episode in 1980, from 1981 to 1988 at the BBC, starring many of the same actors as in later series of this writing duo, like You Rang, M'Lord? and ''[http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FOh%2C_Doctor_Beeching! Oh, Doctor Beeching!] ''.

Of Hi-de-Hi!, in addition to the pilot episode, eight series were made. The episodes lasted 30 minutes each time. Though there appeared some specials that lasted little longer, ranging from 40 to 60 minutes. At the time, the series was broadcast In Netherlands entitled Hurrah, it's holiday!

The series revolves around the Maplins holiday camp and his staff and is set in the years 1959-1960. The staff includes entertainment-manager Jeffrey Fairbrother (Simon Cadell, to 1984) and Clive Dempster DFC (David Griffin, from 1984), "yellow-coats" (led by Gladys Pugh, played by Ruth Madoc), a comedian (Spike Dixon), host Ted Bovis (Paul Shane) and cleaning lady Peggy Ollerenshaw (Su Pollard). ==Characters[ Edit] ==
 * Jeffrey Fairbrother (Simon Cadell): Jeffrey, born in 1921, comes from a respectable family from the upper class. He was sent to a boarding school at an early age and later studied archaeology in Cambridge. After graduation he started working as a professor. He married Daphne, but by the time of the pilot episode he lies in separation.He also found that life on the University had made him a boring person, so he goes to work at Maplins. He hopes to get more insight into the lives of everyday people.However, he never made a real connection with the guests and staff. He also found it very embarrassing to come along in the crude humor that was preferred by Ted Bovis and guests. Further, he also had to do with Gladys Pugh, that her crush for Jeffrey not put out. He went further, at the request of camp-owner Joe Maplin, often against his principles. Eventually, at the end of 1959 (and the first half of the series), he returns to life at the University by taking a job as a professor at the University of Wisconsin.
 * Ted Bovis (Paul Shane): Ted is host and very popular with the guests. He married in 1951 with Hilary, but they divorced soon afterwards. He organized several guests zwendeltjes money. He shared his room with the entire series Spike Dixon. Ted often said that he hated his job at Maplins, but was affected when its function was dropped at the end of the season in 1960.
 * Spike Dixon (Jeffrey Holland): after its school time Spike acquired a beautiful job with the tax authority. However, he stopped here in 1959 to work as a comedian at Maplins. He shared his room with Ted Bovis, which his new ideas on the jokes and costumes often drilled into the ground. In the season of 1960 Spike Gets a relationship with April, a yellowcoat.
 * Gladys Pugh (Ruth Madoc): the sport-accompanied star and later leader of the yellowcoats, born in Wales. She was there in love with Jeffrey Fairbrother in 1959, but he left never turn out this on her. Gladys cannot get along well with the yellowcoats, especially not with Sylvia Garnsey (played by Nikki Kelly). She was also the voice of Radio Maplin; the broadcasting system in the camp. They married in the end with the successor to Fairbrother, Clive Dempster, and the two moved to Australia.
 * Clive Dempster DFC (David Griffin): this aristocratic war hero flew many missions over Germany during World War II. He succeeded Jeffrey Fairbrother on as entertainment-manager at Maplins. Clive was the exact opposite of Fairbrother, and led the camp with little interference. He married in the end with Gladys Pugh and left for Australia. There he was able to get to job as a pilot, offered by his old Commander.
 * Fred Quilley (Felix Bowness): The jockey from Maplins, which further the horses groomed and guests accompanied the horses rides. He shared a room with Mr. Patridge, who often reproached him to horses to stink. After the season of 1960, he started working in a home for elderly horses.
 * Mr. Partridge (Leslie Dwyer): the puppeteer of the camp, which had to hate children because they showed no respect. Shared a room with Fred Quilley and had a rather alcoholic slant. He gets a relationship with a barmaid during 1960, puts his own death scene and moves with her to Cornwall.
 * Yvonne Stuart-Hargreaves (Diane Holland): Ballroom-dancer, shares a room with her husband and dance partner Barry. Yvonne is quite bekakt and believes they are above all other servants of the State. With the exception of Jeffrey Fairbrother and later Clive Dempster of course. For reasons both Barry left Yvonne as Maplins. Yvonne then gave up a relationship with Julian Dalrymple-Sykes (played by Ben Aris), who replaced Barry as her dance partner. Eventually Yvonne and Julian traveled around the world and performed anywhere on.
 * Barry Stuart-Hargreaves (Barry Howard): dance partner and husband of Yvonne, however simple descent. He leaves her during 1960 and it is unclear what happened to him is. Was there during the series constantly hinted that Barry ever homosexual could be.
 * Peggy Ollerenshaw (Su Pollard): Cleaning of all rooms, which dearly love wants to be a yellowcoat. They shall therefore do everything. She was often stopped by Gladys, who forbade her to interfere too much with the staff. Somewhat silly, she let themselves often drawn into lies of Ted. In the very last episode is Peggy finally yellowcoat, because Dawn has become sick. Her career as yellowcoat was only one day old, when she got a breakdown of pure nerves. She then returned to her old job as a cleaning lady.