Hi-De-Hi!

Harwich Museum flies Hi-de-Hi! flag for future generations

For almost a decade viewers enjoyed following the antics of the employees of Maplins holiday camp in the BBC comedy Hi-De-Hi! Some 35 years after the last episode, a museum in a town where it was filmed says it is determined to keep "flying the flag" for the show.

How Hi-De-Hi! embraced British nostalgia and triumphed over 1980s alternative comedy

The death of Ruth Madoc has prompted many to remember just how funny, and quietly mould-breaking, Hi-De-Hi! was.

Viewers baffled as Hi-De-Hi! becomes latest classic show slapped with trigger warnings

Classic BBC sitcom Hi-De-Hi! now comes with a warning that it may trigger woke Millennials.

The show, which starred Su Pollard and Ruth Madoc as staff in a 1950s holiday camp, is now available on streaming service BritBox. But anyone wanting to catch a slice of the 1980s Sunday night staple will be greeted with a message saying it contains "language and attitudes of the era that may offend".

Harwich Museum to celebrate Hi-de-Hi! holiday camp

A museum said it was planning to create a new display celebrating Harwich's link with Warner's Holiday Camp, where BBC comedy Hi-de-Hi! was filmed.

Why does Penny Mordaunt hate Dad's Army?

Charles Moore has dug up quite the quote from Tory leadership hopeful Penny Mordaunt today. In her 2021 book Greater: Britain After The Storm she reveals that she hates Dad's Army and the other sitcoms written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.

Jeffrey Holland reveals he is a megastar in Hungary

Telly viewers there are still obsessed with the show You Rang, M'Lord? almost 30 years after it finished. Jeffrey, 75, is also loved by Hungarians for playing comic Spike Dixon in the classic comedy Hi-de-Hi!.

Hi-De-Hi! fans display memorabilia for first time

A couple who have been collecting memorabilia related to the BBC comedy Hi-De-Hi! for years have put it on display for the first time in a new museum in the town where it was filmed.

Hi-de-Hi's opening titles

So, where is the footage from the Hi-de-Hi titles from? The answer is contemporary newsreels, mostly from the late 1950s, from outfits like Pathé and Visnews.

The top 10 British sitcoms of the 80s

After the dourness of the 1970s, the following decade was much more colourful and self-confident, and this reflected in the increasingly audacious premises of the best situation comedies of the era. There were still perennial British interests of class and social status, with observations on suburban life providing plenty of opportunity for writers.