Whack-O!
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1956 - 1972
- 60 episodes (8 series)
Comedy starring Jimmy Edwards as the scheming headmaster of not-so-prestigious private school Chiselbury. Stars Jimmy Edwards, Arthur Howard, Kenneth Cope, John Garside, Arthur Bush and more.
Key cast & crew credits
| Jimmy Edwards | Professor James Edwards (Headmaster) |
| Arthur Howard | Oliver Pettigrew (Assistant Headmaster) (Series 1-7) |
| Kenneth Cope | F. D. Price-Whittaker (English Literature) (Series 1) |
| John Garside | G.D. St J Dinwiddie (Latin and Greek) (Series 1) |
| Arthur Bush | L.B. Hackett (Higher Mathematics) (Series 1) |
| Tony Sympson | R.D. Spelthorne (Lower Mathematics) (Series 1-2) |
| Norman Bird | S.A. Smallpiece (Geography) (Series 1) |
| Victor Baring | M. Aristide Beaumarie (Modern Languages) (Series 1-2) |
| Barbara Archer | Matron (Series 1) |
| John Hall | Taplow, Jnr (Series 2 & 6) |
| Julian Orchard | Oliver Pettigrew (Assistant Headmaster) (Series 8) |
| Liz Fraser (as Elizabeth Fraser) | School Matron (Series 2) |
| John Stirling | Lumley (Series 2-3) |
| Philip Howard | L. J. Sneath (Carpentry) (Series 2) |
| John Scott | G. Hackworth-Webb (History) (Series 2) |
| Peter Glaze | R.P. Trench M.A. (Series 3) |
| David Langford | Parker (Series 3) |
| Edwin Apps | L.J. Halliforth, B.Sc (Series 3-7) |
| Michael Stainton | G. Perkins (Series 3) |
| John Lewis | R. Palmer (History) (Series 3) |
| Robert O'Leary | Phipps (Series 4) |
| Jimmy Ray | Crombie (Series 4-5) |
| Derek Needs | Phillpott (Series 4) |
| Geoffrey Paget | Rawlinson (Series 4-6) |
| Frank Raymond | Mr Cope-Willoughby (Series 4 & 6-7) |
| Mary Hignett | Mrs Mortlake (Series 4) |
| Brian Rawlinson | Mr Proctor (Series 5-6) |
| Paul Norman | Potter (Series 5) |
| Gordon Phillott | Mr Dinwiddie (Series 5-7) |
| Stephen Portch | Hoyle (Series 6) |
| Keith Smith | Mr Forbes (Series 7) |
| Peter Greene | L.J. Halliforth, B.Sc (Series 8) |
| Harold Bennett | Mr Dinwiddie (Series 8) |
| Gary Warren | Taplow, Jnr (Series 8) |
| Greg Smith | Potter (Series 8) |
| Frank Muir | Writer |
| Denis Norden | Writer |
| Robert Gray | Writer (Adapted By) (Series 8) |
| Douglas Moodie | Director (Series 1-6) |
| Eric Fawcett | Director (Series 7) |
| Douglas Argent | Director (Series 8) |
| Douglas Moodie | Producer (Series 1-6) |
| Eric Fawcett | Producer (Series 7) |
| Douglas Argent | Producer (Series 8) |
| Frederick Knapman | Production Designer (Series 2) |
| Stanley Dorfman | Production Designer (Series 3-5) |
| Malcolm Goulding | Production Designer (Series 6) |
| John Cooper | Production Designer (Series 7) |
| Jeremy Bear | Production Designer (Series 8) |
| John Stout | Production Designer (Series 8) |
| Alan Yates | Composer (Series 1-4 & 6-7) |
| Dennis Wilson | Composer (Series 8) |