Hi-de-Hi!

Hi-de-Hi! is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1980 to 1988. Set in a 1950s holiday camp, it 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 to greet the campers and in early episodes was written Hi de Hi. The inspiration was the experience of writers Perry and Croft. After being demobilised from the Army, Perry spent holidays as a Redcoat at Butlins. The series gai... more

Hi-de-Hi! is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1980 to 1988. Set in a 1950s holiday camp, it 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 to greet the campers and in early episodes was written Hi de Hi. The inspiration was the experience of writers Perry and Croft. After being demobilised from the Army, Perry spent holidays as a Redcoat at Butlins. 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. Hi-de-Hi! is set in 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 entertainments manager Mr Baverstock, a conman... less