Hi De Hi!

1981 • BBC
4.3
22 reviews
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Complete Collection episodes (57)

1 Series 1, Episode 1 Desire in the Mickey Mouse Grotto
2/26/81
Season-only
The runner-up in the Holiday Princess competition is seen entering a staff chalet late at night.
2 Series 1, Episode 2 The Beauty Queen Affair
3/5/81
Season-only
A camper tries to bribe the entertainments manager, while steps are taken to stop the camp host from celebrating his birthday every two weeks in order to get presents from the campers.
3 Series 1, Episode 3 The Partridge Series
3/12/81
Season-only
The Punch and Judy puppet show man gets drunk and everyone has to pitch in to cover for him before the senior staff get wind of what's happened.
4 Series 1, Episode 4 The Day of Reckoning
3/19/81
Season-only
In the past, ex-jockey Fred Quilly took £300 from a race gang to pull a horse. He failed to stop his horse winning and is convinced the gang are out for revenge.
5 Series 1, Episode 5 Charity Begins At Home
3/26/81
Season-only
Joe Maplin decrees that every Thursday will be 'sunshine smile day'. The camp host decides to extend this to the campers by compelling a holidaymaker caught without a smile to pay a shilling to the Campers' Amenity Fund.
6 Series 1, Episode 6 No Dogs Allowed
4/2/81
Season-only
Jeffrey is left looking after his estranged wife's dog, Bubbles, but with all pets banned from Maplin's, it's not an easy task and a private eye is called in to investigate.
7 Series 2, Episode 1 If Wet Ð In the Ballroom
11/29/81
Season-only
After several days of rain, the staff are at their wits' end and have exhausted their repertoire of indoor amusements.
8 Series 2, Episode 2 Peggy's Big Chance
12/6/81
Season-only
Peggy the chalet maid has a burning ambition to become a Yellowcoat, so Jeffrey arranges an interview for her.
9 Series 2, Episode 3 Lift Up Your Minds
12/13/81
Season-only
Ex-university professor Jeffrey Fairbrother decides to give the campers a recital of classical music on gramophone records.
10 Series 2, Episode 4 On With the Motley
12/20/81
Season-only
The camp host gets his big chance when he is booked to do a cabaret spot at a posh golf club dinner.
11 Series 2, Episode 5 A Night Not To Remember
12/27/81
Season-only
A drunken Fairbrother is escorted to his chalet by predatory Yellowcoat Gladys Pugh.
12 Series 2, Episode 6 Sausages or Limelight
1/3/82
Season-only
Spike is in love, and his prospective father-in-law wants him to join the family business.
13 Series 3, Episode 1 Nice People with Nice Manners
10/30/82
Season-only
Ted is left out in the cold when the ballroom dancers throw a party.
14 Series 3, Episode 2 Carnival Time
11/7/82
Season-only
Joe Maplin orders the camp staff to enter a float in the local carnival.
15 Series 3, Episode 3 A Matter of Conscience
11/14/82
Season-only
The local council plans to build a hospital next to the camp. Joe Maplin has other ideas.
16 Series 3, Episode 4 The Pay-Off
11/21/82
Season-only
Joe Maplin looks set to lose out on the neighbouring land he so covets. But then Mr Maplin comes up with a plan involving Jeffrey, a shoebox full of money and four local councilors.
17 Series 3, Episode 5 Trouble and Strife
11/27/82
Season-only
Ted Bovis's ex-wife turns up at the camp demanding the arrears of her maintenance payments. She has in tow a bailiff who presents Ted with a writ.
18 Series 4, Episode 1 Stripes
12/5/82
Season-only
After a secret visit to the holiday camp, Joe Maplin decides that Gladys should be put in charge of the Yellowcoats.
19 Series 4, Episode 2 Co-Respondent's Course
12/12/82
Season-only
Fairbrother's wife sends her new boyfriend to Jeffrey to ask him for a divorce. With the professor unwilling to cooperate, they start to dig for evidence.
20 Series 4, Episode 3 It's a Blue World
12/19/82
Season-only
Ted Bovis is offered the chance to hire an artistic but explicit film to show to the male campers.
21 Series 4, Episode 4 Christmas Special: Eruptions
12/26/82
Season-only
Comedian Ted isn't happy when Joe Maplin installs a model volcano which erupts during his act. The only thing to do is sabotage it.
22 Series 4, Episode 5 The Society Entertainer
1/2/83
Season-only
Jeffrey Fairbrother decides that a change of voice would be a good idea on Radio Maplin. Spike meets his femme fatale.
23 Series 4, Episode 6 Sing You Sinners
1/9/83
Season-only
Owing to the departure of the local vicar, Jeffrey Fairbrother finds himself conducting the Sunday half-hour. When he makes a hash of it, Ted takes over.
24 Series 4, Episode 7 Maplin International
1/16/83
Season-only
The annual Yellowcoat competition has a very special prize this year - the winner will go to Joe Maplin's new holiday camp in the Bahamas.
25 Series 4, Episode 8 All Change
1/23/83
Season-only
Chaos reigns when Joe Maplin demotes Gladys and appoints a new supervisor.
26 Series 5, Episode 1 Concessions
11/27/83
Season-only
As Barry and Yvonne dance to Diaghilev, Spike jokes to Pinocchio, and Ted contrives to confound Joe Maplin's empire expansion plans.
27 Series 5, Episode 2 Save Our Heritage
12/4/83
Season-only
Joe Maplin orders Jeffrey to assist in the demolition of a cottage which stands in the way of his expansion plans.
28 Series 5, Episode 3 Empty Saddles
12/11/83
Season-only
Peggy, Ted and all the staff decide to rally round to protect Fred and his threatened horses.
29 Series 5, Episode 4 The Marriage Settlement
12/18/83
Season-only
Jeffrey tries to sort out his marital problems.
30 Series 5, Episode 5 The Graven Image
1/8/84
Season-only
Joe Maplin commissions his own statue and has specific instructions issued for the unveiling. But all does not go according to plan.
31 Series 5, Episode 6 Peggy's Pen Friend
1/15/84
Season-only
Peggy is due to meet her pen-friend for the first time. When the Staff discover he's an older man, they fear for her welfare, but Peggy is determined to enjoy a romantic time.
32 Series 5, Episode 7 The Epidemic
1/22/84
Season-only
Holiday-camp humour with the Yellowcoats at Maplin's. There's an outbreak of graffiti in the camp.
33 Series 6, Episode 1 Together Again
11/3/84
Season-only
It is 1960. The new season at Maplin's Holiday Camp is about to commence. The staff arrive by train to prepare the camp for the holidaymakers but Gladys can't find Geoffrey anywhere.
34 Series 6, Episode 2 Ted at the Helm
11/10/84
Season-only
Ted is convinced that he is to become the new camp entertainments manager.
35 Series 6, Episode 3 Opening Day
11/17/84
Season-only
The staff gather to welcome the first guests of a new season.
36 Series 6, Episode 4 Off with the Motley
11/24/84
Season-only
At long last Peggy is promoted but this soon means she is missing out on all the fun.
37 Series 6, Episode 5 Hey Diddle Diddle, Who's on the Fiddle?
12/1/84
Season-only
Peggy finds a personal letter from Joe Maplin to Clive Dempster which causes everybody to believe that the squadron leader has been sent to the camp as a mole.
38 Series 6, Episode 6 Raffles
12/25/84
Season-only
Ted decides to raffle Clive's car and switch it for a clapped-out old banger before delivering it to the lucky winner.
39 Series 7, Episode 1 Christmas Special: The Great Cat Robbery
12/25/85
Season-only
Did a famous cat-burglar bury a priceless necklace somewhere on the camp? When the police offer a large reward for the necklace all hell breaks loose as the search begins.
40 Series 7, Episode 2 It's Murder
1/5/86
Season-only
The guests are complaining about Mr Partridge's behaviour until things take a dark turn, following the masked ball.
41 Series 7, Episode 3 Who Killed Mr Partridge?
1/12/86
Season-only
Ted, Spike and the rest of the staff must prevent the campers from learning about the death of Mr Partridge.
42 Series 7, Episode 4 Spaghetti Galore
1/19/86
Season-only
It's Gladys' birthday, and the staff plan a surprise dinner at Tony's Trattoria, but they're not the only ones.
43 Series 7, Episode 5 A Lack of Punch
1/26/86
Season-only
Joe Maplin announces that the staff are to perform in plays written by his girlfriend and a new children's entertainer is hired to replace Mr Partridge - at last.
44 Series 7, Episode 6 Ivory Castles in the Air
2/9/86
Season-only
Spike and Gladys become Mr and Mrs Fluorabrite Toothpaste - Joe Maplin organises the wedding.
45 Series 7, Episode 7 Man Trap
2/16/86
Season-only
Joe Maplin surprises everyone by announcing Gladys's engagement to Spike.
46 Series 8, Episode 1 Pigs Might Fly
11/8/86
Season-only
Barry has left Maplins. And Spike falls in love with Gladys.
47 Series 8, Episode 2 The New Broom
11/15/86
Season-only
The new Camp Controller wreaks havoc and upsets Peggy.
48 Series 8, Episode 3 Orphan of the Storm
11/22/86
Season-only
The new camp controller makes his presence felt with a spate of sackings.
49 Series 8, Episode 4 God Bless Our Family
12/6/86
Season-only
Clive's family arrives en masse to stop his marriage to Gladys.
50 Series 8, Episode 5 Only the Brave
12/13/86
Season-only
As a birthday treat, the staff take April to see Bambi - or so they think.
51 Series 8, Episode 6 September Song
12/27/86
Season-only
It's circus night at Maplin's, but Ted Bovis has another sort of ring on his mind.
52 Series 9, Episode 1 Tell It to the Marines
12/26/87
Season-only
Peggy's piano playing leads Ted to challenge the Royal Marines to a race over their assault course.
53 Series 9, Episode 2 Marry Go Round
1/2/88
Season-only
Spike proposes to April, but Clive and Gladys's marriage is called off.
54 Series 9, Episode 3 The Perils of Peggy
1/9/88
Season-only
Clive decides after a trip to Dempster Hall that Gladys is really the girl for him, but she has other ideas. Peggy becomes the scapegoat in Ted's plan to make Clive look heroic and win back Gladys's heart.
55 Series 9, Episode 4 Let Them Eat Cake
1/16/88
Season-only
Ted and Spike re-enact the French Revolution in the pool.
56 Series 9, Episode 5 Wedding Bells
1/23/88
Season-only
Gladys finally agrees to marry Clive, but his family have other ideas.
57 Series 9, Episode 6 The Wind of Change
1/30/88
Season-only
Peggy finally becomes a yellowcoat, but Alec Foster arrives with bad news.

About this show

Welcome to Maplins Holiday Camp, and we hope you will enjoy your stay. All the entertainment's are completely free and the gorgeous Yellowcoats are always on hand to help you. Set in the late 50s/early 60s, this BAFTA-winning comedy by Jimmy Perry and David Croft finds the ill-assorted staff and their guests all at sea by the seaside.

Ratings and reviews

4.3
22 reviews
Lord Paul Richard Butler
February 22, 2016
One of mine and my mother's favourite comedy shows I always watch TV together so why not watch it with your parents and enjoy comedy classic HI-DE-HI!
9 people found this review helpful
Bernie Lomax
July 13, 2021
They don't make em like this anymore. Brilliant
Paul Wey
February 21, 2016
Great but whereas real episode one the pilot hey diddle diddle
3 people found this review helpful