Hi-de-Hi! Channel at 1.40pm and repeated again at 6pm "Hi-de-Hi!" is set at a holiday camp in the fictional seaside town of Crimpton-on-Sea, Essex. Loosely based on Butlins, "Maplins" is part of a holiday camp group owned by Joe Maplin, with "Yellowcoats" replacing Redcoats. Cambridge University Professor of Archaeology Jeffrey Fairbrother, who had become tired of academia, has been appointed the new entertainment manager. He is clearly unqualified for the position. This has annoyed the camp host, Ted Bovis, who had expected the post. The job of camp comic is given to the naive but kind-hearted Spike Dixon, who wants an
Hi-5 (Australian TV series) South Africa. The TV series had a successful premiere in the UK in early 2003. Initially, Harris expected that the series would become formatted into international versions, however she was so confident with the original cast that the Australian series was sold overseas instead. On pay-TV in Australia, "Hi-5" premiered on Nick Jr. in 2003. The programme debuted in the US for the first time in 2014, with episodes featuring the original cast premiering on KCET. The first series of the 2017 revival was released on online streaming service Stan on 1 October 2017. Compilation home video releases of "Hi-5"