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 Ho Silver Hi Ho Silver "Hi Ho Silver" is a song by Scottish singer/songwriter Jim Diamond. It is best known for being the theme song for the British television series "Boon". The song was from Diamond's second solo studio album "Desire for Freedom", and it reached #5 on the UK chart in 1986. Although many people believe that Diamond wrote the song especially for "Boon", he actually wrote it in memory of his father who had died the previous year. Diamond was approached by Central Television in 1985 to write and record the theme song for a new television drama series. Diamond