Hi-de-Hi! released. Hi-de-Hi! Hi-de-Hi! is a BBC television sitcom shown on BBC1 from 1 January 1980 to 30 January 1988. Set between 1959 and 1960 in Maplins, a fictional holiday camp, the show was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who also wrote "Dad's Army" and "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" amongst other programmes. The title was the greeting the campers heard and in early episodes was written Hi de Hi. The series revolved around the lives of the camp's entertainers, most of them struggling actors or has-beens. The inspiration was the experience of Jimmy Perry, one of the writers.
Hi-5 (Australian TV series) revival also retained a segment introduced in "Hi-5 House", entitled "The Chatterbox". This segment focuses on the discovery of language through simple words and phrases, and features the puppet Chatterbox, who teaches a toy robot named Tinka how to speak. "Hi-5" was created in 1998 by television producer Helena Harris, who had worked on "Bananas in Pyjamas". She and co-producer Posie Graeme-Evans ("The Miraculous Mellops", "Mirror, Mirror") developed the series as preschool entertainment. The name of the series was derived from the high five gesture. Harris stated that her inspiration for "Hi-5" came partly from living in England, where she