Hi-de-Hi! complained that filming the TV series and doing the summer show limited their offers of acting jobs elsewhere. At the height of its popularity, the BBC had plans to make it into a feature film, but this did not come to fruition. In August 2009, a "Hi-de-Hi!" stage show toured in Torquay. In March 2010 the show was revived for a six-month national tour produced by Bruce James Productions Limited and written by Paul Carpenter and Ian Gower, adapting scenes and storylines from episodes of the television series including "A Night Not To Remember" and "Maplin Intercontinental". The audience were
Hi-5 (Australian TV series) said "we're very excited to be launching the next phase of "Hi-5"". Of the cast change, executive producer Noel Price stated that "Hi-5" was designed so that its popularity would not solely rely on the appeal of cast members as individuals. The 500th episode of "Hi-5" was celebrated in 2010 during the twelfth series. By this series, Price stated the producers aimed to recreate the success of the earlier episodes by "captur[ing] that earlier innocence". The thirteenth and final series of the original "Hi-5" premiered on 17 October 2011, in which the program's musical history was recognised by reintroducing previous