The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 1pm, making some of the rude, and occasionally crude, jokes rather risqué for the time of day. Hudd, Emmett, and Whitfield had all worked together on the very long-running radio series "The News Huddlines". Holland is a familiar voice in British comedy series, probably best known for his role as Spike Dixon, the camp comic at Maplin's holiday camp, Crimpton-on-Sea, in the BBC sitcom "Hi-de-Hi!" Hudd later appeared alongside Clive Merrison as Holmes, and Andrew Sachs as Doctor Watson in an original radio play in the series "The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" in 2002. The Newly Discovered Casebook of
Hi-de-Hi! to survive in its original format. The closing storyline of the series was the camp undergoing drastic changes to modernise with the times, meaning that many of the staff would lose their jobs as their particular talents were no longer required. The pilot episode was broadcast on 1 January 1980. "Hi-de-Hi!" ran for nine series and two Christmas Specials, totalling 60 episodes, between 26 February 1981 and 30 January 1988. Because of the programme's popularity, the BBC decided to air series 3 and 4 back-to-back, the only time the BBC has ever done this with one of their own (first