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 Gang! (radio series) Hi Gang! (radio series) Hi Gang! was a BBC radio series that ran from Sunday 26 May 1940 until 1949, featuring Vic Oliver, Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels. A sequel to this domestic sitcom, "Life with the Lyons", debuted on BBC radio and television in November 1950. "Hi Gang!" was conceived as an idea by Ben Lyon at the beginning of World War 2, when he and his wife Bebe Daniels were travelling around Britain appearing in entertainment shows at theatres, army camps and factories. They thought of asking the BBC for a light comedy programme, which would reach many