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-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