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 (2017 TV series) (series 1) the Nine Network selling the Hi-5 brand in 2012, following Nine's reported financial difficulties. The franchise was sold to Asian equity group, Asiasons (later Tremendous Entertainment Group), who produced a new television series entitled "Hi-5 House", from 2013 to 2016, with no involvement from Nine. On 14 October 2016, it was announced that the Nine Network had renewed its partnership with the Hi-5 franchise, revealing plans to revive the television series with an entirely new cast in 2017. The new series would feature a new cast and set, but retain the original team of producers and writers. Julie Greene, who