The BEST episodes of Hi-de-Hi!
Every episode of Hi-de-Hi! ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hi-de-Hi!!
Set in Maplin's, a fictional holiday camp, during 1959 and 1960, the series revolves around the lives of the camp's management and entertainers, most of them struggling actors or has-beens. Jeffrey Fairbrother, a Cambridge University professor, is a fish out of water as Entertainments Manager, but attracts the amorous attentions of chief Yellowcoat Gladys Pugh. Ted Bovis, camp host, is really running the show and pulls every scam he can, but is also mentor to new camp comic Spike Dixon, whilst Peggy Ollerenshaw, a chalet maid, aspires to become a Yellowcoat.
#1 - The Wind of Change
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/30/1988
It's nearly the end of the season, and there are plenty of events scheduled. But when Dawn falls ill, the timetable is thrown into chaos and a replacement is needed.
#2 - The Graven Image
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/8/1984
The camp is all prepared for the unveiling of the new Joe Maplin statue. Alas, several factors, including Spike's uncharacteristic drunkenness, ensure that the ceremony does not run smoothly.
#3 - Nice People With Nice Manners
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/31/1982
Yvonne and Barry decide to hold a party in their chalet for the more distinguished among the staff.
#4 - Spaghetti Galore
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/19/1986
Gladys finds herself very much in demand on the night of her birthday, with two offers of dinner... that she knows about!
#7 - Ted at the Helm
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/10/1984
Ted is excited at the prospect of becoming the new entertainments manager, especially when he is summoned to Maplin's Head Office.
#8 - The Partridge Season
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/12/1981
Mr. Partridge's drinking is getting worse, and Jeffrey's untimely decision to give him an advance on his wages doesn't help matters.
#9 - Eruptions
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/26/1982
Ted is fed up with his act being constantly interrupted, distracting his audience, and decides it's time Jeffrey did something about it.
#10 - Stripes
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/5/1982
Joe Maplin decides that Gladys should hold the newly-created title of Head Yellowcoat. However, someone who looks likely to threaten her new position arrives at the camp.
#11 - Marry-Go-Round
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/2/1988
The campers are complaining about how unfunny the camp comic is. Spike believes it's because his engagement to April is preying on his mind and attempts to find a cure.
#12 - Let Them Eat Cake
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/16/1988
Alec Foster pays the camp another visit and Ted takes the opportunity to ask for a rise.
#13 - The Great Cat Robbery
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/25/1985
When Peggy recognizes a picture of a recently-deceased cat burglar in the newspaper to be a former camper, Ted lets his imagination run wild.
#14 - Together Again
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/3/1984
The Maplin's staff assembles at the start of the new season to find a few surprises awaiting them.
#15 - The Day of Reckoning
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/19/1981
Fred's past comes back to haunt him, causing the staff - Peggy and Spike in particular - several difficulties.
#16 - Co-Respondent's Course
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/12/1982
Jeffrey's wife is anxious to acquire a divorce. Unfortunately, he is not very co-operative when it comes to giving grounds.
#17 - Maplin Intercontinental
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/16/1983
Joe Maplin is opening a new camp in the Bahamas, and decrees that the winner of the 'Most Popular Girl Yellowcoat of the Season Competition' will fulfil a post there.
#18 - All Change
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/23/1983
With the camp filled to capacity, Jeffrey is less than delighted to learn that he has to re-accommodate the entire entertainments staff to make way for the new Yellowcoat Supervisor.
#19 - Who Killed Mr Partridge?
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/12/1986
Ted and Spike have discovered Partridge's dead body floating in the pool. They, and the rest of the staff, have to conceal his apparent murder from the campers.
#20 - Tell It to the Marines
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/26/1987
A Royal Marines sergeant antagonises Ted, causing him to make a rash statement he may have cause to regret.
#21 - Raffles
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/25/1984
When Ted remembers that he has an old car - identical to Clive's - gathering dust, he comes up with a devious scheme to make some money.
#22 - The Marriage Settlement
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/18/1983
Jeffrey finally agrees to divorce his wife, but in order to do so, he will require the help of a highly improbable source.
#23 - A Lack of Punch
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/26/1986
Head Office decides not to replace Mr. Partridge until the end of the season, and tells the staff that they are to stand in for him in the meantime.
#24 - Opening Day
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/17/1984
The opening day of the season has arrived and the staff prepare to greet the first batch of campers at the station.
#25 - Orphan of the Storm
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/22/1986
The staff rallies round when Alec Foster sacks Peggy. But it seems as though nothing can be done to save her job.