The WORST episodes of Hi-de-Hi!
Every episode of Hi-de-Hi! ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - September Song
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/27/1986
Ted has a new love interest: a young pianist whom he plans to marry. Elsewhere, Julian is hoping romance will blossom for himself and Yvonne, and takes her to visit his farm.
#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 - Peggy's Pen Friend
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/15/1984
Peggy raises a few eyebrows among the staff when she informs them she has a new boyfriend.
#4 - The Epidemic
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/22/1984
The staff are expecting a visit from Joe Maplin, when there is an outbreak of 'Chads' - a form of graffiti. As an indirect result, Barry injures his back.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - Off with the Motley
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/24/1984
When the post of Stores Supervisor becomes vacant, Peggy is promoted.
#9 - Hey Diddle Diddle, Who's on the Fiddle?
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/1/1984
Peggy and Spike uncover evidence that suggests Joe Maplin gave Clive a job in order to spy on the staff.
#10 - 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.
#11 - Pigs Might Fly
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/8/1986
The shock departure of Barry turns his partner Yvonne into a recluse in her chalet, and leaves the entertainments programme one act short.
#12 - The New Broom
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/15/1986
The unexpected arrival of the new camp controller catches everyone off guard, and Alec Foster does not pull any punches...
#13 - 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.
#14 - God Bless Our Family
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/6/1986
Fed up with Clive's irresponsible behaviour, his entire family turns up at the camp to try and talk some sense into him.
#15 - Only the Brave
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/13/1986
Spike thinks the staff should do something special for April's birthday. But with Ted organising the occasion, things are unlikely to go as intended.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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.
#19 - The Perils of Peggy
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/9/1988
In spite of her coldness towards him, Clive is desperate to win Gladys back - but he requires the help of Ted and Peggy.
#20 - 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.
#21 - Wedding Bells
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/23/1988
As Gladys and Clive prepare to take the plunge, there is a sudden panic when Clive's family finds out about the impending marriage and attempts to put a stop to it.
#22 - 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.
#23 - The Great Cat Robbery
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/25/1985
Peggy reads in the paper that a notorious cat burglar has recently died, a man who stayed at the camp the previous summer. Furthermore the police are anxious to trace a number of his ill-gotten gains, which were never recovered, among them a priceless necklace. Ted gets it into his head that the necklace must be hidden somewhere in the holiday camp and sets about doping the campers so that he can search their chalets. Needless to say he pays the price for his greed as usual.
#24 - It's Murder
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/5/1986
Once more Partridge has been giving the annoying kids a slap and parents and staff are up in arms. Yvonne has organized a petition to get rid of him but, as everybody else gathers in Clive's office, there is no sign of the offending puppeteer, just a letter from Joe Maplin to say that Partridge has complained about his colleagues. Then, as Ted and Spike are returning to their chalet for the night, they see what appears to be Partridge's body floating in the pool with a knife in his back.
#25 - Who Killed Mr Partridge?
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/12/1986
Anxious not to alarm the guests Clive orders the pool lights to be turned off so that the corpse cannot be seen but instead Fred and the Yellowcoats turn out all the lights in the camp. An hysterical man who has seen the body is kept in Clive's office against his will but Clive knows he must call the police. When the police arrive they tell the staff that the 'corpse' was a dummy in Partridge's clothes. The man himself has quit the camp to open a pub but wanted to give everybody a fright as he left.