Interviews · 29 November 2020
Hi-De-Hi The Hi-De-Hi quiz
Hi-De-Hi interviewed by Kevin Durham, 29 November 2020. 8m 05s on tape.
This was a Hi De Hi quiz, from the live reunion of the hit BBC sitcom Hi-De-Hi, featuring Su Pollard, Ruth Madoc, Jeffrey Holland, Nikki Kelly, Linda Regan and David Webb. Hi-de-Hi! is a BBC television sitcom shown on BBC1 from 1 January 1980 to 30 January 1988. H-De-Hi was set in 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.
What's on the tape
A transcript, made by machine from the audio and tidied up. It gets names and the odd word wrong, so treat it as a way to find the bit you want rather than as a quotation. Every timestamp jumps to that moment in the video.
0:02 To make a noise uh and be the first one to shout something out and that's how how we will do it I just want to double check. Richard are you ready on the chat richard darby are you ready on the chat to keep score the delay. Let's see if he is I'm sure he is um and also if you are watching this you can play along as well please put the answers. Into the chat if you know them so starting with I think he's ready we'll see right starting with question. Oh okay richard doesn't run the quiz uh he just posts posts questions and hope they were okay okay good good he's ready cool we caught up on the lag time. So question one are you ready campers.
0:50 Yes all right right question one who was to play joe maplin. Oh hello no uh charlie. Hello you and you and hoop. Have played his side um no famous really famous entertainer really good uh harry segum no bob markhouse here okay we'll move on um what was alec. Foster's job at the job at maplin. Number three according to wikipedia what year was mr partridge.
1:38 Born that helps leslie hated that being that no okay 1885. We'll move on where was sylvia born. Oh just a few years a few days ago. Different here it's not big but little hampton yes hey David yeah you got a point I wasn't born in his inhabitants. Maplin hairdresser yes Jeffrey one point uh how many times julian sykes a aba welterweight champion.
2:52 Right twice nope five no four four yeah four four Linda four um what was harold fox's job in maplin. It was the smiling vibe that used to come out you could use peggy oh no that was you what was it the smiling vibe huh. Oh yeah oh but what's it oh no no because he came and wanted to introduce you didn't it's gladys. Okay I had general manager I'm gonna move on um who were team maplins versus the marines. I think who was in team maplins. What was the name of the elvis impersonator.
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3:51 Oh mickey ricky ricky and it wasn't me. Ricky was it ricky take that um which race course did fred uh did fred quill lee work at frequency. Reading uh no very little sydney by the seaside. Yeah what was the name that the yellow coats hated which was brought back. You know Linda that's your uh you call them at the um missing control yeah bletchley park.
5:23 Live yeah where did he live. I don't know I don't know. That's the question in april. Yeah it was it was so we did he joined it oh yes sun is some is fish bob nope. No bitter cod in his billet and you always used to get it cheap from what's in it I can't remember it wasn't it wasn't sad.
6:24 It was it was happy yes happy place hello. Fish farm abby god her birthday. What was the name of joe maplin's. I think I heard Jeffrey first on that one um what was the hardy high musical called. Oh yes oh no no the heidi high musical the stage.
7:16 Was actually victoria holiday musical. Yes boom David very quick um what university was Jeffrey fairbrother a cambridge yes correct cambridge who said cambridge first was that Jeffrey or lyndon I know it's Jeffrey. Okay Jeffrey and final question who replaced mr partridge. Uncle sam David David very quick very quick so once a big thank you to richard darby for those questions who runs the facebook fan page. Idi 1980-1988 thank you richard thank you.
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