Tag: Hi-De-Hi

  • Another Post About Sitcom Set Re-Use
    Another Post About Sitcom Set Re-Use

    I didn’t realise this was still naggin at me, over two years and one global pandemic later. Here’s a tweet I posted after watching an episode of Last Of The Summer Wine (Go With The Flow I think). It’s that staircase, you see. It was always so familiar. And then I came to the end…

  • Hi-De-Hi! Annual
    Hi-De-Hi! Annual

    Time was lots of telly shows had their own annuals. And thanks to Retrospectro, we can have a quick peek inside the 1983 Hi-De-Hi! annual. Yummy treats. I also found this one – is it the same annual with a different cover, or a different annual from a different year?

  • Sitcom Train Stations
    Sitcom Train Stations

    I was watching an episode of Hi-De-Hi!, where all of the camp staff are waiting at the train station for the new batch of campers to arrive. I wondered if the location they were filming at was the same as the one they later used for Oh, Doctor Beeching!. Hi-De-Hi! used Weybourne Railway Station on…

  • Hi-De-Hi! Connectors
    Hi-De-Hi! Connectors

    Here is the Comedy Connections for Hi-De-Hi!

  • Oh Trailer Beeching
    Oh Trailer Beeching

    I never watched Oh, Doctor Beeching! much when it was on, and it’s never quite been something I’ve wanted to revisit, in spite of my current re-watch of Hi-De-Hi!. It’s interesting how this repeat run was being linked to that former series though, rather than the more recent You Rang, M’Lord?.

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  • Nineteen 90s Shows
    Nineteen 90s Shows

    I wrote another book about television. I like television. I like television so much that the first thing I modelled and printed on my new 3d printer was this … I made some more after that too. There’s a few more, including TVS, ATV, and HTV, but I bought you here to talk about my…

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  • Re-Casting Keanu
    Re-Casting Keanu

    Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…

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