Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7242 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-09-22
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 3

Synopsis
This collection set features all the episodes from series eight and nine of HI-DE-HI, a classic camp comedy based on the true life experiences of writers Jimmy Perry and David Croft.

Customer Reviews

Time to call it a day.
Well, at last, we have reached the end of Hi-De-Hi. Approximately sixty episodes if you have the whole series. How it ever got going after that disasterous pilot episode is still a mystery. Fortunately there were some incredibly funny and brilliant moments to follow through the years.

It's a little difficult to write a review for two reasons: (1) If you are a fan of the series, as I am, you will want everything; (2) If you are not a fan would you buy this DVD just out of interest? I think not.

The reason that I bought it is because I am a huge fan of Hi De Hi. It conjures up so many memories of 1959 and 1960, even though I never had a holiday in a holiday camp. The music of The Shadows is frequently heard in the background and there are many references to political and popular figures of the day.

Regarding this particular DVD - series 8 and 9. It must be admitted that four or five of the episodes show signs that the writers were losing the plot - running out of ideas. We have already had the team dressing up as Wild West characters - now they dress up as circus animals - with pathetic results. Peggy answering the telephone in the entertainment manager's office has been done too often to be funny. It was obviously time to call it a day. So why buy this set when it has not really much to offer in new ideas?

For me the overriding reason has to be that Peggy, at long last, actually gets her yellowcoat for a week. The dream comes true for a few short days. There is a very moving moment as the entertainment staff sing 'Goodnight Campers' for the very last time in their lives - as Maplins staff and as BBC actors. If you have followed them from the beginning you cannot fail to be sorry that this is the end too.

Obviously essential for fans of the series but for the uncertain purchaser? Well, you would need to be a fan of the actors, the time period or BBC comedy in general to risk you hard-earned pounds.

Why five stars? Because as a team they made it work.

Good got better
Truly excellent series to complete an excellent and really entertaining programme. Pity it had to end.

Hi De Hi
Well thats the complete collection available, with the strange pricing of series 7! Must for all Tv Fans