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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Time to call it a day.,
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This review is from: Hi-De-Hi! - Series 8 & 9 [1986] [DVD] (DVD)
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.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
End of an era,
By Mr S. Anderson (Fife) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hi-De-Hi! - Series 8 & 9 [1986] [DVD] (DVD)
Its the end of an era as this superb comedy draws to a close.But on the
bright side we now have the complete series to view and view again. Perhaps not on a par with the earlier series,but enjoyable nonetheless. And i still give this five stars if only for the final memorable scene as Peggy walks melancholy across the deserted camp,after having said goodbye to her friends with the "Goodbye Campers"song playing softly in the back- ground.I can never watch it without a lump in my throat. Its like saying goodbye to an old friend.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hi De Hi - You Lucky Campers!,
By CroydonBoy "PhilipH" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hi-De-Hi! - Series 8 & 9 [1986] [DVD] (DVD)
This has got to be one of THE best sitcoms ever. It mirrors the holiday camp life of the middle of the 20th century and doesn't miss a trick.
Ted Bovis, the scheming camp compere/comic; Gladys Pugh, the chief yellow-coat in love with the camp manager; Peggy, the chalet-maid with her dreams of becoming a yellow-coat and all the supporting actors make this a really super laugh-out-loud series. I love it! So will you. Hi de Hiiiii - Ho de Hoh... Ted can't hear you! HI DE HI.Hi-De-Hi! - Series 8 & 9 [1986] [DVD]
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