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Hi-De-Hi!  -  BBC1  -  January 1, 1980  - January 30, 1988

Sitcom (58 episodes)

Running Time:  30 to 60 minutes

Stars:

Simon Cadell as Professor Jeffrey Fairbrother

Paul Shane as Ted Bovis

Ruth Madoc as Gladys Pugh

Jeffrey Holland as Spike Dixon

Su Pollard as Peggy Ollerenshaw

Felix Bowness as Fred Quilley

Diane Holland as Yvonne Stuart-Hargreaves

Barry Howard as Barry Stuart-Hargreaves

Leslie Dwyer as William Partridge

 Nikki Kelley as Sylvia Garnsey

 David Griffin as Clive Dempster

Cheryl Murray as Joan Wainwright 

Ben Aris as Julian Dalrymple-Sykes 

Gavin Richards as Harold Fox

Kenneth Connor as Uncle Sammy Morris

Ewan Hooper as Alec  Foster

Richard Cottan as Marty Storm

David Webb as Stanley Mathews

Tony Webb as Bruce Mathews

Terrence Creasy as Gary Bolton

Rikki Howard as Betty Whistler

Penny Irving as Mary

Gail Harrison as Val

Susan Beagley as Tracey Bentwood 

Marianne Tollast as Hilda 

Linda Regan as April Wingate 

Laura Jackson as Dawn Freshwater 

Julie-Christian Young as Babs Weaver 

Johnny Allan as Charlie Dawson 

Graham Stark as Tony

Lally Bowers as Mrs. Baxter

Billy Burden as Mr. Tower

Jean Lear as Ramona

Brian Godfrey as Jimmy Jasper

Gordon Peters as Henry

Years later, with Hi-de-Hi! at its peak, he still recalled his horror at seeing his own face on his television debut. 'I could hardly believe it was me,' he said. 'It was rather like a dreadful moving passport photograph, endlessly showing oneself at one's worst. I've hardly watched myself since.

Self-image was a constant doubt raging in Simon's mind. The gentle curves of his face would eventually be part of the charm that made the British public fall in love with Jeffrey Fairbrother, but in those early years, the fear that his looks might hold him back caused a great deal of inner turmoil. It was a recurring theme across interviews for many years and the depth of feeling ranged from mild irritation to hatred.

'He couldn't bear the fact that his face was wonky,' remembers Beckie.