Whack-O! - BBC1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Whack-O!. Professor James Edwards (Headmaster) (Jimmy Edwards). Copyright: BBC

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

1956 - 1972

Channel

BBC Television Service, BBC TV, BBC 1

Episodes

60 (8 series), plus 3 short specials

Stars

Jimmy Edwards, Arthur Howard, Kenneth Cope, John Garside, Arthur Bush, Tony Sympson, Norman Bird, Victor Baring and more

Writers

Frank Muir, Denis Norden and Robert Gray

Directors

Douglas Moodie, Eric Fawcett and Douglas Argent

Producers

Douglas Moodie, Eric Fawcett and Douglas Argent

Company

Chiselbury School could hardly be described as a centre of academia; Headmaster Edwards finds that taking in qualified pupils is not as profitable as milking the sons of the wealthy. His assistant, Mr Pettigrew, is more honourable but too naive to see through the Head's many schemes.

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Also known as

Production

Studio

Camera set-up

Multi-camera

Picture

Black and white / Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Thursday 4th October 1956 at 7:30pm on BBC One

Recording details