Whack-O!

Whack-O!

"Whack-O!" was a British sitcom TV series starring Jimmy Edwards.

The series (in black and white) ran on the BBC from 1956 to 1960. Edwards took the part of "Professor James Edwards " M.A., the drunken, gambling, devious, cane-swishing headmaster who tyrannised staff and children at Chiselbury public school. The Edwards character bore more than a passing resemblance to Sergeant Bilko as he tried to swindle the children out of their pocket money to finance his many schemes.

The show was written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden with the first six episodes being subtitled "Six of the Best". In 1959 a film was made based on the show, called "Bottoms Up!". The show was revived in colour with updated scripts in 1971-1972, slightly retitled "Whacko!". The series ran for a total of 60 episodes, with 47 of B&W and 13 colour, of 30 minutes each. There were 3 special shorts. Whacko also appeared on the radio, on the Light programme with 45 episodes of 30 minutes lasting from May 1961 till July 1963.

The front of the historic house of Great Fosters was used in the opening title sequence of the TV comedy series behind the name of the fictional Chislebury School [cite web|title = Whack-o! Opening titles, BBC TV"|url = http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/adults/whacko/whacko.htm|accessdate = 2008-07-28] .

The cast were:

* Professor James Edwards by Jimmy Edwards
* Mr Oliver Pettigrew by Arthur Howard by Julian Orchard in 1971
* Mr F.D. Price Whittaker by Kenneth Cope
* Mr S.A. Smallpiece by Norman Bird
* Lumley (a pupil) by John Stirling
* Mr R.P.Tench by Peter Glaze
* Mr Halliforth by Edwin Apps by Peter Greene in 1971.
* Parker by David Langford
* Mr Forbes by Keith Smith
* Mr Proctor by Brian Rawlinson
* Mr Dinwiddle by Gordon Phillot by Harold Bennett in 1971.
* Mr Cope-Willoughby by Frank Raymond
* Matron by Barbra Archer by Elizabeth Fraser by Charlotte Mitchell
* Taplow by Gary Warren in 1971.
* Potter by Greg Smith in 1971.

ee also

List of films based on British sitcoms

References

External links

*bbc.co.uk|id=comedy/guide/articles/w/whacko_7776775.shtml|title="Whack-O!" Comedy Guide
* [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1092471/index.html British Film Institute Screen Online]


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