The cast of Hi De Hi in panto

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Su Pollard - Peggy Ollerenshaw

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David Griffin (Clive Dempster)

1985/86 Aladdin at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon

1986/87 Jack and the Beanstalk at the Wimbledon Theatre

1987/88 Jack & The Beanstalk - Bournemouth Pavilion

1988/89 Robinson Crusoe at the Theatre Royal Bath
1989/90 Robinson Crusoe at the Ashcroft Theatre Croydon

1990/91 Dick Whittington at the Princess Theatre in Torquay
1991/92 Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Theatre Royal Lincoln

1993/94 Jack and the Beanstalk at the Theatre Royal Plymouth
1994/95 Cinderella - Theatre Royal Lincoln

1996/97 Fleshcreep in Jack and the Beanstalk - New Theatre in Cardiff

1997/98 Jack and the Beanstalk at the Grand Opera House Belfast

2002/03 Beauty and the Beast at the Drill Hall Horsham
2003/04 Aladdin at the Theatre Royal, Lincoln

2004/05 Dick Whittington at the Theatre Royal Brighton

2006/07 Peter Pan at the Palace Theatre Redditch

2008/09 Peter Pan at the Weston Super Mare Playhouse

Paul Shane (Ted Bovis)

1981/82 Babes in the Wood at the Alexandra Theatre Birmingham

1982/83 Dick Whittington at the Bristol Hippodrome

1984/85 Babes in the Wood at the Lewisham Theatre Birmingham

1985/86 Sleeping Beauty at the Sunderland Empire

1986/87 Robinson Crusoe at the Theatre Royal Nottingham

1987/88 Aladdin at the Alhambra Theatre Bradford

1988/89 Dick Whittington at the Crewe Lyceum

1989/90 Aladdin at the Palace Theatre Manchester

1990/91 Aladdin at the Churchill Theatre Bromley

1991/92 Dick Whittington at the Lyceum Theatre Sheffield

1992/93 Aladdin at the White Rock Hastings

1993/94 Dick Whittington at the Princess Theatre Torquay

1994/95 Dick Whittington at the Pavilion Theatre Bournemouth
1995/96 Cinderella at the Darlington Civic

1996/97 Aladdin at the Mansfield Palace
1998/99 Dick Whittington - Crewe Lyceum
2000/01 Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal Norwich
2001/02 Peter Pan - Victoria Theatre, Halifax

2003/04 Cinderella at the Harlequin Theatre, Redhill

2004/05 Aladdin at the New Theatre Hull

2005/06 Cinderella at the Derby Assembly Rooms

2006/07 Beauty and the Beast at the Broadway Theatre Peterborough

2008/09 Jack and the Beanstalk at the Barnsley Metrodome

2011/12 Jack and the Beanstalk at the Stockport Plaza

Shane died, aged 72, in a hospice in Rotherham on 16 May 2013

Barry Howard (Barry Stuart-Hargreaves)

1969/70 Cinderella at the New Theatre, Oxford
1976/77 Cinderella at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham

1977/78 Cinderella at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley

1979/80 Robinson Crusoe at the Gran Theatre, Swansea

1980/81 Babes in the Wood - Theatre Royal, Nottingham

1981/82 Babes in the Wood at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

1982/83 Dick Whittington at the Bristol Hippodrome

1984/85 Babes in the Wood at the Lewisham Theatre, Birmingham

1985/86 Jack and the Beanstalk - Theatre Royal, Lincoln

1988/89 Babes in the Wood at the Palace Theatre, Manchester

1989/90 Dick Whittington at the Kings Theatre, Southsea

1990/91 Dick Whittington at the Theatre Royal, Margate

1991/92 Jack and the Beanstalk at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley

1992/93 Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal, Hanley
1993/94 Jack and the Beanstalk - Orchard Theatre, Dartford

1995/96 Sleeping Beauty at the Poole Arts Centre

1996/97 Aladdin at the Lyceum Theatre, Crewe

1997/98 Aladdin at the Hackney Empire London

1998/99 Aladdin at the Harlequin Theatre, Redhill

1999/00 Aladdin at the Grand Theatre, Swansea

2000/01 Aladdin at the Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth

Howard died from blood cancer, aged 78, on 28 April 2016 in Poole, Dorset

Leslie Dwyer (Mr Partridge)

1981/82 Babes in the Wood at The Alexandra Theatre Birmingham

Dwyer died on 26th Dec 1986 aged 80

Jeffrey Holland (Spike Dixon)

Click here to visit Jeffrey's Hall of Fame page complete with panto history

Ruth Madoc (Gladys Pugh)

1980/81 Babes in the Wood at the Kings Theatre, Edinburgh
1981/82 Babes in the Wood at the Alexandra Theatre Birmingham

1982/83 Dick Whittington at the Bristol Hippodrome
1984/85 Robin Hood - New Theatre, Cardiff

1985/86 Babes in the Wood at the Palace Theatre Manchester

1986/87 Babes in the Wood at the Alexandra Theatre Birmingham
1988/89 Robinson Crusoe - Theatre Royal, Plymouth

1989/90 Robinson Crusoe at he New Theatre Cardiff

1990/91 Jack and the Beanstalk at the New Theatre Hull
1991/92 Jack and the Beanstalk at the Gordon Craig Theatre Stevenage

1992/93 Cinderella at the Mansfield Palace

1996/97 Robin Hood at the Grand Theatre Swansea

1998/99 Cinderella at the Palace Theatre Manchester
1999/00 Cinderella at the Southampton Guildhall

2000/01 Dick Whittington at the Pavilion Theatre Rhyl

2001/02 Cinderella at the Grand Theatre Blackpool

2002/03 Cinderella at the Bournemouth Pavilion

2003/04 Robin Hood at the Festival Theatre Malvern

2004/05 Snow White at the Lyceum Theatre Sheffield

2005/06 Snow White at the Grand Theatre Blackpool

2006/07 Cinderella at the Theatre Royal Bath

2007/08 Sleeping Beauty at the Grand Theatre Blackpool

2008/09 Sleeping Beauty at the Pavilion Theatre Rhyl

2012/13 Cinderella at the Festival Theatre Malvern

2013/14 Cinderella at the Palace Theatre Mansfield

2014/15 Snow White at the Pavilion Theatre Rhyl

Ruth had been announced to star as The Empress in the 2022/23 production of Aladdin at Princess Theatre, Torquay but in the final days of rehearsals she had a fall resulting in an injury requiring surgery. Ruth passed away on 9th December 2022 age 79

David & Tony Webb ( Stanley & Bruce Matthews)

1981/82 Aladdin - Lewisham Theatre

1985/85 Babes in the Wood at the Lewisham Theatre

Linda Regan (April Wingate)

1986/87 Jack and the Beanstalk at the Wimbledon Theatre

1987/88 Cinderella - The Octagon Theatre Yeovil

1989/90 Jack and the Beanstalk - Tameside Theatre

1991/92 Dick Whittington - The Beck Theatre, Hayes

1994/95 Cinderella at the Hazlitt Theatre Maidstone

1996/97 Sleeping Beauty - Wylotts Theatre

1999/00 Cinderella in Horsham

Nikki Kelly (Sylvia Garnsey)

1989/90 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Hexagon Theatre Reading

1990/91 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Grand Theatre Swansea

1992/93 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Ashcroft Theatre Croydon
1993/94 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Wolverhampton Grand

1994/95 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Darlington Civic
1995/96 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Hawth Theatre, Crawley

1996/97 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Cliffs Pavilion Southend

1997/98 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in Llandudno

2001/02 The Wizard of Oz at the Alban Arena St Albans

2004/05 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Bridlington Spa

2005/06 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Watersmeet Rickmansworth

2006/07 Peter Pan in Telford

2007/08 Sleeping Beauty at the Grand Pavilion Porthcawl

2008/09 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Broadway Theatre Catford

2009/10 Sleeping Beauty at the Middleton Arena Rochdale

2010/11 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Marina Theatre Lowestoft

2011/12 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Palace Theatre Redditch

2012/13 Sleeping Beauty at the Connaught Theatre Worthing

2013/14 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Harlequin Theatre Redhill

2017/18 Cinderella at the Bolton Albert Halls

Billy Burden (Mr Turner)

1950/51 - Jack and the Beanstalk at the New Theatre Cardiff

1954/55 - Little Bo Beep - Theatre Royal Bath

1957/58 - Babes in the Wood - Palace Theatre Plymouth

1961/62 Goody Two Shoes - Bournemouth Pavilion

1963/64 - Babes in the Wood at the Alexandra Theatre Birmingham

1968/69 - Aladdin at the Bournemouth Pavilion

1969/70 - Aladdin at the Alexandra Theatre Birmingham

1970/71 - Aladdin at the Grand Theatre Wolverhampton

1972/73 - Little Bo Beep at the Theatre Royal Bath

1975/76 - Babes in the Wood at the Bournemouth Playhouse

1976/77 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - New Theatre, Hull

1978/79 - Mother Goose at the New Theatre Oxford

Burden died of a heart attack in 1994

Kenneth Connor (Uncle Sammy Morris)

1965 - Babes in the Wood - London Palladium

1966 - Robinson Crusoe - Golders Green Hippodrome

1969 - Dick Whittington - London Palladium

1972 - Cinderella - Cheltenham Everyman

1975 - Aladdin - New Victoria Theatre, London

1976 - Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal, Norwich
1978 - Jack and the Beanstalk - Watersmeet, Rickmansworth

1981 - Robinson Crusoe - Ashcroft Theatre Croydon
1982 - Cinderella - Richmond Theatre

1983 - Cinderella - Bristol Hippodrome

1984 - Jack and the Beanstalk -Richmond Theatre London

Connor died of cancer at his home in Harrow, London in 1993

Relive those Maplins memories and listen to the theme tune right here....

Following the end of Hi De Hi, Su Pollard, Paul Shane and Jeffrey Holland teamed up once more along with Hi De Hi writers Perry & Croft for the comedy 'You Rang M'Lord'

Kenneth Connor, The Webb Twins and Barry Howard also made guest appearances reuniting them with their former Hi De Hi cast mates

Donald Hewlett (Lord George Meldrum)

1976 Aladdin - Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

1977 Mother Goose - Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
1978 Dick Whittington - Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon

1982 Babes in the Wood - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

1983 Mother Goose - Cambridge Arts Theatre
1986 Cinderella - Theatre Royal, Plymouth

1996 Mother Goose - Churchill Theatre, Bromley

1991 Mother Goose - Theatre Royal, Brighton

1992 Aladdin - Harlequin Theatre Redhill

1993 Dick Whittington - Richmond Theatre

Donald passed away 4th June 2011 aged 90

Michael Knowles (Teddy Meldrum)

1976 Aladdin - Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

1977 Mother Goose - Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
1978 Dick Whittington - Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon

1980 Dick Whittington - Lewisham Concert Hall

1982 Babes in the Wood - Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
1983 Mother Goose - Cambridge Arts Theatre
1990 Cinderella - Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells
1991 Jack and the Beanstalk - Octagon Theatre, Yeovil
1993 Jack and the Beanstalk - White Rock Theatre Hastings
1997 Beauty and the Beast - Weymouth Pavilion
2003/04 Cinderella - Basingstoke Anvil
2004/05 Cinderella - Palace Theatre Mansfield

Bill Pertwee (P C Wilson)

1953/54 Cinderella – Theatre Royal Brighton
1973/74 Dick Whittington – Coventry Theatre
1976/77 Cinderella - Richmond Theatre
1979/80 Babes in the Wood - Bournemouth Pavilion
1985/86 Babes in the Wood – Richmond Theatre
1986/87 Dick Whittington – Churchill Theatre Bromley
1987/88 Babes in the Wood – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford
1990/91 Babes in the Wood – Ashcroft Theatre Croydon
1991/92 Cinderella – White Rock Theatre Hastings
1997/98 Dick Whittington – Wimbledon Theatre

Bill passed away 27th May 2013 aged 86

Brenda Cowling (Blanche Lipton)

1993 Cinderella - Octogan Theatre Yeovil

Brenda passed away 2nd October 2010 aged 85

Yvonne Marsh (Madge Cartwright)

1950 Goody Two Shoes - Casino Theatre London

1968 Aladdin - Coventry Theatre

1969 Aladdin - Bristol Hippodrome

1971 Jack and the Beanstalk - London Palladium

1972 Jack and the Beanstalk - Birmingham Hippodrome

1973 Robinson Crusoe -

1975 Aladdin - Theatre Royal Norwich

1976 Dick Whittington - Theatre Royal Norwich
1977 Babes in the Wood - New Theatre Hull

1978 Babes in the Wood - Theatre Royal Norwich

1979 Cinderella - Theatre Royal Norwich

1982 Mother Goose - Theatre Royal Norwich

Yvonna passed away 2nd February 2017 aged 85

Frank Williams (Bishop Charles)

1973/74 Babes in the Wood - Richmond Theatre

1976/77 Mother Goose - Darlington Civic

1977/78 Cinderella - Birmingham Hippodrome
1979/80 Dick Whittington - New Theatre, Cardiff
1984/85 Cinderella - Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield
1990/91 Cinderella - Bristol Hippodrome

1991/92 Aladdin – Theatre Royal Hanley
1992/93 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Theatre Royal Hanley
1993/94 Cinderella – Brighton Dome
1994/95 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Kings Theatre Southsea
1995/96 Dick Whittington – Brighton Dome
1997/98 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Queens Hall Widnes
1999/00 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Grand Opera House York
2000/01 Aladdin – Tameside Hippodrome
2001/02 Aladdin - Princess Theatre, Torquay
2002/03 Aladdin - Grand Opera House York
2003/04 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Southport Theatre
2004/05 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - White Rock Theatre, Hastings
2005/06 Aladdin – Princess Theatre Torquay
2006/07 Cinderella – White Rock Hastings