Season 1
7 episodes · Jan 1, 1980
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S1E1Hey Diddle Diddle (Pilot)
Jan 1, 198040mIt is 1959. Tired of academia, Cambridge University archaeology professor Jeffrey Fairbrother goes to Maplin's Holiday Camp as the new Entertainments Manager, a job he looks forward to with idealised optimism. Camp host, Ted Bovis, instructs his new recruit, camp comic Spike Dixon, in how to succeed at Maplin's. The pilot would subsequently be shown consecutively with the first series, although repeated broadcasts on television were edited to reduce the runtime down to a more standard half-hour format.
- S1E2
Desire in the Mickey Mouse Grotto
Feb 26, 198130mJeffrey is implicated when Ted is spotted entering a chalet with a girl camper.
- S1E3
The Beauty Queen Affair
Mar 5, 198130mJeffrey is called upon to judge the Holiday Princess Competition. Meanwhile, Ted teaches Spike how to make the most of the campers' generosity.
- S1E4
The Partridge Season
Mar 12, 198130mMr. Partridge's drinking is getting worse, and Jeffrey's untimely decision to give him an advance on his wages doesn't help matters.
- S1E5
The Day of Reckoning
Mar 19, 198130mFred's past comes back to haunt him, causing the staff - Peggy and Spike in particular - several difficulties.
- S1E6
Charity Begins at Home
Mar 26, 198130mJoe Maplin ordains that each Thursday should be Sunshine Smile Day, encouraging Ted to indulge in a money-making scheme.
- S1E7
No Dogs Allowed
Apr 2, 198130mJeffrey's marital problems start to interfere with his work, and scandalous rumours are soon circulating around the camp.