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  • Hi-de-Hi! Let Them Eat Cake (Season 9, Episode 4)
  • TV Episode | 29 min | Comedy

Hi-de-Hi!

Let Them Eat Cake (Season 9, Episode 4)
TV Episode | 29 min | Comedy

With bookings down on last season Maplin wants the staff to devise something that will be an attention-grabber. They come up with a reenactment of the execution of Marie Antoinette by guillotine. A nervous Peggy is persuaded to play the ...See moreWith bookings down on last season Maplin wants the staff to devise something that will be an attention-grabber. They come up with a reenactment of the execution of Marie Antoinette by guillotine. A nervous Peggy is persuaded to play the unfortunate queen but when she sees what the apparently safe guillotine does to a courgette in rehearsal, she faints and Ted cancels the stunt. Alec Foster is visiting and, seeing a chance to get back at Ted, fires him, replacing him with a new comedian Jimmy Jasper. The crowd hate him and when he starts to insult them Foster has no option but to sack him and bring back Ted. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less
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Director
Writers
Jimmy Perry (by) (script by) | David Croft (by) (script by)
Producer
Editor
Production Designer
Andree Welstead Hornby (design) (as Andrée Welstead Hornby)
Status
Edit Released
Updated Jan 16, 1988

Release date
Jan 16, 1988 (United Kingdom)
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20 cast members
Name Known for
Paul Shane
Ted Bovis Ted Bovis   See fewer
Ruth Madoc
Gladys Pugh Gladys Pugh   See fewer
Jeffrey Holland
Spike Dixon Spike Dixon   See fewer
Su Pollard
Peggy Ollerenshaw Peggy Ollerenshaw   See fewer
David Griffin
Squadron Leader Clive Dempster DFC Squadron Leader Clive Dempster DFC   See fewer
Felix Bowness
Fred Quilley Fred Quilley   See fewer
Diane Holland
Yvonne Stuart-Hargreaves Yvonne Stuart-Hargreaves   See fewer
Ben Aris
Julian Dalrymple-Sykes Julian Dalrymple-Sykes   See fewer
Nikki Kelly
Sylvia Garnsey Sylvia Garnsey   See fewer
David Webb
Stanley Matthews (as The Webb Twins) Stanley Matthews (as The Webb Twins)   See fewer
Tony Webb
Bruce Matthews (as The Webb Twins) Bruce Matthews (as The Webb Twins)   See fewer
Ewan Hooper
Alec Foster Alec Foster   See fewer
Brian Godfrey
Jimmy Jasper Jimmy Jasper   See fewer
Paddy Ward
Percy Percy   See fewer
Ken Barrie
Vocalist (uncredited) Vocalist (uncredited)   See fewer
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