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Series 8 (Revival series of remakes)
BBC1 (colour)
13 episodes x 30 min Colour
Series 8 production crew:
Producer: Douglas Argent
Writers: Frank Muir, Denis Norden
Scripts adapted by Robert Gray
Music: Dennis Wilson
Series 8 cast regulars:
Jimmy Edwards as Professor Edwards, Headmaster
Julian Orchard Pettigrew
Peter Greene Halliforth
Harold Bennett Dinwiddie
Gary Warren Taplow
Greg Smith Potter
8.1 [--] Whacko!: EXPOSURE!
27-Nov-1971 BBC1 Sat. 5:05pm
(Colour re-staging of ep. 3.1, 23Sep1958)
Production crew:
Costumes: Jane Nagy
Make-up: Joan Barrett
Lighting: Cyril Wilkins
Sound: David Hughes
Designer: Jeremy Bear
Guest cast:
Naomi Chance Mrs Van Stuyvesant
Paul Large Marvin
No synopsis available.
8.2 [--] Whacko!: THE NEW UNIFORM
4-Dec-1971 BBC1 Sat. 5:05pm
(Colour re-staging of ep. 6.1, 13May1960)
Production crew:
Designer: Jeremy Bear
Guest cast:
Carmen Silvera Mrs Cheviot
Andreas Lysandrou Monsieur Moussaka
No synopsis available.
8.3 [--] Whacko!: THE INSPECTORS VISIT
11-Dec-1971 BBC1 Sat. 5:05pm
(Colour re-staging of ep. 5.3, 24Nov1959)
Designer: John Stout
Guest cast:
Elizabeth Benson Miss Partington
John Clegg Proctor
Ronald Mayer School Inspector
No synopsis available.
8.4 [--] Whacko!: THE QUIZ GAME
18-Dec-1971 BBC1 Sat. 5:05pm
(Colour re-staging of ep. #6.2, 20-May-1960)
Designer: Jean Peyre
Guest cast:
Timothy Carlton Boddington
Barrie Gosney Quiz-Master
Michael Stainton Contestant
David Spooner Hoyle
Mark Rogers Figgins (recurring)
No synopsis available.
8.5 [--] Whacko!: THE NEW POST
1-Jan-1972 BBC1 Sat. 5pm
(Colour re-staging of ep. #5.1, 10Nov1959)
Designer: John Stout
Guest cast:
Austin Trevor Sir John Dalton
David Healy Major Delgardo
Norman Mitchell Mr Bratby
No synopsis available.
8.6 [--] Whacko!: THE SCHOOL COUNCIL
8-Jan-1972 BBC1
(Colour re-staging of #2.8?, Nov. 1957)
Designer: Jeremy Bear
No synopsis available.
8.7 [--] Whacko!: THE WHACKING MACHINE
15-Jan-1972 BBC1
(Colour re-staging of #3.6, 28-Oct-1958)
Designer: Paul Trerise
Guest cast:
Ronald Mayer School inspector
Mark Rogers Figgins (recurring)
No synopsis available.
8.8 [--] Whacko!: THE UPJOHN STATUE
22-Jan-1972 BBC1
(Colour re-staging of #4.3, 26-May-1959)
Designer: Jeremy Bear
Guest cast:
Ronald Leigh-Hunt Chief Constable Willoughby
John Quarmby Mr. Osborne
John Caesar Chauffeur
8.9 [--] Whacko!: PETTIGREW TAKES OVER
29-Jan-1972 BBC1
(Colour re-staging of #2.6?, Nov. 1957)
Designer: John Stout
Guest cast:
Austin Trevor Sir John Dalton
8.10 [--] Whacko!: THE OLD LAG
5-Feb-1972 BBC1 Sat. 5pm
(Colour re-staging of #6.4, 3-June-1960)
Designer: Jeremy Bear
Guest cast:
Sam Kydd Sam Tozer
Nora Nicholson Lady Westbury
Synopsis:
In an effort to please the landlord Jim takes on an ex-convict.
8.11 [--] Whack-O!: TOP SCHOOL
12-Feb-1972 BBC1 Sat. 5pm
(Colour re-staging of #1.2, 18-Oct-1956)
Guest cast:
Noel Johnson Mr Taplow
Richard Warner Quiz-master
Dorothy Frere Headmistress
Richard Grant Announcer
Lesley Roach Ivy
Erin Geraghty Jacquetta
Sandra Green Maisie
8.12 [--] Whacko!: THE RECORDING
19-Feb-1972 BBC1 Sat. 5:05pm
(Colour re-staging of #5.6, 15-Dec-1959)
Guest Star:
Clodagh Rogers as herself. (Singer)
Guest cast:
Stuart Sherwin Mr Jessel
Tom McCall Melhuish
Mark Rogers Figgins (recurring)
Martin Johnson Perkins
Paul Gyngell Cartwright
Andrew Pitcher Battersby
Synopsis:
Jim asks Clodagh to sing at a benefit concert, but she soon discovers that there are pirates" roaming at Chiselbury.
8.13 [--] Whacko!: THE POPULARITY BALLOT
26-Feb-1972 BBC1 Sat. 5pm
(Colour re-staging of #3.7, 4Nov1958)
Production crew:
Lighting: Keith Edelsten
Sound: David Hughes
Designer: John Stout
Guest cast:
Andrew Laurence Mr. Arkwright
Hayden Evans Philpotts
David Janson Hobbies Class
Freddie Foot Hobbies Class
John Hicks Hobbies Class
John Watters Hobbies Class
Synopsis:
Who's the most popular person? With a £50 prize at stake Jim's sure that it ought to be him.
But how to endear himself to the Chiselburians? (The last of the present series)
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