Whack-O!
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1956 - 1972
- 60 episodes (8 series)
Comedy starring Jimmy Edwards as the scheming headmaster of not-so-prestigious private school Chiselbury. Stars Jimmy Edwards, Arthur Howard, Kenneth Cope, John Garside, Arthur Bush and more.
Another production also has this name.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1956 - 1972
- Channel
- BBC Television Service, BBC TV, BBC 1
- Episodes
- 60 (8 series), plus 3 short specials
- Stars
- Jimmy Edwards, Arthur Howard, Kenneth Cope, John Garside, Arthur Bush, Tony Sympson, Norman Bird, Victor Baring and more
- Writers
- Frank Muir, Denis Norden and Robert Gray
- Directors
- Douglas Moodie, Eric Fawcett and Douglas Argent
- Producers
- Douglas Moodie, Eric Fawcett and Douglas Argent
- Company
Chiselbury School could hardly be described as a centre of academia; Headmaster Edwards finds that taking in qualified pupils is not as profitable as milking the sons of the wealthy. His assistant, Mr Pettigrew, is more honourable but too naive to see through the Head's many schemes.
Additional details
- Also known as
-
- Wack-o!
- Whacko!
- Production setting
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Black and white / Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 4th October 1956 at 7:30pm on BBC One
Recording details
- Great Fosters - Title sequence