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Whack-O!
October 4, 1956 – December 15, 1959 (began 70 years ago)
30m / episode
7.0/10
Returning Series
8 Seasons
35 Episodes
BBC One

Whack-O! was a British sitcom TV series starring Jimmy Edwards, written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden, and broadcast from 1956 to 1960 and 1971 to 1972. The series ran on the BBC from 1956 to 1960 and from 1971 to 1972. Edwards took the part of Professor James Edwards, M.A., the drunken, gambling, devious, cane-swishing headmaster who tyrannised staff and children at Chiselbury public school. The Edwards character bore more than a passing resemblance to Sergeant Bilko as he tried to swindle the children out of their pocket money to finance his many schemes.

Jimmy Edwards
Jimmy Edwards

Jimmy Edwards

Professor Jimmy Edwards

Ages 36-39

35 eps
Edwin Apps
EA

Edwin Apps

Mr. L.J Halliforth

Ages 25-28

35 eps
Harold Bennett
Harold Bennett

Harold Bennett

Mr. Dinwiddie

Ages 57-61

35 eps
Austin Trevor
Austin Trevor

Austin Trevor

Brigadier Taplow

Ages 58-62

35 eps
Sam Kydd
Sam Kydd

Sam Kydd

Ginger Perkins

Ages 39-42

35 eps
Eric Dodson
ED

Eric Dodson

School Inspector

Ages 35-39

35 eps
Margot Grahame
Margot Grahame

Margot Grahame

The Marchioness

Ages 45-48

35 eps
Arthur Howard
Arthur Howard

Arthur Howard

Oliver Pettigrew

Ages 46-49

6 eps
Julian Orchard
JO

Julian Orchard

Oliver Pettigrew

Ages 26-29

6 eps
Peter Greene
PG

Peter Greene

Mr. Halliforth

Ages 10-14

6 eps
Tony Sympson
TS

Tony Sympson

R.D Spelthorne

Ages 50-53

6 eps
Mary Hignett
Mary Hignett

Mary Hignett

Mrs. Mortlake

Ages 40-43

6 eps
Kenneth Cope
Kenneth Cope

Kenneth Cope

F.D Price-Whittaker

Ages 25-28

6 eps