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Whack-O!

Season 3 1958

  • 1958-09-22T23:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 25m
  • 2h 55m (7 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
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 (in black and white) ran on the BBC from 1956 to 1960 and (in colour) 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 (described in the opening titles as "for the sons of Gentlefolk").

7 episodes

Season Premiere

1958-09-22T23:00:00Z

3x01 Exposure!

Season Premiere

3x01 Exposure!

  • 1958-09-22T23:00:00Z25m

A wealthy American, Mrs. Van Stuyvesant, enrolling her son Marvin for the new term, turns out to be a Sunday newspaper reporter, investigating corruption in phony private schools. Jim endeavours to prevent the story from being published.

1958-09-29T23:00:00Z

3x02 This Is Your Life

3x02 This Is Your Life

  • 1958-09-29T23:00:00Z25m

Unable to produce Pettigrew’s back-pay enabling him to visit his elderly aunt in Australia, Edwards offers to bring her to England instead. The plan is to encourage the BBC to feature his assistant as the subject on This Is Your Life. A fictitious Pettigrew story is concocted, highlighting daring sea rescues and heroic action with the Indian army.

1958-10-07T00:00:00Z

3x03 The New Matron

3x03 The New Matron

  • 1958-10-07T00:00:00Z25m

The masters have to take on all the domestic duties following matron’s departure. When Mr. Lumley sees the appalling condition of his son, he insists that a replacement be found. His choice is a dictatorial battleaxe, so Jim dreams up a bogus illness to force her resignation.

1958-10-14T00:00:00Z

3x04 The Burglary

3x04 The Burglary

  • 1958-10-14T00:00:00Z25m

When the cash box from a £500 laundry robbery is found in the school grounds, Prof. Edwards suspects Lumley and Taplow, and the boys suspect their Headmaster. Then the real burglars return…

1958-10-21T00:00:00Z

3x05 The Boxing Championship

3x05 The Boxing Championship

  • 1958-10-21T00:00:00Z25m

Mr. Lumley wants to see his son achieving something, so Jim decides A. J. Lumley should win a boxing championship. The boy is initially reluctant, until he falls in love with Deirdre at mixed ballroom dancing classes.

1958-10-28T00:00:00Z

3x06 The Whacking Machine

3x06 The Whacking Machine

  • 1958-10-28T00:00:00Z25m

With his flogging arm in a sling after a football ‘accident’, the Headmaster is at the mercy of schoolboy pranks. That is, until he introduces a caning machine, dubbed the ‘TERRA’. Is Chiselbury about to enter a ‘golden age of obedience’?

1958-11-04T00:00:00Z

3x07 The Popularity Ballot

3x07 The Popularity Ballot

  • 1958-11-04T00:00:00Z25m

An old boy has left £100 to be awarded to the most popular school personality, as decided by ballot. Jim is determined to win, so he organises a publicity stunt. Our hero will overpower a maniacal Pettigrew, who is threatening to blow up the school.

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