Whack-O

Whack-O was a British sitcom TV series starring Jimmy Edwards.

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The series first aired (in black-and white) on the BBC in 1956. Edwards took the part of Professor James Edwards, the drunken, gambling, devious headmaster of Chiselbury public school. Arthur Howard also starred. The show was written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden. A movie based on the show and called Bottoms Up! was released in 1959. The show was revived in colour with updated scripts in 1971, slightly retitled Whacko!, and featuring Julian Orchard in place of Arthur Howard.

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BBC: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It produces programmes and information services: broadcasting on television, radio, and the Internet....

1956: 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar....

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