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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.
First Aired
Oct 4, 1956
Last Aired
Dec 15, 1959
Seasons
8
Episodes
35
Network
BBC One
Cast
Full credits →J
Jimmy Edwards
Professor Jimmy Edwards
A
Arthur Howard
Oliver Pettigrew
E
Edwin Apps
Mr. L.J Halliforth
H
Harold Bennett
Mr. Dinwiddie
J
Julian Orchard
Oliver Pettigrew
P
Peter Greene
Mr. Halliforth
L
Liz Fraser
Matron
T
Tony Sympson
R.D Spelthorne
B
Barbara Archer
Matron
M
Mary Hignett
Mrs. Mortlake
K
Kenneth Cope
F.D Price-Whittaker
A
Austin Trevor
Brigadier Taplow
S
Sam Kydd
Ginger Perkins
E
Eric Dodson
School Inspector
G
George Woodbridge
Farmer
M
Margot Grahame
The Marchioness
D
David Janssen
Boy in hobby class
R
Richard Warner
Quiz-master
D
Dorothy Frere
Headmistress