Whack-O!

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

The series (in black and white) ran on the BBC from 1956 to 1960. 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. In 1959 a film was made based on the show, called Bottoms Up! 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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List of British sitcoms turned into films

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