Goodnight, Campers, Hi-de-Hi

Very sad news - the effevescent Miss Ruth Madoc has departed for Fabulon.

A stalwart of comedy and light entertainment for years, it was (of course) for her role as the icon of the Yellowcoats, the eternally-fustrated "Gladys Pugh" in Hi-de-Hi that we (and the whole of the UK) loved her the most...

The First Day at Maplin's Holiday Camp (Hi-de-Hi!)

However, one of our most-loved (and most-quoted) sketches from the entire run of Little Britain was when Miss Madoc appeared as "Dafydd"'s mother!

Only Gay In The Village? Daffyd's Best Bits! (Little Britain)

A tour-de-force.

We'll miss her.

RIP, Ruth Madoc (born Ruth Llewellyn, 16th April 1943 – 9th December 2022)

A comedy genius

RIP David Croft, creator of some of the UK's (and the World's) all-time favourite comedies including Dad's Army, Are You Being Served?, It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Hi-De-Hi!...

Hi-De-Hi

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