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The Grumbleweeds: Ho-Di-Ho

The Grumbleweeds go on holiday - to Maplins in the TV comedy land of Hi-Di-Hi. With Paul Shane and Ruth Madoc. From 1986.

**** This programme was suggested by Neil Thomas, Mairtin Coss, Maggie Anderson, Paul Newman and Andrew Parr as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****

Stand by for 30 more minutes of Grumbleweed fun!

Even the Grumbleweeds go on holiday. They've looked at everything from the Seychelles to Sardinia to Skegness.

But they’ve chosen MAPLINS holiday camp – from BBC TV’s comedy land of “Hi-Di-Hi” – but for them its more "Ho-Di-Ho"!

The Grumbleweeds are:

* Robin Colvill
* Graham Walker
* Maurice Lee
* Albert Sutcliffe
* Carl Sutcliffe

And the Grumbleweeds’ special guests:

* Ruth Madoc
* Paul Shane

The Grumbleweeds ran from 1979 to 1988 and won the best radio show prize at The TV and Radio Industries Awards in 1983.

Written and produced by Mike Craig.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in November 1986.

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