BBC's Hi-de-Hi! thrived on its hugely likeable cast, with us really rooting for Peggy to finally swap that mop for the coveted yellow coat, or for Gladys to realise her romantic ambitions.
So whatever happened to these holiday camp workers once the sun finally set on Maplins? Let’s ‘go, go, go’ and find out ...Radio Maplin announcer and sports organiser Gladys was well known on the show for her immortal catchphrase ‘morning campers!’ Gladys’s unrequited loved for Simon Cadell’s Jeffrey Fairbrother was a long-running theme of the show.
Post Hi-de-Hi! saw Ruth embark on a series of stage productions including numerous Agatha Christie plays and the musical Annie.
She appeared in the David Walliams and Matt Lucas sketch show Little Britain, and also opposite Amanda Holden in travelling circus comedy Big Top.
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