Trama

Comic goings-on in this series. Ted's the camp comic but is always on the lookout for a way to make money. Gladys has her eye on the boss, and Peggy wants to swap her mop and cleaner's outfit for a 'yellow coat.'

Comic goings-on in this series set in an English holiday camp called Maplins. The title comes from the camp's greeting, which the staff are meant to say with enthusiasm but all too often the camp guests are the last thing on their minds. Ted's the camp comic but is always on the lookout for a way to make money. Gladys has her eye on the boss, and Peggy wants to swap her mop and cleaner's outfit for a 'yellow coat.'—Rob Hartill

A British sitcom set in a fictional holiday camp in Essex during the summer holiday seasons of 1959 and 1960. The camp provides entertainment and activities through its staff of Yellowcoats, struggling entertainers who were hired primarily because they were available and they were desperate enough to work for meager salaries. Some of them are young rookies waiting for a lucky break, others are veteran stars whose career has declined. Some of the recurring plots include the money-making schemes and shady rackets of the entertainment host Edward "Ted" Bovis, the attempts of the maid Peggy Ollerenshaw to work as one of the entertainers, the inability of the former university professor Jeffrey Fairbrother to adapt to his new work or to socialize, and the despair of the former music hall performer William Partridge because he has been reduced to working as a puppeteer in children's puppet shows.—Dimos I