<Li> Bishop Simon Dempster (Fred Bryant)--Clive's uncle . </Li> <Ul> <Li> Joe Maplin (Camp Owner)--The greedy and philandering owner of the six Maplins holiday camps . It was intended that he would be played by Bob Monkhouse, but he was unavailable for filming . Joe Maplin communicated with the entertainments staff through sarcastic, hectoring, semi-literate letters which Jeffrey Fairbrother would have to read to the staff . Throughout the series it is revealed that Maplin owns a large string of camps all over the country . As well as the sitcom's Crimpton - on - Sea camp, Maplin also owned camps at locations such as Camber Sands, and the Isle of Wight . Maplin claimed to be the person who invented the catchphrase "Hi - de-Hi!", although according to Mr Partridge, it was not Maplin's idea, but that of a mad colonel in the army during the Second World War . Maplin had a habit of covertly inspecting the staff at his camps by disguising himself as a camper, leaving his chauffeur - driven Rolls - Royce several streets away and entering the camp in a taxi . Although Joe Maplin is never seen in the flesh a bronze statue of him appears in the series 5 episode The Graven Image . The statue shows Mr Maplin as a slightly portly middle aged man in a business suit although it is hard to discern his features in any great detail as the statue only appears in long shots or part close ups . For much of the episode the statue is painted to look like a clown by a drunken Spike in a fit of pique at being asked to make a fawning speech about him . This results in numerous attempts to paint the statue back to bronze that are continuously ruined by the weather . Jeffrey Fairbrother describes Mr Maplin as a "megalomaniac" while Ted explains to Spike that people aren't interested in the "truth" of Joe Maplin that he is a "crook" but in the legend Joe Maplin has created about himself as a self made man from humble origins because this is a better story . </Li> <Li> Miss Cathcart--Peggy's supervisor and nemesis . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Joe Maplin (Camp Owner)--The greedy and philandering owner of the six Maplins holiday camps . It was intended that he would be played by Bob Monkhouse, but he was unavailable for filming . Joe Maplin communicated with the entertainments staff through sarcastic, hectoring, semi-literate letters which Jeffrey Fairbrother would have to read to the staff . Throughout the series it is revealed that Maplin owns a large string of camps all over the country . As well as the sitcom's Crimpton - on - Sea camp, Maplin also owned camps at locations such as Camber Sands, and the Isle of Wight . Maplin claimed to be the person who invented the catchphrase "Hi - de-Hi!", although according to Mr Partridge, it was not Maplin's idea, but that of a mad colonel in the army during the Second World War . Maplin had a habit of covertly inspecting the staff at his camps by disguising himself as a camper, leaving his chauffeur - driven Rolls - Royce several streets away and entering the camp in a taxi . Although Joe Maplin is never seen in the flesh a bronze statue of him appears in the series 5 episode The Graven Image . The statue shows Mr Maplin as a slightly portly middle aged man in a business suit although it is hard to discern his features in any great detail as the statue only appears in long shots or part close ups . For much of the episode the statue is painted to look like a clown by a drunken Spike in a fit of pique at being asked to make a fawning speech about him . This results in numerous attempts to paint the statue back to bronze that are continuously ruined by the weather . Jeffrey Fairbrother describes Mr Maplin as a "megalomaniac" while Ted explains to Spike that people aren't interested in the "truth" of Joe Maplin that he is a "crook" but in the legend Joe Maplin has created about himself as a self made man from humble origins because this is a better story . </Li> <Li> Miss Cathcart--Peggy's supervisor and nemesis . </Li>

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