Whack-O!

By Frank Muir and Dennis Norden. These days it'd be hard to make a long-running series based on a schoolmaster who took pleasure in thwacking his charges and swindling everyone. Fortunately, in olden days sense prevailed.
Whack-O! featured the wonderful Jimmy Edwards as Professor James Edwards. Prof Edwards is one of the great characters of sitcom, an unapologetic, scheming drunk, who constantly runs rings around his fellow masters and thinks nothing of cheating and manipulating charges and colleagues alike.
Teachers v Pupils is standard fare throughout film and TV, but usually it's like St Trinians - we're on the side of the kids.
Whack-O! brilliantly realised that adults wanted to see a teacher prevail, particularly when the teacher in question was a charming sociopath.

Many thanks to Alan K for contributions to this page.

01. The School Strike.
02. Missing File
03. The Grange School For Boys.
04. The French Mistress.
05. The Marchioness.
06. The Student Prince.
07. Potter Takes Over.
08. The 25 Pound Outing.
09. The Boxing Championship.
10. The Inspector's Visit.
11. The Popularity Ballot.
12. Exposure.
13. Task Master.
14. The Dismissal.
15. The Book Prizes.
16. The New Post.
17. The Cricket Pavillion Fire.
18. The Burglary.
19. This Is Your Life.