Edwards This is how the BBC sums up this aspect of Whack-O! on its official website: "Watching the series now is a little painful in one respect – we're too sensitive to find canings amusing – but it's right on the money in other ways, mainly because finding over-privileged kids vile hasn't gone out of fashion." Details of radio adaptation BBC Radio adapted the TV scripts into 45 thirty-minute shows, mostly with the original cast, of which 42 recordings survive. There were three series which originally ran on the BBC Light Programme from 23 May 1961 until 22 July 1963. They have been repeated on BBC Radio Extra since 2015 and the last airing was in 2020. Audio Download and Streaming Dates of Airings See also List of films based on British sitcoms References External links Whack-O at BBC Online Comedy Guide BBC Radio 4 Whack-O Episode Guide British Film Institute Screen Online BBC television sitcoms Lost BBC episodes 1950s British sitcoms 1960s British sitcoms 1970s British sitcoms 1956 British television series debuts 1972 British television series endings Television shows adapted into films