It Ain't Half Hot, Mum
TV Show · Comedy

Classic comedy by David Croft and Jimmy Perry about a military theatrical troupe based in India during the Second World War.

1974 · 29m
Starring Don Estelle, Donald Hewlett, Melvyn Hayes
Director David Croft, John Kilby

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Meet the Gang
    India during World War II and the Royal Artillery has formed a Concert Party to entertain the other troops. The 'quit India' campaign is gaining momentum and the sun appears to be setting on this corner of the empire.
    29 min
  • EPISODE 2
    My Lovely Boy
    Battery Sergeant-Major Williams and Gunner Parkins have identical photographs beside their beds. Could they both be of Edith, the Sergeant-Major's girl-friend in Colchester 20 years ago? Could Edith be young Parky's mum? Could Williams be his dad? And, when Solomons wants to kick the lad out of the concert party, Williams looks like having to post his only-begotten son ' up the jungle.'
    29 min
  • EPISODE 3
    The Mutiny of the Punka Wallahs
    The punka wallahs are replaced by electric fans. Rangi and Solly conspire to sort out this dispute.
    30 min
  • EPISODE 4
    A Star Is Born
    Sergeant-Major Williams persuades the Colonel to go on leave - nothing stands between the concert party and jungle except Solly's ingenuity.
    25 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Jungle Patrol
    Battery Sergant-Major Williams takes the Concert Party on a jungle survival course, Rangi makes sure they survive.
    29 min
  • EPISODE 6
    It's a Wise Child
    Rangi helps Solly to determine whether or not Parky is the Sergeant-Major's long-lost son.
    25 min

Box Set

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Cast & Crew

  • D‌E
    Don Estelle
    Actor
  • Donald Hewlett
    Actor
  • Melvyn Hayes
    Actor
  • Windsor Davies
    Actor
  • Michael Knowles
    Captain Jonathan Ashwood
  • C‌M
    Christopher Mitchell
    Gunner `Parky' Parkin
  • J‌C
    John Clegg
    Gunner `Paderewski' Graham
  • Stuart McGugan
    Gunner `Atlas' Mackintosh
  • D‌S
    Dino Shafeek
    Char Wallah Muhammed
  • M‌K
    Mike Kinsey
    Gunner `Nosher' Evans
  • K‌M
    Kenneth MacDonald
    Gunner `Nobby' Clark

About

It Ain't Half Hot, Mum

Comedy

Classic comedy by David Croft and Jimmy Perry about a military theatrical troupe based in India during the Second World War.

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Studio
BBC One
Released
1974
© 1974 BBC

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English
Audio

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