Episode 1
Showing the Flag
30m
The Sergeant Major tries to train the concert party to lower the flag at sunset.
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It Ain't Half Hot Mum
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In 1945, during the final months of the Second World War, a group of soldiers perform for the Royal Artillery concert party, with comic acts and musical numbers for others prior to their departure for the frontlines. The party avoids partaking in combat duty; thus, the soldiers love being part of the outfit. Some even daydream of becoming world-famous actors when they leave the army.
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It Ain't Half Hot Mum premiered January 3, 1974. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
In 1945, during the final months of the Second World War, a group of soldiers perform for the Royal Artillery concert party, with comic acts and musical numbers for others prior to their departure for the frontlines. The party avoids partaking in combat duty; thus, the soldiers love being part of the outfit. Some even daydream of becoming world-famous actors when they leave the army.
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Episode 2
Down in the Jungle
30m
The concert party's plane makes a crash landing, and the men realise they could be behind enemy lines.
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Episode 3
The Natives are Revolting
30m
The Sergeant Major is determined to find out who replaced the camp's Union Jack with an Indian flag.
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Episode 4
Cabaret Time
30m
A performance in the Kama Sutra Club gets the concert party and the Battery Sergeant Major into trouble.
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Episode 5
The Curse of the Sadhu
30m
Sergeant Williams tempts the wrath of the gods by ejecting a revered holy man from the parade ground.
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Episode 6
Forbidden Fruits
30m
When the army runs out of "that stuff they put in our tea" the men cannot stop thinking about women. Colonel Reynolds tries to see Mrs Waddilove-Evans when her husband is not home.
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Episode 7
Has Anyone Seen My Cobra?
30m
A snake-charmer's cobra goes missing and is found in the Sergeant Major's quarters.
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Episode 8
The Night of the Thugs
30mfinale
The concert party take refuge from a rainstorm in a ruined temple and fall victim to a fanatical native sect.
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Cast
Windsor DaviesBattery Sergeant-Major 'Shut Up' Williams
Melvyn HayesBombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont
Don EstelleGunner 'Lofty' Sugden
Donald HewlettColonel Charles Reynolds
Michael KnowlesCaptain Jonathan Ashwood
John CleggGunner 'Padoruski' GrahamDino ShafeekChar Wallah Muhammed
Mike KinseyGunner 'Nosher' Evans
Credits
- Created by
- David Croft, Jimmy Perry
- Written by
- Jimmy Perry, David Croft
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 56
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
BBC OneUnited Kingdom
BBCUnited Kingdom
Themes
1940sarmyentertainermilitarypartially lost mediasitcomworld war ii