Series 1, Episode 1 - "Meet The Gang"
It's 1945 and it looks like the days of British rule in India are coming to an end. But for the Royal Artillery Concert Party there is still work to be done.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 3rd January 1974
- Time
- 8pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Press
Clearly trying to do another Dad's Army, Jimmy Perry and David Croft have come up with something called It Ain't Half Hot, Mum. [...] The whole thing is calculated to yield mirth in plenty. Unfortunately the air of calculation is precisely what comes over strongest. Windsor Davies, however, playing a neurotic sar'-major with imperialistic convictions, was very funny straight away. Judgment reserved.
Clive James, The Observer, 6th January 1974
This pain-wracked (I hope) pair write "Dad's Army" (BBC1) and "It Ain't Half Hot, Mum" (BBC1) which is about the misadventures of an army concert party in India is, I think, funnier. I particularly recommend the performance of Windsor Davies as the Sergeant Major.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 4th January 1974
