It Ain't Half Hot Mum. Image shows from L to R: BSM Geoffrey 'Shut Up' Williams (Windsor Davies), Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont (Melvyn Hayes). Copyright: BBC
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1974 - 1981
- 56 episodes (8 series)
India, 1944 - a Royal Artillery Concert Party try to avoid going in to action by performing for the troops with their brand of camp entertainment. Stars Windsor Davies, Don Estelle, Melvyn Hayes, Michael Bates, George Layton and more.
Episode menu
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
| Windsor Davies | BSM Geoffrey 'Shut Up' Williams |
| Don Estelle | Gunner 'Lofty' Sugden |
| Melvyn Hayes | Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont |
| Michael Bates | Rangi Ram |
| George Layton | Bombardier 'Solly' Solomons |
| Donald Hewlett | Colonel Charles Reynolds |
| Michael Knowles | Captain Jonathan Ashwood |
| Christopher Mitchell | Gunner 'Parky' Parkin |
| John Clegg | Gunner 'Paderewski' Graham |
| Stuart McGugan | Gunner 'Atlas' MacKintosh |
| Mike Kinsey | Gunner 'Nosher' Evans |
| Kenneth MacDonald | Gunner 'Nobby' Clark |
| Dino Shafeek | Char Wallah Muhammed |
| Babar Bhatti | Punka Wallah Rumzan |
| Nik Zaran | Inspector Singh |
| Ashwin Patel | Rickshaw Wallah |
| David Croft | Writer |
| Jimmy Perry | Writer |
| David Croft | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| Jimmy Perry | Composer |
| Derek Taverner | Composer |
| Paul Joel | Production Designer |
| Dorothea Wallace | Costume Designer |
| Anna Chesterman | Make-up Designer |
| Jimmy Purdie | Lighting Designer |