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 2, Episode 2 - Down In The Jungle
When the plane carrying the Concert Party is forced down in the jungle, they find themselves out of contact and unaware as to which side of enemy lines they are on...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 9th January 1975
- 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 |
| Tariq Yunus (as Tariq Yunis) | Pilot |
| Mohammad Shamsi (as Mohammed Shamsi) | Restaurant Proprietor |
| Saad Ghazi | Indian Ground Worker |
| David Croft | Writer |
| Jimmy Perry | Writer |
| David Croft | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| Bob Rymer | Editor |
| Barbara Gosnold | Production Designer |
| Jimmy Perry | Composer |
| Derek Taverner | Composer |
| Victor Meredith | Production Designer |