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 3, Episode 1 - The Supremo Show
Reeling from the demob of Solly, the remaining members of the Concert Party are at the mercy of Sgt-Major Williams when the Colonel and Captain are confined to hospital. He intends to send them up the jungle, even with a military big-wig days from arrival and expecting entertainment.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 2nd January 1976
- 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 |
| 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 |
| Richard Grant | The Supremo |
| Ahmed Khalil | The Doctor |
| David Croft | Writer |
| Jimmy Perry | Writer |
| Graeme Muir | Director |
| Graeme Muir | Producer |
| Jimmy Perry | Composer |
| Derek Taverner | Composer |
| Eric Walmsley | Production Designer |