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 5 - Pale Hands I Love
After falling for a Chinese girl, Sgt-Major Williams finds his life under threat from the Black Scorpion Tong - a dreaded secret Chinese society.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 30th 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 |
| Yasuko Nagazumi | Lyng Soo |
| Robert Lee | Chung Soo |
| Vincent Wong | Assassin |
| David Croft | Writer |
| Jimmy Perry | Writer |
| Graeme Muir | Director |
| Graeme Muir | Producer |
| Jimmy Perry | Composer |
| Derek Taverner | Composer |
| Eric Walmsley | Production Designer |