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 4, Episode 3 - A Fate Worse Than Death
Faced with a ransom demand, the Concert Party ventures from the fort to rescue Mrs Waddilove-Evans from the hands of the dreaded Pathan tribesmen.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 16th November 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 |
| Frances Bennett | Mrs Waddilove-Evans |
| Sultan Lalani | Pathan Chief |
| Saad Ghazi | Pathan |
| David Croft | Writer |
| Jimmy Perry | Writer |
| Bob Spiers | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| Clive Smith | Editor |
| Barbara Gosnold | Production Designer |
| Jimmy Perry | Composer |
| Derek Taverner | Composer |