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 7, Episode 2 - The Guinea Pigs
When an anti-malaria drug needs testing on a few guinea pigs, it's inevitable that the Concert Party will be volunteered for the task.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 24th October 1980
- Time
- 7pm
- 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 |
| 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 |
| Andy Ho | Ah Syn, the Cook |
| Michael Bevis | Captain Webb |
| John D. Collins | Captain Hudson |
| Denis Bond | Corporal Higgins |
| Rikki Fulton | Colonel Bridges |
| David Croft | Writer |
| Jimmy Perry | Writer |
| John Kilby | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| Bryan Ellis | Production Designer |