Introduction

It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum is a BBC television sitcom about a Royal Artillery concert party based in Deolali in India and the fictional village of Tin Min in Burma, during the last months of the Second World War.

The title comes from the first episode, in which young Gunner Parkin (Christopher Mitchell) writes home to his mother in England.

Outline

In Camp Deolali, at the close of World War Two, a British army concert party is rehearsing ‘Top Hat’ to entertain the troops, when word comes that there will be an anti-British protest by locals. RSM Williams, a disciplinarian, finds the men’s appearances sloppy. New arrival Gunner Parkin takes over in the show when gunner Mack is stricken with the runs but the performance is halted by the demonstrators, who pelt Williams with cow dung.

It Ain’t Half Hot Mum TV Series 01

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): David Croft.
• Producer(s): David Croft.
• Original Network: BBC One.
• Release Date: 03 January 1974.
• Running Time: 30 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.