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

Parkin goes from one disaster to another. Asked to clear a mess from the yard he has the officer’s mess demolished. However Williams still thinks he is his son and constantly defends him. Rangi gets blood samples from the sergeant major and the gunner,proving that the lad is not Williams’ son. Parkin is relieved but the men realise that Williams must continue to believe Parkin is his son to keep him in the concert party and stop them from being posted up country. They therefore tinker with the samples to keep Williams in blissful ignorance of the truth.

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: 07 February 1974.
• Running Time: 30 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.