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

As it is rumoured that one of the sons of the Maharajah of Bharatpah is planning to murder his father, the concert party are sent to the Maharajah’s palace to protect him. It is decided that ‘Lofty’ the shortest but tubbiest member of the group, will jump out in front of the Maharajah to save him from attack. He does this several times but each is a false scare. Meanwhile the Maharajah thrashes Williams at snooker by cheating.

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Graeme Muir.
• Producer(s): Graeme Muir.
• Original Network: BBC One.
• Release Date: 09 January 1976.
• Running Time: 30 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.