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

Williams is still much smitten by Daphne Waddilove-Evans’ maid Ling Soo, but her father does not approve. Williams is subject to death threats by the Tong, a sinister band of Chinese gangsters and attempts are made to kill him. Rangi arranges for the sergeant-major to meet Ling Soo, who suggests that they elope. But he refuses, as he could never leave the army.

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Production & Filming Details

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