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

The whole party heads to the North-West Frontier of India, near the Khyber Pass. Reynolds’ affair with Daphne is revealed and she goes with them. They come across Pathan tribesmen who attempt to sell them some pornography and the Brits confiscate it. This angers the Pathan. The party are hiding in an old fort from the tribesmen when it is noticed that Daphne has been kidnapped by the locals. A sack is thrown over the wall to land at the men’s feet. Does it contain Daphne’s head?

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): David Croft and Bob Spiers.
• Producer(s): David Croft and Bob Spiers.
• Original Network: BBC One.
• Release Date: 09 November 1976.
• Running Time: 30 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.