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
Burgess the padre is shocked by some of the company’s raunchier numbers and decides to come and assess it – the same day that a Captain de Wolfe is arriving. He is from entertainments H.Q. and is assessing the men for a different reason. If their performance is not up to scratch they will be disbanded – and their best numbers are the ones of which Burgess disapproves. A mix-up in medicals ear-marks Williams for a hated desk job so, unusually, he decides to save the company – so he can stay with it. He waylays Burgess on his way to see the show and keeps him talking …
It Ain’t Half Hot Mum TV Series 06
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Production & Filming Details
- Director(s): David Croft and Paul Bishop.
- Producer(s): David Croft and Paul Bishop.
- Original Network: BBC One.
- Release Date: 27 November 1978.
- Running Time: 30 minutes.
- Country: UK.
- Language: English.
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