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 BBC are recording a show from the camp. The men want to sing and Ashwood wants to put on his comedy revue ‘Jungle Japes’ but the producer wants it to be a request show. Mrs Parkin has asked for ‘I’ll Be Seeing You’ to be played for her boy. They hear a message from her in which she mentions Willams, as he is often referred to in her son’s letters home. Williams is surer than ever that he and Mrs Parkin are the parents of the young gunner. As a result Gloria hides the record and the group sings live.

It Ain’t Half Hot Mum TV Series 07

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): David Croft and John Kilby.
• Producer(s): David Croft and John Kilby.
• Original Network: BBC One.
• Release Date: 07 November 1980.
• Running Time: 30 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.