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 comic adventures of a group of misfits who form an extremely bad concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining the troops during World War II.

It Ain’t Half Hot Mum TV Series 02

• Episode 01: Showing the Flag.
• Episode 02: Down in the Jungle.
• Episode 03: The Natives Are Revolting.
• Episode 04: Cabaret Time.
• Episode 05: The Curse of the Sadhu.
• Episode 06: Forbidden Fruits.
• Episode 07: Has Anyone Seen My Cobra?
• Episode 08: The Night of the Thugs.

You can find a full index and overview of It Ain’t Half Hot Mum here.

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): David Croft.
• Producer(s): David Croft.
• Original Network: BBC One.
• Release Date: 02 January 1975 to 20 February 1975.
• Running Time: 30 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.