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 05
- Episode 01: Front Line Entertainers.
- Episode 02: Bridge Over the River Hipong.
- Episode 03: The Pay Off.
- Episode 04: Puddings From Heaven.
- Episode 05: The Superstar.
- Episode 06: The Eternal Quadrangle.
You can find a full index and overview of It Ain’t Half Hot Mum here.
Production & Filming Details
- Director(s): David Croft and Ray Butt
- Producer(s): David Croft and Ray Butt.
- Original Network: BBC One.
- Release Date: 25 October 1977 and 29 November 1977.
- Running Time: 30 minutes.
- Country: UK.
- Language: English.
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