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It Ain't Half Hot, Mum is a BBC television sitcom about a Royal Artillery concert party, set in Deolali in India and the fictional village of Tin Min in Burma, during the last months of the Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who had both served in similar roles in India during World War II. It was first broadcast on BBC 1 between 1974 and 1981 in eight series totalling 56 episodes in all. Each episode ran for 30 minutes.
Original Release
01/03/1974 on BBC
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Windsor Davies | Battery Sergeant-Major 'Shut Up' Williams |
Melvyn Hayes | Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont / Gunner 'Gloria' Beaumont |
Donald Hewlett | Colonel Charles Reynolds |
Don Estelle | Gunner 'Lofty' Sugden |
Michael Knowles | Captain Jonathan Ashwood |
Christopher Mitchell | Gunner 'Parky' Parkin |
John Clegg | Gunner 'Padoruski' Graham / Gunner 'Paderewski' Graham |
Stuart McGugan | Gunner 'Atlas' Mackintosh |
Dino Shafeek | Char Wallah Muhammed |
Mike Kinsey | Gunner 'Nosher' Evans |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Gloria's Finest Hour | Thursday, 23 July 1981 |
2 | Money Talks | Thursday, 30 July 1981 |
3 | Aquastars | Thursday, 06 August 1981 |
4 | The Last Warrior | Thursday, 13 August 1981 |
5 | Never the Twain Shall Meet | Thursday, 20 August 1981 |
6 | The Long Road Home | Thursday, 27 August 1981 |
7 | The Last Roll Call | Thursday, 03 September 1981 |
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Directors
David Croft, John Kilby, Phil Bishop, Graeme Muir, Bob Spiers, Ray Butt
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Windsor Davies | Battery Sergeant-Major 'Shut Up' Williams |
Melvyn Hayes | Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont / Gunner 'Gloria' Beaumont |
Donald Hewlett | Colonel Charles Reynolds |
Don Estelle | Gunner 'Lofty' Sugden |
Michael Knowles | Captain Jonathan Ashwood |
Christopher Mitchell | Gunner 'Parky' Parkin |
John Clegg | Gunner 'Padoruski' Graham / Gunner 'Paderewski' Graham |
Stuart McGugan | Gunner 'Atlas' Mackintosh |
Dino Shafeek | Char Wallah Muhammed |
Mike Kinsey | Gunner 'Nosher' Evans |
Kenneth MacDonald | Gunner 'Nobby' Clark |
Barbar Bhatti | Punka Wallah Rumzan |
Michael Bates | Rangi Ram |
George Layton | Bombardier 'Solly' Solomons |
Andy Ho | Ah Syn, the Chinese Chef / Ah Syn |
Renu Setna | The Maharajah / Clerk / District Officer / Mr. Kumar Puhara / Mr. Patel / Tailor |
Ashwin Patel | Pandit / Ice Cream Wallah / Rickshaw Wallah / Salim / Village Head Man |
Mohammad Shamsi | Dr. Rahn / Game Warden / Man On Bicycle / Referee Mohammad Bux / Restaurant Owner |
Ishaq Bux | Fortune-Telling Wallah / Garage Owner / Indian Trader / Stationmaster / Sword Seller |
John D. Collins | Capt Hutchins / Charles / Medical Officer / Officer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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David Croft | Producer |
Graeme Muir | Producer |