It Ain't Half Hot Mum
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1974 - 1981
- 56 episodes (8 series)
India, 1944 - a Royal Artillery Concert Party try to avoid going in to action by performing for the troops with their brand of camp entertainment. Stars Windsor Davies, Don Estelle, Melvyn Hayes, Michael Bates, George Layton and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 7 - The Road To Bannu
The Concert Party become stranded in an isolated part of the North West Frontier and Solly has to conjure up 'Bing Crosby' in order to appease a bandit chief.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 14th February 1974
- Time
- 8pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Windsor Davies | BSM Geoffrey 'Shut Up' Williams |
| Don Estelle | Gunner 'Lofty' Sugden |
| Melvyn Hayes | Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont |
| Michael Bates | Rangi Ram |
| George Layton | Bombardier 'Solly' Solomons |
| Donald Hewlett | Colonel Charles Reynolds |
| Michael Knowles | Captain Jonathan Ashwood |
| Christopher Mitchell | Gunner 'Parky' Parkin |
| John Clegg | Gunner 'Paderewski' Graham |
| Stuart McGugan | Gunner 'Atlas' MacKintosh |
| Mike Kinsey | Gunner 'Nosher' Evans |
| Kenneth MacDonald | Gunner 'Nobby' Clark |
| Dino Shafeek | Char Wallah Muhammed |
| Babar Bhatti | Punka Wallah Rumzan |
| Rafiq Anwar | Head Tribesman |
| Ishaq Bux | Station Master |
| Zohra Segal | Rangi's Mother-in-law |
| Bob Babenia | Actor |
| Ahmed Khalil | Actor |
| Jagdish Kumar | Actor |
| Ranjit Nakara (as Rangit Nakara) | Actor |
| Ashwin Patel | Actor |
| Rudolf Ramillo | Actor |
| Heronimo Sehmi (as Geronimo Sehmi) | Actor |
| David Croft | Writer |
| Jimmy Perry | Writer |
| David Croft | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| Bob Rymer | Editor |
| Susan Wheal | Costume Designer |
| Lyn Dewinne | Make-up Designer |
| Rhian Meakin | Make-up Designer |
| Howard King | Lighting Designer |
| Jimmy Perry | Composer |
| Derek Taverner | Composer |
| John Stout | Production Designer |