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.
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Series 3, Episode 4 - The Grand Illusion
Williams is apoplectic when Beaumont is promoted to Bombardier behind his back. A chance encounter with an old acquaintance on a train, CSM Sharp, leads to a surprise inspection of his strapping, 6ft company!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 23rd January 1976
- 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 |
| 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 |
| Minoo Golvala | Magician |
| Saad Ghazi | Book Selling Wallah |
| Rudolph Ramillo | Watch Selling Wallah |
| David Lodge | Company Sergeant Major Sharp |
| David Croft | Writer |
| Jimmy Perry | Writer |
| Graeme Muir | Director |
| Graeme Muir | Producer |
| Jimmy Perry | Composer |
| Derek Taverner | Composer |
| Austin Ruddy | Production Designer |