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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 5, Episode 2 - Bridge Over The River Hipong
When urgent medical supplies are required, the Concert Party have to build a rope bridge over a river!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 1st November 1977
- 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 |
Mohammad Shamsi | Dr Rahn |
David Croft | Writer |
Jimmy Perry | Writer |
Ray Butt | Director |
David Croft | Producer |
William Symon | Editor |
Bryan Ellis | Production Designer |
Jimmy Perry | Composer |
Derek Taverner | Composer |