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.
Press clippings Page 2
David Croft would be 'turning in his grave' at remakes
Sitcom legend Melvyn Hayes has gone to war on the Dad's Army film and Are You Being Served? re-make, saying they would have creator David Croft "turning in his grave".
The star, who played Bombardier "Gloria" Beaumont in It Ain't Half Hot Mum - another of the writer's hits - demanded they "let old TV series lie".
Tom Bryant & Peter Robertson, The Mirror, 21st February 2016Melvyn Hayes: 'BBC is too PC, so no repeat fees for me'
Actor Melvyn Hayes has enjoyed a long screen career but he can't understand the BBC's refusal to repeat the show that made him famous.
Richard Webber, The Telegraph, 19th October 2014Banning It Ain't Half Hot Mum from TV is a 'shame'
Banning this generation from watching It Ain't Half Hot Mum is a "shame", the show's creator Jimmy Perry has said, as he argues parts that fall foul of modern sensibilities are just "historical truth".
Hannah Furness, The Telegraph, 20th September 2013It Ain't Half Hot Mum too 'racist' for the BBC
According to newspaper reports, the modern BBC has decided that 1970s hit sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum is now too 'racist' to be broadcast on the network.
British Comedy Guide, 24th April 2012It Ain't Half Hot Mum star Layton to be in EastEnders
It Ain't Half Hot Mum star George Layton is marching into EastEnders - as Janine's estranged Uncle Norman.
The Sun, 13th June 2011It Ain't Half Hot Mum's Donald Hewlett dies at 90
Donald Hewlett, who was best known for his role in the 1970s BBC sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum, has died aged 90.
The actor, who played Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Reynolds in the show, had been ill for some time, his wife told the BBC.
BBC News, 5th June 2011Jimmy Perry and David Croft interview
The creative forces behind Dad's Army and You Rang M'Lord are octogenarians Jimmy Perry and David Croft.
Manchester Evening News, 10th December 2007