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Synopsis:The misadventures of a British artillery unit stationed in India.


It Ain't Half Hot Mum (TV Series 1974 1981)

The Cast of 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum' The concert party themselves mainly consisted of Bombardier Solomons (George Layton -although he left after series two), Bombardier Beaumont (Melvyn Hayes), who because he was somewhat effeminate and dressed up in drag for the concerts was referred to throughout as 'Gloria', an intellectual pianist referred.


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RSM Williams argues with the well-educated pianist Gunner Graham over spelling but loses the argument. Young Parkin identifies a picture of a woman in Williams' tent as being his mother and, working out the arithmetic, Williams is convinced that he is the lad's father and tries to get him into the concert party full-time to save him from active service.


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This weekend's news that It Ain't Half Hot Mum star Windsor Davies has died at the age of 88 revived interest in the sitcom that made his name - as well as countless reactionary cries against the political correctness that means you can't even black up and call people pooftahs for a joke any more.


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It Ain't Half Hot Mum is a British television sitcom about a Royal Artillery concert party based in Deolali in British India and the fictional village of Tin Min in Burma, during the final 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 that war.. Fifty-six episodes were broadcast across eight series on BBC1.


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Did you know that the quintessentially British sitcom 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum' first aired in 1974? And were you aware that its unmissable comedy was enjoyed.


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All episodes of It Ain't Half Hot Mum. Fifth series of the comedy following the exploits of the Royal Artillery Concert Party.


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It Ain't Half Hot Mum is a British television sitcom, written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft.Set in 1945 during the last months of the Second World War, the series follows members of a concert party of the Royal Artillery.The series ran for eight series, which were broadcast on BBC1 from 3 January 1974 to 3 September 1981. Each series had between six and eight episodes.


It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974)

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Lieutenant-Colonel Reynolds (Donald Hewlett) Colonel Reynolds is the leader of the concert party and enjoys their shows immensely. He thinks army life in India is very hard, while all he does is sit around sipping pink gin and dining with the elite.


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In this video, we look at another classic comedy from the BBC; It ain't half hot mum. We will take a brief look back at the series and find out what happened.


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The comic adventures of a group of misfits who form an extremely bad concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining the troops during World War II.


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Rangi Ram (Michael Bates) Breaking the Fourth Wall: From Series 3 to Series 5, at the beginning and ending of most episodes, and a few times in between.; Catchphrase: "You know, there is an old Hindu proverb which say.", "Damn natives!", "Don't be such clever dickie!"; Once an Episode: Would say his catchphrase at the end of each episode, and each time ending it with different punchlines.


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Comedy about the exploits of a Royal Artillery Concert Party during the Second World War. The action is set in Deolali: a British army camp 100 miles north east of Bombay.