It Ain't Half Hot Mum
It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E02 My Lovely Boy Good Olde Watching
First broadcast: 10 January 1974 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. Parkin is talentless but is saved by the news that the war is ended.
9 July 2017 at 08:42

It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E02 My Lovely Boy

9 July 2017 at 08:42

First broadcast: 10 January 1974
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. Parkin is talentless but is saved by the news that the war is ended.

It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E02 My Lovely Boy — First broadcast: 10 January 1974
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. Parkin is talentless but is saved by the news that the war is ended.

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It Ain't Half Hot Mum S02E03 The Natives Are Revolting Good Olde Watching
Not only has somebody written 'British Pigs Go Home' in stones but they have replaced the Union Jack with the flag of India and Williams is irate. He climbs onto the roof and pulls down the Indian flag, just as the new - native - district officer arrives. He too is irate and demands an apology from the sergeant major, though the men help Williams out by making it an apology in song.
9 July 2017 at 08:34

It Ain't Half Hot Mum S02E03 The Natives Are Revolting

It Ain't Half Hot Mum

By: Good Olde Watching

9 July 2017 at 08:34

Not only has somebody written 'British Pigs Go Home' in stones but they have replaced the Union Jack with the flag of India and Williams is irate. He climbs onto the roof and pulls down the Indian flag, just as the new - native - district officer arrives. He too is irate and demands an apology from the sergeant major, though the men help Williams out by making it an apology in song.

It Ain't Half Hot Mum S02E03 The Natives Are Revolting — Not only has somebody written 'British Pigs Go Home' in stones but they have replaced the Union Jack with the flag of India and Williams is irate. He climbs onto the roof and pulls down the Indian flag, just as the new - native - district officer arrives. He too is irate and demands an apology from the sergeant major, though the men help Williams out by making it an apology in song.

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It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E01 Meet The Gang Good Olde Watching
First broadcast: 3 January 1974 In Camp Deolali, at the close of World War Two, a British army concert party is rehearsing 'Top Hat' to entertain the troops, when word comes that there will be an anti-British protest by locals. RSM Williams, a disciplinarian, finds the men's appearances sloppy. New arrival Gunner Parkin takes over in the show when gunner Mack is stricken with the runs but the performance is halted by the demonstrators, who pelt Williams with cow dung.
9 July 2017 at 08:33

It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E01 Meet The Gang

It Ain't Half Hot Mum

By: Good Olde Watching

9 July 2017 at 08:33

First broadcast: 3 January 1974
In Camp Deolali, at the close of World War Two, a British army concert party is rehearsing 'Top Hat' to entertain the troops, when word comes that there will be an anti-British protest by locals. RSM Williams, a disciplinarian, finds the men's appearances sloppy. New arrival Gunner Parkin takes over in the show when gunner Mack is stricken with the runs but the performance is halted by the demonstrators, who pelt Williams with cow dung.

It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E01 Meet The Gang — First broadcast: 3 January 1974
In Camp Deolali, at the close of World War Two, a British army concert party is rehearsing 'Top Hat' to entertain the troops, when word comes that there will be an anti-British protest by locals. RSM Williams, a disciplinarian, finds the men's appearances sloppy. New arrival Gunner Parkin takes over in the show when gunner Mack is stricken with the runs but the performance is halted by the demonstrators, who pelt Williams with cow dung.

It Ain't Half Hot Mum
It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E03 Mutiny Of The Punka Wallahs Good Olde Watching
First broadcast: 17 Jan. 1974 Rumzan the company's punka wallah, who works a cooling fan with his feet, and other punka wallahs throughout the regiments, are to be replaced by electric fans - or electric fannies, as the camp's wheeler-dealer Rangi Ram terms them. The concert party agree to employ him but Williams points out that only officers can have punka wallahs. This leads to general unrest and sympathy strikes by the electricity and telephone employees. Eventually Gunner Solly provides a so
9 July 2017 at 08:33

It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E03 Mutiny Of The Punka Wallahs

It Ain't Half Hot Mum

By: Good Olde Watching

9 July 2017 at 08:33

First broadcast: 17 Jan. 1974
Rumzan the company's punka wallah, who works a cooling fan with his feet, and other punka wallahs throughout the regiments, are to be replaced by electric fans - or electric fannies, as the camp's wheeler-dealer Rangi Ram terms them. The concert party agree to employ him but Williams points out that only officers can have punka wallahs. This leads to general unrest and sympathy strikes by the electricity and telephone employees. Eventually Gunner Solly provides a solution. Rumzan can power a fan by peddling a bicycle and another wallah can cool him.

It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E03 Mutiny Of The Punka Wallahs — First broadcast: 17 Jan. 1974
Rumzan the company's punka wallah, who works a cooling fan with his feet, and other punka wallahs throughout the regiments, are to be replaced by electric fans - or electric fannies, as the camp's wheeler-dealer Rangi Ram terms them. The concert party agree to employ him but Williams points out that only officers can have punka wallahs. This leads to general unrest and sympathy strikes by the electricity and telephone employees. Eventually Gunner Solly provides a solution. Rumzan can power a fan by peddling a bicycle and another wallah can cool him.

It Ain't Half Hot Mum
It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E05 The Jungle Patrol Good Olde Watching
First broadcast: 31 Jan. 1974 Williams, who disapproves of soldiers as entertainers, thinks the men need toughening up and leads them on a survival course in the jungle. Whilst he is surviving on berries and jungle water the men are having cups of tea and cooked meals provided by the local staff, who are following them. He cannot understand why they seem so much fitter than him. Soon they arrive at the house of the local district commissioner, who is hosting Reynolds and the captain. He likes t
9 July 2017 at 08:33

It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E05 The Jungle Patrol

It Ain't Half Hot Mum

By: Good Olde Watching

9 July 2017 at 08:33

First broadcast: 31 Jan. 1974
Williams, who disapproves of soldiers as entertainers, thinks the men need toughening up and leads them on a survival course in the jungle. Whilst he is surviving on berries and jungle water the men are having cups of tea and cooked meals provided by the local staff, who are following them. He cannot understand why they seem so much fitter than him. Soon they arrive at the house of the local district commissioner, who is hosting Reynolds and the captain. He likes the idea of a concert party and, to Williams' dismay, asks them to put on a show for him.

It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E05 The Jungle Patrol — First broadcast: 31 Jan. 1974
Williams, who disapproves of soldiers as entertainers, thinks the men need toughening up and leads them on a survival course in the jungle. Whilst he is surviving on berries and jungle water the men are having cups of tea and cooked meals provided by the local staff, who are following them. He cannot understand why they seem so much fitter than him. Soon they arrive at the house of the local district commissioner, who is hosting Reynolds and the captain. He likes the idea of a concert party and, to Williams' dismay, asks them to put on a show for him.

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It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E07 The Road To Bannu Good Olde Watching
First broadcast: 14 Feb. 1974 The party are heading for Bannu to put on a show, first by train and then by jeep, which breaks down in the desert. Knowledge that tribesmen killed British soldiers there fifty years earlier does not inspire confidence. And then some local tribesmen appear. The concert party sit down to talk with them with Rangi acting as interpreter. When the khan learns that they are a 'road show' he confuses them with the 'Road' film series, popular at the time, leading to Solly
9 July 2017 at 08:33

It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E07 The Road To Bannu

It Ain't Half Hot Mum

By: Good Olde Watching

9 July 2017 at 08:33

First broadcast: 14 Feb. 1974
The party are heading for Bannu to put on a show, first by train and then by jeep, which breaks down in the desert. Knowledge that tribesmen killed British soldiers there fifty years earlier does not inspire confidence. And then some local tribesmen appear. The concert party sit down to talk with them with Rangi acting as interpreter. When the khan learns that they are a 'road show' he confuses them with the 'Road' film series, popular at the time, leading to Solly impersonating Bing Crosby and the company's drag queen Gunner 'Gloria' Beaumont doing a version of Dorothy Lamour - which goes down rather too well.

It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E07 The Road To Bannu — First broadcast: 14 Feb. 1974
The party are heading for Bannu to put on a show, first by train and then by jeep, which breaks down in the desert. Knowledge that tribesmen killed British soldiers there fifty years earlier does not inspire confidence. And then some local tribesmen appear. The concert party sit down to talk with them with Rangi acting as interpreter. When the khan learns that they are a 'road show' he confuses them with the 'Road' film series, popular at the time, leading to Solly impersonating Bing Crosby and the company's drag queen Gunner 'Gloria' Beaumont doing a version of Dorothy Lamour - which goes down rather too well.

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It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E08 The Inspector Calls Good Olde Watching
First broadcast: 21 Feb. 1974 Williams, as ever, is annoyed that the men do not act like 'real' soldiers but the colonel explains that, as a holding unit, they are not obliged to wear identical uniforms. Williams tricks Solly into providing the company with uniforms on the pretext that he wants them to do a military song number. However, a general suddenly turns up to inspect the company. They arrive at the parade ground in their uniforms but are rubbish at presenting arms - until they are prov
9 July 2017 at 08:33

It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E08 The Inspector Calls

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9 July 2017 at 08:33

First broadcast: 21 Feb. 1974
Williams, as ever, is annoyed that the men do not act like 'real' soldiers but the colonel explains that, as a holding unit, they are not obliged to wear identical uniforms. Williams tricks Solly into providing the company with uniforms on the pretext that he wants them to do a military song number. However, a general suddenly turns up to inspect the company. They arrive at the parade ground in their uniforms but are rubbish at presenting arms - until they are provided with music, including a song from Rangi. The general is impressed by their rhythmic performance and Williams feels thwarted yet again.

It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E08 The Inspector Calls — First broadcast: 21 Feb. 1974
Williams, as ever, is annoyed that the men do not act like 'real' soldiers but the colonel explains that, as a holding unit, they are not obliged to wear identical uniforms. Williams tricks Solly into providing the company with uniforms on the pretext that he wants them to do a military song number. However, a general suddenly turns up to inspect the company. They arrive at the parade ground in their uniforms but are rubbish at presenting arms - until they are provided with music, including a song from Rangi. The general is impressed by their rhythmic performance and Williams feels thwarted yet again.

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It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E06 It's A Wise Child Lost Episode Good Olde Watching
First broadcast: 7 Feb. 1974 It's a Wise Child Parkin goes from one disaster to another. Asked to clear a mess from the yard he has the officer's mess demolished. However Williams still thinks he is his son and constantly defends him. Rangi gets blood samples from the sergeant major and the gunner,proving that the lad is not Williams' son. Parkin is relieved but the men realise that Williams must continue to believe Parkin is his son to keep him in the concert party and stop them from being post
9 July 2017 at 08:33

It Ain't Half Hot Mum S01E06 It's A Wise Child Lost Episode

It Ain't Half Hot Mum

By: Good Olde Watching

9 July 2017 at 08:33

First broadcast: 7 Feb. 1974
It's a Wise Child
Parkin goes from one disaster to another. Asked to clear a mess from the yard he has the officer's mess demolished. However Williams still thinks he is his son and constantly defends him. Rangi gets blood samples from the sergeant major and the gunner,proving that the lad is not Williams' son. Parkin is relieved but the men realise that Williams must continue to believe Parkin is his son to keep him in the concert party and stop them from being posted up country. They therefore tinker with the samples to keep Williams in blissful ignorance of the truth.

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