It Ain't Half Hot Mum

It Ain't Half Hot Mum was a British comedy series, which aired between 3 January 1974 and 3 september 1981 was by the BBC. In Netherlands, the title was from 12 June 1976 broadcast by TROS and in 2013 and 2014, the series was once again broadcast by NostalgieNet. The series consists of 56 episodes spread over 8 seasons and was written by the British scriptwriters David Croft andJimmy Perry. The episodes were alternately directed by John Kilby, Phil Bishop and Bob Spiers. ==The story[ Edit] == The comedy series is set during the Second World War and is about a theatre group that is part of the British army. The theatre group is stationed near the Burmese border and entertained the British troops before they go to the front.

The group is led by the sergeant-major of yelling "Shut up" Williams. The sergeant-major is a real ITES and finds that the theater group consists of a bunch of sissies. He wants to make them real soldiers and they fight against the Japanese in the jungle. He lets them come every day at Apple and they should do a lot of nonsensical jobs, such as the whitewashed stones. ==The cast[ Edit] == Colonel Charles Reynolds

Donald Hewlett plays Colonel Charles Reynolds. He is the highest in rank in the camp of the theatre group. This stately British officer concerned shall, together with his Assistant captain Ashwood, for that he has nothing to short. Not even in the barste situations.

Captain Jonathan Ashwood

Michael Knowles does the rendition of what silly Captain Jonathan Ashwood, the Assistant of Colonel Reynolds. Also Ashwood is a big fan of the theatre group. He helps occasionally even writing a piece. The Colonel sets Ashwood often ' difficult questions ', which he then answered with "that's a tricky one, sir".

Sergeant-major "Shut Up" Williams

Windsor Davies plays the role of sergeant-major "Shut Up" Williams. Williams wants nothing more than real soldiers making the ' sissies '. He finds it but nothing that they dress up as women and makeup on their faces doping. He thinks his son soldier Parkins is innovative and treats him. A place at the theatre group he delivers Parkins, so that it is not sent to the jungle. Williams is very unfriendly against the local Indian population.

Corporal "Gloria" Beaumont

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Melvyn Hayes plays the role of soldier ( corporaland from season three) "Gloria" Beaumont. Beaumont is an exact opposite of sergeant-major Williams. He is somewhat effeminate and proud of his performances for the theatre group. He calls regularly that the rest but a bunch of amateurs are. Beaumont often plays the role of Ginger Rogers or other women during the performances.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Soldier Lofty Sugden

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Don Estelle shines as the little soldier "Lofty" Sugden. Sugden is often the gregnh when performing dangerous missions and the sergeant-major makes him often ridiculous to its length. Also, Sugden was the necessary medical problems such as a thin, making him a ridiculously large tropical helmet must wear. He is the lead singer of the theatre group.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Soldier Parky Parkins

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Christopher Mitchell plays soldier "Parky" Parkins, the alleged son of the sergeant-major. He is given preferential treatment by the sergeant-major who always says what a great pair shoulders Parkins though does not have. Parkins is not one of the cleverest and real talent for the theatre, he has also not. Yet he may remain at the theatre group because he rose would have and so is not suitable for fighting in the jungle. Of course great nonsense, but the Colonel and the captain steps in it.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Soldier Padoruski Graham

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">John Clegg plays soldier "Padoruski" Graham, the pianist of the theatre group. Graham has studied English literature at the University of Oxford. He talks rather bekakt and is often mocked by the sergeant-major. The sergeant-major talk him then after and calls him ' La-di-da gunner Graham '. Yet, that Graham often with good solutions if there are any problems.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Soldier Atlas Mackintosh

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Scottish soldier "Atlas" Mackintosh is played by Stuart McGugan. Mackintosh is a large, strong man with a tattoo on his chest. He is easily offended, especially by Beaumont and can be quite raunchy are.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Soldier Nobby Clark

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Kenneth MacDonald is the silly soldier "Nobby" Clark. Nobby comes every now and then with an idea, but is certainly not one of the cleverest of the bunch.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Soldier Nosher Evans

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Mike Kinsey plays lekkerbek and Wolverine soldier "Nosher" Evans. Evans do not talk much, but when he talks it is always with his mouth full of food scraps on his colleagues invariably fly so back. If the Group journey, Evans is always wondering if the food is in order.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">"Char Wallah" Muhammed

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Dino Shafeek plays tea seller (' Char Wallah ') Muhammed. This what ignorant man smiles a lot and tries to maintain a large family by tea to sell to the theatre group.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Rangi Ram

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Michael Bates plays in the first five seasons the carrier of the theatre group, Rangi Ram. Rangi often, however, brings messages about and doing all sorts of other chores. Also he performs regularly on as an interpreter.He closes an episode often with a old, domestic saying. Rangi always gives to the natives and is proud to be British, though he himself an Indian is.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Punka Wallah Rumzan

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Barbar Bhatti plays the range servant (' Punka Wallah ') Rumzan in the first six seasons. Rumzan pulls all day on a string to the officers in the Office to keep them cool. He is also regularly with a sharp comment from the corner. He talks than Indian and speaks the last words in English. He gets regular stairs from the sergeant-major or Rangi and there is then told to him to sit upright while Fanning.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Ah Syn

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Andy Ho plays Ah Syn, the Chinese cook in the last two seasons of the series. His food is usually not too good and his intelligence is not too high. He is regularly in conversation with the tea seller, which shows that Ah Syn but little knowledge of the English culture. Moreover, the tea seller either.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Corporal "Solly" Solomons

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">George Layton is only seen in the first two seasons. He plays corporal "Solly" Solomons. Solly is a quick and smart guy with a sense of theater. He coordinates the entire group and in fact is a real line cousin. He left the series, because it was his time in the army.