It Ain't Half Hot Mum(1974–1981)

Meet the Gang

Gunner Solomons is trying to run a Concert Party rehearsal and he's finding it difficult without Gunner Graham, the pianist, who's been put on jankers by Sergeant Major Williams. The Sergeant Major is determined that Graham will spend his time painting stones white rather than playing the piano for a 'bunch of puffs'. Solly decides to appeal to a higher authority, so he sends the Bearer off to deliver a note to the Colonel. As a result, Graham is excused jankers and allowed to join the rest of the Concert Party in rehearsal. That evening, the Concert Party performance is interrupted when a large mob of locals stage an anti-British protest outside the camp gates. The Sergeant Major finds himself 'annointed' with the dung of a sacred animal - all over his best tunic.

My Lovely Boy

Rangi Ram notices that Gunner Parkins and the Sergeant Major both have a photograph of the same woman next to their beds. It's Parky's mother and the only woman the Sergeant Major ever loved. Rangi tells the Sergeant Major, who jumps to the conclusion that Parky is his son. Gunner Parkins is about to be posted 'up the jungle'. Williams tries to think of a way of preventing this from happening. He decides to arrange for Parky to become a member of the Concert Party, as a ventriloquist. News of the German surrender and the end of the war in Europe reaches the camp.

The Mutiny of the Punka Wallahs

It's decided that all of the Punkah Wallahs in the camp should be replaced with electric fans. When the Punkah Wallahs hear about this, they all go on strike. The local electricity workers walk out in sympathy, so the camp is suddenly without power. Then the workers at the telephone exchange go on strike. Gunner Solomons comes up with a plan to settle the dispute and reinstate the Punkah Wallahs

A Star is Born

Gunner Parkin is "removed" from the concert party. The Sergeant Major plots to have the rest of the gang sent "up the jungle".

The Jungle Patrol

Sergeant Major Williams talks the Colonel into letting him take the men from the Concert Party on a jungle survival course. The Sergeant Major thinks everyone is going without food and water, but Solly has arranged for Rangi Ram and the Char Wallah to follow behind with hot tea and food. While the Sergeant Major suffers from hunger and thirst, the men from the Concert Party keep sneaking off to eat and drink.

It's a Wise Child

Attempts are made to find out whether or not RSM Williams really IS Parky's father

The Road to Bannu

The Concert Party are on their way to put on a show for the troops at Bannu, on the Northwest Frontier. After a long, hot train journey, they set off by road on the last leg of the journey. The truck breaks down and the men are stranded. They find themselves surrounded by hostile tribesmen. Solly has to pose as Bing Crosby and put on a show for the tribesmen in order to pacify them. When Gloria appears as Dorothy Lamour, the leader of the tribesmen wants to buy 'her'.

Showing the Flag

The Sergeant Major tries to train the concert party to lower the flag at sunset.

Down in the Jungle

The concert party's plane makes a crash landing, and the men realise they could be behind enemy lines.

The Natives are Revolting

The Sergeant Major is determined to find out who replaced the camp's Union Jack with an Indian flag.

Cabaret Time

A performance in the Kama Sutra Club gets the concert party and the Battery Sergeant Major into trouble.

The Curse of the Sadhu

Sergeant Williams tempts the wrath of the gods by ejecting a revered holy man from the parade ground.

Forbidden Fruits

When the army runs out of "that stuff they put in our tea" the men cannot stop thinking about women. Colonel Reynolds tries to see Mrs Waddilove-Evans when her husband is not home.

Has Anyone Seen My Cobra?

A snake-charmer's cobra goes missing and is found in the Sergeant Major's quarters.

The Supremo Show

While the officers are out of the way in hospital, Williams takes the opportunity to post the concert party up the jungle but is forced to bring them back to stage a special performance.

Mind My Maharajah

The concert party is sent to the palace of the Maharajah of Bharatpur to protect him.

Monsoon Madness

When the Sergeant-Major makes the Concert party perform fatigues to be ready for the arrival of the monsoon, Lofty goes mad and vows to kill the Sergeant-Major.

Kidnapped in the Khyber

When it becomes difficult for Colonel Reynolds to hide his affair with Mrs Waddilove-Evans, he decides it's best to accompany the concert party to a show on the North-West Frontier.

Front Line Entertainers

When the men get sent up the jungle, they find that some Australian soldiers have not vacated their camp, as was ordered.

Bridge Over the River Hipong

The Stars Look Down

The Big League

After a drunken incident, the men try to make up with the local population by organising a football match.

That's Entertainment?

The Sgt Major makes a decision guaranteed to cause uproar when he picks a Scottish audience to watch a special English performance.

The Guinea Pigs

Gloria's Finest Hour

A head injury changes Beaumont's personality, turning him into a fighting machine.

Money Talks