The BEST episodes directed by David Croft
#1 - The Night of the Thugs
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 2 - Episode 8
The concert party take refuge from a rainstorm in a ruined temple and fall victim to a fanatical native sect.
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#2 - The Last Roll Call
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 8 - Episode 7
The men reach England and prepare for demobilisation.
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#3 - Never the Twain Shall Meet
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 8 - Episode 5
Now that the war is over, the natives return to their village. They want the men from the Concert Party to move out so that they can return to their homes. Sergeant Major Williams insists on dealing with them in a less than diplomatic fashion.
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#4 - Forbidden Fruits
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 2 - Episode 6
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.
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#5 - Cabaret Time
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 2 - Episode 4
A performance in the Kama Sutra Club gets the concert party and the Battery Sergeant Major into trouble.
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#6 - The Curse of the Sadhu
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 2 - Episode 5
Sergeant Williams tempts the wrath of the gods by ejecting a revered holy man from the parade ground.
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#7 - The Last Warrior
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 8 - Episode 4
Whilst playing the RMS Lollipop, The Concert Party hear that Japan has surrendred on the USS Missouri and the Second World War is over. One single Japanese soldier has not heard the news that Japan has surrendered. Can the men from the Concert Party convince him to lay down his weapons?
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#8 - The Long Road Home
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 8 - Episode 6
It's time for the men from the Concert Party to start the return journey to Britain. Everyone is supposed to have injections before setting off. The vaccine runs out before Lofty gets his jabs, so he has to stay behind when the others begin their journey. A new batch of vaccine turns up after the others have left, so Lofty is given his injections and, accompanied by the Char Wallah, he sets off to try to catch up with the main evacuation party.
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#9 - Star Commandos
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 7 - Episode 6
The Concert Party travels to the front.
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#10 - Aquastars
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 8 - Episode 3
A show on the river does not go the way it was planned.
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#11 - Puddings from Heaven
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 5 - Episode 4
When the men discover a way to get food dropped illegally, they get into trouble. The food (puddings) were meant for some senior officers.
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#12 - Come to the Ball
You Rang, M'Lord? - Season 4 - Episode 3
Lord Meldrum decides to inspect the servants' quarters and Mabel has found a purse containing five pounds. Then the staff are invited to the luxurious ball where the employers have to wait upon their servants...
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#13 - Has Anyone Seen My Cobra?
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 2 - Episode 7
A snake-charmer's cobra goes missing and is found in the Sergeant Major's quarters.
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#14 - Class of 1945
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 7 - Episode 5
In an effort to free themselves from the Sergeant Major, the men suggest that he apply for a commission.
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#15 - The Great Broadcast
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 7 - Episode 4
The men get a chance to perform on Forces Radio.
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#16 - Dog in the Manger
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 7 - Episode 3
Captain Ashwood falls victim to unwanted attention from a female officer.
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#17 - Ticket to Blighty
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 4 - Episode 4
Bombardier Beaumont tries different ways to get sent home.
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#18 - The Superstar
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 5 - Episode 5
The Concert Party members are made to feel redundant when a talented new arrival steals the limelight.
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#19 - Lead Kindly Light
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 6 - Episode 5
To ensure the very existence of the Concert Party the artists have to impress the area commander.
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#20 - We Are Not Amused
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 4 - Episode 7
A pageant, written by Captain Ashwood, might offend the Indian assistant to the District Officer.
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#21 - Caught Short
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 6 - Episode 7
With money missing from the petty cash, it falls on Captain Ashwood to solve the crime.
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#22 - Holidays at Home
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 6 - Episode 6
Colonel Reynolds and Captain Ashwood are away, leaving the Sergeant Major to put the concert party on a torturous thirsty jungle-survival course, and he puts them on a charge when writing a complaining note. Later, Lofty dreams about the HMS Bounty in Amsterdam and Hague in Holland.
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#23 - The Pay-Off
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 5 - Episode 3
The men of the Royal Artillery Concert Party put on a show for Burmese bandits.
#24 - The Great Payroll Snatch
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 6 - Episode 3
When the men from the concert party are guarding the Army payroll, a local bandit leader tries to lure the Sergeant Major away from the camp.
#25 - Flight to Jawani
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 4 - Episode 6
Men from a remote RAF base get too excited when the concert party puts on a show.
#26 - The Guinea Pigs
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 7 - Episode 2
The Concert Party are roped into testing a new anti-malaria drug.
#27 - Front Line Entertainers
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 5 - Episode 1
When the men get sent up the jungle, they find that some Australian soldiers have not vacated their camp, as was ordered.
#28 - Gloria's Finest Hour
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 8 - Episode 1
A head injury changes Beaumont's personality, turning him into a fighting machine.
#29 - Mrs. Lipton's Nasty Turn
You Rang, M'Lord? - Season 3 - Episode 3
Having discovered Alf's deception and broken his Lordship's crockery in a fit of anger, Mrs. Lipton is left wondering if she still has a job. On a visit to the Sunshine Pantry, Ivy discovers the truth about Miss Potter's cherry cake...
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#30 - Monsoon Madness
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 4 - Episode 1
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.
#31 - The Truth Revealed
You Rang, M'Lord? - Season 4 - Episode 4
Sir Ralph sacks Selfridge, his butler, who in turn tells him of his wife's long-standing affair with George Meldrum. Sir Ralph sets out for revenge and the staff have to ensure that a mysterious ""accident"" doesn't befall their master...
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#32 - Bridge Over the River Hipong
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 5 - Episode 2
While they are still having trouble adapting to the jungle, the members of the concert party get the task of building a bridge.
#33 - Gretna Green or Bust
You Rang, M'Lord? - Season 3 - Episode 5
Miss Poppy and Dickie Metcalfe decide to marry and elope to Gretna Green, the rest of the household set off in hot persuit in an attempt to stop them...
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#34 - Well, There You Are Then...!
You Rang, M'Lord? - Season 4 - Episode 6
Things look bleak for the Meldrums with most of their money lost on the stock market crash and the effects of the Bangokhan beetle. Cissy and Lavender try to save the situation, but the servants have little choice but to look elsewhere for their futures...
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#35 - Stranger in the Night
You Rang, M'Lord? - Season 2 - Episode 6
James is embarrassed when his father arrives at the house on the run from the police. The servants decide to hide him until they can arrange for him to flee the country...
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#36 - A Fate Worse Than Death
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 4 - Episode 3
The members of the concert party try to find the kidnapped Mrs Waddilove-Evans.
#37 - The Inspector Calls
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 1 - Episode 8
The Sergeant Major wants the men from the Concert Party to do guard duty and drill. The Colonel points out that they all have different uniforms, so they wouldn't look right on guard. The Sergeant Major plans to get the gang to dress up in similar uniforms by persuading them to include a 'military' number in the show. Solly manages to get hold of some uniforms and begins to rehearse 'The Road To Mandalay'. The General pays a visit to inspect the camp. He complains about the fact that the men in the camp all seem to be wearing different uniforms. Then he sees the Sergeant Major drilling the Concert Party, all dressed in similar uniforms, and insists on inspecting them.
#38 - The Wounds of War
You Rang, M'Lord? - Season 2 - Episode 5
To protect his master, Alf tells Sir Ralph that Lord Meldrum was wounded in the Artillery. Ivy is over the moon when James agrees to take her to the pictures. Mrs. Lipton is convinced that Alf's divorce is being held up by his wife...
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#39 - Twenty-One Today
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 4 - Episode 8
Gunner Parkins turns twenty-one. Sergeant Major Williams wants to give him a present.
#40 - Love and Money
You Rang, M'Lord? - Season 1 - Episode 3
Lord Meldrum thinks that Lavender has gone too far and wants her declared mentally unstable, whilst Teddy is determined to pay Ivy a visit in her room no matter how dangerous the route. A party, thrown for Miss Cissy's birthday, brings a few surprises...
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#41 - Fall of the House of Meldrum
You Rang, M'Lord? - Season 4 - Episode 5
Meldrum is convinced that Sir Ralph has put a curse on him. In addition, the rubber plantation in Malaya has been ravaged by the Bangokhan beetle. The family face financial ruin!...
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#42 - The Eternal Quadrangle
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 5 - Episode 6
Gunner Parkins has fallen in love with a pretty Burmese girl from the local village – the same girl that Captain Ashwood and Sergeant Major Williams have been visiting. Then, Gunner Sugden has something to say...
#43 - The Night of Reckoning
You Rang, M'Lord? - Season 3 - Episode 6
Twelvetrees gets an offer to be butler for Sir Ralph and Lady Agatha. Mabel is on the verge of being evicted from her home. Meanwhile, Alf comes up with a drastic solution to Teddy's problem...
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#44 - Trouble at Mill
You Rang, M'Lord? - Season 2 - Episode 2
The Prime Minister is coming to dinner but Alf's thoughts are consumed by Lady Lavender. At the factory, Teddy's flirtations with the factory girls causes a mass walk out...
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#45 - Please Help the Orphans
You Rang, M'Lord? - Season 3 - Episode 1
Alf is being pestered by Mrs. Lipton to finalise his divorce so he gets an old friend to agree to pose as Mrs. Stokes. Meanwhile, he has a brainwave to make some money by fooling Mrs. Lipton into baking some cakes, which she thinks are destined for the local orphanage...
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#46 - The Dhobi Wallahs
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 6 - Episode 4
Trapped behind enemy lines, the members of the concert party have to disguise themselves as dhobi wallahs.
#47 - That's Entertainment?
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 7 - Episode 1
The Sergeant Major makes a decision guaranteed to cause uproar when he picks a Scottish audience to watch a special English performance.
#48 - Money Talks
You Rang, M'Lord? - Season 2 - Episode 3
Lady Lavender throws her money out of the window and into the street, naturally some of the money goes astray when Alf gets his hands on it...
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#49 - It's a Wise Child
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 1 - Episode 6
Attempts are made to find out whether or not BSM Williams really IS Parky's father.
#50 - Fair Shares
You Rang, M'Lord? - Season 1 - Episode 4
Lady Lavender has now promised her shares to Stokes, and he sees this as a chance to set himself up for life. Meanwhile, Ivy is in trouble for telling Sir Ralph about his wife's indiscretions with Lord Meldrum...
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