The BEST episodes of It Ain't Half Hot Mum

Every episode of It Ain't Half Hot Mum ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of It Ain't Half Hot Mum!

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.

Last Updated: 12/3/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
The Night of the Thugs
star
8.83
12 votes

#1 - The Night of the Thugs

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/20/1975

The concert party take refuge from a rainstorm in a ruined temple and fall victim to a fanatical native sect.

Directors: David Croft
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The Last Roll Call
star
8.78
9 votes

#2 - The Last Roll Call

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/3/1981

The men reach England and prepare for demobilisation.

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Forbidden Fruits
star
8.77
13 votes

#3 - Forbidden Fruits

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/6/1975

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.

Directors: David Croft
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Cabaret Time
star
8.75
12 votes

#4 - Cabaret Time

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/23/1975

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

Directors: David Croft
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Never the Twain Shall Meet
star
8.75
8 votes

#5 - Never the Twain Shall Meet

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/20/1981

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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The Curse of the Sadhu
star
8.73
15 votes

#6 - The Curse of the Sadhu

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/30/1975

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

Directors: David Croft
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Down in the Jungle
star
8.71
14 votes

#7 - Down in the Jungle

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/1975

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

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The Last Warrior
star
8.67
9 votes

#8 - The Last Warrior

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/13/1981

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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The Long Road Home
star
8.67
9 votes

#9 - The Long Road Home

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/27/1981

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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Star Commandos
star
8.63
8 votes

#10 - Star Commandos

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/21/1980

The Concert Party travels to the front.

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Aquastars
star
8.63
8 votes

#11 - Aquastars

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/6/1981

A show on the river does not go the way it was planned.

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Has Anyone Seen My Cobra?
star
8.60
10 votes

#12 - Has Anyone Seen My Cobra?

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/13/1975

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

Directors: David Croft
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Mind My Maharajah
star
8.58
12 votes

#13 - Mind My Maharajah

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/1976

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

Directors: Graeme Muir
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Puddings from Heaven
star
8.57
7 votes

#14 - Puddings from Heaven

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/15/1977

When the men discover a way to get food dropped illegally, they get into trouble. The food (puddings) were meant for some senior officers.

Directors: David Croft, Ray Butt
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Ticket to Blighty
star
8.50
10 votes

#15 - Ticket to Blighty

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/23/1976

Bombardier Beaumont tries different ways to get sent home.

Directors: David Croft
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Class of 1945
star
8.50
6 votes

#16 - Class of 1945

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/14/1980

In an effort to free themselves from the Sergeant Major, the men suggest that he apply for a commission.

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The Great Broadcast
star
8.50
8 votes

#17 - The Great Broadcast

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/7/1980

The men get a chance to perform on Forces Radio.

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Dog in the Manger
star
8.50
8 votes

#18 - Dog in the Manger

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/31/1980

Captain Ashwood falls victim to unwanted attention from a female officer.

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Lead Kindly Light
star
8.50
8 votes

#19 - Lead Kindly Light

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/20/1978

To ensure the very existence of the Concert Party the artists have to impress the area commander.

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The Stars Look Down
star
8.50
10 votes

#20 - The Stars Look Down

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/23/1978

The men from the Concert Party get to act in an American war movie, but can they stomach the American view of the war?

Directors: Phil Bishop
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Bridge Over the River Hipong
star
8.50
8 votes

#21 - Bridge Over the River Hipong

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/1/1977

While they are still having trouble adapting to the jungle, the members of the concert party get the task of building a bridge.

Directors: David Croft, Ray Butt
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Front Line Entertainers
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8.50
10 votes

#22 - Front Line Entertainers

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/25/1977

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

Directors: David Croft
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Bang Goes the Maharajah
star
8.50
12 votes

#23 - Bang Goes the Maharajah

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/16/1976

The concert party try to stop the attempts on the life of the Maharajah of Bharatpur.

Directors: Graeme Muir
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We Are Not Amused
star
8.44
9 votes

#24 - We Are Not Amused

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/14/1976

A pageant, written by Captain Ashwood, might offend the Indian assistant to the District Officer.

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Holidays at Home
star
8.44
9 votes

#25 - Holidays at Home

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/1978

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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