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.
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - The Superstar
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/22/1977
The Concert Party members are made to feel redundant when a talented new arrival steals the limelight.
#10 - Star Commandos
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/21/1980
The Concert Party travels to the front.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - The Last Roll Call
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/3/1981
The men reach England and prepare for demobilisation.
#17 - 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 S.S. Mersury 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?
#18 - The Pay-Off
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/8/1977
The men of the Royal Artillery Concert Party put on a show for Burmese bandits.
#19 - 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.
#20 - The Big League
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/30/1978
After a drunken incident, the men try to make up with the local population by organising a football match.
#21 - Dog in the Manger
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/31/1980
Captain Ashwood falls victim to unwanted attention from a female officer.
#22 - The Great Broadcast
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/7/1980
The men get a chance to perform on Forces Radio.
#23 - Aquastars
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/6/1981
A show on the river does not go the way it was planned.
#24 - Showing the Flag
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/1975
The Sergeant Major tries to train the concert party to lower the flag at sunset.
#25 - Ticket to Blighty
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/23/1976
Bombardier Beaumont tries different ways to get sent home.