The BEST episodes of It Ain't Half Hot Mum

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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: 3/26/2023Network:BBC One
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Class of 1945
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9.50
2 votes

#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.

Puddings from Heaven
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9.25
4 votes

#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.

Directors: David Croft, Ray Butt
Cabaret Time
star
9.00
7 votes

#3 - 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
The Curse of the Sadhu
star
9.00
10 votes

#4 - 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
Forbidden Fruits
star
9.00
8 votes

#5 - 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
The Night of the Thugs
star
9.00
7 votes

#6 - 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
Mind My Maharajah
star
9.00
8 votes

#7 - 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
Lead Kindly Light
star
9.00
3 votes

#8 - 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.

Star Commandos
star
9.00
3 votes

#9 - Star Commandos

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

The Concert Party travels to the front.

Down in the Jungle
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8.89
9 votes

#10 - 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.

Has Anyone Seen My Cobra?
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8.83
6 votes

#11 - 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
The Long Road Home
star
8.80
5 votes

#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.

The Pay-Off
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8.80
5 votes

#13 - 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.

Directors: David Croft, Ray Butt
The Last Roll Call
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8.75
4 votes

#14 - The Last Roll Call

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

The men reach England and prepare for demobilisation.

The Superstar
star
8.67
3 votes

#15 - 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.

Directors: David Croft, Ray Butt
Never the Twain Shall Meet
star
8.67
3 votes

#16 - 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.

Ticket to Blighty
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8.60
5 votes

#17 - Ticket to Blighty

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

Bombardier Beaumont tries different ways to get sent home.

Directors: David Croft
The Natives Are Revolting
star
8.57
7 votes

#18 - The Natives Are Revolting

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/16/1975

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

Showing the Flag
star
8.56
9 votes

#19 - 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.

The Great Broadcast
star
8.50
4 votes

#20 - The Great Broadcast

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

The men get a chance to perform on Forces Radio.

The Last Warrior
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8.50
4 votes

#21 - 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?

Aquastars
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8.50
4 votes

#22 - Aquastars

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

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

Gloria's Finest Hour
star
8.50
4 votes

#23 - Gloria's Finest Hour

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/23/1981

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

Dog in the Manger
star
8.50
4 votes

#24 - Dog in the Manger

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

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

The Guinea Pigs
star
8.50
4 votes

#25 - The Guinea Pigs

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/24/1980

The Concert Party are roped into testing a new anti-malaria drug.

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