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 - 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.
#2 - The Last Roll Call
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/3/1981
The men reach England and prepare for demobilisation.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#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.
#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?
#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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - Star Commandos
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/21/1980
The Concert Party travels to the front.
#12 - Aquastars
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/6/1981
A show on the river does not go the way it was planned.
#13 - 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.
#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.
#15 - 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.
#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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - Dog in the Manger
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/31/1980
Captain Ashwood falls victim to unwanted attention from a female officer.
#19 - The Great Broadcast
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/7/1980
The men get a chance to perform on Forces Radio.
#20 - Ticket to Blighty
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/23/1976
Bombardier Beaumont tries different ways to get sent home.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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?
#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.
#24 - Don't Take the Micky
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/6/1976
Sergeant Major Williams tries to break up the concert party by promoting Gunner Graham.
#25 - 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.