The WORST episodes of It Ain't Half Hot Mum

Every episode of It Ain't Half Hot Mum ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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: 8/14/2026Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
Caught Short
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#1 - Caught Short

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/27/1978

With money missing from the petty cash, it falls on Captain Ashwood to solve the crime.

Twenty-One Today
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#2 - Twenty-One Today

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/21/1976

Gunner Parkins turns twenty-one. Sergeant Major Williams wants to give him a present.

Directors: David Croft
Front Line Entertainers
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#3 - 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
Bridge Over the River Hipong
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#4 - 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
The Pay-Off
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#5 - 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
Puddings from Heaven
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#6 - 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
The Superstar
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#7 - 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
The Eternal Quadrangle
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#8 - The Eternal Quadrangle

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/29/1977

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...

Directors: David Croft
The Stars Look Down
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#9 - 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
The Big League
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#10 - 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.

Directors: Phil Bishop
The Great Payroll Snatch
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#11 - The Great Payroll Snatch

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/6/1978

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.

The Dhobi Wallahs
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#12 - The Dhobi Wallahs

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/13/1978

Trapped behind enemy lines, the members of the concert party have to disguise themselves as dhobi wallahs.

Holidays at Home
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#13 - 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.

Lead Kindly Light
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#14 - 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.

We Are Not Amused
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#15 - 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.

That's Entertainment?
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#16 - That's Entertainment?

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/17/1980

The Sergeant Major makes a decision guaranteed to cause uproar when he picks a Scottish audience to watch a special English performance.

The Guinea Pigs
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#17 - The Guinea Pigs

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

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

Dog in the Manger
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#18 - Dog in the Manger

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

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

The Great Broadcast
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#19 - The Great Broadcast

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

The men get a chance to perform on Forces Radio.

Class of 1945
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#20 - 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.

Star Commandos
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#21 - Star Commandos

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

The Concert Party travels to the front.

Gloria's Finest Hour
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#22 - 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.

Money Talks
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#23 - Money Talks

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/30/1981

When Gunner Graham stands to inherit some money, everybody wants to give him financial advice.

Aquastars
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#24 - Aquastars

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

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

The Last Warrior
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#25 - 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?