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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...

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  1. Background image for The Last Roll Call
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - The Last Roll Call

    S8:E7

    The men reach England and prepare for demobilisation.

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    Director:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Lead, Kindly Light
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Lead, Kindly Light

    S6:E5

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

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    Director:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Dog in the Manger
    8.0/10(28 votes)

    #3 - Dog in the Manger

    S7:E3

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    8.0/10(28 votes)

    #4 - Star Commandos

    S7:E6

    The Concert Party travels to the front.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Gloria's Finest Hour

    S8:E1

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - The Last Warrior

    S8:E4

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Long Road Home
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The Long Road Home

    S8:E6

    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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    Director:Unknown
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  9. Background image for The Guinea Pigs
    7.8/10(26 votes)

    #8 - The Guinea Pigs

    S7:E2

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    7.7/10(27 votes)

    #9 - Class of 1945

    S7:E5

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

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    Director:Unknown
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  11. Background image for The Great Broadcast
    7.6/10(26 votes)

    #10 - The Great Broadcast

    S7:E4

    The men get a chance to perform on Forces Radio.

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  12. Background image for That's Entertainment?
    7.5/10(28 votes)

    #11 - That's Entertainment?

    S7:E1

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

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    Director:Unknown
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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Aquastars

    S8:E3

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

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    Director:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Never the Twain Shall Meet
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Never the Twain Shall Meet

    S8:E5

    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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    Director:Unknown
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    #14 - Meet the Gang

    S1:E1

    Gunner Solomons is trying to run a Concert Party rehearsal and he's finding it difficult without Gunner Graham, the pianist, who's been put on jankers by Sergeant Major Williams. The Sergeant Major is determined that Graham will spend his time painting stones white rather than playing the piano for a 'bunch of puffs'. Solly decides to appeal to a higher authority, so he sends the Bearer off to deliver a note to the Colonel. As a result, Graham is excused jankers and allowed to join the rest of the Concert Party in rehearsal. That evening, the Concert Party performance is interrupted when a large mob of locals stage an anti-British protest outside the camp gates. The Sergeant Major finds himself 'annointed' with the dung of a sacred animal - all over his best tunic.

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    #15 - My Lovely Boy

    S1:E2

    Rangi Ram notices that Gunner Parkins and the Sergeant Major both have a photograph of the same woman next to their beds. It's Parky's mother and the only woman the Sergeant Major ever loved. Rangi tells the Sergeant Major, who jumps to the conclusion that Parky is his son. Gunner Parkins is about to be posted 'up the jungle'. Williams tries to think of a way of preventing this from happening. He decides to arrange for Parky to become a member of the Concert Party, as a ventriloquist. News of the German surrender and the end of the war in Europe reaches the camp.

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    #16 - The Mutiny of the Punka Wallahs

    S1:E3

    It's decided that all of the Punkah Wallahs in the camp should be replaced with electric fans. When the Punkah Wallahs hear about this, they all go on strike. The local electricity workers walk out in sympathy, so the camp is suddenly without power. Then the workers at the telephone exchange go on strike. Gunner Solomons comes up with a plan to settle the dispute and reinstate the Punkah Wallahs

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    #17 - A Star is Born

    S1:E4

    Gunner Parkin is "removed" from the concert party. The Sergeant Major plots to have the rest of the gang sent "up the jungle".

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    Director:Unknown
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    #18 - The Jungle Patrol

    S1:E5

    Sergeant Major Williams talks the Colonel into letting him take the men from the Concert Party on a jungle survival course. The Sergeant Major thinks everyone is going without food and water, but Solly has arranged for Rangi Ram and the Char Wallah to follow behind with hot tea and food. While the Sergeant Major suffers from hunger and thirst, the men from the Concert Party keep sneaking off to eat and drink.

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    #19 - It's a Wise Child

    S1:E6

    Attempts are made to find out whether or not RSM Williams really IS Parky's father

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    #20 - The Road to Bannu

    S1:E7

    The Concert Party are on their way to put on a show for the troops at Bannu, on the Northwest Frontier. After a long, hot train journey, they set off by road on the last leg of the journey. The truck breaks down and the men are stranded. They find themselves surrounded by hostile tribesmen. Solly has to pose as Bing Crosby and put on a show for the tribesmen in order to pacify them. When Gloria appears as Dorothy Lamour, the leader of the tribesmen wants to buy 'her'.

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    #21 - The Inspector Calls

    S1:E8

    The Sergeant Major wants the men from the Concert Party to do guard duty and drill. The Colonel points out that they all have different uniforms, so they wouldn't look right on guard. The Sergeant Major plans to get the gang to dress up in similar uniforms by persuading them to include a 'military' number in the show. Solly manages to get hold of some uniforms and begins to rehearse 'The Road To Mandalay'. The General pays a visit to inspect the camp. He complains about the fact that the men in the camp all seem to be wearing different uniforms. Then he sees the Sergeant Major drilling the Concert Party, all dressed in similar uniforms, and insists on inspecting them.

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    #22 - Showing the Flag

    S2:E1

    The Sergeant Major tries to train the concert party to lower the flag at sunset.

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    #23 - Down in the Jungle

    S2:E2

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

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    #24 - The Natives are Revolting

    S2:E3

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

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    #25 - Cabaret Time

    S2:E4

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

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Last Roll Call" is the best rated episode of "It Ain't Half Hot Mum". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/3/1981. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Lead, Kindly Light".