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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.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 6 Episode 1 - The Stars Look Down
    6.6/10(34 votes)

    #1 - The Stars Look Down

    S6:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 4 Episode 7 - We Are Not Amused
    6.8/10(28 votes)

    #2 - We Are Not Amused

    S4:E7

    A pageant, written by Captain Ashwood, might offend the Indian assistant to the District Officer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 6 Episode 3 - The Big Payroll Snatch
    6.8/10(27 votes)

    #3 - The Big Payroll Snatch

    S6:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 6 Episode 2 - The Big League
    6.9/10(27 votes)

    #4 - The Big League

    S6:E2

    After a drunken incident, the men try to make up with the local population by organising a football match.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 8 Episode 5 - Never the Twain Shall Meet
    6.9/10(26 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 4 Episode 6 - Flight to Jawani
    7.0/10(31 votes)

    #6 - Flight to Jawani

    S4:E6

    Men from a remote RAF base get too excited when the concert party puts on a show.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 5 Episode 5 - The Superstar
    7.1/10(28 votes)

    #7 - The Superstar

    S5:E5

    The Concert Party members are made to feel redundant when a talented new arrival steals the limelight.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 1 Episode 4 - A Star is Born
    7.2/10(40 votes)

    #8 - 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".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 5 Episode 3 - The Pay-Off
    7.2/10(29 votes)

    #9 - The Pay-Off

    S5:E3

    The men of the Royal Artillery Concert Party put on a show for Burmese bandits.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 5 Episode 4 - Puddings From Heaven
    7.2/10(27 votes)

    #10 - Puddings From Heaven

    S5:E4

    When the men discover a way to get food dropped illegally, they get into trouble. The food (puddings) were meant for some senior officers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 6 Episode 4 - The Dhobi Wallahs
    7.2/10(28 votes)

    #11 - The Dhobi Wallahs

    S6:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 6 Episode 6 - Holidays at Home
    7.2/10(28 votes)

    #12 - Holidays at Home

    S6:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 3 Episode 4 - The Grand Illusion
    7.3/10(35 votes)

    #13 - The Grand Illusion

    S3:E4

    Sergeant Major Williams finds that bragging about his troops can get him into trouble.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 4 Episode 3 - A Fate Worse Than Death
    7.3/10(31 votes)

    #14 - A Fate Worse Than Death

    S4:E3

    The members of the concert party try to find the kidnapped Mrs Waddilove-Evans.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 5 Episode 1 - Front Line Entertainers
    7.3/10(31 votes)

    #15 - Front Line Entertainers

    S5:E1

    When the men get sent up the jungle, they find that some Australian soldiers have not vacated their camp, as was ordered.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 5 Episode 2 - Bridge Over the River Hipong
    7.3/10(29 votes)

    #16 - Bridge Over the River Hipong

    S5:E2

    While they are still having trouble adapting to the jungle, the members of the concert party get the task of building a bridge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 5 Episode 6 - The Eternal Quadrangle
    7.3/10(29 votes)

    #17 - The Eternal Quadrangle

    S5:E6

    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...

    Director:Unknown
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  18. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 2 Episode 5 - The Curse of the Sadhu
    7.4/10(38 votes)

    #18 - The Curse of the Sadhu

    S2:E5

    Sergeant Williams tempts the wrath of the gods by ejecting a revered holy man from the parade ground.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 3 Episode 1 - The Supremo Show
    7.4/10(33 votes)

    #19 - The Supremo Show

    S3:E1

    While the officers are out of the way in hospital, Williams takes the opportunity to post the concert party up the jungle but is forced to bring them back to stage a special performance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 7 Episode 1 - That's Entertainment?
    7.4/10(27 votes)

    #20 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 8 Episode 2 - Money Talks
    7.4/10(24 votes)

    #21 - Money Talks

    S8:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 8 Episode 4 - The Last Warrior
    7.4/10(23 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 1 Episode 2 - My Lovely Boy
    7.5/10(55 votes)

    #23 - 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.

    Director:David Croft
    Writers:David Croft, Jimmy Perry

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  24. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 1 Episode 3 - The Mutiny of the Punka Wallahs
    7.5/10(50 votes)

    #24 - 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

    Director:David Croft
    Writers:David Croft, Jimmy Perry

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  25. It Ain't Half Hot Mum Season 4 Episode 8 - Twenty-One Today
    7.5/10(27 votes)

    #25 - Twenty-One Today

    S4:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Stars Look Down" is the worst rated episode of "It Ain't Half Hot Mum". It scored 6.6/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/23/1978. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "We Are Not Amused".