S01E01 Meet the Gang
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...
It Ain't Half Hot Mum
S01E02: My Lovely Boy
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.
Overview
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.
Episodes
S01E02 My Lovely Boy
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...
S01E03 The Mutiny of the Punka Wallahs
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...
S01E04 A Star is Born
Gunner Parkin is "removed" from the concert party. The Sergeant Major plots to have the rest of the gang sent "up the jungle".
S01E05 The Jungle Patrol
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...
S01E06 It's a Wise Child
Attempts are made to find out whether or not RSM Williams really IS Parky's father
S01E07 The Road to Bannu
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...
S01E08 The Inspector Calls
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...
Cast
Windsor Davies
Battery Sergeant-Major 'Shut Up' Williams
Melvyn Hayes
Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont
Don Estelle
Gunner 'Lofty' Sugden
Donald Hewlett
Colonel Charles Reynolds
Michael Knowles
Captain Jonathan Ashwood
John Clegg
Gunner 'Padoruski' Graham
Dino Shafeek
Char Wallah Muhammed
Mike Kinsey
Gunner 'Nosher' Evans
Kenneth MacDonald
Gunner 'Nobby' Clark
Stuart McGugan
Gunner 'Atlas' Mackintosh
Michael Bates
Rangi Ram
Christopher Mitchell
Gunner 'Parky' Parkin
