It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974)

01x02 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.

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Michael Bates Michael Bates As: Rangi Ram
Melvyn Hayes Melvyn Hayes As: Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont
Windsor Davies Windsor Davies As: Battery Sergeant-Major 'Shut Up' Williams
Dino Shafeek Dino Shafeek As: Char Wallah Muhammed
Donald Hewlett Donald Hewlett As: Colonel Charles Reynolds
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Storyline

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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Aired: 10 January, 1974 at 12:00 am

Language: English

Country: United Kingdom

Runtime: 30m

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Cast

Michael Bates

Michael Bates

Rangi Ram

Melvyn Hayes

Melvyn Hayes

Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont

Windsor Davies

Windsor Davies

Battery Sergeant-Major 'Shut Up' Williams

Dino Shafeek

Dino Shafeek

Char Wallah Muhammed

Donald Hewlett

Donald Hewlett

Colonel Charles Reynolds

George Layton

George Layton

Bombardier 'Solly' Solomons

Don Estelle

Don Estelle

Gunner 'Lofty' Sugden

Christopher Mitchell

Christopher Mitchell

Gunner 'Parky' Parkin

Kenneth MacDonald

Kenneth MacDonald

Gunner 'Nobby' Clark

Michael Knowles

Michael Knowles

Captain Jonathan Ashwood

John Clegg

John Clegg

Gunner 'Padoruski' Graham

Mike Kinsey

Mike Kinsey

Gunner 'Nosher' Evans

Stuart McGugan

Stuart McGugan

Gunner 'Atlas' Mackintosh

Don Estelle

Don Estelle

Gunner 'Lofty' Sugden

George Layton

George Layton

Bombardier 'Solly' Solomons

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