Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play All the episodes from series one to eight of Jimmy Perry & David Croft&s It Ain&t Half Hot Mum first broadcast in 1974 The series follows the exploits of a Royal Artillery Concert Party during the Second World War Created by David Croft & Jimmy Perry it seemed a natural follow-up to their smash hit Dad&s Army Another ensemble piece it drew on both writers& wartime experience in India & set the action in Deolali a British army camp 100 miles north-east of Bombay where everyone&s gone &a bit doolally& The concert party is a rag-tag collection of soldiers who&d rather sing dance & drag up to entertain the troops than be sent forward to the front line Characters include effeminate drag artist Gunner & Gloria& Beaumont (Melvyn Hayes); the diminutive Gunner & Lofty& Willie Sugden (Don Estelle) who possesses a hauntingly beautiful singing voice & ineffectual Colonel Reynolds (Donald Hewlett) However the show&s st&-out personality is the bombastic eye-rolling Battery Sergeant Major Williams (Windsdor Davies) Actors Melvyn Hayes Christopher Mitchell Windsor Davies Donald Hewlett Michael Bates Don Estelle Babar Bhatti George Layton Dino Shafeek Mike Kinsey Nik Zaran & Dino Shafeek Director David Croft John Kilby Phil Bishop Graeme Muir Bob Spiers & Ray Butt Certificate 12 years & over Year 1974
- 1981 Languages English Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players