It Ain't Half Hot Mum : 4 Episodes from Cassette

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IT AIN'T HALF HOT MUM by Jimmy Perry & David Croft Wartime comedy. India, 1945:  A British Army concert party is charged with entertaining Allied troops in the Pacific Theatre during World War 2. The dodge-the-column exploits of the Royal Artillery Concert Party, a motley troupe of thespians whose main objective is to stay as far away from the fighting as possible... Meet the gang in four classic episodes!  (Good quality audio recordings from my cassette collection.) Starring Windsor Davies , Melvyn Hayes , Don Estelle and Michael Bates . With Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles . In My Lovely Boy , when Sgt Major Williams realises the love of his life is Gunner Parkin's mother, he sets about recruiting the talentless Parkin for the Concert Party to keep him from being sent to the Front. In The Supremo Show , a VIP visit calls for a very special show. But when the star turn, Gloria, sprains his ankle, the Sergeant Major -- who hates everything to do with show business -- must take his place. In We Are Not Amused , Gloria plays Queen Victoria in a patriotic British pageant -- but the men don't realise they'll be playing to an Indian audience. In Money Talks , when it's discovered that Mr La-Di-Da Gunner Graham is due to receive an inheritance, the officers and the men all set about winning his favour. Meet The Gang (Opening Song) -    Meet the gang, 'cos the boys are here --    The boys to entertain you!    With music and laughter, to help you on your way,    To raising the rafters, with a hey! hey! hey!    With songs, and sketches, and jokes old and new --    With us about, you won't feel blue!    So meet the gang, 'cos the boys are here --    The boys to entertain you!    B-- O--  B-O-Y-S,    Boys to entertain you! Whispering Grass - In 1977, cast members Don Estelle ('Lofty') and Windsor Davies (Sgt-Major 'Shut-up') released a novelty record as a 45 rpm Single, a comic version of the evocative 1930s song Whispering Grass . Don Estelle was a professional singer, who possessed a beautiful singing voice. The record unexpectedly became a hit, and rapidly climbed the Pop charts in the UK. Don Estelle and Windsor Davies ended up performing the song as a comic sketch on the BBC's prestigious pop music show, Top of the Pops . Technical Note Some video recordings from the show are also available :    https://archive.org/search?query=hot+mum   Copyright Expired Recordings The 50 year period of broadcast copyright under the UK's Copyright Acts 1956 and 1988 has expired for all items included in this collection first broadcast over 50 years ago: · Copyright Act 1956, section 14(2):   https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1956/74/section/14/enacted · Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 14(2):   https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/14

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.