It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Complete Collection [DVD] [1974],packaging slightly different

Brilliant British comedy at its best.

great series

Great to get all episodes in one place. The old comedies are certainly the best if you need a proper old fashioned laugh and nowadays these sorts of programmes can't be made (

Bought this after xmas 2012, as my two boys had seen a clip on tv and loved it, laughing like drains. I need not have worried- they got the jokes and the whole poking fun at various types (officers ,indians, educated people)... it is a real crime that this is never repeated on tv anymore, thanks to the political correctness brigade, and that generations are missing out on a real classic of a comedy. As a 8 yr old child, my aunt in Bridgend lived upstairs in a block of flats from Windsor Davies' mum and I met him on several occasions with him greeting me as "shoulders back lovely boy"- brilliant and making me star struck!! The boxset itself is sturdy with 8 disc supplied with 1 series per disc. Series 4 appears a little short on episodes- I assume this is down to the BBC's policy in the early 70's of overwriting tapes to save space (series 4 has only 4 episodes). The quality is excellent, considering the show's age. Sticking in the first disc transported me back to my childhood and sunday evening (when it was shown, I think?).... Is it worth buying/funny - Oh yes!- ok it uses language and phrases that aren't used today, but LAUGH AT IT and take it for what it is- a classic timeless 70s comedy that will make your sides ache from laughing!!

They don’t make comedy like these anymore! Great price n quality of dvds too!

Classic gold comedy.

Oh what heavenly blessings from heaven this is - the adventures of Royal Artillery Concert party in the (yeuch - spit) jungles of India and Burma. What top hole fellows they are, battling against the heat, the flies, those Japanese and even dear old Sergeant Major Shut Up. If you want to see us Englishmen dressing up as women and officers pretending to be clever dickie, then this is the show for you. Our leading Gunner, Beaumont Gloria, makes a fine woman, it brings tears to the eye when the English dress up as she-maidens from harem. So pretty, she could be married to my sister-in-law, half removed triple cousin. Then we have little Lofty, a small man with a voice like big water buffalo when seeking female buffalo to mate with - "oh o ho ho". Other members of fine concert party include Gunner Graham, he with university education at towns of Oxford and Cambridge - where all the English lah dee dahs go to become jolly good fellows. Gunner Parkins, a man blessed with looks of proud lion, is the jewel in our crown, a man produced from the loins of Sergeant Major Shut Up - or so it says in tea leafs of stinking char urn. What a fine pair of shoulders he has, so rounded, so manly - how the Japanese can ever defeat such people I do not know. These courageous men are not donkeys led by lions, oh no no no, they are led by two brave men, Captain Ashwood - he with lovely English accent, a chip off the old blocky of Blighty wood and the joyful Colonel Reynolds - a man who loves women, his pipe and passing the buckeroo. Oh dear me, I have forgotten one missing ingredient in this show, the man who reminds us to do parade ground drill and puts the bull into us. I am talking about our Sergeant Major - a man who should be politician - as he likes sound of own voice very much. Whenever we are late getting up, or taking too long washing painted grease from face he reminds us to "get on parade" or to "move yourselves move yourselves" in way only enraged wild boar does in jungle, when cheetah has taken his dinner. There is old Hindu proverb, it says "if you have spare English pounds, you must buy this DVD - money will not be wasted...although you may wear out your laughing insides."

Originally running for 8 series between 1974 and 1981, 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum' was the second of Jimmy Perry and David Croft's wartime sitcoms. Set in India and Burma during the last few months of WW2, the show follows the madcap adventures of the Royal Artillery concert party and introduced memorable characters such as Sergeant Major "Shut Up!" Williams, Bombardier 'Gloria' Beaumont and Rangi Ram. While not PC by today's standards, the show is still VERY funny and occasionally manages to be touching and sad too. The last two episodes in particular have some pretty emotional scenes. This set contains every episode ever made, including the two 'lost' episodes from series 1 ('A Star Is Born' and 'It's A Wise Child'). These were inexplicably wiped by the BBC after transmission, before being recovered in 1988 from the home video recordings of an Australian man, making this a truly 'complete' collection. The sound and picture quality of most episodes tends to fluctuate, but is still decent, given the age of the source material. Sadly, the aforementioned 'lost' episodes fall well below broadcast standard both visually and sonically, though they are still watchable. 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum' remains a very enjoyable series from a bygone era and is highly recommended to more broad minded fans of classic British comedy.

Gillar serien. Kul 70-tals serie

Product in very good condition . Classic and timeless humour from an era when people could laugh at themselves without being permanently offended as in today's sad World. Purchased so as not to forget the happy days of British humour.

One of the best bbc series ever broadcast. It was good to see all of them again

Absolute comedy des englischen Humors. Liebe diese Serie

First found out about this 1970's British series on youtube in various videos of varying quality. Unfortunately, it probably will not be back on the air due to some controversy about Caucasians playing Indian natives in dark makeup. Putting that aside, it is an offbeat show that tells of an entertainment troupe of the British Army stationed in India during WWII. The characters are very funny, situations are really crazy, but the star of the show is Windsor Davis who plays a very loud, abrasive, demeaning, and funny, Sargent Major. While the show lasted 8 seasons, there's only 56 episodes as it returned sporadically. Each episode lasts around 30 minutes, so this set is a little pricey for the watch time you get. But if like 1070's British humor, it's well worth it! Only available in PAL video format which is not compatible with many USA players which use NTSC format, so you'll need a regional free player to watch it