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Yet another vintage BBC sitcom from before the days of political correctness. '''''It Ain't Half Hot, Mum''''' was written by the creators of ''[[Dad's Army|Dads Army]]'' and featured many of the same tropes and stock characters. The show, which broadcast between 1974 and 1981, was about the adventures of a Royal Artillery Concert Party stationed in India (later Burma) during World War II.
 
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Common plot devices included conflict with the Indian locals, Sergeant Major's belief that Gunner Parkin might be his son, and his attempts to have the Concert Party "posted up the jungle". Eventually he was successful, and from the fifth series onwards the action relocated to Burma. The Concert Party would usually perform a musical number [[Once an Episode]].
 
 
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