8 Season
56 Episode
It Ain't Half Hot Mum - Season 1 Episode 7 The Road to Bannu
The Concert Party are on their way to put on a show for the troops at Bannu, on the Northwest Frontier. After a long, hot train journey, they set off by road on the last leg of the journey. The truck breaks down and the men are stranded. They find themselves surrounded by hostile tribesmen. Solly has to pose as Bing Crosby and put on a show for the tribesmen in order to pacify them. When Gloria appears as Dorothy Lamour, the leader of the tribesmen wants to buy 'her'.
- Year : 1981
- Country : United Kingdom
- Genre : Comedy, War & Politics
- Studio : BBC One
- Keyword : asia, entertainer, world war ii, army, india, military, sitcom, 1940s, period sitcom, indian
- Director : Jimmy Perry, David Croft
- Cast : Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle, Donald Hewlett, Michael Knowles, John Clegg