Talk:It Ain't Half Hot Mum

message: I am having trouble of editing on this page beacuse i am putting the flag of Burma on but i want the BRITISH one on you see. This is the flag i want on  but not this flag  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.69.213.88 (talk) 17:26, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flag of Burma 

message: The whole article fails to mention ENSA - the official wartime entertainment organisation. Whyever not? Totnesmartin (talk)
:Are you intentionally being a tit? This is a wikipedia artitle and you can edit it if you want to. Dainamo (talk) 21:09, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[ENSA]] 

message: You have Andy Ho's nationality down as 'Chinese', and have the Taiwanese flag next to it. Taiwan is the "Republic of China", and China is the "People's Republic of China". The nationality for people from the Republic of China is generally given as 'Taiwanese', and people from the People's Republic of China are Chinese. In any case, the Internet Movie Database says he was from Singapore, which again is another place entirely. If you were referring to the character's nationality, as you have said on this talk page, and not that of the actor, then, as the character was serving in the British Army I would still recommend Singapore, as the Republic of China was never in the British Empire, and the People's Republic of China did not exist until after WW2.  --KägeTorä - (影虎) (TALK) 20:49, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Hong Kong was part of the British Empire but there were many ethnic Chinese in Singapore and Malaya.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.145.115.114 (talk) 09:42, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Andy Ho's nationality 

message: Gunner Sugden's name seems to change whenever it's mentioned. The first time it's mentioned as "Harold Herbert Horace", the secont ime it's mentioned as "Willie" and the third mention is in a music track by Windsor Davies as "Stanley". Which one is correct? ggctuk (2005) (talk) 18:53, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Harold/Stanley/Willie Sugden 

message: I don't recall a "bunch of poofs", but just "poofs", and always mouthed. "Bunch of" is U.S. slang. The Welsh origins of the sergeant imply a dislike of the English, particularly the educated middle class Gunner Graham. I didn't realize we are cunning and  devious! Well perhaps Owen Ap Gryffyd was quite devious in the way he got his fat ugly daughter married off to an English prince.220.244.79.211 (talk) 09:15, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia 

message: Jimmy Perry says the series isn't aired any more because of the perceived racism prevalent at the time the series portrays.
https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/lack-of-repeats-for-it-aint-half-hot-mum-is-censorship-says-dads-army-creator-092822349.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.151.30.194 (talk) 16:58, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Racism" stops repeats on TV 

message: This currently consists entirely of uber recent, racist, 'SJW' whining about the casting of a native Hindi speaking, India born, actor of European heritage in an Indian role without any reference whatsoever to the extremely positive contemporary reaction to the show which established it as a fondly remembered cult classic.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.16.208.239 (talk) 15:18, 16 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it's funny that the only 'Indian' actor in the show who was actually born and grew up in India was in fact Michael Bates.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.150.11.160 (talk) 12:29, 10 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reception section 

message: "Though he often speaks of himself as British, he will show divided loyalty when his Indian aspect is under threat – when asked to burn the Indian flag by the Sergeant Major, he refused."
He's extremely nervous when ordered to burn the flag, because he has a number of Indians standing behind him.  When Battery Sergeant Major Williams askes where his loyalties lie, he replies it depends who asks him.  His divided loyalties at this moment are from self preservation, they are not part of his identity.81.101.246.55 (talk) 19:51, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing the point

message: "and once stayed on punishment in the canteen four hours after he was relieved as he was enjoying himself" - two hours, not four.81.101.246.55 (talk) 12:05, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: It Ain't Half Four Hours Mum

message: I looked into this in an old episode on youtube, I thought that they might have got this wrong, but Gunner Graham is actually right when he says that Parky cannot be the  BSM's son.  Maybe the scriptwriters consulted somebody who knew a bit about blood groups. PatGallacher (talk) 14:54, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: In the days before DNA testing, comparing blood groups was a fairly standard and widely recognised way of determining - or rather discounting - paternity. Nick Cooper (talk) 20:16, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Blood groups

message: The series is not repeated because it has dated badly, according to the BBC. The idea that it is not repeated because it's racist was just a theory by the late Jimmy Perry. (81.147.63.254 (talk) 15:51, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you have a source that says this? --Escape Orbit (Talk) 15:59, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: The BBC denied reports it isn't repeated due to the racist content. (81.147.63.254 (talk) 16:52, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, so you have said before.  Do you have a source that confirm this? Your word alone is not sufficient. --Escape Orbit (Talk) 17:12, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not repeated 

message: The sections on the representations of Indians etc should includes both the quotes which consider that criticizing the programme is just "political correctness" and quotes from people (Indians, for example) who think it is appropriate not to repeat such material because it is offensive.2A01:CB08:8BE:AA00:4831:741A:E522:7211 (talk) 06:22, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I moved your contribution to keep sections in chronological order. Yes, it is unfortunate all of the citations are to writers of European descent. Feel free to add citations to reliable sources by people from the sub-continent or its diaspora. Philip Cross (talk) 06:33, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Neutrality

message: "The Sergeant Major is the only professional soldier among the concert party and its officers."
According to my memory (albeit clear memory) this is untrue, although the dreaded script inconsistency may be the reason. In (what I suppose must have been) the final episode, covering the soldiers' demobilization, Col. Reynolds speaks (doesn't he?) to Gloria, saying "Of course you are not a professional soldier like the Sergeant-Major and myself, but you have proved that.. you are a man!" (this is a near paraphrase of what I heard). Harfarhs (talk) 17:12, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Character biographies: BSM Williams