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1. Hokusai: An Animated Sketchbook (1978)
6 min | Animation, Short
Director: Tony White | Stars: Michael Bates, Erik Chitty
Votes: 21
2. Gulliver's Travels (1977)
G | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Lemuel Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally minuscule rival Blefuscu.
Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: Richard Harris, Catherine Schell, Norman Shelley, Meredith Edwards
Votes: 653
3.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Bridge Over the River Hipong
(1977)
29 min | Comedy, War
Gloria is court-martialled for hitting the sergeant-major, his punishment being he can never play Ginger Rogers again. Then Parkin takes a Morse code message. The men are to supply a bridge... See full summary »
Director: Ray Butt | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 27
4.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Front Line Entertainers
(1977)
30 min | Comedy, War
The company arrives at the village of Tin Min, on the Burmese border, where they find a group of Australian soldiers. One of their number, Okker, has gone missing and they refuse to budge ... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 29
5.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Puddings from Heaven
(1977)
29 min | Comedy, War
A load of Christmas puddings are dropped by air into the camp, each with the name of a high-ranking officer on them. Captain Bishop arrives and requests that the puddings be given to him ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Butt | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 25
6.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
The Eternal Quadrangle
(1977)
30 min | Comedy, War
Parkin has been seeing Thin Yu, a local village girl. So have Ashwood, who is married, and Williams. The head man of Thin Yu's village is unhappy with her and wants her to identify her ... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 27
7.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
The Pay Off
(1977)
29 min | Comedy, War
To keep them quiet and stop them attacking, the company delivers a bribe to the local bandits, who turn out to be their most appreciative audience ever. However Williams believes the men ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Butt | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 27
8.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
The Superstar
(1977)
28 min | Comedy, War
Unassuming aircraftsman Ormanroyd joins the concert party. He is a superb singer, a talented multi-instrumentalist and a more than competent ventriloquist. It is decided that he will ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Butt | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 26
9. The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)
R | 94 min | Comedy
Tom Jones, a maid's son adopted by the nobleman she worked for, now all grown up must run away from home when he is set up by his jealous cousin. He has several adventures and women on his way to town where his possible salvation awaits.
Director: Cliff Owen | Stars: Nicky Henson, Trevor Howard, Terry-Thomas, Arthur Lowe
Votes: 174
10.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
A Fate Worse Than Death
(1976)
29 min | Comedy, War
The sack contains a melon and a note to say that Daphne will be returned if the Pathan can have their pornographic books back, plus the company's rifles. A plan is formed to send Lofty out ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 28
11.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Bang Goes the Maharajah
(1976)
29 min | Comedy, War
The false alarms continue. An apparent gun is made of chocolate. Then the men are aware of the dynamite in a pit underneath the maharajah's bedroom and Lofty is sent down to get rid of it. ... See full summary »
Director: Graeme Muir | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 33
12.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Don't Take the Micky
(1976)
29 min | Comedy, War
Learning that soldiers with a university degree could get instant promotion to sergeant, Williams sees another means of breaking up the concert party. Gunner Graham has a degree and, if he ... See full summary »
Director: Graeme Muir | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 30
13.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Flight to Jawani
(1976)
29 min | Comedy, War
The concert party is engaged to perform at a remote air base in Jawani, whose men have not seen a woman in years and are feeling sex-starved. Seeing a picture of Gloria in drag, they assume... See full summary »
Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 29
14.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Kidnapped in the Khyber
(1976)
29 min | Comedy, War
The whole party heads to the North-West Frontier of India, near the Khyber Pass. Reynolds' affair with Daphne is revealed and she goes with them. They come across Pathan tribesmen who ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 28
15.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Lofty's Little Friend
(1976)
29 min | Comedy, War
Sent into the jungle to collect a rare plant for Ashwood, Lofty is followed home by an elephant, which eats Ashwood's plant and all the other plants at the base. Its appetite is voracious ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 29
16.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Mind My Maharajah
(1976)
29 min | Comedy, War
As it is rumored that one of the sons of the Maharajah of Bharatpah is planning to murder his father, the concert party are sent to the Maharajah's palace to protect him. It is decided that... See full summary »
Director: Graeme Muir | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 31
17.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Pale Hands I Love
(1976)
29 min | Comedy, War
Williams is still much smitten by Daphne Waddilove-Evans' maid Ling Soo, but her father does not approve. Williams is subject to death threats by the Tong, a sinister band of Chinese ... See full summary »
Director: Graeme Muir | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 32
18.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
The Grand Illusion
(1976)
29 min | Comedy, War
Whilst in Bombay, Williams meets Sharp, another company sergeant-major and brags to him that his men are tough crack shots. Unfortunately for Williams Sharp decides to visit the camp to ... See full summary »
Director: Graeme Muir | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 33
19.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
The Supremo Show
(1976)
27 min | Comedy, War
Solly has left the company and returned to Blighty. Both the Colonel and the Captain are in hospital so Williams is in charge and, mean-spirited as ever, wants to send the boys 'up jungle'.... See full summary »
Director: Graeme Muir | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 32
20.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Ticket to Blighty
(1976)
30 min | Comedy, War
Fed up with the sergeant major's hectoring, the lads decide that one of them should be part of a plan to get sent home. They draw cards and Gloria wins by drawing the highest card, aptly a ... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 28
21.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Twenty-One Today
(1976)
30 min | Comedy, War
It's Parkin's twenty-first birthday and Williams aims to give him his Samurai sword, which the lad has admired. However, as he is about to present it to him, he sees that the other men have... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 24
22.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
We Are Not Amused
(1976)
29 min | Comedy, War
A new, highly jingoistic, district commissioner is arriving and Ashwood has written a pageant to entertain him, extolling the virtues of the British in India. Everybody else concedes that ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 26
23.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Monsoon Madness
(1976)
29 min | Comedy, War
It's the monsoon season and the men must take their salt tablets to stave off 'monsoon madness'. Lofty is accidentally left in a ditch and exposed to the elements. He catches the monsoon ... See full summary »
Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle
Votes: 28
24. Comedy Premiere (1975– )
30 min | Comedy
A series of six sitcom pilots.
Stars: Frank Coda, Bernard Lee, Michael Bates, George Layton
25. Lulu (1975)
45 min | Music
Stars: Lulu, The Nigel Lythgoe Dancers, Alyn Ainsworth, Bernie Clifton
26. The Virtuoso (1975 TV Movie)
Drama
Two attractive girls are kept virtual prisoners by their uncle, who is determined to protect their virtue. A pair of young dandies turn up, each determined to marry one of the girls. But each of the heiresses fancies the other man.
Director: Peter Duguid | Stars: Alan Webb, Richard Pearson, Michael Bates, Mollie Sugden
27.
Comedy Premiere (1975– )
Episode:
Honey
(1975)
30 min | Comedy
"Come and stay with us when you're round our way", they said. But then Honey took it literally . . .
Directors: John Scholz-Conway, Mike Newell | Stars: Michael Bates, Kathleen Byron, Sandra Dickinson, Bernard Holley
28.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Cabaret Time
(1975)
29 min | Comedy, War
Williams hatches a mean plan to get the men into trouble by arranging a gig with free food for them at the Kama Sutra Club, a disreputable local establishment which is out of bounds to the ... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, George Layton, Melvyn Hayes
Votes: 35
29.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Down in the Jungle
(1975)
29 min | Comedy, War
The plane carrying the concert party crash lands in the jungle. The pilot is knocked unconscious but nobody is hurt. However the radio is damaged and the group have no idea where they are -... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, George Layton, Melvyn Hayes
Votes: 40
30.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Forbidden Fruits
(1975)
29 min | Comedy, War
Colonel Reynolds is conducting an affair with the wife of a colleague, Daphne Waddilove-Evans, whose Chinese maid Ling Su is acting as a go-between for their correspondence. When Williams ... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, George Layton, Melvyn Hayes
Votes: 38
31.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Has Anyone Seen My Cobra?
(1975)
30 min | Comedy, War
Whilst Williams is getting his smart new uniform Solly is auditioning snake charmers,one of whose cobras escapes and ends up under Williams's bed. Williams is urged to keep playing the ... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, George Layton, Melvyn Hayes
Votes: 37
32.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Showing the Flag
(1975)
29 min | Comedy, War
Williams is irritated by the men's inability to correctly perform an evening ceremony whereby the flag is run down the mast and is delighted when an entertainments officer arrives from ... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, George Layton, Melvyn Hayes
Votes: 37
33.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
The Curse of the Sadhu
(1975)
29 min | Comedy, War
Williams evicts the Sadhu, a holy man, from the parade ground and bangs in the nails on his bed of nails with a hammer. The Sadhu puts a curse on him, saying he will not sleep without pain ... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, George Layton, Melvyn Hayes
Votes: 36
34.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
The Natives Are Revolting
(1975)
30 min | Comedy, War
Not only has somebody written 'British Pigs Go Home' in stones but they have replaced the Union Jack with the flag of India and Williams is irate. He climbs onto the roof and pulls down the... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, George Layton, Melvyn Hayes
Votes: 34
35.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
The Night of the Thugs
(1975)
30 min | Comedy, War
Sheltering from monsoon rain in a temple once used by the Thugs, a murderous religious sect from the previous century, the group discover a statue of Devi, the sect's goddess, with rubies ... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, George Layton, Melvyn Hayes
Votes: 43
36.
Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode:
A Quiet Drink
(1975)
TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy
The trio tries to persuade a tight fisted man to buy a round of drinks. For that they elaborate a very peculiar plan.
Director: Bernard Thompson | Stars: Michael Bates, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Larry Noble
Votes: 72
37.
This Is Your Life (1955–2003)
Episode:
Michael Bates
(1975)
Documentary, Biography
Stars: Eamonn Andrews, Michael Bates, Windsor Davies, Don Estelle
38.
Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode:
Ballad for Wind Instruments and Canoe
(1975)
TV-PG | 29 min | Comedy
The Trio meet a man on the river who has lost his canoe. They find it, port it for the gent and then have to retrieve it from the river when they decide to take an unauthorized trip of ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Thompson | Stars: Michael Bates, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, John Comer
Votes: 70
39.
Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode:
Forked Lightning
(1975)
TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy
Clegg is having difficulties with his bicycle and even more so trying to get it fixed. Finally Sid takes a look and we are treated to a "Summer Wine" version of "Butch Cassidy & The Sunshine Kid"
Director: Bernard Thompson | Stars: Michael Bates, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, John Comer
Votes: 84
40.
Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode:
Northern Flying Circus
(1975)
TV-14 | 27 min | Comedy
Compo takes up motorcycling much to the surprise of Blamire and Clegg.
Director: Bernard Thompson | Stars: Michael Bates, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, John Comer
Votes: 66
41.
Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode:
Some Enchanted Evening
(1975)
TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy
Compo is in open pursuit of Nora and Wally seizes his chance to try a run for freedom, Compo sees a chance to. "comfort" Nora - too bad Nora wants nothing to do with their plans.
Director: Bernard Thompson | Stars: Michael Bates, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, John Comer
Votes: 68
42.
Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode:
The Changing Face of Rural Blamire
(1975)
TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy
Thinking they have too much free time on their hands, the trio decides to find an occupation. They come across a dodgy, bankrupted dealer who persuades them to sell his new product, with disastrous results, particularly for Blamire.
Director: Bernard Thompson | Stars: Michael Bates, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, John Comer
Votes: 73
43.
Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Episode:
Who's That Dancing with Nora Batty Then?
(1975)
TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy
Two new librarians arrive and are bent on keeping the morality of the library. Elsewhere, Compo's neighbor Gloria is moving to Australia, and Compo sees an opportunity to get his arms around Nora without risking getting hit.
Director: Bernard Thompson | Stars: Michael Bates, Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, John Comer
Votes: 71
44.
Lulu (1975)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1975)
Music
Stars: Lulu, Alyn Ainsworth, Michael Bates, Bernie Clifton
45.
Call My Bluff (1965–1988)
Episode:
Episode #9.19
(1975)
Family, Game-Show
Director: Michael Goodwin | Stars: Robert Robinson, Patrick Campbell, Frank Muir, Michael Bates
46.
Call My Bluff (1965–1988)
Episode:
Episode #9.20
(1975)
Family, Game-Show
Director: Michael Goodwin | Stars: Robert Robinson, Patrick Campbell, Frank Muir, Michael Bates
47. It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
30 min | Comedy, War
The comic adventures of a group of misfits who form an extremely bad concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining the troops during World War II.
Stars: Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Donald Hewlett, Don Estelle
Votes: 1,791
48. Fall of Eagles (1974)
50 min | Drama, History, War
The collapse of three great European dynasties: the Romanovs, the Habsburgs, and the Hohenzollerns.
Stars: Michael Hordern, Charles Kay, Barry Foster, Gayle Hunnicutt
Votes: 667
49.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
It's a Wise Child
(1974)
25 min | Comedy, War
Parkin goes from one disaster to another. Asked to clear a mess from the yard he has the officer's mess demolished. However Williams still thinks he is his son and constantly defends him. ... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Michael Bates, George Layton, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes
Votes: 36
50.
It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981)
Episode:
Meet the Gang
(1974)
30 min | Comedy, War
In Camp Deolali, at the close of World War Two, a British army concert party is rehearsing 'Top Hat' to entertain the troops, when word comes that there will be an anti-British protest by ... See full summary »
Director: David Croft | Stars: Michael Bates, George Layton, Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes
Votes: 62