Are The Bbc Wrong To Ban 'it Ain't Half Hot Mum' From Our Screens?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2583111/It-aint-half-daft-BBC-ban-racist-Dads-Army-creator-JIMMY-PERRY-BBCs-refusal-repeats-greatest-hits.html

[tonyav]

I'd sooner watch IAHHM than crap such as that Keith Lemon character.

[emmie]

Better tell Mr Perry then, as to modern day comedy, some are just as dire as those churned out in 74, unfunny, load of crap like My Family, which ran for how many series?

[emmie]

tony, me too, he is vile, as is G Norton, Alan Carr, don't care for Jimmy Carr either, as went off the boyle on Frankie.

[tonyav]

Got to agree with that, emmie, 'My Family' went on way to long.

[emmie]

i like both actors, but to me it was never funny, not even mildly amusing

[Inkspot]

The second ever record that I bought. Still love it now (not the Windsor Davies bit).

[emmie]

won't play..

[Inkspot]

Sorry, don't know why. Let's try this one.

[tonyav]

This video is currently unavailable, inkspot, is it Whispering Grass ?.

[tonyav]

Thought it would be.

[jomifl]

Works fine in France! Excellent thanks. :o)

[sunny-dave]

Good grief - they'll be banning Mrs Slocombe's pussy next ...

[tonyav]

LOL, 'You've All Done Very Well'.

[emmie]

i liked it when it was shown - who knows now?

[jomifl]

Emmie, did you not notice the ironic smile after my post re. 'Vital Spark'? I thought it was brilliant particularly liked the engineer.

[Gromit]

"Dads Army" is undoubtedly brilliant which is why it is still shown. It wasn't really about the war, it was about small town snobbery and social class. The reasons t still works is because those subjects are timeless.

I'm afraid in my opinion, Perry and Croft went downhill after that. "It ain't half hot mum" was just a load of theatrical jokes. As a young boy, that didn't amuse me in the 70s. It definitely would not work 40 years later.

There other two Perry and Croft sitcoms, "Hi-de-hi" and "You rang M'Lord" are also rarely repeated on the BBC and neither has a blacked up character.

I much preferred the Croft and Lloyd sit-coms that came later. Some of those still crop up on Freeview and stand up well.

I enjoyed "The League of Gentlemen" on the BBC more recently and that series featured a blacked up character (Papa Lazarou). A blacked up character isn't a reason for the BBC not showing a programme.

I imagine Perry considers "It ain't half hot mum" is as good as "Dads Army". It isn't. If it had been a good series, and the blacked up character was the reason it has not been repeated then I would be as annoyed as other posters. But neither is true. It was poor and I do not believe the Michael Bates character is why it isn't being shown.

[emmie]

its his opinion not yours, if he thinks its as good, then that as they say is his prerogative.

[ChillDoubt]

I'm afraid in my opinion, Perry and Croft went downhill after that. "It ain't half hot mum" was just a load of theatrical jokes. As a young boy, that didn't amuse me in the 70s. It definitely would not work 40 years later.
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I couldn't disagree more. As a yound lad I loved it. My Grandad had served in Burma during WWII and it fascinated me to get even a semblance of an insight to how it might have been for him.
Some have siad they doubt it stands the test of time.
Without any prompting from me, young Chill asked for the complete boxset for Xmas, which he duly got.#He enjoys it every bit as much as I did, doubltess for similar reasons i.e. he can see how it was for his great Grandfather, especially as he is not around.

For anyone who has served in HM Forces but particularly the Army I'm sure they can all indentify with at least 2 of the main characters, whether it be the nice-but-dim officer, the educated career private who resisted any offers or chance to go to Sandhurst (Gnr Graham) and so on.
As for the rest, it's a poor show by the BBC with their refusal.
I remember how Don Estelle too was outraged at the decision some years ago. Apparently the main reason wasn't the supposed racist overtones or prominent homophobia (shown only by BSM Williams, none of the others) but because in one episode Williams kicked a punkah wallah.

Pathetic.

[Gromit]

Fortunately he is not in a position to foister his duds on us again.