It Ain't Half Hot Mum
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It Ain't Half Hot Mum is a British television sitcom set in a Royal Artillery concert party in India and Burma during the final months of World War II, known for its ensemble cast and military-themed comedy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| It Ain't Half Hot Mum canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8580109 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: It Ain't Half Hot Mum Context triple: [Glyn Houston, notableWork, It Ain't Half Hot Mum]
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A.
Steptoe and Son
Steptoe and Son is a British television sitcom about a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son, widely known as the inspiration for the American series Sanford and Son.
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B.
Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock's Half Hour is a classic British radio and television comedy series from the 1950s and early 1960s, starring Tony Hancock and known for its character-driven humor and influential role in shaping modern sitcoms.
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C.
The Young Ones
The Young Ones is a 1961 British musical film starring Cliff Richard as a youth club leader who stages a show to save his club from demolition.
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D.
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers is a classic British television sitcom co-created by and starring John Cleese, renowned for its farcical humor and depiction of a disastrously run seaside hotel.
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E.
The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers is a 2004 dark comedy crime film by the Coen brothers, starring Tom Hanks as the leader of a gang whose heist scheme unravels in the home of an unsuspecting elderly landlady.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: It Ain't Half Hot Mum Target entity description: It Ain't Half Hot Mum is a British television sitcom set in a Royal Artillery concert party in India and Burma during the final months of World War II, known for its ensemble cast and military-themed comedy.
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A.
Steptoe and Son
Steptoe and Son is a British television sitcom about a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son, widely known as the inspiration for the American series Sanford and Son.
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B.
Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock's Half Hour is a classic British radio and television comedy series from the 1950s and early 1960s, starring Tony Hancock and known for its character-driven humor and influential role in shaping modern sitcoms.
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C.
The Young Ones
The Young Ones is a 1961 British musical film starring Cliff Richard as a youth club leader who stages a show to save his club from demolition.
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D.
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers is a classic British television sitcom co-created by and starring John Cleese, renowned for its farcical humor and depiction of a disastrously run seaside hotel.
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E.
The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers is a 2004 dark comedy crime film by the Coen brothers, starring Tom Hanks as the leader of a gang whose heist scheme unravels in the home of an unsuspecting elderly landlady.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | British television sitcom ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | BBC Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Bombardier "Gloria" Beaumont
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gunner "Lofty" Sugden NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergeant Major Tudor Bryn "Shut Up" Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator |
David Croft
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jimmy Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | Royal Artillery soldiers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | David Croft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
military comedy
ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Dino Shafeek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Don Estelle NERFINISHED ⓘ Donald Hewlett NERFINISHED ⓘ Frankie Howerd NERFINISHED ⓘ George Layton NERFINISHED ⓘ Melvyn Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Knowles NERFINISHED ⓘ Windsor Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat | half-hour episodes ⓘ |
| hasGenreElement | ensemble cast comedy ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Royal Artillery concert party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
catchphrase "Shut up!" associated with the sergeant major
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military-themed comedy ⓘ |
| originalChannel | BBC One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | David Croft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | BBC ⓘ |
| setInCountry |
Burma
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | final months of World War II ⓘ |
| theme |
British Army life
ⓘ
colonial India ⓘ concert party entertainment ⓘ |
| writer |
David Croft
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jimmy Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: It Ain't Half Hot Mum Description of subject: It Ain't Half Hot Mum is a British television sitcom set in a Royal Artillery concert party in India and Burma during the final months of World War II, known for its ensemble cast and military-themed comedy.
Referenced by (1)
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