Series: 8Episodes: 56Transmitted: 1974-1981Channel: BBC1. What are you? Of course, it is also the show that we're not allowed to talk about any more," said Jimmy Perry to Guardian journalist Stuart Jeffries in 2003. He occasionally writes skits for the concert party, which they reluctantly accept, although they are, on the whole, of very low quality. He referred to the behaviour of his own Sergeant Major in the concert party in India, who told them: "'No man who puts on make-up and ponces about on a stage is normal - what are you?' Muhammed the char wallah walks around the camp all day, selling tea from his urn. | In turn, Williams reports to the two officers in charge of the concert party: Captain Ashwood and Lieutenant-Colonel Reynolds. 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. He dislikes all members of the concert party, apart from Parkin, whom he believes to be his son. [13], The show's creators had been aware of the issues around the casting of a seemingly white actor to play one of the Indian characters, but went ahead owing to the lack of suitable Indian actors at the time.   |  They are not of broadcast quality, but are included as extras on the series 1 DVD. 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. The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure; Dad's Army; Generation War TV review, 26 September 2013 41 later that year. The Sergeant Major shouts at him more than at anyone else, but Rangi is also the one he confides in when he wants to talk about problems. Lieutenant-Colonel Reynolds is the most senior officer in charge of the concert party and enjoys their shows immensely. [7] A frequently recurring gag connected with Rangi Ram is his continual references to "we British" and "us British" while at the same time referring to the other Indian characters as "ignorant coolies" or "damned natives". Michael Bates Rangi Ram 56 Episodes. Williams". David West Brown wrote, in English and Empire, that the case for Bates' character rests on an assumption that his "dramatic and social functions are not derogatorily comic in the way that depictions of African diasporic identities are" in a series like The Black and White Minstrel Show. However, the concert party eventually finds themselves transferred to the village of Tin Min, Burma, which is located very near the front line.

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