this wartime sitcom write by jimmy perry and david croft and who write tv best programme ever dads army and be not as good a dad army and but still very and very funny . it be about a concert band in india . most episode be about bsm williams ( windsor davy ) try to get the concert party and who he refer to a a bunch of puff and post up the jungle . he be always unsuccessful a the vague colonel reynolds ( donald hewlett ) and the stupid captain ashwood ( michael knowles ) be big fan of the concert party . the concert party consist of bombadier solomans ( george layton ) and ginger rogers impersonator gunner gloria beaumont ( melvyn hayes ) and university educate piano player gunner la de da gunner graham and a. k. a padarouski ( john clegg ) and singer gunner lofty sugden and gunner parkins ( christopher mitchell ) ( williams thought parkins be his son and he be quite wrong ) and big eater gunner nosher evans and animal impersonator ( kenneth macdonald ) and he be no percy edward . also and heavily involve in the adventure be faithful indian servant rangi ram ( michael bates ) and with the char wallah and the punkah wallah ( dino shafeek and babar bhatti ) give ram wonderful support . the show and just like dad army leave many catchphrase . rangi ram use to say to his punkah wallah don not be such clever dickie and he end a lot of the show say here be a very old hindu proverb e. g when wife be have affair with best friend and it doesn not stop your house from catch fire it be williams though who have the most catchphrase . he would always shout shuddup . and say oh dear and how sad and never mind and when talk to gunner graham and he would always sarcastically talk in a posh accent . this show doesn not enjoy the same recognition a dad army do . this be probably due to a question of taste represent this be see a be crude . williams be homophobic call his men puff and though it have to be say williams be a bore . also and some people think there be a racial element in the humour and use the fact that michael bates be black up to play rangi ram ( bates be actually bear in india though and speak urdu before he speak english ) and so the bbc will feel a bit uneasy put it on and even though the vast majority of people who have actually watch the show would agree that the show isn not racist and i know someone who be half indian and and they weren not the slight bit offended and agree like i do that it be a very funny show . when i see an episode for the first time and i laugh probably more than i do for any other sitcom and but when i see it second time round and i do not laugh all that much and but no matter how many time i see dads army and i laugh many time in an episode . best episode represent the road to banu and series 1 and episode 7 .