It Ain't Half Hot Mum to Bombardier after Solly is demobbed and sent back to Britain. The soldiers are under the orders of Battery Sergeant Major "Shut Up" Williams, a belligerent Welshman who has spent almost all of his life as a professional soldier. In turn, Williams reports to the two officers in charge of the Concert Party: Captain Ashwood and Lieutenant-Colonel Reynolds. Both Ashwood and Reynolds are characterised as coming from upper-class backgrounds. Ashwood, the younger officer, is rather stupid and slightly excitable, while Reynolds is older and more worldly-wise and sensible. While often bemoaning the rough conditions of Army life, both Ashwood and
Robin Davies Robin Davies Robert Richard "Robin" Davies (16 January 1954 – 22 February 2010) was a Welsh television and film actor. Robert Richard Davies was born in Tywyn, Wales and was educated at Gladstone Park School. He trained to be an actor at the Aida Foster Theatre School. He was a child actor and made his television debut in the BBC soap opera "The Newcomers". He was also in "The Magnificent Six and a Half", which went on to become the children's show "Here Come the Double Deckers". He is perhaps best known for two of his earliest TV roles. In