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
John Clegg (actor) John Clegg (actor) John Walter Lawrence Clegg (born 9 July 1934) is an Indian-born English actor best known for playing the part of 'Mr. La-di-da' Gunner "Paderewski" Graham in the BBC sitcom "It Ain't Half Hot Mum". His first television role was DC Greaves in "Dixon of Dock Green" in 1961. He has most recently been seen in the film "Death in Holy Orders" in 2003 as the character Father John Betterton. Clegg married actress Mavis Pugh in 1959. Pugh appeared in various Croft and Perry sitcoms including "Dad's Army" and "You Rang, M'Lord?", as well as "It Ain't Half