Many popular British situation comedies (sitcoms) were gentle, innocent, not challenging portrayals of middle-class life, avoiding or only hinting at controversial issues; typical examples were "Happy Ever After" (later succeeded by "Terry and June"), "Sykes" and "The Good Life". Set in a hotel in Torquay, "Fawlty Towers" was a massive success for the BBC, despite only twelve episodes being made. More nostalgic in tone were "Last of the Summer Wine", about the escapades of pensioners in a Yorkshire town, "Dad's Army", about a Home Guard unit during World War II and "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" about a Royal Artillery Concert Party stationed in India/later Burma also during (and after) World War II.