The BBC needs your "It Ain’t Half Hot Mum" memories!

A book on the hugely popular sitcom by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, is in production, and we are looking for any material which may be useful for the publication.

Were you in the studio audience? Did you watch outside broadcasts being recorded?

Were you a member of the crew, or did you work on the show?

Have you got any anecdotes to relate or photographs to share?

Tell us about that 'Auntie's Bloomers' moment that never made it to the final programme, or show us your collection of autographs, tickets or memorabilia.

We are also looking for behind-the-scenes footage, VT clips, home video camera recordings and stills, particularly those taken on the set or during location filming.

If you think that you have something which we may be interested in, we want to hear from you!

Replies will be treated in the strictest confidence, and contributors (who may remain anonymous should they prefer) will be asked permission before any material is included in the publication. All original material will be copied and returned, and reasonable postage costs will be refunded.

For further details, e-mail carolyn.bartholomew@bbc.co.uk or write to Carolyn Bartholomew, British Broadcasting Corporation, Audience Foyer, BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, London, W12 7RJ.

Incidental to the publication on It Ain't Half Hot Mum, the BBC is trying to trace copies of two episodes of this series which are missing from our Archive in their complete form.

Starring Michael Bates, George Layton, Windsor Davies and Melvyn Hayes, A Star is Born and It's a Wise Child were originally transmitted in 1974.

So, it's over to you: whether you are a private collector, BBC Staff or own a home recording from the television, we are eager to hear from you - no names, no packdrill!

Material in any medium will be gratefully received (VHS or Betamax tape, film, or even audio recordings), and the originals will be returned to you along with modern-format copies for you to keep with the compliments of the BBC.

It's a Wise Child - Is BSM Williams Gunner Parkins' dad? When Bombardier Solomons (George Layton) finds the photograph of Parky's mum in the Sergeant Major's basha, the secret is out. It is down to Solly and his gang to investigate the 'is he or isn't he' mystery. Solly tries to establish the truth by checking the medical records and when he is refused access to these, orders Rangi to steal them for him.

A Star is Born - A show is ruined, thanks to clumsy Parky (Christopher Mitchell). Furious at this, Solly sacks him from his Concert Party. Worried that Gunner Parkins will now be posted up the jungle, the Sergeant Major (Windsor Davies) persuades the Colonel to give him a job in the Battery Office and then tries to post the others while the Colonel is away, leaving Solly with his work cut out in making sure that he and his Gunners are safe from the dreaded jungle . . .

A leaflet describing the appeal in more detail is available from the BBC.