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stage shows that later toured the regions. The series drew on regular ensemble that included Sid James,
Kenneth Williams
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Barbara Windsor
Dame Barbara Windsor (born Barbara Ann Deeks; 6 August 193710 December 2020) was an English actress, known for her roles in the ''Carry On'' films and for playing Peggy Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera, ''EastEnders''.Jack Douglas, and Jim Dale. A 31st film was released in 1992, though featuring only four of the "irregular" cast members.
The ''Carry On'' series contains the largest number of films of any British film series, and is the second longest running, albeit with a fourteen-year gap (1978–1992) between the 30th and 31st entries. (The ''James Bond'' film series is the longest-running, having started in 1962, four years after the first ''Carry On'', though with fewer films.)
Rogers and Thomas were responsible for all 31 films, usually on time and to a strict budget, and often employed the same crew — some of whom were also regulars on the James Bond series, such as Peter Lamont, Alan Hume, and
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. Budgetary constraints meant that a large proportion of the location filming was undertaken close to the studios in and around south Buckinghamshire, including areas of
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and
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. However, by the late 1960s (at the height of the series' success) more ambitious plots occasionally necessitated locations further afield, which included Snowdonia National Park, Wales (with the foot of
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standing in for the
Khyber Pass
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Carry On Sergeant
''Carry On Sergeant'' is a 1958 British comedy film about National Service starring William Hartnell, Bob Monkhouse and Eric Barker; it is the first in the series of ''Carry On'' films, with 31 entries released from 1958 to 1992. The fil ...
'' (1958) is about a group of recruits doing National Service; its title, a command commonly issued by army officers to their sergeants in the course of their routine duties, was in keeping with its setting. The film was sufficiently successful to inspire a similar venture, again focusing on an established and respected profession in ''
Carry On Nurse
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''. When that too was successful, further forays with ''
Carry On Teacher
''Carry On Teacher'' is a 1959 British comedy film, the third in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992). It was released at the Plaza Cinema in London on 3 September 1959. It features Ted Ray in his only ''Carry On'' role, alongsi ...
'' and '' Carry On Constable'' established the series. This initial 'pattern' was broken with the fifth film in 1961, ''
Carry On Regardless
''Carry On Regardless'' is a 1961 British comedy film, the fifth in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992). The film revolves loosely around the activities of a job agency, 'Helping Hands', run by Sid James's character, Bert Hand ...
'', but it still followed a similar plot to that of many of the early films—a small group of misfit newcomers to a job make comic mistakes, but come together to succeed in the end.
The remainder of the series developed with increased use of the British comic traditions of music hall and bawdy seaside postcards. Many titles parodied more serious films, such as their tongue-in-cheek homages to James Bond ('' Spying''), westerns ('' Cowboy''), and Hammer horror films ('' Screaming!''). The most impressive of these was '' Carry On Cleo'' (1964), in which the budget-conscious production team made full use of some impressive sets that had been created for the
Burton
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'' (1963). '' Carry On Emmannuelle'', inspired by the soft-porn '' Emmanuelle'', brought to an end the original ''Carry On'' run.
The stock-in-trade of ''Carry On'' humour was innuendo and the sending-up of British institutions and customs, such as the
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(''Nurse'', ''Doctor'', ''Again Doctor'', ''Matron'' and the proposed ''Again Nurse''), the
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'', '' Jack'' and the proposed ''Flying'' and ''Escaping''), the police (''
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'') and the
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('' Girls''), caravan holidays ('' Behind''), and the education system (''
Teacher
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'') amongst others. Although the films were very often panned by critics, they mostly proved very popular with audiences. In 2007, the pun "Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me", spoken by Kenneth Williams (playing Julius Caesar) in ''Carry on Cleo'', was voted the funniest one-line joke in film history. However, this line had originally been used by Jimmy Edwards in the radio series '' Take It From Here'' some years previously.
A film had appeared in 1957 under the title '' Carry On Admiral''; although this was a comedy in similar vein (and even featured Joan Sims in the cast) it has no connection to the ''Carry On'' series itself. The much earlier 1937 film '' Carry On London'' is also unrelated (though it coincidentally starred future ''Carry On'' performer Eric Barker).
The cast were poorly paid—around £5,000 per film for a principal performer.Butters, Wes and Davies, Russell. ''Kenneth Williams Unseen'',
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, 2008 In his diaries Kenneth Williams lamented this, and criticised several of the movies despite his declared fondness for the series as a whole. Peter Rogers, the series' producer, acknowledged: "Kenneth was worth taking care of, because while he cost very little ../nowiki> he made a very great deal of money for the franchise."
Cast
Filmography
''Carry On'' films
* ''
Carry On Sergeant
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'' (1958)
* ''
Carry On Nurse
''Carry On Nurse'' is a 1959 British comedy film, the second in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992). Of the regular team, it featured Joan Sims (in her ''Carry On'' film debut), Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor and Charles Ha ...
'' (1959)
* ''
Carry On Teacher
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Carry On Regardless
''Carry On Regardless'' is a 1961 British comedy film, the fifth in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992). The film revolves loosely around the activities of a job agency, 'Helping Hands', run by Sid James's character, Bert Hand ...
'' (1961)
* ''
Carry On Cruising
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Carry On at Your Convenience
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Several other films were planned, scripted (or partly scripted) or entered
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before being abandoned:
; ''What a Carry On...'', 1961
; ''Carry On Smoking'', 1961
: The story revolved around a fire station, and various attempts to train a bungling group of new recruits.
;''Carry On Spaceman'', 1961 and 1962
:See section below.
;''Carry On Flying'', 1962
:Scripted by Norman Hudis, about a group of RAF recruits. It got as far as pre-production before being abandoned. Jim Dale was to have a starring role.
;''Carry On Robin'', 1965
:A planned spoof of
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starring the "Carry On regulars" was outlined by Rogers and registered with the British Film Producers Association but never pursued.
;''Carry On Again Nurse'', 1967 and two other attempts
:See section below .
;''Carry On Escaping'', 1973
:Scripted by Talbot Rothwell, a spoof of World War II escape films. The complete script is included in the book ''The Complete A–Z of Everything Carry On''.
;''Carry On Dallas'', 1980
:A planned spoof of the popular American soap opera ''
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''. A script was written and casting offers made to Williams, Connor, Douglas, Sims, Hawtrey and Dale. The production was abandoned when Lorimar Productions demanded a royalty fee of 20 times the total production budget.
;''Carry On Down Under'', 1981
:Gerald Thomas did some location scouting while on holiday in Australia and spoke to the Australian Film Commission. The production was abandoned when finance fell through. A complete script was written by Vince Powell and is included in the book ''Fifty Years of Carry On''.
''Carry On Spaceman''
''Carry On Spaceman'' was to be released shortly after ''
Carry On Regardless
''Carry On Regardless'' is a 1961 British comedy film, the fifth in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992). The film revolves loosely around the activities of a job agency, 'Helping Hands', run by Sid James's character, Bert Hand ...
'', in 1961. It was scripted by Norman Hudis, and was to satirise interest in the
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from the Western world's point of view. The cast was to consist of three would-be
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s who constantly bungled on their training and their mission into outer space; most likely the trio would have been played by the trinity of
Kenneth Williams
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Three scripts were written for an intended sub-sequel to the successful ''
Carry On Nurse
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'', the second instalment of the ''Carry On'' series. The first film was renamed, while the other two were never made.
The first intended ''Carry On Again Nurse'' was made in 1967, but released as '' Carry On Doctor''. ''Carry On Nurse'' was alluded to twice in ''Carry On Doctor'', firstly with the sub-titles (one reading ''Nurse Carries On Again'' and ''Death of a Daffodil''), and again in a later scene with Frankie Howerd commenting on a vase of daffodils in his hospital room.
A second attempt at ''Carry On Again Nurse'' came in 1979, after the series left Rank Films and moved to Hemdale. A completed script had been written by George Layton and Jonathan Lynn in 1977. It was cancelled due to the financial loss of '' Carry On Emmannuelle''.
The final attempt to create ''Carry On Again Nurse'' came in 1988, with a script written by Norman Hudis. It was to revolve around a hospital set for closure, and set to star original actors
Barbara Windsor
Dame Barbara Windsor (born Barbara Ann Deeks; 6 August 193710 December 2020) was an English actress, known for her roles in the ''Carry On'' films and for playing Peggy Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera, ''EastEnders''.Jack Douglas,
Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Charles Williams (22 February 1926 – 15 April 1988) was an English actor of Welsh heritage. He was best known for his comedy roles and in later life as a raconteur and diarist. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the 31 '' ...
, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Connor and Joan Sims, with Sims filling in the role of matron that was previously held by Hattie Jacques. The end of the film was going to be a tribute to Jacques, with Sims turning around a photograph of the actress and asking "Well, did I do alright?" (the script is included in the book ''The Lost Carry Ons''). Production was scheduled to begin in June 1988, but the death of Williams two months previously, followed by that of Hawtrey six months later – combined with a budget of £1.5 million, which was deemed too expensive – proved to be the end of the film and it was cancelled.
''Carry On London''
A new film, ''Carry On London'', was announced in 2003 by producer Peter Rogers and producer James Black but remained in pre-production well into 2008. The script was signed off by the production company in late March 2008, and "centred on a limousine company ferrying celebrities to an awards show". The film had several false starts, with the producers and cast changing extensively over time. Only the little-known Welsh actress Jynine James remained a consistent name from 2003 to 2008. Danniella Westbrook,
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were to star in the film, which was to be directed by Peter Richardson, though Ed Bye later replaced him as the named director. At the 50th anniversary party held at Pinewood Studios in March 2008, Peter Rogers confirmed that he was planning a series of ''Carry On'' films after ''London'', subject to the success of the first.
In early 2009, ''Carry On London'' or ''Carry On Bananas'' was once again 'back on', with Charlie Higson attached as director, and a different, more modern, cast list involving Paul O'Grady (as the acidic Kenneth Williamsesque character), Jynine James, Lenny Henry, Justin Lee Collins, Jennifer Ellison (as the saucy
Barbara Windsor
Dame Barbara Windsor (born Barbara Ann Deeks; 6 August 193710 December 2020) was an English actress, known for her roles in the ''Carry On'' films and for playing Peggy Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera, ''EastEnders''.Liza Tarbuck (paralleling Hattie Jacques), Meera Syal, James Dreyfus, and Frank Skinner (filling in the Sid James role). Despite new media interest and sets being constructed at Pinewood film studios, the film once again was put on hold, and the project was abandoned after the death of Peter Rogers in April 2009.
Reboot
In May 2016, producer Jonathan Sothcott of Hereford Films announced plans for a new series of ''Carry On'' films, beginning with ''Carry On Doctors'' and ''Carry On Campus''. As of early 2017, no news had surfaced on whether the planned reboot was still going ahead. On 12 April 2017, Sothcott confirmed to thehollywoodnews that he was no longer involved with the film series. As of September 2019, three ''Carry On'' films were set to be filmed back-to-back, after Brian Baker won the rights to the movies following a legal battle with ITV earlier that year. Production of the new films had been planned to take place in spring 2020. However, filming was postponed due to the
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and little more was heard about the project until after the death of
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'' that ‘we have got two new stories and we are looking to do one of the old ones again to bring it up to modern day quality – probably ''
Carry On Sergeant
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Television
The characters and comedy style of the ''Carry On'' film series were adapted to a television series titled '' Carry On Laughing'', and several Christmas specials.
Radio
Carry On Radio, starred impressionist Wink Taylor, mimicking the vocal talents of Frankie Howerd, in the reading of a poem relating to the antics of Gawker FM, an inept hospital radio station. Wink's character name is Francis Hungwell. It had its debut at www.qahospitalradio.com
Stage shows
Album
In 1971, Music for Pleasure released a long-playing record, ''Oh! What a Carry On!'' (MFP MONO 1416), featuring songs performed by Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Kenneth Connor, Frankie Howerd, Bernard Bresslaw, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, and Dora Bryan.
Documentaries
A 50-minute television documentary, ''What's a Carry On?'', was made in 1998 for the 40th anniversary of the first film. It included archive clips, out-takes and interviews with surviving cast members. It was included as an extra on the DVD release of ''Carry On Emmannuelle''.
In November 2003, a TV series titled ''Popcorn'' on
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ran a ''Carry On'' special documentary and interviews, featuring Jynine James. This was in respect of a new ''Carry On'' film being produced by Peter Rogers called Carry On London. It featured interviews and clips of the past ''Carry On'' films and went into detail about the new film and cast. However, despite the script being signed off and sets constructed at Pinewood film studios, the project was shelved, owing to the untimely death of producer Peter Rogers.
A two-hour radio documentary, ''Carry On Forever!'', presented by Leslie Phillips, was broadcast in two parts on
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on 19 and 20 July 2010. A three-part television retrospective with the same title, narrated by Martin Clunes, was shown on
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in the UK over Easter 2015.
Critical reception
References in other media
The success of the ''Carry On'' series occasionally led to affectionate parodies of the series by other contemporary comedians:
* In ''The Spitting Image Book'', released in 1985, there is a reference to a fictitious made-for-TV film entitled ''Carry On Up the Rectum'', satirising the transparency of the puns used for '' Carry On Up the Khyber'' and possibly '' Carry On Up the Jungle''.
* Harry Enfield's mockumentary '' Norbert Smith: A Life'' (1989) includes a clip from an imagined film, ''Carry On Banging'' (a parody of the more risque approach of the later films, such as '' Carry On Dick'' and '' Carry On Emmannuelle''). The setting is the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp of the 1980s, and featured
Barbara Windsor
Dame Barbara Windsor (born Barbara Ann Deeks; 6 August 193710 December 2020) was an English actress, known for her roles in the ''Carry On'' films and for playing Peggy Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera, ''EastEnders''.Jack Douglas and Kenneth Connor.
* '' That Mitchell and Webb Look'' features the sketch "Bawdy 1970s Hospital", which portrays a stereotypical ''Carry On''-style hospital with frequent use of
double entendre
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, except by one doctor who has trouble fitting in as he comes out with simple obscenity, unable to understand the distinction.
* A " flash frame" of the end shot of '' Carry On Cowboy'' is used in series two of '' The Young Ones''.
* In
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's eighth Portable Door novel ''When It's a Jar'' (2013) the ''Carrion'' franchise offers a "uniquely quirky blend of spatterfest zombie horror and traditional British slapstick-and-innuendo comedy" with titles such as ''Carrion Nursing'', ''Carrion Camping'' and ''Carrion Up the Khyber''.
* In The Goodies' book ''The Making of the Goodies Disaster Movie'', the trio visit the set of ''Carry On Christ'' in order to get advice from the Carry On team, while they are filming a scene relating to 'The Feeding of the Five Thousand', with some of the cast noted as Kenneth Williams playing 'Pontius Pilate', Charles Hawtrey as 'A Wise Virgin', Barbara Windsor as 'Not a Wise Virgin' and Hattie Jacques as 'The Five Thousand'.
* Clips from several ''Carry On'' films are used in ''In The Movies It Doesn't Hurt'' (1975), a short film on laboratory safety for schools starring Bernard Bresslaw.
* In the song '' Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others'' by The Smiths, one of the lines is "As Anthony said to Cleopatra, as he opened a crate of ale, oh, I say", making reference to '' Carry on Cleo''.
Home media
The ''Carry On'' film series has had numerous individual releases on VHS, and a number of VHSs were released in an eighteen VHS box-set on 1 September 2003.
The film series was first released as a DVD box-set on 1 September 2008, by ITV Studios Home Entertainment. Five years later, on 7 October 2013, it was re-released with smaller packaging. All the movies contained in the collection are also available to buy individually.
Since 2013, StudioCanal has released a number of the ''Carry On'' films on Blu-ray, beginning with '' Carry On Screaming!'' (21 October 2013), '' Carry On Cleo'' (5 May 2014), '' Carry On Cowboy'' (2 June 2014) and '' Carry On Jack'' (7 July 2014).
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