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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Carry On<br />
| image = Carry On logo illustration.jpg<br />
| director = [[Gerald Thomas]]<br />
| producer = [[Peter Rogers]]<br />
| writer = {{plainlist|<br />
*[[Norman Hudis]] (1958–1962)<br />
*[[Talbot Rothwell]] (1963–1974)}}<br />
| starring = {{plainlist|<br />
*[[Kenneth Williams]]<br />
*[[Joan Sims]]<br />
*[[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]]<br />
*[[Sid James]]<br />
*[[Kenneth Connor]]<br />
*[[Peter Butterworth]]<br />
*[[Hattie Jacques]]<br />
*[[Bernard Bresslaw]]<br />
*[[Jim Dale]]<br />
*[[Barbara Windsor]]<br />
*[[Patsy Rowlands]]<br />
*[[Jack Douglas (actor)|Jack Douglas]]<br />
*[[Terry Scott]]<br />
*[[List of Carry On films cast members|''et al...'']]}}<br />
| distributor = {{plainlist|<br />
*[[Anglo-Amalgamated]] (1958-1966)<br />
*[[The Rank Organisation]] (1966-1978)<br />
*[[United International Pictures]]}} (1992)<br />
| music = {{plainlist|<br />
*[[Edmund Crispin|Bruce Montgomery]] (1958–1962)<br />
*[[Eric Rogers (composer)|Eric Rogers]] (1963–1975, 1977–1978)<br />
*[[Max Harris (composer)|Max Harris]] (1976)}}<br />
| released = 1958–1978, 1992<br />
| country = United Kingdom<br />
| language = English<br />
}}<br />
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The '''''Carry On''''' series of 31 British comedy films was released between 1958 and 1978, produced by [[Peter Rogers]] with director [[Gerald Thomas]]. The humour of ''Carry On'' was in the British comic tradition of [[music hall]] and bawdy [[Postcard#Seaside postcards|seaside postcard]]s. In between the films, Rogers and Thomas produced [[Carry On Christmas Specials|four Christmas television specials]] (1969–1973), a [[Carry On Laughing|1975 television series]] of thirteen episodes, and three [[West End theatre|West End]] stage shows that later toured the regions. The series drew on [[List of Carry On films cast members|regular ensemble]] that included [[Sid James]], [[Kenneth Williams]], [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]], [[Joan Sims]], [[Kenneth Connor]], [[Peter Butterworth]], [[Hattie Jacques]], [[Terry Scott]], [[Bernard Bresslaw]], [[Barbara Windsor]], [[Jack Douglas (actor)|Jack Douglas]], and [[Jim Dale]]. A 31st film was released in 1992, though featuring only four of the "irregular" cast members.<br />
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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 [[Production of the James Bond films|''James Bond'' film series]] is the longest-running, having started in 1962, four years after the first ''Carry On'', though with fewer films.)<br />
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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 [[Anthony Waye]]. Between 1958 and 1992, the series employed seven writers, most often [[Norman Hudis]] (1958–1962) and [[Talbot Rothwell]] (1963–1974). [[Anglo-Amalgamated|Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd]] produced twelve films (1958–1966), [[the Rank Organisation]] made eighteen (1966–1978), while [[United International Pictures]] produced one (1992).<br />
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All films were made at [[Pinewood Studios]] near [[Iver|Iver Heath]], [[Buckinghamshire]]. 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 [[Berkshire]] and [[Middlesex]]. However, by the late 1960s (at the height of the series' success) more ambitious plots occasionally necessitated locations further afield, which included [[Snowdonia#Snowdonia National Park|Snowdonia National Park]], Wales (with the foot of [[Snowdon]] standing in for the [[Khyber Pass]] in ''[[Carry On Up the Khyber]]''), and the beaches of the [[Sussex]] coast doubling as Saharan sand dunes in ''[[Follow That Camel]]''.<br />
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==Background==<br />
''[[Carry On Sergeant]]'' (1958) is about a group of recruits doing [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|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]]''. When that too was successful, further forays with ''[[Carry On Teacher]]'' and ''[[Carry On Constable]]'' established the series. This initial 'pattern' was broken with the fifth film in 1961, ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'', 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.<br />
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The remainder of the series developed with increased use of the British comic traditions of [[music hall]] and bawdy [[Postcard#Seaside postcards|seaside postcard]]s. Many titles parodied more serious films, such as their tongue-in-cheek homages to James Bond (''[[Carry On Spying|Spying]]''), westerns (''[[Carry On Cowboy|Cowboy]]''), and [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]] horror films (''[[Carry On Screaming!|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 intended for the [[Richard Burton|Burton]]-and-[[Elizabeth Taylor|Taylor]] epic ''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]'' (1963).<!-- Mainly shot in Rome; the film's British sets were abandoned. --> ''[[Carry On Emmannuelle]]'', inspired by the soft-porn ''[[Emmanuelle]]'', brought to an end the original ''Carry On'' run.<br />
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The stock-in-trade of ''Carry On'' humour was [[innuendo]] and the sending-up of British institutions and customs, such as the [[National Health Service]] (''Nurse'', ''Doctor'', ''Again Doctor'', ''Matron'' and the [[#Carry On Again Nurse|proposed]] ''Again Nurse''), the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|monarchy]] (''[[Carry On Henry|Henry]]''), the [[British Empire|Empire]] (''[[Carry On Up the Khyber|Up the Khyber]]''), the armed forces (''[[Carry On Sergeant|Sergeant]]'', ''[[Carry On England|England]]'', ''[[Carry On Jack|Jack]]'' and the [[#Unmade films|proposed]] ''Flying'' and ''Escaping''), the police (''[[Carry On Constable|Constable]]'') and the [[trade union]]s (''[[Carry On at Your Convenience|At Your Convenience]]'') as well as camping (''[[Carry On Camping|Camping]]''), foreign holidays (''[[Carry On Cruising|Cruising]]'', ''[[Carry On Abroad|Abroad]]''), [[Beauty pageant|beauty contests]] (''[[Carry On Girls|Girls]]''), [[Caravan (towed trailer)|caravan]] holidays (''[[Carry On Behind|Behind]]''), and the education system (''[[Carry On Teacher|Teacher]]'') amongst others. Although the films were very often panned by critics, they mostly proved very popular with audiences.<ref name="More than just a Carry On">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7525258.stm |title=More than just a Carry On? |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=25 July 2008 |access-date=12 December 2010}}</ref><ref name="Peter Bradshaw">{{cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Bradshaw |title=What a Carry On! |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/may/15/comment.features |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=15 May 2004 |access-date=12 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Cook |first=William |title=Film Blog: Stop Carry Ons |url=http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/03/stop_carry_ons.html |publisher=Blogs.guardian.co.uk |date=18 March 2008 |access-date=12 December 2010 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Tanya Gold |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/apr/17/gender.filmnews |title=Infamy? They've got it |work=The Guardian |date=28 September 2007 |access-date=12 December 2010 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/200110010044 |title=The possibility of happiness... |publisher=Newstatesman.com |date=1 October 2001 |access-date=12 December 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article4417593.ece TimesOnline: A 50th anniversary appreciation of the Carry On movie, 29 July 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616025756/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article4417593.ece |date=16 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=White |first=Jim |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/03/17/do1702.xml |title=A British comedy classic that could carry on |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date=17 March 2008 |access-date=12 December 2010 |location=London}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6524729.stm |title=Carry On quip tops one-liner poll |publisher=BBC News |date=4 April 2007}}</ref> However, this line had originally been used by [[Jimmy Edwards]] in the radio series '' [[Take It From Here]]'' some years previously. <br />
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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]]).<br />
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The cast were poorly paid—around £5,000 per film for a principal performer.<ref name="unseen">Butters, Wes and [[Davies, Russell]]. ''Kenneth Williams Unseen'', [[HarperCollins]], 2008</ref> In his diaries Kenneth Williams lamented this, and criticised several of the movies despite his declared fondness for the series as a whole.<ref>Davies, Russell (ed.), ''The Kenneth Williams Diaries'', HarperCollins, 1993</ref> Peter Rogers, the series' producer, acknowledged: "Kenneth was worth taking care of, because while he cost very little <nowiki>[...]</nowiki> he made a very great deal of money for the franchise."<ref name="unseen"/><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{main|List of Carry On films cast members}}<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
===''Carry On'' films===<br />
{{main|Carry On series on screen and stage}}<br />
* ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]'' (1958) <br />
* ''[[Carry On Nurse]]'' (1959) <br />
* ''[[Carry On Teacher]]'' (1959) <br />
* ''[[Carry On Constable]]'' (1960) <br />
* ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'' (1961) <br />
* ''[[Carry On Cruising]]'' (1962)<br />
* ''[[Carry On Cabby]]'' (1963) <br />
* ''[[Carry On Jack]]'' (1964)<br />
* ''[[Carry On Spying]]'' (1964) <br />
* ''[[Carry On Cleo]]'' (1964)<br />
* ''[[Carry On Cowboy]]'' (1965)<br />
* ''[[Carry On Screaming!]]'' (1966)<br />
* ''[[Don't Lose Your Head]]'' (1967)<br />
* ''[[Follow That Camel]]'' (1967)<br />
* ''[[Carry On Doctor]]'' (1967)<br />
* ''[[Carry On Up the Khyber]]'' (1968)<br />
* ''[[Carry On Camping]]'' (1969)<br />
* ''[[Carry On Again Doctor]]'' (1969)<br />
* ''[[Carry On Up the Jungle]]'' (1970)<br />
* ''[[Carry On Loving]]'' (1970)<br />
* ''[[Carry On Henry]]'' (1971)<br />
* ''[[Carry On at Your Convenience]]'' (1971)<br />
* ''[[Carry On Matron]]'' (1972)<br />
* ''[[Carry On Abroad]]'' (1972)<br />
* ''[[Carry On Girls]]'' (1973)<br />
* ''[[Carry On Dick]]'' (1974)<br />
* ''[[Carry On Behind]]'' (1975)<br />
* ''[[Carry On England]]'' (1976)<br />
* ''[[That's Carry On!]]'' (1977)<br />
* ''[[Carry On Emmannuelle]]'' (1978)<br />
* ''[[Carry On Columbus]]'' (1992)<br />
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===Unmade films===<br />
Several other films were planned, scripted (or partly scripted) or entered [[pre-production]] before being abandoned:<ref>{{cite book |title=The Lost Carry Ons: Scenes That Never Made it to the Screen |author=Morris Bright and Robert Ross |publisher=Virgin Books |year=2000 |isbn=1-85227-990-7}}</ref><ref name="Ross">{{cite book |title=The Carry on Companion |author=Robert Ross |publisher=Batsford |year=2002 |isbn=0-7134-8771-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Webber |first=Richard |title=The Complete A–Z of Everything Carry On |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2005 |isbn=0-00-718223-6}}</ref><br />
; ''What a Carry On...'', 1961<br />
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; ''Carry On Smoking'', 1961<br />
: The story revolved around a fire station, and various attempts to train a bungling group of new recruits.<br />
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;''Carry On Spaceman'', 1961 and 1962<br />
:See section below.<br />
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;''Carry On Flying'', 1962<br />
:Scripted by Norman Hudis, about a group of [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] recruits. It got as far as pre-production before being abandoned. [[Jim Dale]] was to have a starring role.<br />
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;''Carry On Robin'', 1965<br />
:A planned spoof of [[Robin Hood]] starring the "Carry On regulars" was outlined by Rogers and registered with the British Film Producers Association but never pursued.<ref name="50years">{{cite book |title=Fifty Years of Carry On |publisher=Random House |year=2009 |page=188 |isbn=978-0099490074}}</ref><br />
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;''Carry On Again Nurse'', 1967 and two other attempts<br />
:See section below .<br />
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;''Carry On Escaping'', 1973<br />
: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''.<br />
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;''Carry On Dallas'', 1980<br />
:A planned spoof of the popular American soap opera ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]''. A script was written and casting offers made to Williams, Connor, Douglas, Sims, Hawtrey and Dale. The production was abandoned when [[Lorimar Television|Lorimar Productions]] demanded a [[Royalty payment|royalty fee]] of 20 times the total production budget.{{citation needed|reason=uncited speculation|date=June 2019}}<br />
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;''Carry On Down Under'', 1981<br />
: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''.<br />
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==== ''Carry On Spaceman'' ====<br />
''Carry On Spaceman'' was to be released shortly after ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'', in 1961. It was scripted by [[Norman Hudis]], and was to satirise interest in the [[Space Race]] from the Western world's point of view. The cast was to consist of three would-be [[astronaut]]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]], [[Kenneth Connor]], and [[Leslie Phillips]] that had been established in ''[[Carry On Constable]]''.<br />
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Attempts to revive ''Carry On Spaceman'' in 1962 under [[Denis Gifford]], again by Hudis, failed, and the project was subsequently abandoned.<br />
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==== ''Carry On Again Nurse'' ====<br />
Three scripts were written for an intended sub-sequel to the successful ''[[Carry On Nurse]]'', the second instalment of the ''Carry On'' series. The first film was renamed, while the other two were never made.<br />
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The first intended ''Carry On Again Nurse'' was made in 1967, but released as ''[[Carry On Doctor]]''.<ref name="50years"/> ''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.<br />
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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]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Layton |first=George |author-link=George Layton |title=Welcome to George Layton's Official Website |url=http://www.georgelayton.co.uk/biog.html#film |url-status=dead |website=georgelayton.co.uk |access-date=29 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001054549/http://www.georgelayton.co.uk/biog.html#film |archive-date=1 October 2013 }}</ref> and [[Jonathan Lynn]] in 1977. It was cancelled due to the financial loss of ''[[Carry On Emmannuelle]]''.<br />
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The final attempt to create ''Carry On Again Nurse'' came in 1988, with a script written by [[Norman Hudis]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Webber |first=Richard |title=Fifty Years of Carry On |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QEXpFWr_zgEC&q=%22carry+on+again+nurse%22&pg=PA186 |publisher=Random House |page=186 |date=31 March 2011 |isbn=9781446409961}}</ref> It was to revolve around a hospital set for closure, and set to star original actors [[Barbara Windsor]], [[Jack Douglas (actor)|Jack Douglas]], [[Kenneth Williams]], [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0801330/bio |title=Joan Sims |website=IMDb}}</ref><br />
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==== ''Carry On London'' ====<br />
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".<ref name="BBC News">{{cite news |last=Hassan |first=Genevieve |title=Carry On script gets green light |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7292810.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=13 March 2008 |access-date=13 March 2008}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=From Convent to Carry On |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/3094158.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=10 September 2003 |access-date=12 December 2010}}</ref> [[Danniella Westbrook]], [[David Jason]], [[Shaun Williamson]] and [[Burt Reynolds]] were also once attached to the project. It was announced in May 2006 that [[Vinnie Jones]] and [[Shane Richie]] were to star in the film, which was to be directed by [[Peter Richardson (British director)|Peter Richardson]], though [[Ed Bye]] later replaced him as the named director.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4987704.stm |title=Vinnie Jones in new Carry On film |publisher=BBC News |date=16 May 2006 |access-date=21 October 2007}}</ref> 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.<br />
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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]] type), [[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.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8000111.stm {{"'}}Carry On' producer Rogers dies"], BBC News, 15 April 2009</ref><br />
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==== Reboot ====<br />
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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Heath |first=Paul |title=Exclusive Interview: Jonathan Sothcott for We Still Steal The Old Way |url=http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2017/04/12/jonathan-sothcott-interview/ |date=12 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Barraclough |first=Leo |url=https://variety.com/2016/film/global/carry-on-comedy-movie-revived-1201775752/ |title='Carry On' Comedy Movie Series to Be Revived |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=16 May 2016 |access-date=2016-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ritman |first=Alex |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/british-carry-producer-at-center-897760 |title=British 'Carry On' Producer at Center of Series of Fraud Allegations |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=2016-11-13}}</ref> As of September 2019, three ''Carry On'' films were set to be filmed back-to-back, after [[Brian Baker (actor)|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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/three-new-carry-on-movies-could-be-shot-backtoback-121619347.html |title=Three new 'Carry On' films could be shot back-to-back |work=Yahoo! Movies |first=Ben |last=Arnold |date=13 September 2019 |access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref> However, filming was postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and little more was heard about the project until after the death of [[Barbara Windsor]] in December 2020, when Brian Baker announced that he will be using old footage of the actress in the film, saying "Barbara will be making an appearance."<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Edwards |first=Chris |title=New Carry On film plans to feature Barbara Windsor as a hologram |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a34955162/barbara-windsor-carry-on-films-hologram/ |publisher=Digital Spy |date=2020-12-13|access-date=2021-04-11 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Baker told the ''[[Daily Star Sunday]]'' 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]].’''<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Television ==<br />
{{main|Carry On series on screen and stage#Television}}<br />
The characters and comedy style of the ''Carry On'' film series were adapted to a television series titled ''[[Carry On Laughing]]'', and several [[Carry On Christmas Specials|Christmas specials]].<br />
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==Stage shows==<br />
{{main|Carry On series on screen and stage#Stage shows}}<br />
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== Album ==<br />
{{main|Oh! What a Carry On!}}<br />
In 1971, [[Music for Pleasure (record label)|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]].<br />
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==Documentaries==<br />
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''.<br />
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In November 2003, a TV series titled ''Popcorn'' on [[S4C]] 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.<br />
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A two-hour radio documentary, ''Carry On Forever!'', presented by [[Leslie Phillips]], was broadcast in two parts on [[BBC Radio 2]] on 19 and 20 July 2010. A three-part television retrospective with the same title, narrated by [[Martin Clunes]], was shown on [[ITV3]] in the UK over Easter 2015.<br />
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==Critical reception==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" <br />
|-<br />
! Film<br />
! [[Rotten Tomatoes]]<br />
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| ''[[Carry On Spying]]''<br />
| 83% (6 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carry On Spying (1964) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/carry_on_spying/ |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Carry On Screaming]]''<br />
| 71% (7 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carry On Screaming! (1966) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1209303_carry_on_screaming |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
| ''[[Carry On Camping]]''<br />
| 40% (5 reviews)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carry On Camping (1969) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/carry_on_camping |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== References in other media ==<br />
The success of the ''Carry On'' series occasionally led to affectionate parodies of the series by other contemporary comedians:<br />
* 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]]''.<ref>''The Spitting Image Book'' – Faber and Faber Ltd, 1985. Pg. 11</ref><br />
* [[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]], [[Jack Douglas (actor)|Jack Douglas]] and [[Kenneth Connor]].<ref name="Ross" /><br />
* ''[[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]], except by one doctor who has trouble fitting in as he comes out with simple obscenity, unable to understand the distinction.<br />
* A "[[Subliminal stimuli|flash frame]]" of the end shot of ''[[Carry On Cowboy]]'' is used in series two of ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]''.<br />
* In [[Tom Holt]]'s eighth Portable Door novel ''When It's a Jar'' (2013) the ''Carrion'' franchise offers a "uniquely quirky blend of [[Splatter film|spatterfest]] zombie horror and traditional British slapstick-and-innuendo comedy" with titles such as ''Carrion Nursing'', ''Carrion Camping'' and ''Carrion Up the Khyber''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Holt |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Holt |publisher=[[Orbit]] |year=2013 |title=When It's A Jar |page=126 |isbn=9781841497822}}</ref><br />
* 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'.<ref>''The Making of The Goodies Disaster Movie'' – Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie, Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd., London 1977. (First Sphere Books Ltd., London edition 1978)</ref><br />
* 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]].<ref>{{cite web |title=In The Movies it Doesn't Hurt (1975) |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6d210692 |website=British Film Institute (BFI) |access-date=4 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=In the Movies It Doesn't Hurt |url=https://www.giffonifilmfestival.it/en/sezioni-film-1978/2225-in-the-movies-it-doesn-t-hurt.html |website=Giffoni Film Festival 1978 |access-date=4 July 2020}}</ref><br />
* 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]]''.<br />
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==Home media==<br />
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Carry On Collection – 18 VHS Box Set|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Carry-Jack-Blu-ray-Bernard-Cribbins/dp/B00KBRP0SE|publisher=[[Amazon.co.uk]]|access-date=22 February 2015}}</ref><br />
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The film series was first released as a DVD box-set on 1 September 2008, by ITV Studios Home Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carry On – The Ultimate Collection DVD |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Carry-Ultimate-Collection-Kenneth-Williams/dp/B001CWLFJ0 |publisher=[[Amazon.co.uk]] |access-date=22 February 2015}}</ref> Five years later, on 7 October 2013, it was re-released with smaller packaging.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carry On - The Complete Collection DVD 1958 |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Carry-Complete-Collection-Kenneth-Williams/dp/B00EXOZE64 |publisher=[[Amazon.co.uk]] |access-date=22 February 2015}}</ref> All the movies contained in the collection are also available to buy individually.<br />
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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).<ref>{{cite web |title=Carry on Screaming Blu-ray 1966 |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Carry-Screaming-Blu-ray-Harry-Corbett/dp/B00ECVPO72 |publisher=[[Amazon.co.uk]] |access-date=22 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Carry On Cleo 1964 Blu-ray |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Carry-Cleo-Blu-ray-Sid-James/dp/B00IOQZ84U |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=22 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Carry On Cowboy 1966 Blu-ray |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Carry-Cowboy-Blu-ray-Sid-James/dp/B00IOQZAX4 |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=22 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Carry On Jack 1963 Blu-ray |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Carry-Jack-Blu-ray-Bernard-Cribbins/dp/B00KBRP0SE |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=22 February 2015}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{cite book |last1=Bright |first1=Morris |last2=Ross |first2=Robert |title=Mr Carry On – The Life & Work of Peter Rogers |publisher=BBC Books |location=London |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-563-55183-6}}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Davidson |first=Andy |title=Carry On Confidential |publisher=Miwk |location=London |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-908630-01-8}}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Eastaugh |first=Kenneth |title=The Carry On Book |publisher=David & Charles |location=London |year=1978 |isbn=978-0-7153-7403-0}}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Hibbin |first=Sally & Nina |title=What a Carry On |publisher=Hamlyn |location=London |year=1988 |isbn=978-0-600-55819-4}}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Hudis |first=Norman |title=No Laughing Matter |publisher=Apex |location=London |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-906358-15-0}}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Ross |first=Robert |title=The Carry On Companion |publisher=Batsford |location=London |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-7134-8771-8}}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Ross |first=Robert |title=The Carry On Story |publisher=Reynolds and Hearn Ltd |location=London |year=2005 |isbn=1-903111-96-X}}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Rigelsford |first=Adrian |author-link = Adrian Rigelsford|title=Carry On Laughing – a celebration |publisher=Virgin |location=London |year=1996 |isbn=1-85227-554-5}}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Sheridan |first=Simon |title=Keeping the British End Up – Four Decades of Saucy Cinema |publisher=Titan Books |location=London |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85768-279-6}}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Snelgrove |first=Kevin |title=The Carry On Book of Statistics |publisher=KAS Publications |location=Somerset |year=2003 |isbn=0-9544200-0-4}}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Snelgrove |first=Kevin |title=The Official Carry On Facts, Figures and Statistics |publisher=Apex Publishing Ltd |location=Norfolk |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-906358-09-9}}<br />
* {{cite book |last=Webber |first=Richard |title=50 Years of Carry On |publisher=Arrow |location=London |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-09-949007-4}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.thewhippitinn.com Carry On Films at The Whippit Inn] Detailed information on the ''Carry On'' film series<br />
* [http://www.carryon.org.uk What a Carry On] A tribute to the series<br />
* [https://www.imdb.com/find?q=Carry+on Carry on Films] at [[IMDb]]<br />
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