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The cast were poorly paid — around £5,000 per film for a principal performer.<ref name="unseen">''Kenneth Williams Unseen'' by Wes Butters and Russell Davies, 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>''The Kenneth Williams Diaries'' edited by Russell Davies, 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"/>
The cast were poorly paid — around £5,000 per film for a principal performer.<ref name="unseen">''Kenneth Williams Unseen'' by Wes Butters and Russell Davies, 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>''The Kenneth Williams Diaries'' edited by Russell Davies, 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"/>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%; width: 100%;"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Screenplay
! Music
! Distributor
! Production Costs
! Notes
|-
|1958
|''[[Carry On Sergeant]]''
|[[Norman Hudis]].
|[[Bruce Montgomery (composer)|Bruce Montgomery]]
|[[Anglo Amalgamated|Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd]].<ref name=BFISergeant>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28840''Carry On Sergeant'' (1958)], British Film Institute, accessed 16 March 2012</ref>
| £74,000<ref name=Snelgrove46>Snelgrove (2003), p. 46</ref>
|''Sergeant'' was based on the novel ''The Bull Boys'' by [[R.F. Delderfield]], with additional material by [[John Antrobus]]. It was the only film of the series to feature [[Bob Monkhouse]], who played the leading role,<ref>Ross (2005), p. 16</ref> with [[William Hartnell]] as the titular sergeant. The film also introduced [[Kenneth Williams]], [[Kenneth Connor]], [[Charles Hawtrey (actor born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]], [[Hattie Jacques]] and [[Terry Scott]] to the series.<ref name=BFISergeant/> Production lasted for two months, commencing in March 1958 and finishing in May and was released in August 1958.<ref name=Snelgrove10-13>Snelgrove (2008), pp. 10-13</ref> ''Sergeant'' was third in the box office ratings for that month.<ref name=Snellgrove6>Snelgrove (2008), p. 6</ref>
|-
|1959
|''[[Carry On Nurse]]''
|Norman Hudis
|Bruce Montgomery
|Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd<ref name=BFINurse>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28835''Carry On Nurse'' (1959)], British Film Institute, accessed 16 March 2012</ref>
|£71,000<ref name=Snelgrove46/>
|''Nurse'' was based on the play ''Ring For Catty'' by [[Patrick Cargill]] and Jack Beal,<ref>Ross (2005), p. 22</ref> It was the first film in the series to star [[Joan Sims]].<ref name=BFINurse/> It became the most commercially successful film in the series with the critic Dilys Powell commenting that the film was "a welcome breath of good, vulgar, music hall fun, no connected plot to speak of and, in its series of comic or farcical incidents, some excellent playing".<ref>"Nurse Is Just The Medicine", ''The Sunday Times'', 8 March 1959</ref> Production commenced in November 1958 and finishing the following month.<ref name="Snelgrove10-13"/> The film was released in March 1959.<ref name=Snelgrove10-13/>
|-
|1959
|''[[Carry On Teacher]]''
|Norman Hudis
|Bruce Montgomery
|Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28842''Carry On Teacher'' (1959)], British Film Institute, accessed 16 March 2012</ref>
|£78,000<ref name=Snelgrove46/>
|''Teacher'' starred the popular radio comedian [[Ted Ray (comedian)|Ted Ray]], who was recruited by [[Peter Rogers]] thanks to his success on radio during [[World War II]].<ref name=COC23>Ross (2002), pp. 21-23</ref> Ray, who was under contract to ABC Films at the time, proved to be popular with ''Carry On'' audiences on its general release and, as a result, Rogers intended to cast him in future films.<ref name=COC23/> However, ABC producers, enraged at Ray's success for a rival producer, demanded he stop appearing in the Carry Ons, and threatened Rogers with legal action, forcing him to find another lead actor.<ref name=COC23/> Production lasted a month, commencing in November 1958 and finishing the following month. The film was released in March 1959.<ref name="Snelgrove10-13"/>
|-
|1960
|''[[Carry On Constable]]''
|Norman Hudis
|Bruce Montgomery
|Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28825''Carry On Constable'' (1960)], British Film Institute, accessed 16 March 2012</ref>
|£82,000<ref name=Snelgrove46/>
|Additional writing material was supplied by John Antrobus and [[Brock Williams (screenwriter)|Brock Williams]], but both efforts were omitted from the final script.<ref>Webber, p. 58</ref> As inspiration, Hudis worked closely with officers from [[Slough]] police station, where at the time there was a [[flu]] pandemic and used this as a basis for the film. Production lasted a month, commencing in November 1959 and finishing the following month.<ref name="Snelgrove10-13"/> The film was released in February 1960.<ref name=Snelgrove10-13/> Reviews were mixed. A film reviewer for the ''Kinematograph Weekly'' commented "Make no mistake, ''Carry On Constable'' will give exhibitors big houses",<ref>"Carry On Constable", ''Kinematograph Weekly'', 25 February 1960, pp. 33-34</ref> while a correspondent at ''The Times'' stated the film had "..little to recommend it...good ideas are few, and there is material here for little more than a modest series of television sketches farcically involving the police".<ref>"A Right Carry On", ''The Times'', 29 February 1960, p. 4</ref> The first film of the series to star Sidney James, who appeared in a part originally written for Ted Ray.<ref name=COC23/>
|-
|1961
|''[[Carry On Regardless]]''
|Norman Hudis
|Bruce Montgomery
|Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28837''Carry On Regardless'' (1961)], British Film Institute, accessed 16 March 2012</ref>
|£100,000<ref name=Snelgrove46/>
|''Regardless'' was the first film of the series not to follow a plot and as such, consisted of a series of situational sketches. Out of the series, ''Regardless'' had the highest amount of unused material omitted from its script.<ref name=Ross40-41>Ross (2005), pp. 40-41</ref> Hattie Jacques was initially asked to play a leading role in the film; but illness prevented her from doing so and she was paid a fee of £100 in exchange for a minor part as the hospital matron.<ref name=Ross40-41/> Taking just seven weeks to make, it was released in March 1961.<ref name=Snelgrove10-13/><ref>Snelgrove (2008), p. 15</ref>
|-
|1962
|''[[Carry On Cruising]]''
|Norman Hudis
|Bruce Montgomery
|Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28827''Carry On Cruising'' (1962)], British Film Institute, accessed 16 March 2012</ref>
|£140,000<ref name=Snelgrove46/>
|The screenwriter [[Michael Pertwee]] completed two scripts entitled "Carry On Flying" and "Carry On Smoking" - with the latter being based on life within a fire station.<ref name=Ross44-45>Ross (2005), pp. 44-45</ref> Rogers was not keen; as a potential disaster involving either an aeroplane or a fire could happen and would therefore render the film's release as "bad taste".<ref name=Ross44-45/> A new script was commissioned from Rothwell who completed a draft for a camping-themed film. Again, Rogers was not keen and so asked Rothwell to adapt a film script from a short story written by [[Eric Barker]] which was based on a group of holiday makers on a cruise in the Mediterranean.<ref>Ross (2005), p. 44</ref> Filming began on 8 January 1962 and lasted two months. ''Cruising'' was the first film of the series to be shot in [[Eastman Color Negative|colour]] and was released in April 1962.<ref>Ross (2005), p. 46</ref>
|-
|1963
|''[[Carry On Cabby]]''
|[[Talbot Rothwell]]
|[[Eric Rogers (composer)|Eric Rogers]]
|Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd<ref name=BFICabby>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28822''Carry On Cabby'' (1963)], British Film Institute, accessed 16 March 2012</ref>
|£149,986<ref name=Snelgrove46/>
|''Cabby'' was the first film in the series to star [[Jim Dale]] and a return to [[Black-and-white|black and white]].<ref name=BFICabby/> It was based on an original story by [[Dick Hills and Sid Green]] called ''Call Me a Cab''. ''Cabby'' is also noted for being the first film of the series to be written by Talbot Rothwell, who took just two weeks to complete the script.<ref name=Snellgrove6/> At the start of filming, Charles Hawtrey could not drive so had to be taught within a week. He passed his driving test the day before shooting commenced.<ref>Ross (2005), pp. 50-51</ref> Filming began in March 1963 and lasted two months, with the film being released in June 1963.<ref>Snelgrove (2003), p. 111</ref>
|-
|1963
|''[[Carry On Jack]]''
|Talbot Rothwell
|Eric Rogers
|Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28833''Carry On Jack'' (1963)], British Film Institute, accessed 16 March 2012</ref>
|£152,000<ref name=Snelgrove46/>
|The second ''Carry On'' to be filmed in colour, ''Jack'' was originally intended to be a separate film from the series, and had the pre-production title "Up The Armada".<ref name=Ross52-55>Ross (2005), pp. 52-55</ref> However, the title was rejected by the [[British Board of Film Classification|British Board of Film Censors]] for being too rude.<ref name=Ross52-55/> ''Jack'' was the first film of the series to be period based and had the working title of "Carry On Mate".<ref name=Ross53>Ross (2005), p. 53</ref> [[Juliet Mills]] was cast having previously appeared in two of Rogers and Thomas's earlier films: ''[[Twice Round the Daffodils]]'' and ''[[Nurse on Wheels]]''.<ref name=Ross53/> Production started in September 1962 and finishing the following month. ''Jack'' was released in November 1962.<ref name=Snelgrove10-13/>
|-
|1964
|''[[Carry On Spying]]''
|Talbot Rothwell and Sid Colin
|Eric Rogers
|Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28841''Carry On Spying'' (1963)], British Film Institute, accessed 16 March 2012</ref>
|£148,000<ref name=Snelgrove46/>
|The last film of the series to be made in black and white and the first to star [[Barbara Windsor]].<ref name=Snelgrove114>Snelgove (2003), p. 114</ref> ''Spying'' was a [[parody]] of the highly successful ''[[James Bond|James Bond series]]''. Rogers registered the title "Carry On Spying" in 1962 as a result of the success ''Dr. No'' - the first ''James Bond'' film of the series.<ref name=Ross56>Ross (2005), p. 56</ref> Dissatisfied with an initial script by Norman Hudis, Rogers commissioned Rothwell and Sid Colin to write the screenplay instead.<ref name=Ross56/> Peter Rogers was threatened with legal action during the film's production as the character played by Charles Hawtrey was named James Bind. The name was changed to Charlie Bind as a result.<ref>Ross (2005), p. 58</ref> Production on ''Spying'' started in February 1964 and finished the following month. It was released in June 1964.<ref name=Snelgrove114/>
|-
|1964
|''[[Carry On Cleo]]''
|Talbot Rothwell
|Eric Rogers
|Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28824''Carry On Cleo'' (1964)], British Film Institute, accessed 17 March 2012</ref>
|£194,323<ref name=Snelgrove46/>
|"It is the most sumptuous of all the ten ''Carry On'' comedies. Not the funniest but still very funny in parts and a far bigger laugh than the more ambitious efforts of the Taylor-Burton-Harrison team"<ref>Cecil Wilson, ''Daily Mail'', 8 December 1964, p. 16</ref> was the ''Daily Mail's'' response of ''Cleo'' upon its release in November 1964.<ref name=Snelgrove115>Snelgrove, p. 115</ref> ''Cleo'' was made just after the Hollywood feature ''[[Cleopatra (1963 film)|Cleopatra]]''; the same sets and costumes were used for ''Cleo'' after they were abandoned by American producers. Filming commenced in July and finished in August 1964.<ref name=Snelgrove115/> It was released in October the same year.<ref name=Snelgrove114/>
|-
|1965
|''[[Carry On Cowboy]]''
|Talbot Rothwell
|Eric Rogers
|Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28826''Carry On Cowboy'' (1965)], British Film Institute, accessed 17 March 2012</ref>
|£195,000<ref name=Snelgrove46/>
|The first film in the series to star [[Peter Butterworth]] and [[Bernard Bresslaw]]. The film featured a [[cameo appearance|cameo]] by the composer Eric Rogers as the band leader in the saloon bar. Production started in July and finished in September 1965. ''Cowboy'' was released in November that year.<ref>Snelgrove (2003), p. 116</ref>
|-
|1966
|''[[Carry On Screaming!]]''
|Talbot Rothwell
|Eric Rogers
|Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd<ref name=BFIScreaming>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/162533 ''Carry On Screaming!'' (1966)], British Film Institute, accessed 17 March 2012</ref>
|£197,500<ref name=Snelgrove46/>
|Sidney James, who was recovering from a [[heart attack]], was replaced by [[Harry H. Corbett]] in the lead role. The film's duration was the longest of the series, running for 98 minutes.<ref name=BFIScreaming/> The opening music was released on vinyl on a 45 rpm and was released in 1966. It was sung by vocalist [[Boz Burrell]], though the version used in the film (and credited to 'Anon') was actually sung by [[Embassy Records]] session singer [[Ray Pilgrim]].<ref>Columbia DB 7972</ref> Burrell later played bass for bands [[King Crimson]] and [[Bad Company]].<ref>"Boz Burrell", ''International Who's Who in Popular Music:Volume 4'', p. 72</ref>
|-
|1966
|''[[Don't Lose Your Head]]''
|Talbot Rothwell
|Eric Rogers
|[[Rank Organisation]]<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/190852 ''Don't Lose You Head'' (1966)], British Film Institute, accessed 17 March 2012</ref>
|£200,000<ref name=Snelgrove46/>
|In 1966, Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd appointed [[Nat Cohen]] as its new managing director. Cohen disliked the ''Carry On'' series intensely, forcing producer Peter Rogers to strike a deal with Rank Organisation.<ref name=Ross62>Ross (2002), pp. 62-65</ref> The deal was sealed within days on the condition that the ''Carry On'' prefix be omitted due to its close association to Anglo Amalgamated. However, box-office takings suffered as a result on the release of ''Don't Lose Your Head'' and of the following film ''Follow That Camel'' and so the ''Carry On'' prefix was reinstated the following year.<ref name=Ross62/>
|-
|1967
|''[[Follow That Camel]]''
|Talbot Rothwell
|Eric Rogers
|Rank Organisation<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/33581 ''Don't Lose Your Head'' (1967)], British Film Institute, accessed 17 March 2012</ref>
|£288,366<ref name=Snelgrove46/>
|Based loosely on the [[P.C. Wren]] adventure novel ''[[Beau Geste]]'', Peter Rogers decided to cast [[Phil Silvers]] in place of Sidney James who had suffered another minor heart attack a few months before production began.<ref name=Ross62/> Silvers was paid a fee of £40,000 in total and was the highest fee paid to any actor in the series history.<ref>Ross (2005), p. 85</ref>
|-
|1967
|''[[Carry On Doctor]]''
|Talbot Rothwell
|Eric Rogers
||Rank Organisation<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28830 ''Carry On Doctor'' (1967)], British Film Institute, accessed 18 March 2012</ref>
|£214,000<ref name=Snelgrove46/>
|The first medical theme–based ''Carry On'' for eight years, the first of two ''Carry On'' films to star [[Frankie Howerd]] and one which Rogers intended to be the last.<ref>Ross (2005), p. 88</ref> Joan Sims was originally asked to play the part of "Matron" due to her earlier success playing the same part in ''[[Doctor in Clover]]'', but the part eventually went to Hattie Jacques.<ref name=Ross89>Ross (2005), p. 89</ref> With the ''Carry On'' prefix still an unfavourable title among Rank producers, Rothwell initially entitled the script "Nurse Carries on Again".<ref name=Ross89/> ''Doctor'' was also the first of four ''Carry On'' films to benefit from illustrations on the opening credits. They were drawn by [[Larry (cartoonist)|Larry]], an illustrator for ''Punch'' magazine.<ref>Ross (2005), p. 90</ref> Production started in September 1967 and finished the following month. ''Doctor'' was released in December that year.<ref>Snelgrove (2003), p. 121</ref>
|-
|1968
|''[[Carry On Up The Khyber]]''
|Talbot Rothwell
|Eric Rogers
|Rank Organisation<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28844 ''Carry Up The Khyber'' (1968)], British Film Institute, accessed 18 March 2012</ref>
|£260,000<ref name=Snelgrove41>Snelgrove (2008), p. 41</ref>
|Filmed on location in [[Snowdonia]], [[North Wales]], ''Up The Khyber'' was the only film of the series to venture out of England for filming.<ref name=Snelgrove113>Snelgrove (2008), p. 113</ref> ''Up The Khyber'' was voted 99th in a poll of the finest 100 films ever made by the [[British Film Institute]].<ref>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/466528/index.html BFI Screenonline], British Film Institute, accessed 24 March 2012</ref> It took three days to complete the infamous dinner scene.<ref name=Snellgrove6/> Filming began in March and finished in May 1968. ''Up The Khyber'' was released in August 1968.<ref name=Snelgrove113/>
|-
|1969
|''[[Carry On Camping]]''
|Talbot Rothwell
|Eric Rogers
|Rank Organisation<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28823 ''Carry On Camping'' (1969)], British Film Institute, accessed 18 March 2012</ref>
|£208,354<ref name=Snelgrove41/>
| ''Camping'' was perhaps one of the best known films of the series. It was filmed between October and November 1968 and held its premiere at the Metropole Victoria on 3 July 1969.<ref name=Ross102-103>Ross (2005), pp. 102-103</ref> ''Camping'' scored a number one at the box office for 1969.<ref>Webber, p. 112</ref> The film became infamous for the sequence in which Barbara Windsor's [[Brassiere|bra]] flew off during early morning exercises. So risqué was this scene, that [[Ireland]] banned the film upon its Irish release.<ref name=Ross102-103/>
|-
|1969
|''[[Carry On Again Doctor]]''
|Talbot Rothwell
|Eric Rogers
|Rank Organisation<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28819 ''Carry On Again Doctor'' (1969)], British Film Institute, accessed 18 March 2012</ref>
|£219,000<ref name=Snelgrove41/>
|''Again Doctor'' was the last consecutive film to star Jim Dale.<ref name=Ross82-3>Ross (1996), pp. 82-83</ref> Dale insisted on performing all his own stunts in the film and, as a result, broke his arm.<ref name=Ross82-3/> The film's composer, Eric Rogers, makes his second on screen appearance as the trumpet player during the hospital dance sequence.<ref name=Ross82-3/> ''Again Doctor'' commenced filming on 17 March 1969 and finished three weeks later at the beginning of May.<ref>Webber, p. 113</ref> ''Again Doctor'' went on general release in August 1969.<ref>Snelgrove (2003), p. 125</ref>
|-
|1970
|''[[Carry On Up The Jungle]]''
|Talbot Rothwell
|Eric Rogers
|Rank Organisation<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/162540 ''Carry On Up The Jungle'' (1970)], British Film Institute, accessed 18 March 2012</ref>
|£210,000<ref name=Snelgrove41/>
|''Up The Jungle'', had the pre-production title of "Carry On Tarzan" but was changed as the name "Tarzan" was owned by the estate of [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]].<ref>Ross (2005, p. 110</ref> It was the second and final film to star Frankie Howerd, whose part was originally written for Kenneth Williams.<ref>Ross (1996), p. 86</ref> ''Up The Jungle'' went into production in October 1969 and took three weeks to make. It was released in March 1970.<ref>Snelgrove (2003), p. 126</ref>
|-
|1970
|''[[Carry On Loving]]''
|Talbot Rothwell
|Eric Rogers
|Rank Organisation<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28834 ''Carry On Loving'' (1970)], British Film Institute, accessed 18 March 2012</ref>
|£215,000<ref name=Snelgrove41/>
|Rothwell wrote a script called "Carry On Courting" but was re-titled by Rogers to ''Carry On Loving''.<ref>Ross (2005), p. 118</ref> ''Loving'' was one of the cheapest films to make of the series, but grossed one of the biggest profits at the box-office.<ref>Ross (2005), p. 121</ref> [[Dick Richards]] from the [[Daily Mirror]] commented that Rothwell "whipped up some funny situations"<ref>"Carry On Loving review" ''Daily Mirror'', 4 November 1970, p. 28</ref> while the [[Daily Express]] predicted that "The fun lovers who have flocked to the cinema and made the other films so successful will no doubt flock to this."<ref>"Review", ''Daily Express'', 4 November 1970, p. 20</ref> Filming started in May 1970, finished in June and was released in September the same year.<ref>Snelgrove (2003), p. 127</ref>
|-
|1971
|''[[Carry On Henry]]''
|Talbot Rothwell
|Eric Rogers
|Rank Organisation<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28832 ''Carry On Henry'' (1971)], British Film Institute, accessed 18 March 2012</ref>
|£223,000<ref name=Snelgrove41/>
|The pre-production title was "Anne of a Thousand Lays" - and was as the title suggested; a parody of the Richard Burton film ''[[Anne of the Thousand Days]]''. Sid James wore the same costume worn by Burton in the earlier film.<ref>Ross (1996), p. 93</ref> Thomas managed to secure royal permission to film on the grounds of [[Windsor Castle]] - a first for any British film.<ref>Ross (2005), p. 123</ref> Filming started in October 1970 and finished the following month. ''Henry'' was released in February 1971.
|-
|1971
|''[[Carry On at Your Convenience]]''
|Talbot Rothwell
|Eric Rogers
|Rank Organisation<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28820 ''Carry On At Your Convenience'' (1971)], British Film Institute, accessed 18 March 2012</ref>
|£220,000<ref name=Snelgrove41/>
|The film was known as ''Carry On Round the Bend'' outside the United Kingdom.<ref name=Ross98-9>Ross (1996), pp. 98-99</ref> ''At Your Convenience'' was the first box office failure of the series. The failure has been attributed to the film's political theme about the [[trade union]] movement; portraying the union activists as incompetent troublemakers.<ref name=Ross98-9/> A profit on the film was not made until 1976 after several international and television sales. The first of two films to star [[Kenneth Cope]].<ref name=Ross98-9/>
|-
|1972
|''[[Carry On Matron]]''
|Talbot Rothwell
|Eric Rogers
|Rank Organisation<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/162526 ''Carry On Matron'' (1972)], British Film Institute, accessed 18 March 2012</ref>
|£224,995<ref name=Snelgrove41/>
|''Matron'' was the last medical based ''Carry On''. Norman Hudis was asked to produce a script for what would be the 23rd film of the series. However, as a result of his membership in the [[Writers Guild of America, West|Writers Guild of America]], difficulties arose and the contract was never signed.<ref>Ross (2005), p. 136</ref> ''Matron'' entered into production in October 1971 and was the first film of the series for [[Jack Douglas (actor)|Jack Douglas]], who was paid £25 for his role which took a day to film.<ref>Ross (2005), p. 137</ref> Filming finished in November 1971 and ''Matron'' was released in May 1972.<ref>Snelgrove (2003), p. 130</ref>
|-
|1972
|''[[Carry On Abroad]]''
|Talbot Rothwell
|Eric Rogers
|Rank Organisation<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28816 ''Carry On Abroad'' (1972)], British Film Institute, accessed 18 March 2012</ref>
|£225,000<ref name=Snelgrove41/>
|Filming began on 17 April 1972 and was the last ''Carry On'' to star Charles Hawtrey.<ref name=Snelgrove51>Snelgrove (2003), p. 51</ref> Filmed entirely in England, ''Abroad'' was completed within a month and was released in December 1972. It featured the most amount of ''Carry On'' regulars with only Jim Dale and Terry Scott missing from the cast.<ref>Ross (2005), p. 142</ref>
|-
|1973
|''[[Carry On Girls]]''
|Talbot Rothwell
|Eric Rogers
|Rank Organisation<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28831 ''Carry On Girls'' (1973)], British Film Institute, accessed 18 March 2012</ref>
|£205,962<ref name=Snelgrove41/>
|''Girls'' had a six-week shooting schedule which commenced on 16 April 1973 on location in Brighton.<ref name=Ross108-109>Ross (1996), pp. 108-109</ref> Gerald Thomas was eager to cast Kenneth Williams, although Williams turned the role down due to theatre commitments. Thomas trimmed down the role to entice Williams to join the cast, but again Williams refused. The part designated for Williams would eventually go to [[Jimmy Logan]] in what would be his second ''Carry On'' engagement.<ref name=Ross108-109/> ''Girls'' was released in November 1973.<ref>Snelgrove (2003), p. 133</ref>
|-
|1974
|''[[Carry On Dick]]''
|Talbot Rothwell
|Eric Rogers
|Rank Organisation<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28829 ''Carry On Dick'' (1974)], British Film Institute, accessed 18 March 2012</ref>
|£245,000<ref name=Snelgrove41/>
|Talbot Rothwell's contract was up for renewal and Rogers enlisted Lee Wyman and George Evans to produce a script. However, Rothwell's contract was renewed and Wyman and Evans received a credit as "Based on a treatment by...".<ref name=Ross162-163>Ross (2005), pp. 162-163</ref> With the pressure of producing a quality script in a limited amount of time, Talbot Rothwell was forced to retire from writing halfway through the scripts draft after suffering an attack of nervous exhaustion. It was to become his last film for the series. ''Dick'' was also to be the last entry for both Sidney James and Hattie Jacques.<ref name=Ross162-163/> ''Dick'' started filming in March 1974, finished a month later and was released in July the same year.<ref>Snelgrove (2003), p. 135</ref>
|-
|1975
|''[[Carry On Behind]]''
|[[Dave Freeman (writer)|Dave Freeman]]
|Eric Rogers
|Rank Organisation<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/28821 ''Carry On Behind'' (1975)], British Film Institute, accessed 18 March 2012</ref>
|£217,000<ref name=Snelgrove41/>
|Talbot Rothwell was busy with other writing commitments when approached by Rogers for another holiday based ''Carry On'', so Dave Freeman was enlisted to complete the screenplay for what would be the 27th film in the series.<ref name=Ross168-169>Ross (2005), pp. 168-169</ref> The German model [[Elke Sommer]] was cast for a fee of £30,000. The last film of the series to star Bernard Bresslaw and Patsy Rowlands.<ref name=Ross168-169/> Filming began in March 1975 and lasted a month. ''Behind'' went on general release in December 1975.<ref>Snelgrove (2003), p. 136</ref>
|-
|1976
|''[[Carry On England]]''
|David Pursall and Jack Seddon
|[[Max Harris (composer)|Max Harris]]
|Rank Organisation<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/60624 ''Carry On England'' (1976)], British Film Institute, accessed 18 March 2012</ref>
|£250,000<ref name=Snelgrove41/>
|Originally intended as a T.V episode for the 1975 ''Carry On Laughing'' series the previous year, writers David Pursell and Jack Seddon, we're asked to adapt their script - "The Busting of Balsy" - into a film.<ref name=Ross176>Ross (2005), p. 176</ref> ''England'' was the only film of the series to be partially funded by both Rogers and Thomas as Rank refused to pay the full amount.<ref name=Ross176/> ''England'' featured [[Patrick Mower]] in place of Sid James who had died a month before filming began in May 1976. The film took a month to make and was released in October of that year. Due to the topless nudity and one use of the word "Fokker" it was briefly released with a [[History_of_British_film_certificates#1970.E2.80.931982|'AA' certificate]] which excluded anyone under the age of 14, before the scenes were cut and the film passed with the traditional [[History_of_British_film_certificates#1970.E2.80.931982|'A' certificate]].<ref>Snelgrove (2003), p. 137</ref>
|-
|1977
|''[[That's Carry On!]]''
|Tony Church
|Eric Rogers
|Rank Organisation<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/43671 ''That's Carry On'' (1977)], British Film Institute, accessed 18 March 2012</ref>
|£30,000<ref name=Snelgrove41/>
|Compilation film presented by Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor. This was to be Windsor's 10th and final appearance in the series. The idea for the film was inspired by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]'s popular [[That's Entertainment!]] series of documentaries.<ref name=Ross122-123>Ross (1996), pp. 122-123</ref> The last film of the series to be entirely distributed by Rank who instead, co-produced alongside [[EMI]]. ''That's Carry On!'' was a box-office flop.<ref name=Ross122-123/>
|-
|1978
|''[[Carry On Emmannuelle]]''
|Lance Peters
|Eric Rogers
|Hemdale<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/60623 ''Carry On Emmannuelle'' (1978)], British Film Institute, accessed 18 March 2012</ref>
|£320,000<ref name=Snelgrove41/>
||With Rank having pulled out of the series altogether the previous year, Rogers was approached by the private investment company Cleves Investments who invested £349,000 on the new production.<ref name=Ross125-128>Ross (1996), pp. 125-128</ref> Rogers was keen to capitalize on the popularity of the ''Confessions of...'' series which had proved popular with British cinema audiences and so hired the Australian author Lance Peters; a prominent writer of Australian sex comedies to produce a script. ''Emmannuelle'' marked the end of an era; not only was it the last film for fourteen years, but it was also the last film of the series to star Peter Butterworth, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor and Joan Sims.<ref name=Ross125-128/> ''Emmannuelle'' commenced filming in April 1978, finished the following month and was released in November the same year.<ref>Snelgrove (2003), p. 138</ref> Due to the increasing sexual nature of the film it was given a [[History_of_British_film_certificates#1970.E2.80.931982|'AA' certificate]] in the UK which excluded anyone under the age of 14.
|-
|1992
|''[[Carry On Columbus]]''
|Dave Freeman and John Antrobus
|[[John Du Prez]]
|Island World<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/473338 ''Carry On Columbus'' (1992)], British Film Institute, accessed 18 March 2012</ref>
|£2,500,000<ref name=Snelgrove41/>
|Devised and produced by John Goldstone, ''Columbus'' was the most expensive ''Carry On'' of the series. It had financial backing from [[Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]] and commenced filming in April 1992.<ref name=Ross197/> Intended to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the Christopher Columbus voyage to America, Rogers commissioned Dave Freeman to produce a script in record time.<ref name=Ross197>Ross (2005), p. 197</ref> A new generation of comedy actors were cast, including [[Rik Mayall]], [[Keith Allen (actor)|Keith Allen]], [[Alexie Sayle]] and [[Julian Clary]]. [[Jim Dale]] returned to lead the cast and [[Jack Douglas (actor)|Jack Douglas]] featured in a small role. There were no other recognised carry On stars present. Frankie Howerd was asked to star but died two days before the start of filming.<ref name=Ross197/>
|}

===Unmade films===
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>{{cite book|title=The Carry on Companion|author=Robert Ross|publisher=Batsford|year=2002|isbn=0-7134-8771-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Complete A-Z of Everything Carry On|author=Richard Webber|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2005|isbn=0-00-718223-6}}</ref>
* ''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 Flying'' (1962)—scripted by Norman Hudis, about a group of [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] recruits. It got as far as pre-production before being abandoned.
* ''Carry On Spaceman'' (1962)—see section below.
* ''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 2 escape films. The complete script was included in the book ''The Complete A-Z of Everything Carry On''.
* ''Carry on Dallas'' (1980)—a planned spoof of the popular US series ''[[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 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.

==== ''Carry On Spaceman'' ====
''Carry On Spaceman'' was to be released shortly after ''[[Carry On Regardless]]'', in 1961. It was scripted by [[Norman Hudis]], and was to satirise interests in the [[Space Race]] from the Western world's point of view, and was to have been shot in black and white.

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]]''.

Attempts to revive ''Carry On Spaceman'' in 1962 under [[Denis Gifford]], again by Hudis, failed, and the project was subsequently abandoned.

==== ''Carry On Again Nurse'' ====
Three scripts were written for an intended sub-sequel to the successful ''[[Carry On Nurse]]'' film, the second installment of the ''Carry On'' series. All three attempts failed, and so the film has never been made.

===== 1967 =====
The first attempt to create ''Carry On Again Nurse'' came in 1967, but was later released as ''[[Carry On Doctor]]''. It is unclear why the film was renamed, though it is possibly because Anglo-Amalgamated Ltd owned the first 12 ''Carry On'' films, and Rank did not wish to enter a lawsuit. Despite all this, ''[[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 ward.

===== 1979 =====
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A second attempt at ''Carry On Again Nurse'' came in 1979, after the franchise 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]]''.

===== 1988 =====
The final attempt to create ''Carry On Again Nurse'' came in 1988, with a script written by [[Norman Hudis]] (the script is included in the book ''The Lost Carry Ons''), but with a budget of 1.5 million was deemed too expensive.

==== ''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."<ref name="BBC News">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7292810.stm |title=Carry On script gets green light |accessdate=2008-03-13|work=BBC News | date=13 March 2008 |first=Genevieve |last=Hassan}}</ref> The film had several false starts, with the producers and cast changing extensively over time. Only the rather unknown Welsh actress [[Jynine James]] remained a consistent name from 2003 to 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/3094158.stm |title=From Convent to Carry On |publisher=BBC News |date=10 September 2003 |accessdate=2010-12-12}}</ref> [[Danniella Westbrook]], [[Shaun Williamson]] and [[Burt Reynolds]] were also once attached to the project. In May 2006, it was announced [[Vinnie Jones]] and [[Shane Richie]] were to star in the film, which was to be directed by [[Peter Richardson (actor)|Peter Richardson]], though [[Ed Bye]] later replaced him as the named director.<ref>{{cite news| last =| first =| coauthors =| title =Vinnie Jones in new Carry On film | work =| pages =| language =| publisher =BBC| date =16 May 2006| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4987704.stm| accessdate =2007-10-21}}</ref> At the 50th anniversary party held at Pinewood Studios in March 2008, Peter Rogers confirmed that he was planning for 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]] type), [[Liza Tarbuck]] (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. Following the death of series producer Peter Rogers the project was shelved.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8000111.stm "'Carry On' producer Rogers dies"], ''BBC News'', 15 April 2009</ref> The company set up to produce the film ''Carry On London LTD'' was undergoing liquidation proceedings as of February 2010.<ref>http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/issues/59116/pages/11258/page.pdf</ref>

===Non-''Carry On'' films===
''[[Please Turn Over]]'' (1959), ''[[Watch Your Stern]]'' (1960), ''[[No Kidding (film)|No Kidding]]'' (1960), ''[[Raising the Wind (1961 film)|Raising the Wind]]'' (1961), ''[[Twice Round the Daffodils]]'' (1962), ''[[Nurse on Wheels]]'' (1963), ''[[The Big Job]]'' (1965) and the television programme spin-off ''[[Bless This House (film)|Bless This House]]'' (1972) were all also directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers and utilised the same writers and some of the same cast and crew of the ''Carry On'' films. They are not part of the ''Carry On'' series.

''[[Carry on Admiral]]'' (1957), which has [[Joan Sims]] in the cast, is a comedy in a similar vein although it has no connection to the series. There was also an unrelated 1937 film ''Carry On London'', starring future ''Carry On'' performer [[Eric Barker]].


== Cast ==
== Cast ==

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Carry On
Directed byGerald Thomas
Written byNorman Hudis 1958–1962
Talbot Rothwell 1963–1974
Produced byPeter Rogers
StarringKenneth Williams
Joan Sims
Charles Hawtrey
Sid James
Kenneth Connor
Peter Butterworth
Bernard Bresslaw
Hattie Jacques
Jim Dale
Barbara Windsor
Jack Douglas
Terry Scott
and others
Music byBruce Montgomery (1958–1962)
Eric Rogers (1963–1975 and 1978)
Max Harris (1976)
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated
Rank Organisation
Release date
1958–1978, 1992
Running time
Estimated at 2700 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Carry On films are a sequence of 31 low-budget British comedy motion pictures produced between 1958 and 1992. The films' humour was in the British comic tradition of the music hall and seaside postcards. Producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas drew on a regular group of actors, the Carry On team, that included Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Hattie Jacques, Terry Scott, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor, Jack Douglas and Jim Dale.

The Carry On series contains the largest number of films of any British series, and next to the James Bond films, it is the second longest continually running UK film series (with a fourteen-year hiatus between 1978 and 1992). From 1958 to 1966 Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd produced 12 films, with Rank Organisation making the remaining 19 between 1967 and 1992. All the films were made at Pinewood Studios.

Producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas made all 31 films, usually on time and to a strict budget, and often employed the same crew. Between 1958 and 1992, the series employed seven writers, most often Norman Hudis (1958–1962) and Talbot Rothwell (1963–1974). In between the films, Rogers and Thomas produced Four Christmas specials in 1969, 1970, 1972 and 1973, a thirteen episode television series in 1975 and various West End stage shows which later toured the regions.

Background

The films' humour was in the British comic tradition of the music hall and seaside postcards. Many of them parodied more serious films — in the case of Carry On Cleo (1964), the Burton and Taylor film Cleopatra (1963).

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), the monarchy (Henry), the Empire (Up the Khyber), the military (Sergeant) and the trade unions (At Your Convenience) as well as the Hammer horror film (Screaming), camping (Camping), foreigners (Abroad), beauty contests (Girls), and caravan holidays (Behind) among others. Although the films were very often panned by critics, they proved very popular with audiences.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

The series began with Carry On Sergeant (1958), about a group of recruits on National Service, and was sufficiently successful that others followed. A film had appeared the previous year under the title Carry on Admiral; although this was a comedy in a similar vein (with Joan Sims in the cast) it has no connection to the series. There was also an unrelated 1937 film Carry On London, starring future Carry On performer Eric Barker.

The cast were poorly paid — around £5,000 per film for a principal performer.[8] In his diaries, Kenneth Williams lamented this and criticised several of the movies despite his declared fondness for the series as a whole.[9] Peter Rogers, the series' producer, acknowledged: "Kenneth was worth taking care of, because while he cost very little [...] he made a very great deal of money for the franchise."[8]

Cast

Main article: List of Carry On films cast members

Album

Main article: Oh! What a Carry On!

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.

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.

Stage shows

Year Show title Theatre Writer Cast
1973–1975 Carry On London Victoria Palace Theatre Talbot Rothwell, Dave Freeman and Eric Merriman Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Bernard Bresslaw, and Jack Douglas.
1976 Carry On Laughing Royal Opera House in Scarborough Sam Cree Jack Douglas, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, and Liz Fraser
1992 Wot a Carry On in Blackpool Barry Cryer and Dick Vosburgh. Barbara Windsor and Bernard Bresslaw.

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 .

A two-hour radio documentary Carry On Forever!, presented by Leslie Phillips, was broadcast in two parts on BBC Radio 2 in two parts on 19–20 July 2010.

References in other media

The success of the Carry On series occasionally led to affectionate parodies of the series by other contemporary comedians:

Merchandise

Falcon De Luxe a UK company owned by Jumbo Games released a jigsaw based on the official Carry On movie posters. The jigsaw is a montage of numerous movie posters along with the main movie logo in the center.[12]

References

Notes

  1. ^ "More than just a Carry On?". BBC News. 25 July 2008. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  2. ^ Peter Bradshaw (15 May 2004). "What a Carry On!". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  3. ^ Cook, William (18 March 2008). "Film Blog: Stop Carry Ons". London: Blogs.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  4. ^ Logged in as click here to log out (28 September 2007). "Infamy? They've got it". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  5. ^ "The possibility of happiness..." Newstatesman.com. 1 October 2001. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  6. ^ TimesOnline: A 50th anniversary appreciation of the Carry On movie, 29 July 2008[dead link]
  7. ^ White, Jim (17 March 2008). "A British comedy classic that could carry on". London: Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  8. ^ a b Kenneth Williams Unseen by Wes Butters and Russell Davies, HarperCollins 2008
  9. ^ The Kenneth Williams Diaries edited by Russell Davies, HarperCollins 1993
  10. ^ The Spitting Image Book - Faber and Faber Ltd, 1985. Pg. 11
  11. ^ "Carry on news: Channel 4 to show Carry On Banging", Carry online, accessed 5 February 2013
  12. ^ Carry On Movie Posters Jigsaw Puzzle

Bibliography

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  • Davidson, Andy (2012). Carry On Confidential. London: Miwk. ISBN 978-1-908630-01-8.
  • Eastaugh, Kenneth (1978). The Carry On Book. London: David & Charles. ISBN 978-0-7153-7403-0.
  • Hibbin, Sally & Nina (1988). What a Carry On. London: Hamlyn. ISBN 978-0-600-55819-4.
  • Hudis, Norman (2008). No Laughing Matter. London: Apex. ISBN 978-1-906358-15-0.
  • Ross, Robert (2002). The Carry On Companion. London: Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-8771-8.
  • Ross, Robert (2005). The Carry On Story. London: Reynolds and Hearn Ltd. ISBN 1-903111-96-X.
  • Rigelsford, Adrian (1996). Carry On Laughing - a celebration. London: Virgin. ISBN 1-85227-554-5.
  • Sheridan, Simon (2011). Keeping the British End Up - Four Decades of Saucy Cinema. London: Titan Books. ISBN 978-0-85768-279-6.
  • Snelgrove, Kevin (2003). The Carry On Book of Statistics. Somerset: KAS Publications. ISBN 0-9544200-0-4.
  • Snelgrove, Kevin (2008). The Official Carry On Facts, Figures and Statistics. Norfolk: Apex Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-906358-09-5.
  • Webber, Richard (2009). 50 Years of Carry On. London: Arrow. ISBN 978-0-09-949007-4.

External links

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