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Oh, hello!

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They're the most famous comedy gang
in British film history.

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It's all cock and no pea.
That's exactly how I like it.

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They've made us laugh for 60 years
with an outrageous blend of

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eyebrow-raising sauciness
and slapstick.

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(BALLOON POPS)
(THEY LAUGH RAUCOUSLY)

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Very obvious. And rude, as well.

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Harmless at the same time.

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It was like nudge-nudge, wink-wink.

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Which one of you is looking for Big
Dick? He is. He is.

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In this series we're revealing
all about what was carrying on

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behind the scenes.

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Look! Earmuffs!

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There'll be unseen clips
of life on set.

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Do you think that this is the type
of part you like acting?

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Oh, I always do. It's got a touch of
the sadism in it,

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and I'm very good at all that,
being a bit nasty.

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There's more extraordinary photos

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that have laid in the archives
for decades.

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Oh, my goodness! What's this?

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And emotional returns
to where the magic happened.

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This film is always with me,

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because there are always people who
are seeing it for the first time.

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It's become a very big part
of my life because of that.

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Carry on!

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(SID JAMES CHUCKLES)

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In 1964, the Carry On films
were just six years old,

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but the country had come of age.

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Beatlemania swept through Britain,

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and the nation's youth embraced
a sexual revolution

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and an increasingly liberal attitude.

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By now, Pinewood had become
a popular base

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for big-budget blockbusters
featuring Britain's biggest stars.

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But it was a different story
for the Carry Ons,

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whose production purse strings
were held tightly

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by producer Peter Rogers
and director Gerald Thomas,

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the famously thrifty team
behind the films.

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I think that we all felt that we
were not quite up to that level,

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you know. But we were
a band of happy brothers,

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and so when we walked into
that dining room at lunchtime,

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you would get people
come over to join us.

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And that's when I realised
everybody there knew the Carry Ons

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and all made a point of coming over
and being part of the Carry On team.

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Just across from the canteen
Bond was in production,

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with Sean Connery starring
in Goldfinger.

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Rogers and Thomas
didn't have to look far

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for their 9th Carry On adventure.

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Not that everyone would be pleased
about it.

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Red Admiral calling Blue Bottle.
Red Admiral calling Blue Bottle.

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Blue Bottle, come in. Blue Bottle.

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It's a clear parody
of the Bond films.

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And the Bond producers
weren't very happy

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that Peter Rogers was gonna rip off
their franchise,

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on their doorstep as well,
at Pinewood Studios,

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in probably the next studio.

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Hello.
Hello.

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Agent Bind.
James?

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No, Charlie.

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Number?
OO-oh.

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It's more of a homage to film noir
and The Third Man,

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which was a classic British
film noir.

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The Associate Editor on that film
was Gerald Thomas,

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so that's why it was shot
in black and white.

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Ssh, I think I've made contact.

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Hello, Red Admiral calling BOSH.
Come in, BOSH.

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Making his third Carry On appearance
was pop star turned actor Jim Dale,

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who suddenly found himself
a man of many parts.

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I had no idea who I was
from one day to the next.

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I had seven different characters
to play.

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The journey from London to Vienna
by diesel locomotive

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is uncomfortably long.

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There was a bearded match seller,
a prostitute -

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a favourite character would have
been a bearded prostitute.
That could have been fun.

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Cafe Mozart, 10 o'clock.
'Ere, wait a minute,

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where's Carstairs?
I am Carstairs.

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They knew I could do
physical comedy,

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and that was going to be
most important.

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I went down a drain. (EXHALES)
You know, that's dangerous!

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Oh! Look out!

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There's a stepladder inside.
You're gonna miss it.

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Your legs are gonna go
on either side of the stepladder,

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as they did, and I came out
a soprano for a few days.

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Spying also saw the first appearance
of a young actress

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who was set to shake up
the whole of the Carry On outfit.

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Come over 'ere, I want to see you.

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The only child of a bus conductor
and a dressmaker,

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Barbara Ann Deeks
was born in Shoreditch in 1937

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and started performing
at the age of 13.

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As Barbara Windsor, her big career
break would come nine years later

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in a stage production of
Fings Ain't Wot They Used To Be.

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She soon earned a BAFTA nomination

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in the 1962 movie
Sparrows Can't Sing

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before Peter Rogers spotted her many,
and very considerable, talents.

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I remember her bouncing into
the studio on that first day,

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coming over to me and saying,
"Hello, Jim, I'm Barbara."

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Will you help me on with mine,
please? Of course, yes.

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She was great. In comes this little
cockney fireball, you know. Yeah.

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No, she was great.
Didn't take any prisoners.

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Barbara was a breath of fresh air.
And that's what the Carry Ons needed
and that's what the Carry Ons got.

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You'd better just put it
in your handbag, Daphne.

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Once they wrapped
on Carry On Spying,

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Barbara Windsor was put into
a black wig and they said,

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"You're playing Cleopatra next."
She'd go, "OK, fine, no problem."

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But it didn't work out. She always
says that she upset Gerald Thomas,

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but whether that was true
I don't know.

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Gerald would probably
forgive Barbara anything.

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Instead,
the title role of the next film

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went to 28-year-old Amanda Barrie,
in her second Carry On adventure.

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'This is Cleopatra,
the fabulous Queen of the Nile.

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Whose only resemblance to an iceberg

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is that no more than
one tenth of her is visible.

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While nine tenths,
the better part of her,

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is beneath the surface.'

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I don't remember ever being asked
about an audition,

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or an interview,
or anything at all.

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I was told by my agent,
"You're doing a Carry On."

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And I went, "Yes, and what am I
doing?" "Cleo." And I went...

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"Me?! I can't do Cleo!

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What are they thinking of?!",
you know.

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Yes?

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Is there something I can do for you?

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(GRUNTS)

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Sid, as far as I'm concerned,
was just a joy to work with.

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It was always easy
to make him laugh.

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Now look, I'm very sorry, miss,
but I've got my orders.

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Madam, I...

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(CHUCKLES)

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Oh, don't apologise, please.

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I could forgive
such a handsome visitor anything.

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I used to put all his bets on
for him,

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cos he knew I like racing
and horses,

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so all the time it would be...

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I'd be backwards and forwards
to the phone

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cos there weren't bookies
you could do it with then,
you couldn't ring Ladbrokes.

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And I was so looking forward to
cementing our alliance.

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Yes. Well, there'll be plenty of
time to think about that later.

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Right now, we have to think
what to do about Caesar.

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In what had become
a Carry On tradition,

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Cleo, like Spying, was a direct
send-up of a big-budget production

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also being filmed at Pinewood.

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They were making a film
of Cleopatra -

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the very famous, very expensive

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Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
film, based at Pinewood Studios,

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and because the weather was so bad
in England,

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they decamped
and went to Italy to finish it,

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just leaving a load of sets behind.

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And Peter Rogers thought,
"Well, we could use those."

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And it looks beautiful

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because that was 20th Century Fox
money, basically,

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not Peter Rogers money.

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So, um, they used those sets
for a lot of the exterior shots,

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and even the same costumes.

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Puer, O puer, O puer.

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I was wearing
Elizabeth Taylor's shoes,

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a couple of their headdresses,
certainly one of the neck things.

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I didn't take them.

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My God, darling, I'd put them on
eBay, if I'd bothered to get them.

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I say!

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Ooh!

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Amanda Barrie may have been presented
with a star wardrobe

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but she spent a large part of Cleo
in just her birthday suit.

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I didn't wear very much at all
under the milk.

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Sometimes, I used to put
bits of sticky stuff on me

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and it used to float off.

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I think they put powdered milk in.

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But it did used to go a bit niffy.

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Are we there?
Yes, sir.

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Good. Come in with me and stay
close, I don't feel safe tonight.

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You're not.

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I think the reason people love
Carry On Cleo

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was probably because of
the Kenneth Williams

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most brilliant line that was
ever written for a Carry On film.

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Infamy! Infamy!

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They've all got it in for me!

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That's gone down in history as one
of the great one-liners of all time.

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Not a Carry On original -
this is a line from a radio show,

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which Denis Norden
and Frank Muir wrote,

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and the scriptwriter,
Talbot Rothwell,

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just had this line
that didn't quite work in the script

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and thought, "What about that line
from that radio show 10 years ago?"

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Phoned Frank Muir,
"Can I use it, please?"

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"Of course, no problem."
And that line went on forever,

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so Frank Muir went to his grave
bemoaning the fact

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"I gave away my best line!"

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And it's always credited to Tolly
and not to him.

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But that's showbiz for you.

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With its cheeky wink
to Burton and Taylor,

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Cleo was a box-office smash
at Christmas, 1964.

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Full of Eastern promise,
the Carry Ons were on a roll.

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But soon they would head out west
for a film

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that would give Sid James
a new co-star

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that might just have been
his favourite yet.

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Marvellous. I never let her kiss ME.

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But I don't mind kissing HER.

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Though British farce
through and through,

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by the mid '60s the Carry Ons

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were also drawing in the crowds
far from home.

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Breaking box-office records, Carry
On Cleo was still packing them in

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when Carry On Cowboy
went into production in 1965.

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Producer Peter Rogers
had heard that The Fab Four

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were set to make a cowboy film.

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Could the Carry Ons
really beat The Beatles?

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The back lot of Pinewood
had never looked more Western

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than it did with that set.
It was absolutely brilliant.

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So it really looks as if
it was an American film.

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Appearing in his sixth Carry On caper
was Sid James,

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cast in the lead role
as The Rumpo Kid.

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(HORSE WHINNIES)

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I wonder what they wanted.

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I think in this film Sid James
felt more at home than all of us,

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especially in the saddle.

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He worked in the Outback
of Australia.

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He was used to being on a horse.

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He LOVED it.

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Little footage has survived
of the Carry On team at work,

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but on Carry On Cowboy
a news crew filmed Sid James

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as he relaxed backstage
in between takes.

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Much of the footage shot that day
has never been seen on television,

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until now.

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He's been showing me what to do
with these.

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Can I have my finger? Thanks.
Alright? Have that one.

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Hang on.

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See those?
Somebody's favourite breakfast.

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Want to meet her? Come on.

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She goes mad for these.

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This is my girlfriend, Katie.

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Show 'em your sharp end.
Turn around, lovely.

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There we are.

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Isn't she pretty?

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She's dead clever, you know.
She's had a lot of experience.

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I think she's done more pictures
than I have.

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But Sid wasn't the only one
enjoying his Wild West adventures.

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The part I played in Carry On Cowboy
meant I was allowed to do things

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that I had never done before.

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Annie Oakley was trying to teach me
how to fire a gun.

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And Gerry said, "Well, you know,
just play about."

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And I said, "It would be nice
if we could do some

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really tricky, rehearsed stuff
in this."

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(GUNSHOT)

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So I spent two weeks watching myself

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pull a gun out, letting go of it,

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the gun would spin in the air,
and I would reach for it,

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hoping I was going to catch
the barrel.

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I would be rehearsing
for hours a day,

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and so when you see this ad-lib
of me pulling the gun,

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it spins twice, I grab it,
and the barrel's pointing at me...

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Argh!

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..that was two weeks of practice,

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but it was worth it just for the
two seconds it took of screen time.

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Cos it looked...
It looked wonderful.

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Carry On Cowboy also saw
the first credited appearance

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of a member of the gang who would
become known as its gentle giant.

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The youngest son of a tailor's cutter
and a seamstress,

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6'7" Bernard Bresslaw

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first came to prominence
as Private Popeye Popplewell

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in ITV's The Army Game.

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Look at that pretty girl over there.
(LAUGHTER)

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Pardon me, miss...

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..but may I have this dance?

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For a comedy actor,
he took it very seriously.

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He looked on every role
as a challenge, I think,

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and wanted to try and find something
different he could bring to it.

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We went to visit him on location...

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We here.
Oh, good.

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..which was great fun,
as you can imagine.

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As a young lad,
being taken out onto a set -

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it was terribly glamorous.

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You wait.

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Big Chief in little lodge.

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(TOILET FLUSHES)

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He was a very learned man,
he was very well read.

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His great passion was reading.

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The roles don't do him justice,
in that sense.

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No can stick in keyhole-um.

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Key in keyhole-um.

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Well take the key out!
Ah.

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(BLAST)

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Cowboy was the start of Bernard's

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10-year relationship
with the Carry On team.

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What's the matter?

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But it was also a film that marked
the debut of a new

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and nervous leading lady.

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(GRUNTS)

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# The night is young

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# And we're not too old...

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I got the telephone call
and they said,

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"Look, we'd really like you to play
Annie Oakley."

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So I thought,
"Oh, is that Annie Get Your Gun?"

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(LAUGHS) You know, "Is that
a musical? Am I up for this?"

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Anyway, it turned out to be a film
called Carry On Cowboy,

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in which I play Annie Oakley,
and "Yes, please, I'd love to."

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# When I am yours

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# To have and to hold...

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Well, the singing scene was
a very nerve-racking experience.

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# I am willing

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# And awfully weak

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# And just...

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I said to Joan Sims, "I'm
terrified." My knees were knocking.

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So she gave me a double brandy...
She gave me a double brandy

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and she pushed me up those stairs
and she pushed me on.

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# And say those words

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# I'm longing to hear...

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And I think you can see in
the very last shot I'm embarrassed.

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I'm embarrassed at the end,
when I get to Sid

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and I'm so relieved it's all over.

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# It's the night for love #

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These previously unseen books
are full of pictures

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that recorded life on set
of the Carry Ons.

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This is the first time that
Angela Douglas has seen the photos

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that the Pinewood publicity team
captured on the set of Cowboy.

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Oh, I love that!

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That would make a great
Christmas card, wouldn't it?

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I used to think I was fat.
Look at it.

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That's very sweet.

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There's Jim.

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Take 2, it says here. Take 2.
Now that was a luxury.

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I mean, that's an exceptional shot
in itself.

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We hardly ever did two takes.

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Bless his heart. Oh, my goodness!

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What's this?

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00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:41,120
Oh, looking so confident.
I mean, there's an actress!

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Looking so confident on the horse.

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I'm really quite frightened
of horses and I can't ride.

324
00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,520
Oh, it's such a pretty,
happy picture.

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It's a fabulous life -
if you're lucky.

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I wouldn't be here talking to you,
would I,

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if it hadn't been for the Carry Ons,
so I'm grateful to them for that.

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00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:06,000
Maybe without them, um,

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00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,680
it would be Angela who?

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Following her performance in Cowboy,

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Angela Douglas would soon be
back on set with her new pals

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on the next Carry On adventure,

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paired up again with on-screen
love interest Jim Dale.

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00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,000
It's not a peep show, you know.

335
00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:24,720
It was lovely. The two of us got on
like bread and butter. It was great.

336
00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:29,240
The only thing I don't like
about that lady...is her scream.

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(SCREAMS)

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00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:34,440
We had three takes,
and she had to scream.

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00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:37,600
And every time she did it,
she got nearer to my ear.

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00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:39,520
I am still a bit Mutt 'n' Jeff.

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00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:42,120
(SCREAMS)

342
00:17:42,120 --> 00:17:45,120
What now?
There IS something in those bushes.

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00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,400
This would be another Carry On
inspired by

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what was already big
at the box office.

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00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:53,400
The result would be
a spine-tingling pastiche

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of the equally British
Hammer Horrors.

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(MUTED SCREAM)

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00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:02,440
The lead role of
investigating officer Sergeant Bung

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was written for Sid James.

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00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:07,080
But Sid had already had the call
to star in Christmas panto.

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(TELEPHONE RINGS)

352
00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:10,440
Slobotham here, sergeant.

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00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:12,760
Sorry if I'm disturbing you
and Mrs Bung.

354
00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,840
That's alright, Slobotham.
We weren't doing anything.

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00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:17,920
This would be the only Carry On role

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for the star of Steptoe and Son,
Harry H Corbett.

357
00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:24,000
And he'd find it by no means
an easy ride.

358
00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:27,920
Why are we stopping here, sarge?
There's a house.

359
00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,200
I think Harry felt a little bit
out of it.

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00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:33,360
We all had the confidence
of having worked with each other

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over the years, that
we didn't really have to, um,

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00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,280
involve ourself
in too much rehearsal.

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00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:41,640
We knew what was coming.

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00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,840
Harry perhaps felt
a little bit on the outside.

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00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:51,560
Sergeant!

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00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:55,000
But the arms of the company
were around him every day,

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00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:57,480
and finally he did relax
and become part of it,

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and really did enjoy making
that film, he told me afterwards.

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00:19:01,120 --> 00:19:03,080
(KNOCK ON DOOR)

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00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,720
But for many,
the best character in Screaming

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was the seductive Valeria Watt.

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Come.

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After a minor part
in Carry On Regardless,

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this would be the role that would
seal Fenella Fielding's place

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in British movie history.

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00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,560
Fenella Fielding
is the Carry On vamp.

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00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:22,000
Nobody from the established
Carry On team could have played
that part.

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00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,440
It's not a Barbara Windsor part,
or a Liz Fraser part,

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or a Joan Sims part,
it's uniquely Fenella.

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00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:28,840
Just a minute.

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00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,080
Bide-a-Wee Rest Home.

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00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:35,160
Come on, let's go inside.

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00:19:35,160 --> 00:19:38,400
Most of Carry On Screaming
was shot at Pinewood Studios.

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00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,240
I would like to see...

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00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:43,560
..the master of the house.

386
00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,680
I'm afraid my brother is resting.

387
00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,160
But the exterior of
the Bide-a-Wee Rest Home

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00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,800
was found in neighbouring
Fulmer Grange.

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00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,680
Today the building is still in use
as a language school.

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00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:01,480
That I remember much taller.

391
00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:06,760
I can't believe it.
I mean, it looks life-size.

392
00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:07,800
Love it.

393
00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,840
I have very fond memories
of Carry On Screaming

394
00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:18,960
because all actors like working
with other actors that they admire.

395
00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:23,040
And there were so many good actors
in this particular film,

396
00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:27,800
that you...wherever you turned,
you saw someone you admired.

397
00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:34,800
It was, I think,
as near perfect as you can get.

398
00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:36,800
What time is it?

399
00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,000
Just past December.

400
00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,280
I told you not to call me
till the beginning of March!

401
00:20:49,360 --> 00:20:53,280
Seeing pictures of oneself
in costume,

402
00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:56,720
it always depends on
how good you look.

403
00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:59,080
And on this one,

404
00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:04,960
I look as if I've had
rather a good lunch...quite often.

405
00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:08,040
Everyone wants to know about
the dress.

406
00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:09,880
(CHUCKLES)

407
00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:12,080
I couldn't really sit down in it.

408
00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:15,120
In fact,
the only time I did sit down

409
00:21:15,120 --> 00:21:18,560
was in my scene with Harry H.

410
00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:20,920
Do you smoke?
Not on duty, miss.

411
00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:24,440
Well, do you mind if I smoke?
Of course not, miss.

412
00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,480
Thank you so much.

413
00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,400
I did have a leaning board,

414
00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:32,760
which is rather remarkable,
isn't it? It's very Hollywood.

415
00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:36,080
A slanting board, you lean on it

416
00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:39,600
between shots so that you don't
wear yourself out.

417
00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,800
Which is a very good idea.

418
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,880
Frying tonight! Aah!

419
00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,840
This film is always with me,

420
00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:56,440
because there are always people
who are seeing it for the first time

421
00:21:56,440 --> 00:22:00,280
and it's become a very big part
of my life because of that.

422
00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,640
It's amazing. It's incredible.

423
00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,760
Carry On Screaming
was a roaring success,

424
00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:11,880
and soon plans were afoot to make
a big noise across the Atlantic.

425
00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:16,080
Could one of TV's loudest character
actors be the man to help them?

426
00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,200
Get dressed and be out there
in five seconds!

427
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,400
(SHOUTS INCOHERENTLY)

428
00:22:28,330 --> 00:22:32,330
Carry On Screaming had made all
the right noises at the box office.

429
00:22:32,330 --> 00:22:33,810
(RUMBLE OF THUNDER)

430
00:22:33,810 --> 00:22:37,290
But the brand was to undergo
a major transformation.

431
00:22:37,290 --> 00:22:38,890
All of the 12 previous Carry Ons

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00:22:38,890 --> 00:22:41,290
had been released
through Anglo Amalgamated.

433
00:22:41,290 --> 00:22:44,450
But following the death of
their co-founder, Stuart Levy,

434
00:22:44,450 --> 00:22:46,890
Peter Rogers turned to
a distribution company

435
00:22:46,890 --> 00:22:48,850
based within the home of
the Carry Ons.

436
00:22:50,330 --> 00:22:53,370
The Rank Organisation were a bit
reluctant to pick up a series

437
00:22:53,370 --> 00:22:55,810
so heavily associated with
a rival company

438
00:22:55,810 --> 00:22:59,490
that they made Don't Lose Your Head
without the Carry On prefix.

439
00:22:59,490 --> 00:23:02,410
'Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas
have brought the Carry On crew

440
00:23:02,410 --> 00:23:04,370
together again in
Don't Lose Your Head.'

441
00:23:04,370 --> 00:23:08,370
# Don't lose your head
when they're screaming for blood...

442
00:23:08,370 --> 00:23:09,890
Don't miss it. We're not.

443
00:23:09,890 --> 00:23:12,930
This was made as a Carry On.
There's no two ways about it.

444
00:23:12,930 --> 00:23:16,170
It's the same cast, the same writer,
the same director, the same crew -

445
00:23:16,170 --> 00:23:18,610
everything's the same,
it's just without "Carry On."

446
00:23:21,450 --> 00:23:25,450
The next year, Rank would play the
same trick with Follow That Camel -

447
00:23:25,450 --> 00:23:28,170
not just without the words
"Carry On" in the title,

448
00:23:28,170 --> 00:23:32,130
but also without Sid James,
who was working on a new TV sitcom

449
00:23:32,130 --> 00:23:34,850
before a heart attack
cut short his involvement.

450
00:23:35,930 --> 00:23:38,890
A parody of big-screen adventures
with the Foreign Legion,

451
00:23:38,890 --> 00:23:41,770
this was a Carry On film that
also had an international name

452
00:23:41,770 --> 00:23:43,690
in the lead role.

453
00:23:43,690 --> 00:23:46,530
Phil Silvers was asked
to star in this film

454
00:23:46,530 --> 00:23:49,690
because they wanted to open
the market to the American audience.

455
00:23:49,690 --> 00:23:52,850
In the most original fashion,
I play a sergeant.

456
00:23:52,850 --> 00:23:54,610
Something knew to me (!)

457
00:23:54,610 --> 00:23:56,570
A sergeant in the Foreign Legion.

458
00:23:56,570 --> 00:23:58,650
And I'm the only American in it,

459
00:23:58,650 --> 00:24:01,010
and possibly the best actor
of the bunch.

460
00:24:01,010 --> 00:24:04,690
The only popular film in America had
been Carry On Nurse at that point.

461
00:24:04,690 --> 00:24:07,770
And I think The Rank Organisation
had a feeling that maybe

462
00:24:07,770 --> 00:24:09,290
an American star would help it.

463
00:24:09,290 --> 00:24:10,930
Let me in.

464
00:24:10,930 --> 00:24:13,530
Let me in, for pity's sake!

465
00:24:13,530 --> 00:24:16,650
Well, Phil Silvers, you know,
Sergeant Bilko,

466
00:24:16,650 --> 00:24:20,010
in the late '50s, I mean,
he was huge.

467
00:24:20,010 --> 00:24:22,650
You didn't go out that night
when he was on television.

468
00:24:22,650 --> 00:24:24,810
Sergeant Nocker reporting, sir.

469
00:24:24,810 --> 00:24:27,490
Back from patrol...
(MUMBLES)

470
00:24:28,850 --> 00:24:31,850
So I thought, "I'm gonna meet
Phil Silvers, how amazing."

471
00:24:31,850 --> 00:24:34,850
And I'm taken into this little
sort of house on the beach,

472
00:24:34,850 --> 00:24:37,970
and there's this man with a muffler
and a coat on,

473
00:24:37,970 --> 00:24:40,330
and he said,

474
00:24:40,330 --> 00:24:43,290
"Mr Silvers,
this is Angela Douglas."

475
00:24:43,290 --> 00:24:46,210
He said, "Oh, hello, Angela."
Like this, he said,

476
00:24:46,210 --> 00:24:49,330
"Tell me,
have you ever been constipated?"

477
00:24:50,450 --> 00:24:53,610
I went, "Oh! How do you do?"

478
00:24:56,370 --> 00:24:58,370
I got something for you!

479
00:24:59,610 --> 00:25:02,330
With an appearance fee of £30,000,

480
00:25:02,330 --> 00:25:06,010
Phil Silvers became the highest paid
actor in Carry On history,

481
00:25:06,010 --> 00:25:09,570
dwarfing the £6,000 paid
to regular Kenneth Williams.

482
00:25:09,570 --> 00:25:13,130
Silvers was definitely more Hollywood
than Pinewood.

483
00:25:13,130 --> 00:25:16,650
He did have certain demands. He
wanted to be flown over first class,

484
00:25:16,650 --> 00:25:18,250
for his family to come with him,

485
00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:20,010
to be put up in
The Dorchester hotel -

486
00:25:20,010 --> 00:25:21,610
but he was an American star.

487
00:25:21,610 --> 00:25:24,090
He had quite a problem.
Unfortunately,

488
00:25:24,090 --> 00:25:28,890
his memory wasn't good. He had to
have the words alongside the camera.

489
00:25:28,890 --> 00:25:31,450
What for?
For talking back to your sergeant!

490
00:25:31,450 --> 00:25:33,490
For not being ready for parade!

491
00:25:33,490 --> 00:25:36,610
And for acting like a couple of
motherless, fatherless kids!

492
00:25:36,610 --> 00:25:40,210
Now you get with it! Get dressed
and be out there in five seconds!

493
00:25:40,210 --> 00:25:42,410
(SHOUTS INCOHERENTLY)

494
00:25:44,330 --> 00:25:47,010
We had problems with this
cos WE knew our words,

495
00:25:47,010 --> 00:25:49,610
but we tried to make him feel
as comfortable as possible.

496
00:25:51,970 --> 00:25:56,490
Another newcomer to the Carry On team
was 24-year-old singer Anita Harris,

497
00:25:56,490 --> 00:25:58,570
making her feature film debut.

498
00:25:58,570 --> 00:26:02,010
Well, it's one thing being offered
your first movie,

499
00:26:02,010 --> 00:26:05,850
and thinking, "Ah! This is it!",

500
00:26:05,850 --> 00:26:10,530
and then you suddenly realise
you've got to be a bombshell,

501
00:26:10,530 --> 00:26:15,610
um, with a different accent...
(GIGGLES)

502
00:26:15,610 --> 00:26:19,570
We haven't seen you here before.
No, I have just come from Egypt.

503
00:26:19,570 --> 00:26:22,010
Ah, Egypt. Land of mystery.

504
00:26:22,010 --> 00:26:24,170
Home of the mighty fairies.

505
00:26:24,170 --> 00:26:26,970
You mean pharaohs.
I know what I mean.

506
00:26:26,970 --> 00:26:29,010
I went to a vocal coach,

507
00:26:29,010 --> 00:26:31,890
and of course for the belly dancing

508
00:26:31,890 --> 00:26:36,410
I had to spend about six weeks
with a REAL belly dancer.

509
00:26:36,410 --> 00:26:40,290
And, um, she said,
"You're too skinny. You're too thin.

510
00:26:40,290 --> 00:26:42,250
You've got to have a belly."

511
00:26:45,170 --> 00:26:48,410
There she was, in this lovely
frilly Turkish dress,

512
00:26:48,410 --> 00:26:49,850
being an utter delight.

513
00:26:49,850 --> 00:26:53,370
She had this very sexy little dance,
which she was very good at.

514
00:26:56,810 --> 00:26:59,850
It was a bit of fun.
All I had to do was a good job

515
00:26:59,850 --> 00:27:03,250
and feel very looked after.

516
00:27:06,290 --> 00:27:09,410
Location filming took place
in early 1967.

517
00:27:09,410 --> 00:27:11,890
Having decamped to the coast
for three weeks,

518
00:27:11,890 --> 00:27:13,530
this was the longest period

519
00:27:13,530 --> 00:27:16,770
the Carry Ons would ever spend
away from Pinewood Studios.

520
00:27:21,810 --> 00:27:23,970
But with purse strings
as tight as ever,

521
00:27:23,970 --> 00:27:26,570
cast and crew didn't have to
travel far for filming.

522
00:27:26,570 --> 00:27:31,490
The exotic landscape of the Sahara
would be found in East Sussex.

523
00:27:33,570 --> 00:27:35,690
Oh, it's just so beautiful
to be back.

524
00:27:37,330 --> 00:27:39,890
So, Sergeant Bilko, where are you?
(LAUGHS)

525
00:27:40,930 --> 00:27:42,370
Jezebel!

526
00:27:42,370 --> 00:27:44,890
I'll never trust another woman
as long as I live.

527
00:27:44,890 --> 00:27:47,570
(SPITS)
Disgusting!

528
00:27:47,570 --> 00:27:50,850
I think the fort must have been
somewhere over there.

529
00:27:50,850 --> 00:27:52,170
The fort!

530
00:27:52,170 --> 00:27:54,850
And the camp
with all the beautiful girls.

531
00:27:54,850 --> 00:27:59,130
One thing about Gerald Thomas
and Peter Rogers

532
00:27:59,130 --> 00:28:01,730
was they knew how to pick the girls.
(LAUGHS)

533
00:28:01,730 --> 00:28:04,250
Man, you gotta hand it
to these A-rabs.

534
00:28:04,250 --> 00:28:07,290
They got the craziest
camping equipment!

535
00:28:07,290 --> 00:28:09,810
The camel was interesting.

536
00:28:09,810 --> 00:28:12,370
She came from Chessington Zoo.

537
00:28:12,370 --> 00:28:15,130
We soon learned that actually

538
00:28:15,130 --> 00:28:19,010
the camel didn't like sand...
(LAUGHS) ..at all.

539
00:28:19,010 --> 00:28:23,250
So they lay tracks under the sand
so she could be sure-footed

540
00:28:23,250 --> 00:28:25,810
for the scene she did.
In fact, she did really well.

541
00:28:25,810 --> 00:28:28,410
She did - a bit smelly,
but really well. (LAUGHS)

542
00:28:32,050 --> 00:28:33,850
Oh, lovely memories.

543
00:28:33,850 --> 00:28:35,810
Lovely memories.

544
00:28:37,890 --> 00:28:40,650
To be a part of that team
was absolutely wonderful.

545
00:28:44,490 --> 00:28:46,290
They became a family.

546
00:28:46,290 --> 00:28:49,850
And to join that family,
when you're in your early 20s,

547
00:28:49,850 --> 00:28:52,490
is a bit special.
It really was lovely.

548
00:28:52,490 --> 00:28:54,410
Lovely.

549
00:29:01,530 --> 00:29:05,170
But losing "Carry On" from the titles
Don't Lose Your Head

550
00:29:05,170 --> 00:29:08,570
and Follow That Camel also led
to losses at the box office.

551
00:29:08,570 --> 00:29:12,410
And Phil Silvers had failed
to draw in fans across the Atlantic.

552
00:29:13,810 --> 00:29:16,810
In 1967, the words "Carry On"
were back,

553
00:29:16,810 --> 00:29:18,970
but it seemed this was a brand

554
00:29:18,970 --> 00:29:21,290
that might need
even more drastic surgery.

555
00:29:21,290 --> 00:29:24,570
Peter Rogers had told
Kenneth Williams

556
00:29:24,570 --> 00:29:26,770
that Carry On Doctor
was to be the last Carry On.

557
00:29:26,770 --> 00:29:29,050
Good morning, Matron.
Good morning, Doctor.

558
00:29:29,050 --> 00:29:34,610
Rumours went around that maybe
Anglo would start doing rival Carry
On films with some of the cast.

559
00:29:34,610 --> 00:29:39,410
Inspired by the popular Doctor films
produced by his wife, Betty Box,

560
00:29:39,410 --> 00:29:42,850
Peter Rogers moved away from
hysterical historicals

561
00:29:42,850 --> 00:29:45,570
and called upon Matron Hattie Jacques
and the gang

562
00:29:45,570 --> 00:29:48,090
to help nurse Carry On
back to health.

563
00:29:48,090 --> 00:29:49,810
Indeed, rude health.

564
00:29:49,810 --> 00:29:51,890
Oh, no you don't. Oh!

565
00:29:51,890 --> 00:29:55,570
I saw that film.
I thought you'd like to smell it.

566
00:29:55,570 --> 00:29:58,290
The lead role went to comedian
Frankie Howerd,

567
00:29:58,290 --> 00:30:02,090
perfectly cast as charlatan
faith healer Francis Bigger.

568
00:30:02,090 --> 00:30:07,010
While my assistant passes amongst
you with the collection box...

569
00:30:07,010 --> 00:30:10,210
Purely travelling expenses,
of course. (CHUCKLES)

570
00:30:10,210 --> 00:30:12,290
No cheques, please, just notes.

571
00:30:12,290 --> 00:30:14,890
I'd known Frankie
since I was 20 years old.

572
00:30:18,410 --> 00:30:21,890
He came into the film
and played Frankie Howerd,

573
00:30:21,890 --> 00:30:25,370
which was all we wanted,
and was very funny being Frankie.

574
00:30:25,370 --> 00:30:27,410
What's going on here, Nurse?

575
00:30:27,410 --> 00:30:30,890
Oh, Sister, he won't let me take
his underpants off, the silly boy.

576
00:30:30,890 --> 00:30:34,690
You're darn right I won't! And I'm
not a boy, as you'd soon find out.

577
00:30:36,170 --> 00:30:39,210
Carry On Doctor saw a welcome return
for the old gang

578
00:30:39,210 --> 00:30:42,610
who had made some of the brand's
most popular films of the mid '60s,

579
00:30:42,610 --> 00:30:46,250
including Sid James,
confined to scenes in bed

580
00:30:46,250 --> 00:30:48,610
while recovering from
a recent heart attack.

581
00:30:48,610 --> 00:30:51,810
I'm Nurse May.
I was told to report here, Sister.

582
00:30:51,810 --> 00:30:54,050
I'll be with you in a moment.
Hi.

583
00:30:57,490 --> 00:31:00,210
The part of Matron
was offered to Joan Sims,

584
00:31:00,210 --> 00:31:04,290
but Sims stepped aside, saying that
no-one could make a better matron

585
00:31:04,290 --> 00:31:06,130
than her friend Hattie Jacques,

586
00:31:06,130 --> 00:31:09,330
who'd made the role her own
in 1959's Carry On Nurse.

587
00:31:09,330 --> 00:31:13,330
After four years' absence,
Hattie was back on her rounds.

588
00:31:15,010 --> 00:31:16,810
It was roles like this
that earned her

589
00:31:16,810 --> 00:31:20,130
the fond nickname of Mother Superior
from the rest of the cast.

590
00:31:20,130 --> 00:31:23,570
Hattie was just a real woman.

591
00:31:23,570 --> 00:31:25,730
A force to encounter.

592
00:31:25,730 --> 00:31:29,250
She was endearing. But she was also
very matter-of-fact.

593
00:31:29,250 --> 00:31:32,810
"Morning. Good morning.
Everybody alright? Good.

594
00:31:32,810 --> 00:31:34,690
Right, let's get on with it",
you know?

595
00:31:34,690 --> 00:31:37,850
And then the matron came through
all of that, of course.

596
00:31:37,850 --> 00:31:39,930
Dr Kilmore?

597
00:31:39,930 --> 00:31:43,210
Dr Kilmore! Why are you listening
at Dr Tinkle's door?

598
00:31:43,210 --> 00:31:44,570
What was that?

599
00:31:44,570 --> 00:31:46,330
Ooh!
Why are you listening

600
00:31:46,330 --> 00:31:48,770
at Dr Tinkle's door?
Was I?

601
00:31:51,010 --> 00:31:55,410
Josephine Edwina Jacques
was born on the 7th of February, 1922

602
00:31:55,410 --> 00:31:57,090
in Sandgate, Kent.

603
00:31:57,090 --> 00:31:59,330
Known as Hattie from the age of 20,

604
00:31:59,330 --> 00:32:01,850
during the Second World War
she worked as a nurse

605
00:32:01,850 --> 00:32:04,330
and a factory welder
before turning to the theatre.

606
00:32:06,570 --> 00:32:09,370
In 1950,
she landed her first major role

607
00:32:09,370 --> 00:32:11,890
in the film Chance of a Lifetime.

608
00:32:11,890 --> 00:32:14,050
I know which one
I'D give his cards to.

609
00:32:14,050 --> 00:32:15,690
Oh, you do, do you?
Yes, I do!

610
00:32:15,690 --> 00:32:18,090
Who?
You, you big puffed up bag of wind!

611
00:32:18,090 --> 00:32:19,850
Eight years later,

612
00:32:19,850 --> 00:32:22,690
she would be called up
for the first Carry On film.

613
00:32:22,690 --> 00:32:26,210
Hattie's brilliance at playing
the archetypal British battle-axe

614
00:32:26,210 --> 00:32:30,330
would be put to good use in the
majority of her 14 Carry On roles.

615
00:32:30,330 --> 00:32:33,650
Dismissed!
You've got no feeling for the sick!

616
00:32:33,650 --> 00:32:35,770
I remind you I am an officer!

617
00:32:35,770 --> 00:32:39,490
And I remind you
that I'm a sick man!

618
00:32:39,490 --> 00:32:42,970
She was lovely off-stage,
and people were shocked.

619
00:32:42,970 --> 00:32:46,810
She was mumsy. Sitting at the table,
she'd be serving, doing everything.

620
00:32:49,810 --> 00:32:51,490
When you've finished, Dr Prodd,

621
00:32:51,490 --> 00:32:54,530
perhaps we can carry on with
the business of the hospital?

622
00:32:54,530 --> 00:32:56,410
After you, Matron.

623
00:32:56,410 --> 00:32:59,690
She was Mum to everybody. Every
single person that I talked to

624
00:32:59,690 --> 00:33:04,770
on those movies always told me that
she was like the...the matriarch.

625
00:33:04,770 --> 00:33:06,890
Morning, Matron.
Good morning, Sister.

626
00:33:06,890 --> 00:33:09,690
Those screens are untidy, Sister.

627
00:33:09,690 --> 00:33:12,690
She was a real mum, and very gentle,
and very loving,

628
00:33:12,690 --> 00:33:16,090
and she was great
to both me and my brother

629
00:33:16,090 --> 00:33:17,930
when we were growing up.

630
00:33:17,930 --> 00:33:20,250
I have to say, Christmas time was...

631
00:33:21,570 --> 00:33:22,850
..amazing.

632
00:33:22,850 --> 00:33:25,490
It was like Carry On Christmas
at home.

633
00:33:25,490 --> 00:33:28,290
Kenny Williams would come,
Joan Sims would come.

634
00:33:28,290 --> 00:33:31,010
My mum would unwrap
Christmas crackers

635
00:33:31,010 --> 00:33:33,050
and put personal things

636
00:33:33,050 --> 00:33:37,370
to those people who were sitting
at that seat, just for them.

637
00:33:37,370 --> 00:33:39,210
She was amazing.

638
00:33:39,210 --> 00:33:42,850
Hattie Jacques was married to
Dad's Army star John Le Mesurier

639
00:33:42,850 --> 00:33:47,330
for 16 years, but behind her smile
lay a lifelong struggle.

640
00:33:47,330 --> 00:33:49,930
She was very self-conscious
of her weight.

641
00:33:49,930 --> 00:33:54,690
And she tried desperately to go on
all sorts of regimes and diets

642
00:33:54,690 --> 00:33:57,210
and whatnot,
which never really worked.

643
00:33:57,210 --> 00:34:01,050
To my mum, it mattered that
she was larger. It really did.

644
00:34:01,050 --> 00:34:04,210
You don't mind discussing
your problems with a woman, I hope.

645
00:34:04,210 --> 00:34:06,850
Oh, no, not at all.
My mother was a woman, you know.

646
00:34:06,850 --> 00:34:08,850
When she walked in a room
full of people,

647
00:34:08,850 --> 00:34:11,890
full of her friends, close friends,
it would take...

648
00:34:12,930 --> 00:34:16,290
..a lot of deep breaths and courage
to walk in there.

649
00:34:16,290 --> 00:34:18,290
You?

650
00:34:18,290 --> 00:34:20,730
I... So that's it!

651
00:34:20,730 --> 00:34:23,330
Gawd blimey, what a mug I've been!

652
00:34:23,330 --> 00:34:26,650
Charlie, please.
I know what you're thinking.

653
00:34:26,650 --> 00:34:28,610
Good! Then it save me telling you!

654
00:34:28,610 --> 00:34:32,490
Her contributions to the Carry On
films were unbelievable.

655
00:34:32,490 --> 00:34:36,450
And her sense of humour,
and her comedic timing

656
00:34:36,450 --> 00:34:38,290
was off the wall.

657
00:34:38,290 --> 00:34:40,290
She was a joy.

658
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,400
After a period of
not quite feeling itself...

659
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:57,000
(SCREAMS)

660
00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:00,240
..Carry On Doctor had seen the brand
once more fighting fit.

661
00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:03,520
But the next instalment, in 1968,

662
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:07,000
would be a strong contender for
the greatest Carry On of them all,

663
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:11,280
as Britain's colonial past was
sent up in Carry On Up the Khyber,

664
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:14,760
a spoof of adventure movies
like Michael Caine's Zulu.

665
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:18,600
It's an epic film. It's the one
that gets its foot into the door

666
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,320
of respectability. It's number 99

667
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:24,600
in the British Film Institute
Top 100 British Films of all time.

668
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:28,960
So one Carry On at 99 just squeezed
in the back door, as it were.

669
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:34,160
Oh, I say! He did not half
crack that one, did he not?

670
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:37,080
Dearest, if you can't express
yourself in more elegant terms,

671
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:39,880
kindly shut your cakehole.

672
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,560
Once again, Pinewood
was the principle location

673
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:44,600
as England doubled as India.

674
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:49,360
The studio was always filled with
what I would call "proper work."

675
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:52,760
And we were always the sort of
poor relation.

676
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,800
Played, sir!
Well played, Philip!

677
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:59,160
We were shooting the polo sequence
at the beginning of the film.

678
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:04,960
Dick Van Dyke was filming
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

679
00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:06,720
on another stage,

680
00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:09,920
and tottered across onto our set.

681
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,280
I think he'd had a couple of scoops.

682
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:15,080
I don't think he had any idea
where he was! (LAUGHS)

683
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:23,320
But, er, they were occupying
possibly three or four sound stages

684
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:25,320
to our one.

685
00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:30,440
But when it came to recreating
the Khyber Pass,

686
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:33,880
well, there was nothing like this
in leafy Buckinghamshire.

687
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,120
So cast and crew upped sticks

688
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:40,480
and headed for the Snowdonia
National Park in North Wales.

689
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:45,560
230 miles from Pinewood Studios,
it would be the furthest afield

690
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:47,520
the Carry On team would ever travel.

691
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,200
This rare example of
behind-the-scenes footage

692
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:54,360
was shot by a local TV crew
in May, 1968.

693
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,240
How did you find it
in the first place?

694
00:36:58,240 --> 00:37:01,760
Oh, I came down here with my art
director and cameraman on a recce,

695
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:05,280
and we met Colonel Goodchild,
who lives here in the village,

696
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,920
and he came with us -
he found these places for us.

697
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:10,440
He was most helpful.
This is the only place really

698
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:13,520
in the British Isles
that looks like the Khyber Pass.

699
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:16,000
40 local Welshmen were drafted in

700
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,720
to play the soldiers of
the 3rd Foot and Mouth Regiment -

701
00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:21,680
for once, proving
less than perfect casting.

702
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:24,480
I found that everybody in Wales
is called Williams.

703
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:27,200
Having a leading actor
called Williams, every time I say,

704
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:29,640
"Look at Mr Williams"
they look at each other.

705
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:32,600
'And so the British carried on
with their carefree life,

706
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,840
little knowing that high in the
snow-capped mountains to the north

707
00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:38,960
the spark was soon to be lit
that would set Kalabar ablaze.

708
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,520
Here was the famous Khyber Pass.'

709
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:51,480
70 cast and crew spent one week
in wet and windy Wales

710
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:55,600
facing a daily trek 3,000ft
up to Watkin's Path.

711
00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:59,680
Among them was 27-year-old
Angela Douglas,

712
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:02,960
making her fourth and final
Carry On appearance.

713
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:21,240
Wow.

714
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,800
It's more beautiful than I remember.
Much, much more beautiful.

715
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:30,080
But maybe I'm more appreciative now.
It's just stunning.

716
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:32,040
Stunning.

717
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:37,960
Halt! Who goes-

718
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:39,920
Who goes, erm...

719
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:42,000
Oh, what's the word?
There.

720
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,320
Oh, Thank you. Who goes there?
I go there. Very good friend.

721
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:47,480
Oh, advance, friend,
and give the password.

722
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,680
Big pleasure, sir.
What is password, please?

723
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:51,800
Pomegranate.
Very good. Pass, friend.

724
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:53,440
There used to be a gate here.

725
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:55,480
And the unit and the crew
were all up there,

726
00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:58,360
under sort of...
We had a sort of awning.

727
00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:00,760
And it was freezing.
Absolutely free...

728
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:03,240
Today's magical and just...
you could drink it,

729
00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:05,480
but um, it was freezing.

730
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:09,840
And underneath all the flimsy
clothes, I had thermals.

731
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:13,080
It appears the Khasi is coming down
the pass with his army.

732
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:16,320
I've decided that you will all try
and get back to the residency.

733
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:18,080
We? What about you?

734
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:21,840
I remember I had wonderful clunky,
very sort of Indian type jewellery,

735
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:23,720
and I lost an earring.

736
00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:25,760
And of course,
then there was hell to pay.

737
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:29,480
"Angela's lost an earring. How are
we gonna find it? Continuity."

738
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:32,160
And do you know,
I don't think we did find it,

739
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:35,200
and I had to go through the whole...
(LAUGHS) ..sort of doing this.

740
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,160
Kill! Kill! Kill!

741
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:41,840
Kenny Williams, he would have run
all the way round here,

742
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:44,480
and I guess
he would have moaned a bit.

743
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,080
He didn't trip.

744
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:53,000
I always like being back in Wales.
Always.

745
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:54,600
You see, my parents are Welsh.

746
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:57,840
My mother was from (INDISTINCT)
and my father was from Port Talbot.

747
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:00,640
You're playing the part of
an Indian er...

748
00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:03,840
I am playing, yes, Rhandi Lal,
the Khasi.

749
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,320
He was the sort of raja, you see,

750
00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:08,400
who is anti-British in this.

751
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:11,520
Do you think that this is
the type of part you like acting?

752
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:14,320
Oh, I always do. It's got a touch of
the sadism in it, you see,

753
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:17,160
and I'm very good at all that,
being a bit nasty, you know.

754
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:18,680
Enjoy that very much.

755
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:22,760
Kill them! Kill them all!
Attack! Attack!

756
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:24,600
Kill! Kill!
Kill!

757
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:27,920
Back at Pinewood, the battle between
the Burpers and the British

758
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:30,320
came to a head in a scene that would
bring the house down

759
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:32,400
in cinemas across the country.

760
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,640
The dinner party sequence
was the high spot of the movie.

761
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:45,360
Peter Butterworth was hysterical.

762
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:48,480
Um, and it was very difficult
to keep a straight face.

763
00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:50,160
Bravo! Encore!

764
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:52,160
Encore! (LAUGHS)

765
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:56,320
Fuller's Earth should have had
billing, because it was one of

766
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,400
the most important aspects
of the shoot.

767
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:05,560
Well, you only had the one take,
you know,

768
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,440
because they went through
the ceiling, and the windows.

769
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,880
Oh, dear. (LAUGHS)

770
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:13,680
I seem to have got
a little plastered. (LAUGHS)

771
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:15,520
(LAUGHTER)

772
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:17,560
I don't think there's any shots
of me at all

773
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:20,480
cos I couldn't stop laughing.
Tears were pouring down my face.

774
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:23,360
I was wondering if I might pop
outside, see what's happening.

775
00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:25,200
But you haven't had your pudding.

776
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:27,600
Oh, and it's strawberry mousse.

777
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:30,480
Oh. Well, in that case...

778
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:35,640
The food,
which was repulsive on day one,

779
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:38,560
by the time we got to day five,

780
00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:41,000
it was...inedible,

781
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:44,320
because there were bits of Styrofoam
that had fallen in.

782
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:49,720
I mean, how any of us didn't get
something seriously wrong with us

783
00:41:49,720 --> 00:41:51,680
is completely beyond me.

784
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:53,600
It was seriously unpleasant.

785
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:55,400
But, I mean, it made the film.

786
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:56,600
Raise!

787
00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:58,800
(SCREAMING)

788
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,440
Carry On Up the Khyber
was revealed to a warm welcome

789
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,520
in November, 1968.

790
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:07,560
Oh, my gawd.

791
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:10,960
But the gang were already packing
their bags and back on the road

792
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,840
in what would be the biggest success
in Carry On history.

793
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:16,880
(TYRES SCREECH)

794
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:20,680
Carry On Camping is one of
those films which I think

795
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:24,280
is like a rite of passage -
you must see it if you were born
in this country.

796
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:26,320
Come along, girls.
Collect your bags.

797
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:29,880
The plotline is simple - a load of
misfits go on a camping holiday

798
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:31,680
and meet at this campsite.
That's it.

799
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:33,560
Ten quid we spent here!

800
00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:36,040
Anybody'd think
the field belonged to him.

801
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:37,960
Sid, my stew!

802
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:41,120
We shot in October,
which was hardly ideal

803
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:46,000
for a movie that was supposed to be
about a summer holiday.

804
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,880
So the conditions were unpleasant,
to say the least.

805
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:52,080
Look at that!
What?

806
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:00,480
We shot the whole thing
in the orchard

807
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:02,160
at the back of Pinewood Studios.

808
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:04,080
Frightfully expensive.

809
00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:06,120
And, um,

810
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:09,360
they were spraying the mud green

811
00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:12,120
so that it might look like grass.

812
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:17,320
Well?
Well what?

813
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,160
Well are we leaving or not?

814
00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:21,280
Leaving?
A lovely cheap place like this?

815
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,320
I don't call 10 quid cheap.
Oh, shut up!

816
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:24,840
Leaving? You must be barmy.

817
00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:28,320
It was pretty...awful.

818
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:30,600
It was meant to be the summer,
of course.

819
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:33,160
I can remember all the duckboards
they had put out,

820
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:36,080
if you were lucky enough
to get to stand on one.

821
00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:39,760
Otherwise, we were all
wandering around in mud.

822
00:43:41,720 --> 00:43:44,520
As Britain marched towards the end
of the swinging '60s,

823
00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:47,800
the country was shedding
its inhibitions and its clothes.

824
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:50,960
Carry On followed suit,

825
00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:53,800
with what would be perhaps
their most famous moment ever.

826
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:55,880
Yes, the famous exercise scene -

827
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:58,880
us all doing our physical jerks
with Kenneth Williams.

828
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:01,640
It was a question of getting it
right, as it was a rather

829
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:04,640
delicate little scene -
particularly for poor Barbara.

830
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:07,040
And fling! And in.

831
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:08,960
And both arms fling.

832
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:12,840
In a bid to reel in new fans
with its sauciest scene to date,

833
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:16,320
director Gerald Thomas sought
a surprisingly simple solution.

834
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:17,520
And fling!

835
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:20,360
Ohh!
(LAUGHTER)

836
00:44:20,360 --> 00:44:24,400
They had a...fishing rod and a hook

837
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,440
attached to her bra,

838
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:29,440
and then, at the count of three,
it was whipped off

839
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:31,560
and they were out.
(CHUCKLES)

840
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:34,800
Matron, take them away!
Ohh!

841
00:44:35,720 --> 00:44:37,080
(SCREAMS)

842
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:41,080
If you were a gentleman,
you'd close your eyes. (CHUCKLES)

843
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:44,360
Carry On Camping made millions laugh
on its way to becoming

844
00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:46,800
the highest-grossing film
of the year.

845
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:51,000
Surely now this was the way to go
for Rogers, Thomas and the team.

846
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:55,000
Barbara's bikini coming off
probably opened the floodgates,

847
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:57,360
particularly for Peter Rogers,

848
00:44:57,360 --> 00:44:59,760
because it then meant

849
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:06,280
that the seaside postcard element
of the films...was done,

850
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:08,880
and we were actually now
going to see flesh.

851
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:14,560
Next time, Carry On ramps up the sex
factor with a fumble in the jungle...

852
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:16,400
Here we go again.

853
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:18,520
..saucy goings-on abroad...

854
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:23,560
..and the gang get to grips
with a really big one.

855
00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:25,960
Ahh!

856
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:27,880
There he is!

857
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:28,880
Fire!

858
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:35,160
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