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Oh, hello!

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They shook up British comedy
and had audiences in stitches.

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You're my friend!

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You idiot!

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Their films have entertained us
for nearly 60 years,

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with saucy slapstick
and double entendre.

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My, but you've got a big one.

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The Brits have their own sense
of humour. The Carry On films
show that sense of humour.

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No, it's rude.

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This is the story of Britain's
greatest comedy gang.

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Revealing life behind the scenes.

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We all like each other
to start with.

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We love each other, as a matter
of fact. Don't we?

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Extraordinary unseen photographs.

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Oh, no, no, no.

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Look!

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Ah.

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There he is.

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And tales from those
on the Carry On frontline.

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Like little schoolchildren. Jumping
up and down. 'Yeah, we did it!'

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The elation that was there
was quite genuine.

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Aagh! Beg pardon.

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It's 1969, and as the decade ends
with messages of love and peace,

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it's goodbye to the Beatles
with their farewell performance,

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and a big hello to Concorde
as it makes its maiden flight.

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Meanwhile, over at Pinewood,

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after 17 fun-packed films,

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the Carry Ons were clasped firmly
to the bosom of the nation.

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And at the peak of their popularity,

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with their last two releases hitting
the top of the box office charts.

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Well, we'd better have a closer
look at you, hadn't we?

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If you would, Matron.

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Cor!

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What's wrong?
Oh, nothing, no.

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Nothing at all. It's all marvellous.

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Carry On had gone back to hospital
for their last film of the '60s.

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But a new decade
brought with it a new role

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that left star Jim Dale speechless.

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Along came a script called
Carry On Up The Jungle.

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I read it as the part of Tarzan.

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I realised
he doesn't do any talking.

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It was very static.

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I came to a very big decision.

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I decided to turn down the film.

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Jim left the gang behind
to tread the West End boards.

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Leaving the way clear for a big
entrance for Terry Scott.

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Last seen in Carry On Camping
the previous year,

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and the future star of TV hit sitcom
Terry And June.

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Aahhh-ahh-ahh!

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Oof!

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Originally called
Carry On Jungle Boy,

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Carry On Up The Jungle introduced
audiences to 21-year-old Jacki Piper

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in the first of her four
Carry On Appearances.

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How lovely!

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I couldn't believe they'd given me
the part to start with.

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I'd done four years of theatre.

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And I'd only done
one tiny part in a film.

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So I was absolutely amazed.

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Seed.

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Feed.

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Led.

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Bed.
No, no.

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Bead.

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Bed.

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Oh, dear. Here we go again!

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Terry was great fun
for me to work with.

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He was so professional.

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And so dedicated to everything
being 100% right.

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But Jungle did feature one scene

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where there was a danger
of the actors falling out.

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(HORN)

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Terry and I had this tender scene
by the lake.

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Haven't you seen a woman before?

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'He was in his loincloth.'

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We could notice people
shaking with laughter.

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We thought, something is very odd
here. But we kept on going.

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Me, June.

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June.

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Understand?
Ah!

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June. June.

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No!

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And when we finished, people burst
out laughing, shaking.

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'What's the matter?'

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Terry looked down and he'd slipped
out of his loincloth.

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And everything was on view
to all of them.

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Aagh!

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Blimey, double tops!

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Up The Jungle saw the Carry Ons
make a definite move to a more bawdy
and suggestive kind of comedy.

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But Jacki Piper wasn't the only
actress making hearts flutter
in Up The Jungle.

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In Valerie Leon, had Britain found
its own Raquel Welch?

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They will do. Untie them.

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Excuse me. Do you speak English?

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It is the language of our king.

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Oh, seeing myself now
after 45 years,

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I wish I still had that figure!

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I just took it for granted then.

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Where does this great
Tonka of yours hang out?

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In our valley beyond the mountains.

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It is called Aphrodisia.

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I enjoyed Jungle very much.

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Yeah, I liked being Leda
of the Lubidubis.

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You must save all your strength
for the work that lies ahead.

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Work? What work?

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In our country, there is only one
useful occupation for men.

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What's that?
Why, to mate.

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Mate?!
What else?

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Oh...mate!

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The costume I wore was...

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I believe it was made as a tribute

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to the one that was worn by Raquel
Welch in One Million Years BC.

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And then for the mating ceremony,

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they spent ages making me a costume

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which was chains round my body.

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So the costumes were...very sexy,
I guess. Very sexy.

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I now pronounce you
ready and willing.

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Behold your mates!

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They're all yours.

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Hang on! Hang on!

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Oh, pretty, pretty!

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I didn't mind being a Carry On girl.

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I got an incredible amount
of publicity and coverage,

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in those days, in all
the magazines and the papers.

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Yeah, I guess it was great really.

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These clips were filmed
by a television crew

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during the making of Up The Jungle.

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We all like each other
to start with.

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We all love each other,
as a matter of fact. Don't we?

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This rarely-seen footage gives us
a unique insight into life on set

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for the cast and crew
of the Carry Ons.

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Action!

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Upsidaisi, what are those drums
saying?

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They say... Boom-di-di-boom
di-di boom boom boom.

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I know that! What does it mean?

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How should I know, boss?
Fat lot of use you are.

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Let's get moving.
OK, boss.

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The artists are important.

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Although we use very well known
names and they're wonderful people,

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we don't really have a star.

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The star is the title. Carry On.

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How long will it carry on?
Will you guess?

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Anything in the pipeline
after this one?

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Oh, yes. We have the next two
lined up, which will take us to 21.

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After that, if the audience is
willing, we will still carry on.

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The audiences were indeed willing.

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In fact, in 1970,
they seemed very up for it.

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Going all the way?

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The Carry Ons had already flirted
with nudity.

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But in a rapidly changing Britain,

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producer Peter Rogers
and director Gerald Thomas

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jumped onboard the sexual revolution

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with a film that was very different
to the innocence of their earlier
offerings.

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By the time they made Carry On
Loving in the spring of 1970,

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certainly permissiveness
was at its height.

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And people could talk about
the Pill and free love.

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You must be joking!

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The '60s had changed society
so much that there were no more
taboos really.

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Have you had it?
Not yet.

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But after Carry On Loving had
audiences hot under the collar,

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the Carry Ons covered up
for their next film.

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With a return to the hysterical
historicals marking a moment
the cast had all been waiting for.

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Oh, come on, what's keeping her?

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You know the Queen, sire.
Never on time for anything.

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This is the last time
she'll keep me waiting. Ha!

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Indeed, sire. Unless she's late
for her own funeral!

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There was a whole fanfare
building up

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about the fact that
they were making their 21st film.

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Carry On Henry,
they wanted it to look good.

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And they spent some money on it too.

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Just over £220,000, which was a
record for Carry On at that time.

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You see? All guards removed.

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I'll leave you now. But remember, I
know nothing of tonight's venture.

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One moment, milord.

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I would also like your word
that if anything goes wrong,

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you will not divulge
our real intent.

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You have my hand on it.

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And may good fortune attend on you.

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Carry On Henry would also mark
a milestone for two regular members
of the gang.

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The tenth Carry On appearances
for firm favourites Kenneth Connor
and Peter Butterworth,

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who struck up a lifelong friendship
through the films.

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Today, Peter's son Tyler
and Kenneth's son Jeremy

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are meeting for the first time
to look through previously unseen
photographs

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taken on the set of the Carry Ons.

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And to remember their dads, and
a childhood spent in the magical
playground of Pinewood.

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Look at this lot.

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Good grief.
Did you know this existed?

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No.
I didn't know it was here.

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This is stuff that nobody's ever
seen, is it?

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Yeah.
Shall we grab a couple?

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Why not?

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Look at this.

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Excellent.

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Now then.

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That's Dad.

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God!

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Our dads always played similar
characters, in a way.

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Yep, the buffoon.

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Consumed by lust usually.

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Especially your dad.

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Lady Bagley, I'm terribly sorry.
I thought...

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Oh, why should I lie? I'm not sorry.

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I adore you. I've been longing
to take you in my arms like this.

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Mr Chumley! Kindly remove
your person from my person.

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My dad was quite a private person.

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Quite a... At home in his own life,

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there was a very different persona
to this bumbling
kind of incompetent.

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He was very well read.

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He loved naval history.

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I think that's why
they got on so well.

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This is not good enough. Can't you
see that my wife's undressed?

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Yes, I see. I see.

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She's very lovely.
You a very lucky man.

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You think so?
Boom boom.

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Ohh! Stanley, will you get him
out of here?

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Oh, no, no, no.

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Look!

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That's me at two and a half
or something.

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You're in it.

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Not just visiting the set.
A demanding role.

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I had to play my father's son.

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That was great.

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Hello, darling. Hello, son.

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Hello, Dad.

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I didn't know this existed.

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Gosh, look at that.

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It's lovely to see these.

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It brings you straight back
to your childhood, doesn't it?

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The behind the scenes stuff.

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It's a strange feeling.

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It brings an awful lot
of stuff back.

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And to spending time with him.

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Could I speak to Mr O'Sullivan,
please?

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Barnes, get rid of that.
Right.

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I was in HMV in Oxford Street not
long ago, looking for something.

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I suddenly heard my dad's voice
behind me.

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I'm a police detective. I'll shall
take down anything you say.

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All right. Trousers.

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They had a big screen on.
It was Carry On Screaming.

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But it was just a moment of hearing
that voice. The hairs go up
on your neck.

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It's strange that we will forever
have them around.

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By 1971, Britain had gone from
sexual to industrial revolution.

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Stop the strikes and start the work.

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Trade union power was at its peak.

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While others thought Britain
was going down the pan.

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But Carry On At Your Convenience

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would not leave the team
flushed with success.

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I seem to remember
that you got very upset

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when they banned you women
from wearing trousers.

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What do you say to that?
Down with 'em!

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Cheeky, Bernie!

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Carry On At Your Convenience
was the only time really

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that they made a complete dud
of a Carry On in terms of box office.

252
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Uh-oh, old Tinderbottom's off again.
Another bloomin' strike, I suppose.

253
00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:57,360
Oh, no. What's it for?

254
00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:00,080
You know our Vic.
He never has known what it's for!

255
00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:07,160
A very right-wing, established,
financially secure film company

256
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taking the mickey out of the unions

257
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is not good for your audience
when most of your audience is beer,
fish and chips, down the pub people.

258
00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,120
Come on, brothers.
Keep the line moving.

259
00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:24,160
So for them to go and watch what
they believe in being ridiculed
is not going to work!

260
00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:26,120
So it wasn't popular at all.

261
00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,480
With the audience out in protest,

262
00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,360
producer Peter Rogers
and director Gerald Thomas

263
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returned to familiar territory

264
00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,880
for a much needed injection
of traditional Carry on humour.

265
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I think the reason
that the medical ones worked

266
00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,880
is that it was a field day
for the writers

267
00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:46,520
to put in relentless jokes again.

268
00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:49,680
With the title having been already
registered in 1968,

269
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Carry On Matron would be
the last outing for Terry Scott.

270
00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,720
Blimey, she looked upset.
I just told her she was pregnant.

271
00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:00,440
Is she really?
No, but it cured her hiccups.

272
00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:07,760
But it would also mark a welcome
return for Terry's Up The Jungle
co-star Valerie Leon.

273
00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:09,800
Is it bad, Miss Darling?

274
00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:11,880
Oh, yes.

275
00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:14,000
I can give you a jab
to kill it for a bit.

276
00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,120
Yes, please, Doctor.

277
00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:20,360
I remember writing to Gerald Thomas,
director, and Peter Rogers,
producer,

278
00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:22,400
and saying just to let you know,

279
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since I last worked with you,

280
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I've broadened my experience.

281
00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:30,400
And therefore hope I shall have the
pleasure of working for you again.

282
00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,480
Won't be long now, Miss Darling.

283
00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:34,480
Ohh!
Hurry up, nurse!

284
00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,120
I'm coming!

285
00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,160
(SCREECHING TYRES)

286
00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,200
Ooh! You idiot!

287
00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,280
You've given me the lot!

288
00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:46,040
A week later, a letter arrived
from Peter Rogers. Short and sweet.

289
00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:50,600
'Dear Valerie, as long as experience
is the only thing you've broadened,

290
00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,560
there's every chance of you
working for us again.'

291
00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:59,800
And true to his word, a week later
he cast me in their current film,
Carry On Matron.

292
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I was to be Jane Darling.

293
00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:05,680
An actress who gave birth
to triplets.

294
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Nurse, did you...
Yes, she did.

295
00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:10,360
And she was absolutely wonderful.

296
00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:14,400
Three little Darlings! Three Dar...

297
00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:16,360
Ohh...

298
00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,920
Once again, Pinewood Studios
came into its own

299
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with these corridors doubling up
as the Finisham maternity hospital.

300
00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:30,560
Doing the rounds for her fourth and
final Carry On was Jacki Piper.

301
00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:35,400
This is the famous corridor
where we filmed Carry On Matron.

302
00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:41,000
Excuse me. Are you expecting to
or have you had it?

303
00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,080
No, but if you can spare the time...

304
00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:45,000
Wait in there, please.
Thank you.

305
00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:57,080
Here is the photograph of them all.

306
00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,560
Cor!
What's the matter?

307
00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,880
Just shows you
the power of suggestion.

308
00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:04,520
What are you talking about?
I felt it kicking.

309
00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:07,920
You'll feel something kicking
all right if you don't belt up.

310
00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,680
Looking at this photograph
brings it all back.

311
00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,840
We had such fun.
We used to laugh so very much.

312
00:17:17,840 --> 00:17:20,640
I was always in tow
with Hattie Jacques, of course.

313
00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:22,840
She was my matron.

314
00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:25,760
I was her assistant,
so we moved as a team together.

315
00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:28,520
Come on, Mrs Tidy.
Let's get to sleep.

316
00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:30,600
I'm still hungry.

317
00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,760
It's not good to go to sleep
on an empty stomach.

318
00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,600
I'd hardly call yours empty,
Mrs Tidy.

319
00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,320
She's had two of everything
for supper, Matron.

320
00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,400
And two mugs of cocoa.

321
00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,800
We can't let her go to sleep
hungry, can we, Sister?

322
00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,760
What about a nice big glass
of...castor oil?

323
00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:51,760
Good night.

324
00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:57,680
Of course, I used to spend all day
here at Pinewood delivering babies.

325
00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:59,840
And when we came to
the opening night,

326
00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,920
I discovered I had indeed
become pregnant.

327
00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:05,000
The magic of the Carry Ons!

328
00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:09,360
Mr Tidy, congratulations.
Your wife's just had a fine boy.

329
00:18:09,360 --> 00:18:12,320
At last! I told you
to use dynamite, didn't I?!

330
00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,040
Did you hear that, mates?
I've got boy!

331
00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:20,720
I did absolutely love it.

332
00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:22,800
It became a way of life.

333
00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:26,200
Because it was like belonging
to a family.

334
00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:32,960
It was wonderful reunions
twice a year.

335
00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,000
And making the films.

336
00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,840
It was absolutely unbeatable.

337
00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:45,160
Carry On Matron was delivered a
record six days ahead of schedule.

338
00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:50,560
Surely the cast deserved a well
earned treat for their next
Carry On outing in 1972.

339
00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:54,960
Carry On Abroad, a bit like Carry
On Cruising ten years earlier,

340
00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,480
was tapping into a new idea
of holidaymaking.

341
00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,760
Package holidays was all the rage.

342
00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,400
The half-finished hotels
and the lousy food. All that.

343
00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:12,160
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcoming to Palace Hotel.

344
00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:14,840
Oh. We are in the right place, then?

345
00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:19,200
Yes. This No.1 first-class hotel
on islands!

346
00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,080
When I was asked to do
Carry On Abroad,

347
00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:24,720
I thought, oh, what fun.

348
00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:26,760
I wonder where we'll go.

349
00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:28,720
Which beach? You know.

350
00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,280
But of course, we went
to the car park at Pinewood.

351
00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:38,920
The glamour of filming
is not always what it might seem.

352
00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:43,680
Despite the gritty realities
of the Costa del Pinewood,

353
00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,120
Abroad would go down
as a Carry On classic,

354
00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:49,600
and the last film to feature
the now familiar gang.

355
00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:51,680
What's it to be, then?

356
00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,440
Champagne!
Put a drop of this in it.

357
00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,960
Oh, what a wonderful idea!

358
00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,120
Oh, no. Lock all the doors.
Time, gentlemen, please.

359
00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,400
It would be Charles Hawtrey's last
Carry On.

360
00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,480
And his last-ever film role.

361
00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:09,920
For years,
Hawtrey had battled alcoholism.

362
00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,480
And by the '70s, his dependence
on the bottle

363
00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:14,880
had become a problem
during production.

364
00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:19,960
His roles in the Carry Ons were now
being written to accommodate
his need for a drink on set.

365
00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:24,120
In 1972, Carry On Abroad
was going to be made.

366
00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:26,160
Again, he was...

367
00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,200
He was portrayed, by this point,

368
00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,240
as a...

369
00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,840
..mother-obsessed alcoholic.

370
00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:34,920
Which he was.

371
00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:37,880
Don't forget, Eustace dear,
none of that oily food.

372
00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,600
And take your syrup of figs
regularly every night.

373
00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,720
Yes, Mummy. But do stop worrying.
I shall be quite all right.

374
00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,760
Goodbye, dear.
Goodbye, dear.

375
00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:47,800
Take care.
Yes, dear.

376
00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,520
At the earliest opportunity,
he heads to the bar

377
00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:52,600
and has not just one drink

378
00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,760
or two drinks or three drinks,
but four drinks and so on.

379
00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:57,840
It was real life
being played out on the screen.

380
00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,600
While it would prove the end of
Charles Hawtrey's Carry On career,

381
00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:12,120
Abroad was only the beginning
for 22-year-old Sally Geeson.

382
00:21:12,120 --> 00:21:14,120
Hello.
Hello.

383
00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:15,800
Lovely, isn't it?

384
00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:19,160
I was in a bikini an awful lot
of the time in Carry On Abroad.

385
00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:21,880
There was one scene
when the heavens had to open.

386
00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,760
It had to pour with rain.

387
00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:26,240
Enjoy the sunshine!
Something you can't muck up.

388
00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:30,560
Well, Wonder Tours especially chose
Elsbels for the perfect holiday
weekend

389
00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,040
because of its wonderful
sunshine record.

390
00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,000
(THUNDER)

391
00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,600
It didn't rain, so they brought
fire engines in.

392
00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,840
We were all hosed down
with fire engines.

393
00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,720
It's only a shower!
It'll clear up later!

394
00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:51,680
It's probably raining in London!

395
00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,640
Each new Carry On casting
was big news in the press.

396
00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,760
So for Sally Geeson's debut,

397
00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:03,120
a scrapbook of cuttings
was kept by the production team
to mark the occasion.

398
00:22:03,120 --> 00:22:05,880
Oh, look at this! Carry On Abroad.

399
00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:12,240
Today, it's held in the archives
of the British Film Institute
in London.

400
00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:14,280
Oh!

401
00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,320
Oh, how lovely.

402
00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:18,360
'Sally hits pay-dirt with Sid.' Wow.

403
00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,280
Another one.
'Carry On career for Sally.'

404
00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,360
There we go.

405
00:22:24,360 --> 00:22:26,400
Hello, girls.
Hello, Mr Tuttle.

406
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:30,640
I say, how about another
little game before dinner, eh?

407
00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,040
No, thanks, Mr Tuttle.
Come along, Marge.

408
00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,760
Ohh... Hey, I'll get you!

409
00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:42,720
Goodness gracious!

410
00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:44,680
I can't believe it.

411
00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,000
'A new start for Sally.'

412
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:51,080
How funny. It does bring back
lots of memories.

413
00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,040
It's as though I'm back there.

414
00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:55,560
Ohh!

415
00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,520
Will you let go of me?!

416
00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:05,400
Look at this. Film review. There's
a film review here about the film.

417
00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,840
'Come to the island of Elsbels

418
00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:10,360
where the skies are blue
and the jokes too.'

419
00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:13,400
Food. I could do with some
after all that romping about.

420
00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,760
Vic, I'd like a roll.
Let's go upstairs.

421
00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:19,680
I mean a sausage roll.
Oh.

422
00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:29,920
To see this today is such
a wonderful surprise for me.

423
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,160
To see the whole thing contained
in this wonderful book.

424
00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:36,480
All the press articles and
photographs of Carry On Abroad.

425
00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,320
How wonderful
that it's all been captured here.

426
00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,360
It will never go away.

427
00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:44,160
Abroad was the perfect package.

428
00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:46,800
But with audiences demanding
cruder comedy,

429
00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,040
could the Carry Ons
stand and deliver?

430
00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,640
Why have we stopped?
It's Dick Turpin, ma'am.

431
00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,080
Blimey!

432
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,400
The early '70s saw feminism
hit the headlines.

433
00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,200
Controversy surrounded
the Miss World contest in London,

434
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,040
with angry protesters
disrupting the ceremony.

435
00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,800
Producer Peter Rogers
must have been watching.

436
00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:20,040
In 1973, the Carry Ons would deliver
their own take on women's lib.

437
00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:23,560
Well, with a bit of glamour thrown
in to make it easier on the eye.

438
00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,640
I'll take bust any time!

439
00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:28,600
Bust! Any time!

440
00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,560
Carry On Girls,
they had the opportunity

441
00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,680
to do quite a naughty
Carry On movie really.

442
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,400
With loads of gorgeous
glamour girls.

443
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,440
Perfect Carry On material.

444
00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,400
Forward, liberators of Fircombe!

445
00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:52,480
Firmly opposed to the exploitation
of women in beauty contests

446
00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:54,560
was June Whitfield's character.

447
00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,000
As you all know,
this degrading spectacle

448
00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:01,240
is due to take place at 3pm
on Saturday in the Pier theatre.

449
00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:05,000
Our primary objective now
is to ensure that it does not.

450
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,080
Hear hear!

451
00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,880
Miss Prodworthy, she was a feminist,
I suppose.

452
00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:14,200
And against the beauty contest.

453
00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,520
And thought the whole thing
was dreadful.

454
00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,720
It was all about bra burning
and things.

455
00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,120
Aagh!

456
00:25:30,120 --> 00:25:32,160
What's that?
It's only a donkey.

457
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,000
But despite the admirable
political undertone,

458
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,600
it was a scene with a donkey and a
silver bikini that stole the show.

459
00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,000
I tell you what we're going to do.

460
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,800
We'll get one of the girls to sit
on the donkey... What's the matter?

461
00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:47,880
Oh, gosh.

462
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,840
Are you ready for me now?
More than ready, darling.

463
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:55,360
29-year-old Margaret Nolan had
had small parts in four earlier
Carry On films,

464
00:25:55,360 --> 00:25:57,560
but this would prove
her biggest scene.

465
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,960
I thought Carry On Girls
was very funny.

466
00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:03,040
Cheeky, sexy.

467
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:06,040
I remember the silver bikini,
of course.

468
00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,360
Geared to come undone.

469
00:26:08,360 --> 00:26:10,840
Oh, just a minute.
I've still got my robe on.

470
00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:12,880
Hang on.

471
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:14,920
I knew it!

472
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,800
You thieving bitch!

473
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,560
I was pregnant when I was working
on Carry On Girls.

474
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,200
My bosoms were out to there,
that's the truth.

475
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:30,320
Well, no, that's undermining
my extraordinary talent.

476
00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:42,800
We thought it might be risky,
me rough and tumbling on the floor.

477
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:44,800
But I don't think I did.
I just did it.

478
00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,560
I don't think we knew what
was going to be happening quite.

479
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,560
Like a lot of the stuff
in Carry On, it was spontaneous.

480
00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:02,200
Carry On was doing it for the girls.

481
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:05,080
Although mainly for the boys,
if the truth be told.

482
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,200
(WOLF WHISTLE)

483
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:11,560
This was a film brand which
celebrated everything its female
stars had to offer.

484
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,440
Alongside Margaret Nolan,
Alexandra Dane

485
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,360
was another of the film's
most famous buxom bombshells

486
00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:20,440
regularly hired by Peter Rogers.

487
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:22,360
They call me Busti.
Really?

488
00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:28,840
But how do the girls feel
about their perhaps controversial
roles 40 years on?

489
00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,760
Weren't we dizzy?
Weren't we dizzy in those days?!

490
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,560
We were playing dizzy parts.
I know, but... I know we were.

491
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:45,040
We could have been intellectual.
We could have worn glasses.

492
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:47,080
Exactly.
Covered up the boobs.

493
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:50,400
As soon as you've got a nice figure
and you're showing it...

494
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,000
You're cast.
You're definitely dizzy, yeah.

495
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,080
Definitely dizzy, yeah.

496
00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:58,080
People are prepared to pay
handsomely for my favours.

497
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,160
Oh, blimey.

498
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,560
Here, I've only got
a two-shilling piece.

499
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,600
Oh. I haven't got any change.

500
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:09,480
I used to have this thing of
'Why don't I put my bosoms
on rollerskates

501
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:11,520
and send them to the studio?'

502
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,600
There's a brain here. Hello!

503
00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:17,320
For a year, I said I don't want to
take anything glamorous or bosoms.

504
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,360
I was nearly out of work for a year.

505
00:28:19,360 --> 00:28:21,320
Something of enormous interest.

506
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,040
I bought a house out of this bosom

507
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,040
and I bought a car
out of this bosom.

508
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,080
Fantastic.

509
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,040
Yeah, they worked very well for me.

510
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:45,200
I'm glad I had the experience
of the Carry Ons and being a sexy,
dumb blonde.

511
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,240
I'm glad, yeah.

512
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,280
That's great.

513
00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:51,240
We'll shake on that!

514
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,440
Never mind how I got here. I'm here.

515
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,520
Right back to the very first film,

516
00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:07,800
the Carry Ons had always had plenty
on offer for their male fans.

517
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,360
Darling, let me rest my mince pies.

518
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:12,440
Knockout!

519
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:16,440
But by the mid-Seventies, other films
had taken over in the driving seat.

520
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,360
So could the Carry Ons
rise to the challenge?

521
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,680
Which one of you
is looking for Big Dick?

522
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:24,720
He is.
He is.

523
00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:29,120
Yes, they could. In 1974, the
Carry On team brought out Dick.

524
00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:31,920
Where can we find Dick?

525
00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:35,840
Search me! I've been living here for
ten years and I've never found any.

526
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:39,560
Double entendre had given way
to in-your-face innuendo.

527
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:43,440
All this talk about Big Dick!
I've had enough of it!

528
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:49,800
Carry On Dick, it's a really good,
robust, outrageous film.

529
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:53,400
But obviously it's the last film
appearance for Hattie Jacques.

530
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,440
It's after ten o'clock, sir.

531
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,520
Goodness gracious me.

532
00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:01,640
It was the end of an era
for Carry On in more ways than one.

533
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:07,560
Hattie's weight had ballooned
to 20 stone around the time
of Carry On Abroad.

534
00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:12,480
Now the film company's insurers
were reluctant to underwrite
her involvement on set.

535
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:15,800
She was eventually cleared
for her role in Dick.

536
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,520
But it would be her last appearance
in a Carry On.

537
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:20,920
I think it would be better
if you left us.

538
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:25,760
I may have to say things
that could prove shocking to anyone
of your gentle upbringing.

539
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:28,600
Oh. Very well, sir.
Thank you.

540
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:32,520
Sid James was cast in the role
of the hunted highwayman.

541
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:37,480
But filming was overshadowed
by the pressure of an affair
with co-star Barbara Windsor.

542
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,320
After filming wrapped,
Sid returned to the stage.

543
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:45,560
And a tour of the play
The Mating Season.

544
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:51,080
This shining star of the Carry Ons
was about to take his final bow

545
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,800
onstage at the Sunderland Empire.

546
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:05,840
It was 1976.

547
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:07,840
The 26th of April.

548
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,680
It was the first night
of The Mating Season.

549
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,920
After Sid went on to the set,

550
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:20,960
I went down to my office.

551
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,200
I was only in there
a couple of minutes.

552
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,240
Bang bang bang on my office door.

553
00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:27,520
'Come quick!
There's something wrong.'

554
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,880
I saw Sid slunmped on a sofa here.

555
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,240
The audience, they thought
it was part of the show.

556
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:39,560
Completely and utterly
thought it was part of the show.

557
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,840
I knew there was nothing I could do.

558
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,120
And dropped the house tabs down in.

559
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,800
(LAUGHS)

560
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,000
I wonder what they wanted.

561
00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:56,560
(LAUGHS)

562
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,760
Sid treated everybody as if
they were his dearest friends.

563
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:15,280
He was the helm of this boat
called Carry On.

564
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:21,400
Sid was just delightful
to work with.

565
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:23,360
I found him absolutely charming.

566
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,360
I had a lovely relationship
with Sid.

567
00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,400
And he always looked out for me.

568
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:33,080
I truly loved him. Lovely man.

569
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:55,520
1976 saw the death
of Carry On favourite Sid James.

570
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,600
But producer Peter Rogers
rallied his troops.

571
00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:00,640
1-3-1-3 Battery!

572
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,720
Get on parade!

573
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,480
And did all he could to grab
the public's attention.

574
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,280
Grr!
Ooh!

575
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,320
Oh, tiger!

576
00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:11,360
I think you're wonderful.

577
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,480
When are you going to savage me?

578
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:17,800
Windsor Davies was on familiar
territory with his role
as Sgt Tiger Bloomer.

579
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:21,240
Remarkably similar to his character
in It Ain't Half Hot Mum,

580
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:24,440
the popular TV series
that had begun two years earlier.

581
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:29,040
Meanwhile, it would be the first
Carry On appearance for TV actor
Patrick Mower.

582
00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,000
Not worried about him!

583
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:35,480
I'm more worried about this.
What do we do, eat it or rub it in?

584
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,120
You can bounce it off the ceiling
for all I care.

585
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,200
It's like Carry On Sergeant,
but with more sex.

586
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:49,480
What's the name of this game,
Sergeant Major?

587
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,560
Er... Unarmed combat.

588
00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:54,320
It works as a film really well.
It's a funny film.

589
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:57,400
But I think it's stretching things
a bit too far maybe.

590
00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,240
Girls, fall in!

591
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:01,160
The British Film Board agreed.

592
00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:04,720
The censors thought some of the
scenes in Carry On England
over the top.

593
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:06,800
Oh, yes, you did!

594
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:10,520
And made it the first Carry On film
to be awarded an AA certificate.

595
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:12,760
Definitely not suitable
for under-14s.

596
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,680
It's quite innocent
by today's standards.

597
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:19,840
But in those days,
it caused a great fuss.

598
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,560
Quiet! I'm going to make
a couple of points here.

599
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:23,600
Ooh!

600
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:25,760
Although this saucy scene stayed in,

601
00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:27,960
some would hit
the cutting room floor.

602
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,000
The censors stepped in again

603
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,600
when the sergeant-major comes in

604
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,520
and he sticks up a picture
of the German aeroplanes.

605
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:37,560
Aircraft recognition.

606
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:39,600
These is your new pin-ups!

607
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:41,680
I bet you can't tell the difference

608
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:44,640
between a couple of Heinkels
and a pair of Bristols.

609
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,520
No, but I can recognise a Focke
when I see one.

610
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,800
Which is the name
of a German aeroplane.

611
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,400
And the censor cut that.

612
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,480
He wouldn't allow us to have it.

613
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,600
Good boy! That is why
you is a sergeant.

614
00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:02,960
Despite its inadequacies, Carry On
England would boast the biggest prop
in Carry On history.

615
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:05,520
Headquarters have at last agreed
to send us

616
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:09,280
that most desirable piece of
equipment to have handy
in time of war,

617
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,320
namely a gun.

618
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,280
May God protect us all.

619
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:17,560
Letters reveal
that producer Peter Rogers

620
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:21,600
borrowed an authentic anti-aircraft
gun from the Imperial War Museum.

621
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,600
One still held in the museum's
collection at Duxford.

622
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,960
PATRICK: Dear Mr Simkins, I must
tell you that your beautiful gun,

623
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:31,960
when it came through
the studio gates,

624
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:34,040
drew gasps of approval.

625
00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:37,640
No-one in the studios has got
a bigger gun at the moment.

626
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:39,680
Not even Bond.

627
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,640
(LAUGHS)

628
00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:48,960
Ah.

629
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:50,920
There he is.

630
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:54,080
Here it comes.

631
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:56,120
Atten-shun!

632
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,080
# RULE BRITANNIA

633
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,440
Oh, look at it.
What a wonderful thing.

634
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:09,640
I remember the handles.

635
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:12,280
That lever, you have to wind it
round and round.

636
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:14,480
The girl who was playing
the character

637
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:16,560
had rather large boobs.

638
00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:19,560
She was winding and her boobs
kept getting in the way.

639
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:21,520
(SQUEAK AND HORN)

640
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,880
(SQUEAK AND HORN)

641
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:27,720
I always remember Peter Rogers
coming on the floor

642
00:36:27,720 --> 00:36:31,040
saying that this is a genuine piece
of history.

643
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:33,000
Fire!

644
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,280
Bloody hell! Don't shoot at them!

645
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,360
Shoot at them!

646
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:43,080
They went to a lot of trouble
to actually borrow this

647
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:45,800
because it's a very valuable piece
of equipment.

648
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:47,760
Fire!

649
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:52,480
Fire!

650
00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:56,840
You done it!
You done it, my lovely boy!

651
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:01,760
We were actually firing a real gun.

652
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:04,640
We were like schoolchildren.
Jumping up and down.

653
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:06,720
'Yeah, we did it!'

654
00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:09,240
Everybody said...
It was a bit like a party.

655
00:37:09,240 --> 00:37:12,720
The elation that was there
was quite genuine.

656
00:37:12,720 --> 00:37:15,640
I love you!
You can tell him that as well!

657
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:30,680
It certainly brings back
really good memories
of a very happy time in my life.

658
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:35,760
You wouldn't think you would get
emotional about a gun, would you?

659
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,080
Despite bringing in the big guns,

660
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,400
Carry On England
bombed at the box office.

661
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:47,880
Britain had moved on
from kiss me quick comedy.

662
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:51,000
And leering one-liners
had become sexist territory.

663
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,320
By '78, the team were desperate
for a success.

664
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:58,320
With soft porn films like The Stud
proving box office hits,

665
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:01,240
Rogers gathered what remained
of his regular cast

666
00:38:01,240 --> 00:38:04,160
and embarked on an ill-advised
sex comedy.

667
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:09,880
Steward, are you coming?

668
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:16,840
Carry On Emmanuelle, by that point,
they really had lost their way.

669
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:19,200
They didn't know what audience
to go for.

670
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:23,120
The Carry Ons always would
treat...sex...a bit like that.

671
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,200
They wouldn't say it.

672
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,280
They would allude to it.

673
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:30,520
And they would treat it
with ambiguity.

674
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:34,600
But Carry On Emmanuelle
just came out and said it.

675
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:36,560
May I take your coat?

676
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:42,120
Now I show you all over the...

677
00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:47,040
Emmanuelle! You are naked!

678
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:50,760
Sacre bleu! I forgot
I wasn't wearing a dress!

679
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,760
The storyline saw Suzanne Dannielle
as a nymphomaniac

680
00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:57,720
visiting her ambassador husband
Kenneth Williams,

681
00:38:57,720 --> 00:39:01,440
who had been persuaded to take the
part out of loyalty to the films.

682
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:05,840
Understandably, he'd had serious
reservations about the script.

683
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,120
I can't move!
It's probably just cramp.

684
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:10,080
No! I'm in agony!

685
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,800
Straighten your legs.
I can't straighten anything.

686
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:16,880
I'm completely bent.

687
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:20,520
Kenneth turns in this really
strained performance.

688
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:24,520
He knows it, and you can see it
as you're watching Kenneth,
this is bad.

689
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:32,280
Kenneth Williams had always had
a love-hate relationship
with the Carry On films.

690
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:36,080
He contested the low salaries paid
to the cast on every production.

691
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:38,840
His highest fee, just £6,000.

692
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:41,960
Yet he found it hard to say no.

693
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:45,800
Kenneth, very complicated man,
very funny man.

694
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:49,720
One of the funniest men
I've ever worked with.

695
00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:52,480
And one of the saddest men
I've ever worked with.

696
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:55,080
I heard the manager
talking to two old ladies.

697
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:57,160
He said 'Did you enjoy the show?'

698
00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:00,120
One them said...
It was a revue. Sketches and songs.

699
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:06,600
And this woman said 'It were all
right, but there were no plot.'

700
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,640
(LAUGHTER)

701
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,720
Williams was a natural orator.

702
00:40:10,720 --> 00:40:12,960
And by the time
of Carry On Emmanuelle,

703
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:15,680
regularly held court
on the chat show circuit.

704
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,400
If you have a natural fluency,
I alway have had,

705
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:20,760
I always go straight up to people
and chat.

706
00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:24,440
If I can't think of a line, I just
say something from a popular song.

707
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:26,920
Like 'I like New York in June.
How about you?'

708
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:33,360
But his showmanship as an entertainer
belied a troubled private life.

709
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:36,120
Kenneth was, I suppose,
a bit of a loner.

710
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:41,320
But on the set, when he was
comfortable in your presence,

711
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:46,040
then he became a very nice person
to talk to.

712
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:49,400
Because he would ask you
lots of questions about yourself.

713
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:53,080
And then come out with some funny
remarks about you.

714
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:55,160
So it was give and take.

715
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,280
I spent many pleasant hours
with him.

716
00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:59,600
Such a pity. A great loss.

717
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,760
Kenneth Williams would die in 1988
at his London flat

718
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:09,080
after an overdose of barbiturates.

719
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:11,360
His last words
recorded in his diary...

720
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:14,440
Oh, what's the bloody point?!

721
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:20,720
Emmanuelle proved to be
Williams' 26th Carry On.

722
00:41:20,720 --> 00:41:22,680
And his last.

723
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:26,040
The film was savaged by the critics.

724
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:28,760
The golden age of Carry On was over.

725
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:31,640
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen.

726
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:34,400
The regular gang

727
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:36,400
who had made us laugh for decades

728
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:37,680
would never come together

729
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:39,680
onscreen again.

730
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:41,760
Oh, hello!

731
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:43,880
Oh, shut up!

732
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:49,600
Cor!

733
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:52,720
Oh, I say!

734
00:41:52,720 --> 00:41:54,760
He did not half crack that one,

735
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:56,720
did he not?

736
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:03,760
Fourteen years after Emmannuelle,

737
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:07,600
Carry On would return
for its 31st and final film.

738
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:12,320
Though many of the familiar faces
were missing,

739
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:14,400
some old favourites would be back.

740
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:17,120
Christopher Columbus?
At your service, sir.

741
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:19,200
I'm told you're an Italian.

742
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:21,280
And some new ones.

743
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:23,840
I shall ask my brother
what we have in stock.

744
00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:28,360
It would be an ambitious
resurrection of Britain's best loved
comedy franchise

745
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:31,040
for one last adventure
on the seven seas.

746
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:33,120
Looking back on Carry On Columbus,

747
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:37,440
it may not have been the big
success that some of the major
Carry On films were,

748
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:39,800
but it was amazing that,
40 years later,

749
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:42,240
the same producer,
the same director,

750
00:42:42,240 --> 00:42:45,400
were going to try to create
the same thing.

751
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:47,680
Right you are, Columbus. How wise.

752
00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:50,760
What makes you think he's up to it?

753
00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:52,760
I have seen his testimonials.

754
00:42:54,120 --> 00:43:00,480
It didn't quite capture what
the old, original Carry On team
were able to do instinctively.

755
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:04,160
But it's a nice memory
to look back on.

756
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:11,200
31 films.
You've never had it so good!

757
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:15,080
Over five decades of laughter.

758
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:21,000
The Carry Ons' achievement
in British film history

759
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:24,080
remains unparalleled and unsurpassed.

760
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:25,680
You must start me!

761
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:27,440
I couldn't!
I might bust your spring!

762
00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:33,000
There has never been a more loved
line-up in big-screen comedy.

763
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,000
Just hold it right there.

764
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:37,120
I hope that's your gun, Marshal.

765
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:39,840
The best thing
about being in the Carry On films

766
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:44,240
was the endless memories that you
have of those wonderful days.

767
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:49,480
I knew it was a mistake
coming on holiday with you.
Anything in trousers.

768
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:53,640
I think back now and I think,
gosh, I'm glad I was part of that.

769
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:57,280
Oh, flap me sideways!

770
00:43:57,280 --> 00:43:59,560
Ooh! Mm!

771
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:03,800
50 years on, it's still
very entertaining.

772
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:09,560
Such a huge legacy. Huge.

773
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:12,240
They are all, I think,
fondly remembered.

774
00:44:12,240 --> 00:44:14,200
Ooh, I can hardly believe it!

775
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:22,800
They're great fun.
And, as they say, they don't
make them like that any more.

776
00:44:22,800 --> 00:44:25,240
Ding dong!

777
00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:27,280
Ha ha ha!

778
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:29,600
This is incredible!

779
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:33,160
They are still shown.
They are still funny.

780
00:44:35,440 --> 00:44:37,440
Long may they last.

781
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:41,960
Stop messing about!

782
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:45,960
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