The Carry On films were a longrunning series of British lowbudget comedy films, directed by Gerald T

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The Carry On films were a long-running series of
British low-budget comedy films, directed by
Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers. An
energetic mix of parody, farce, slapstick and
double entendres, they are seen as classic
examples of how to do British humour. Twenty-nine
original films and one compilation film were
made between 1958 and 1978 at Pinewood Studios,
with an additional film made in 1992. The films
relied on a repertoire of comedy actors which
changed gradually over the years. The mainstays
of the series were Kenneth Williams (26 films),
Joan Sims (24), Charles Hawtrey (23), Sid James
(19), Kenneth Connor (17), Hattie Jacques (14)
and Bernard Bresslaw (14). One of the most iconic
Carry On stars was Barbara Windsor, although she
appeared in only ten of the films. Comedy legend
Frankie Howerd is also associated with the Carry
On films, but only appeared in two of them
(Doctor and Up The Jungle) The films' humour was
in the British comic tradition of the music hall
and seaside postcards. Many of them parodied more
serious films - in the case of Carry On Cleo
(1964), the Burton and Taylor film Cleopatra
(1963). The mainstay of Carry On humour was
innuendo and the sending-up of British
institutions and customs, such as the National
Health Service (Nurse, Doctor, Again Doctor,
Matron), the monarchy (Henry), the Empire (Up the
Khyber) and the trade unions (At Your
Convenience) as well as the Hammer horror film
(Screaming), camping (Camping), foreigners
(Abroad), the seaside (Girls), and caravanning
holidays (Behind) among others. Although the
films were very often slated by the critics, they
were popular. The series began with Carry On
Sergeant (1958), about a group of recruits on
National Service, and was sufficiently successful
that others followed. A film had appeared the
previous year under the title Carry On Admiral
although this was a comedy in a similar vein
(with Joan Sims in the cast) it has no connection
to the series. There was also an unrelated 1937
film Carry On London, starring future Carry On
performer Eric Barker. The characters and comedy
style of the Carry On film series later moved
into shows in other media. There was a television
series titled Carry On Laughing, and several
Carry On Christmas specials. There were also
three stage shows Carry On London, Carry On
Laughing and Wot a Carry On In Blackpool.
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