Carry On Watching

A Guide to Britain’s Best Loved Comedy Films
Lifelong Carr On fan Stephen Lambe discusses each film in depth, celebrating the team’s greatest moments, while also examining in equal detail some of the series’ lesser-known or less successful editions.

“When Carry On Sergeant became a big hit in British cinemas in 1958, not even the most optimistic of its cast or crew believed that it would become the first of a 31-film franchise. But the series went on to become one of the most successful and well-loved in British cinema. Beginning as relatively gentle comedies, the humour broadened in the late 60s, taking on an end-of-the-pier quality that, at its best, was as hilarious as it was risqu. Sid James, Barbara Winsor, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Jim Dale and Charles Hawtrey: these were just some of a superb repertory company of performers whose careers have often been defined by their appearances in the Carry On Series.
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