The Carry on Companion: 40th Anniversary Edition

by Ross, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780713484397
• ISBN10: 071348439X
• Edition: 40th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: B t Batsford Ltd

Summary

This is the essential guide to the Carry On films, Robert Ross's exuberant and affectionate look at Britain's best-loved comedy team. For the 40th Anniversary of the Carry On series, the book has been revised, updated and reissued with new colour illustrations in a deluxe, hardback limited edition: all 31 films featured; full cast lists and production details; best scenes, best jokes, for each film; 'Sid' quality ratings for all Carry On productions; TV specials and stage shows; complete Carry On chronology; Carry On filmography of all 120 key personnel; 100 illustrations, including 36 in colour; and exclusive interviews with the stars.

Table of Contents

Foreword	6	(1)
Introduction	7	(3)
FILMS
In the beginning, or, how do you start a comedy legend anyway?	10	(3)
Carry On Sergeant	13	(4)
Carry On Nurse	17	(4)
Carry On Teacher	21	(4)
Carry On Constable	25	(4)
Carry On Regardless	29	(4)
Carry On Cruising	33	(3)
Carry On Cabby	36	(3)
Carry On Jack	39	(3)
Carry On Spying	42	(4)
Carry On Cleo	46	(6)
Carry On Cowboy	52	(5)
Carry On Screaming!	57	(5)
Carry On...Don't Lose Your Head	62	(3)
Carry On...Follow That Camel	65	(4)
Carry On Doctor	69	(4)
Carry On...Up The Khyber	73	(5)
Carry On Camping	78	(4)
Carry On Again Doctor	82	(3)
Carry On Up The Jungle	85	(3)
Carry On Loving	88	(4)
Carry On Henry	92	(4)
Carry On At Your Convenience	96	(4)
Carry On Matron	100	(3)
Carry On Abroad	103	(4)
Carry On Girls	107	(4)
Carry On Dick	111	(3)
Carry On Behind	114	(4)
Carry On England	118	(4)
That's Carry On	122	(3)
Carry On Emmannuelle	125	(4)
Carry On Calumbus	129	(9)
TELEVISION & STAGE
Carry On Christmas (1969)	138	(2)
Carry On Again Christmas	140	(2)
Carry On Christmas (1972)	142	(2)
What A Carry On!	144	(1)
Carrry On Christmas (1973)	145	(2)
The Prisoner of Spenda	147	(2)
The Baron Outlook	149	(1)
The Sobbing Cavalier	150	(1)
Orgy and Bess	151	(1)
One in the Eye for Harold	152	(1)
The Nine Old Cobblers/The Case of the Screaming Winkles/The Case of the Coughing Parrot	153	(2)
Under the Round Table/Short Knight, Long Daze	155	(2)
And In My Lady's Chamber/Who Needs Kitchener?	157	(1)
Lamp-posts of the Empire	158	(1)
Carry On Laughing's Christmas Classics	159	(1)
Norbert Smith - A Life	160	(2)
Carry On London!	162	(2)
Carry On Laughing	164	(1)
Wott A Carry On in Blackpool	165	(5)
EXTRAS
Chronology	170	(14)
Key personnel	184	(4)
Societies	188	(1)
Books	188	(1)
Videos	189	(1)
Index	190