British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide
Carry On Sergeant. Image shows from L to R: Charlie Sage (Bob Monkhouse), Sergeant Grimshawe (William Hartnell). Copyright: Peter Rogers Productions
Carry On Sergeant

Carry On Sergeant

  • 1958 film

The first Carry On film. Sergeant Grimshawe is desperate to win the award for best troop before he retires. Stars William Hartnell, Bob Monkhouse, Shirley Eaton, Eric Barker, Dora Bryan and more.

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Carry On Dick. Richard 'Big Dick' Turpin / Reverend Flasher (Sid James)

Carry On Films

This series of classic comedy films defined and encapsulated British comedy and society throughout the 1960s and 70s.

Carry On Laughing. Copyright: Associated Television TV

Carry On Laughing

A series of half-hour stories, mostly historical romps, presented by the Carry On team. Starring Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims and other regulars from the films.

All Along The Watchtower. Image shows from L to R: Airman Tench (Felix Bell), Flight Lieutenant Simon Harrison (Chris Lang), Wing-Commander Hilary Campbell-Stokes (Roger Blake). Copyright: BBC TV

All Along The Watchtower

An all-but-abandoned RAF early warning station in the middle-of-nowhere, Scotland, is threatened with closure.

The Boys In Blue. Image shows from L to R: Sgt. Cannon (Tommy Cannon), PC Ball (Bobby Ball) Film

The Boys In Blue

Comedians Cannon and Ball take on the roles of two local policemen in a dozy English village.

Sid James TV

Greatest Ever Carry On Films

A celebration of the greatest of British comedy cinema: the Carry On films.

The Army Game. Copyright: Granada Television TV

The Army Game

A group of National Service conscripts are determined to dodge duty and create some amusement out of a situation they'd rather not be in.

Hut 33. Image shows from L to R: Charles (Robert Bathurst), Joshua Fanshawe-Marshall (Alex Macqueen), Archie (Tom Goodman-Hill). Copyright: BBC Radio

Hut 33

Radio sitcom set in Bletchley Park in 1941, about code-breakers who are forced to share a draughty wooden hut.

BBC Local Radio Radio

Carry On Now And Then

Ashley Byrne celebrates the life and work of three of the Carry On's campest stars: Charles Hawtrey, Frankie Howerd and Kenneth Williams.

Get Some In!. Cpl. Percy Marsh (Tony Selby). Copyright: Thames Television TV

Get Some In!

Sitcom about a group of young conscripts forced into the RAF on two years of National Service.

The Virgin Soldiers. Image shows from L to R: Phillipa Raskin (Lynn Redgrave), Brigg (Hywel Bennett). Copyright: Columbia Pictures Film

The Virgin Soldiers

Comic war movie following the exploits of a bunch of National Service conscripts serving in Singapore in the 1950s.

Stand Up Virgin Soldiers. Image shows from L to R: Private Brigg (Robin Askwith), Sergeant Driscoll (Nigel Davenport). Copyright: Maidenhead Films Film

Stand Up Virgin Soldiers

Comedy drama sequel in which a group of National Service conscripts face an additional 6 months' service.

Bob Monkhouse... The Million Joke Man. Copyright: Rain Media Entertainment TV

Bob Monkhouse... The Million Joke Man

Paul O'Grady presents a three part retrospective celebrating the extraordinary career of joke machine Bob Monkhouse.

The Night We Dropped A Clanger. Image shows from L to R: Lulu (Liz Fraser), Wing Cmdr. Blenkinsop (Brian Rix). Copyright: Four Star Films Film

The Night We Dropped A Clanger

A Royal Air Force officer plans to fool the Nazis as to his whereabouts by using a double, but the double is accidentally sent on the officer's mission.

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