The Carry On Films

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

The comic film franchise which churned out movie after movie mocking British stereotypes and pomposity. The first Carry On film hit cinema screens in 1958 and the team behind it would go on to make more than 30 movies using slapstick comedy and sexual innuendo to win fans around the world. Ashley Byrne has spoken to writer John Antrobus and actor Valerie Leon. It was a Made in Manchester Production.

Photo: Two of Carry On's biggest stars, Kenneth Williams(l) and Sid James (r) filming Carry On At Your Convenience in 1971. (Credit: Larry Ellis Collection/Getty Images)

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0:00.0	Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless
0:06.8	searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the
0:11.8	telly we share what we've been watching
0:14.0	Cladie Aide.
0:16.0	Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
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1:05.8	Hello, you're listening to the Witness History Podcasts from the BBC World Service.
1:10.5	I'm Ashley Byrne and today I'm taking you back to 1958 and the start of a British
1:15.6	film franchise rivaled only by the Bond movies which would become known all
1:20.0	around the world. I've been speaking to writer John Antrebus and actor Valerie Leon
1:25.5	about the birth and massive London, Carry On Sergeant.
1:44.0	He was the first in a series of films that would go on to be hugely influential and successful.
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