A One-off "Carry On" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Carry On Behind

"Carry On Behind" was the 27th entry in the "Carry On" series, and was fundamentally a rehash of 1968's "Carry On Camping", with the setting moved from a campsite to a caravan park. German actress Elke Sommer, who had previously appeared in a number of major Hollywood movies, and had won a Golden Globe in 1964, was a friend and producer Peter Rogers and his wife Betty Box, and had worked in several films produced by the latter. Sommer agreed to do the film for a fee of £30,000, the highest fee then paid to a performer in a "Carry On" film.

Answer: Carry On Girls

"Carry On Girls", released in 1973, was the 25th entry in the series, and saw the beginning of a move towards more risqué material, with a greater degree of both nudity and openly sexual jokes than in previous films. Actor Robin Askwith, who was cast as photographer Larry Prodworthy, had previously worked for producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas in the film adaptation of the sitcom "Bless This House"; his role in this film was on the strength of that previous performance.

He would go on to appear in the "Confessions" series, which pioneered the concept of the 1970s British soft-core sex comedy that eventually led to the end of the "Carry On" series.

Answer: Carry On Cruising

"Carry On Cruising" was the sixth film to be released, and the first to be made in colour. Set on the cruise ship SS 'Happy Wanderer', the film's plot sees the ship's captain, played by Sid James, have to deal with a number of new officers, including the ship's head chef, Wilfred Haynes.

The role of Haynes was originally set to be played by series regular Charles Hawtrey, but, following a dispute between the actor and producer Peter Rogers over both his fee and billing, Hawtrey was dropped from the film to be replaced by comedian Lance Percival. Percival, who made regular appearances on the satirical TV series "That Was The Week That Was", had only appeared in a handful of films when he was cast; his relative inexperience saw him awarded a commensurate fee compared to his co-stars.

Answer: Carry On Emmannuelle

"Carry On Emmannuelle" was the 30th and penultimate film in the series, and the last to be made for fourteen years. A pastiche of the "Emmanuelle" series of soft-core pornographic films, "Carry On Emmannuelle" was the first in the series to receive an 'AA' rating by the British Board of Film Classification, preventing people under the age of 14 from seeing it at the cinema. Newcomer Suzanne Danielle, in her first credited appearance, was cast in the lead role as the wife of the French ambassador in London.

A regular face on British television in the early 1980s, Danielle's last film appearance was in 1987 before she retired from acting.

Answer: Carry On England

"Carry On England" was the 28th installment in the "Carry On" Series, released in October 1976. Initially receiving an 'AA' rating, that would have limited the audience to those over 14, it was determined that the film would have suffered at the box office because of this, and so was recut to achieve the non-age restricted 'A' rating.

Despite this, the film was a commercial failure. Melvyn Hayes, who at that time was starring in the hit sitcom "It Ain't Half Hot Mum", appeared as Gunner Shorthouse alongside his sitcom co-star Windsor Davies, in what were to all intents and purposes replays of their roles from television.

Answer: Carry On...Follow that Camel

"Follow That Camel" was released in 1967 as the second film produced by Peter Rogers and directed by Gerald Thomas in their production and distribution deal with the Rank Organisation, following their departure from Anglo-Amalgamated after the release of "Carry On Screaming!".

As with the previous entry, this film was subsequently given the "Carry On" title as a way of improving its performance at the box office, making it the 14th film in the overall series. American comedy star Phil Silvers, who most famously played Sergeant Bilko on television, was cast in the lead role of the Bilko-esque Sergeant Nocker partly in an effort on Peter Rogers' part to break into the US market, but also due to the unavailability of Sid James, who was originally pencilled in to play the role.

Answer: Carry On Jack

"Carry On Jack", the eighth film of the series and the second to be made in colour, was also the first of the "Carry On" series' 'historical romps', parodies of works of fiction or actual events sent in the past. In this case, the film is a parody of, amongst other works, "Mutiny on the Bounty", being set on a Royal Navy ship at the beginning of the 19th century. Juliet Mills, the elder daughter of the actor Sir John Mills, was cast in the role of Sally as a replacement for semi-regular "Carry On" star Liz Fraser, who had appeared in three previous films.

At the time, Mills was three months pregnant with her first child, which she kept secret while the film was in production as she feared being released from the role.

Answer: Carry On Screaming!

"Carry On Screaming!" was the 12th film of the "Carry On" series, and the last one released under the auspices of Anglo-Amalgamated, before Peter Rogers signed a new distribution deal with the Rank Organisation. The film, which is a parody of the popular Hammer Horror films, stars Harry H. Corbett as Sergeant Bung, a police officer investigating the disappearance of several women in his area. Corbett, who was famous for his role as the put upon Harold Steptoe in the BBC sitcom "Steptoe and Son", was cast in the film due to Sid James, who was the original choice for the lead, being unavailable at the time as a result of his appearing on stage at the London Palladium in the pantomime "Babes in the Wood".

Answer: Carry On Sergeant

"Carry On Sergeant" was the very first "Carry On" film, released in 1958. Originally based on a play called "The Bully Boys", the title was changed in an effort to ride on the success of a film released in 1957 called "Carry On Admiral" (which is not an actual "Carry On" film).

As originally envisaged, the film was not planned to be the first of a series, but its success prompted producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas to plan another project, the success of which led to their electing to create what became the "Carry On" series. Bob Monkhouse, who played the lead role of Charlie Sage, was a well known face on British television at the time who had appeared in and wrote many comedy programmes during the 1950s, both solo and alongside Denis Goodwin, his regular writing partner.

However, "Carry On Sergeant" was his first major film role, as evidenced by his presence at the end of the cast list during the opening titles.

Answer: Carry On...Up the Khyber

"Carry On...Up the Khyber" was the 16th installment in the series, an historical parody set in British India during the days of the Raj. The film was the second most popular overall at the UK box office in 1969, and is regarded as the best of the entire series.

In 1999, in a survey by the British Film Institute of 1000 people working in the film and television industry in the United Kingdom, "Carry On...Up the Khyber" was voted number 99 on the list of the 100 Greatest British Films of the 20th century. Roy Castle, who played the role of Captain Keene, the commander of the Kalabar detachment of the 3rd Foot and Mouth Regiment (aka 'The Devils in Skirts'), was an accomplished all-around entertainer who had appeared in a number of films and television shows in the UK, both as an actor and presenter, as well as working as a comedian, a singer and dancer, and as a musician (most notably as a renowned jazz trumpeter).

He was cast in the role due to the unavailability of Jim Dale, who had appeared in the previous six "Carry On" films.