Another One-off "Carry On" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Carry On Sergeant

Although it was the first "Carry On" film, "Carry On Sergeant", released in 1958, was not planned as the first in a series. Based on R.F. Delderfield's play "The Bull Boys", the film's success at the box office led to producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas planning another project, which again proved successful, and saw the pair take the decision to create a series of films. Dora Bryan, who appeared in the film as the lovelorn NAAFI girl Nora, had joined Oldham Rep while a teenager, leaving after six years to become a regular in London's West End. From there, she transitioned into film roles, her first credited performance coming in the 1948 film "The Fallen Idol".

Although often a supporting player in her film career, in 1961 her performance in "A Taste of Honey" saw her win the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress.

Answer: Carry On Jack

"Carry On Jack", released in 1963, was the first of the "Carry On" series' 'historical romps', films that were parodies of works of fiction or events set in the past. The second of the series to be made in colour, the film is set on board a Royal Navy ship at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Welsh character actor Donald Houston, who had previously appeared as medical student Taffy Evans in "Doctor in the House", the first of the "Doctor" series of medical based comedies, was cast in the film as the no-nonsense first lieutenant of HMS Venus, Lt Howett. Often playing authority figures or military types, following his role in "Carry On Jack" he returned to the "Doctor" films, playing the role of Major Tommy French in "Doctor in Distress".

Answer: Carry On Columbus

"Carry On Columbus" was the first "Carry On" film to be produced in 15 years when it was released in 1992, the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's discovery of the New World. The film featured a number of surviving players from the "Carry On" series, with Jim Dale in the lead role, as well as Peter Gilmore, Jack Douglas, Bernard Cribbins, Leslie Phillips and June Whitfield.

The cast was rounded out by several contemporary comedy performers, with many, including Peter Richardson, Alexei Sayle, Nigel Planer and Rik Mayall, coming from "The Comic Strip". Maureen Lipman, who played the Countess Esmeralda, started out as a member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre Company from 1971 to 1973, before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company.

She went on to an extensive career on British television, with her first prominent role coming as Jane Lucas in the sitcom "Agony" in 1979.

Answer: Carry On Cleo

"Carry On Cleo", released in 1964, was the tenth in the "Carry On" series. Another historical romp, this time parodying Shakespeare's "Antony & Cleopatra" and "Julius Caeser", the film featured Amanda Barrie in the title role, alongside Kenneth Williams as Caeser and Sid James as Mark Antony.

The film was able to utilise sets and costumes at Pinewood Studios originally made for the production of "Cleopatra", before that film moved production to Italy. Sheila Hancock made her only "Carry On" appearance in this film as Senna Pod, the wife of the British wheel maker Hengist Pod. Having worked in rep during the 1950s, before moving to the West End, where, in 1961, she starred with Kenneth Williams in "One Over The Eight", her first major television role came in 1961 in the BBC sitcom "The Rag Trade".

Answer: Carry On Nurse

"Carry On Nurse" was the second film in the "Carry On" series. Produced following the success of 1958's "Carry On Sergeant", "Carry On Nurse" was adapted from the play "Ring for Catty" by Patrick Cargill and Jack Beale. The highest grossing film at the UK box office in 1959, it was the success of "Carry On Nurse" that led to producer Peter Rogers and director Gerald Thomas deciding to start a series of films. Cast in the role of the nameless colonel, whose demanding behaviour is an irritation for the nurses, was veteran character actor Wilfrid Hyde-White, who had made his theatre debut in 1922, and had appeared in his first film in 1934.

By the time of his appearance in "Carry On Nurse", he had appeared in many films, including Orson Welles' classic "The Third Man", as well as having received a Tony nomination in 1956 for his role in "The Reluctant Debutant".

Answer: Carry On Behind

"Carry On Behind" was the 27th entry in the "Carry On" series, and was the first in thirteen years not to be written by screenwriter Talbot Rothwell. The film is a reworking of "Carry On Camping", with the action moved from a campsite to a caravan park. Ian Lavender had graduated from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1967, and almost immediately was cast in the new BBC sitcom "Dad's Army", playing Private Pike. During his time in "Dad's Army", he also made a number of appearances in various British sex comedies of the period, including "Confessions of a Pop Performer" from the "Confessions" series, and two of the similar "Adventures" series, "Adventures of a Taxi Driver" and "Adventures of a Private Eye".

Answer: Carry On Abroad

"Carry On Abroad", released in 1972, was the 24th "Carry On" film, and is regarded as the one with the highest number of series regulars in the cast. One of these was Charles Hawtrey, for whom it was the final "Carry On" appearance. Actor Ray Brooks appeared as Georgio, the womanising barman of the hotel in the resort of Elsbels.

He had had a journeyman career during the 1960s with small roles in a number of British films, before coming to prominence appearing in Ken Loach's provocative one-off drama "Cathy Come Home".

Answer: Carry On Teacher

"Carry On Teacher" was the third release in the "Carry On" series. Released in 1959, it was the first, and, as it turned out, only appearance in the series of actor and comedian Ted Ray. Ray, who at the time was a major star on radio and the variety circuit, was under contract to the Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC).

Although he had not appeared in an ABPC release for some time, his appearance in a successful film from their rival Anglo-Amalgamated led to ABPC threatening not to give subsequent "Carry On" films a release in their cinema chain.

This led to Ray being dropped from the series, despite plans for him to appear in the next entry, "Carry On Constable". The role intended for Ray in that film was eventually taken by Sid James.

Answer: Carry On Loving

"Carry On Loving" was the 20th entry in the series, released in 1970. The film marked a move in the direction of the series away from the innuendo based writing of previous entries, and more towards the overall bawdiness of films released in the 1970s.

This is indicated by the presence of the first intentional expletive in the history of the series as part of the script. As part of this move towards a more "liberated" attitude, a number of younger actors were cast in major roles in the film, including actress and model Imogen Hassall, who had been a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and had made a number of appearances in British TV series during the 1960s, including "The Saint" and "The Avengers". Hassall was referred to by the press at the time as "The Countess of Cleavage", owing to her often being cast in scantily-clad roles, and wearing revealing outfits to film premieres.

Answer: Carry On Emmannuelle

The penultimate entry in the series, "Carry On Emmannuelle" was the first to be given a AA certificate by the British Board of Film Censors, meaning that under-14s were not permitted to see it. A send-up of the "Emmanuelle" soft-core pornographic film series, the film was an effort to ride the bandwagon of British soft-core sex comedies of the mid to late 1970s. Noted British comic actress Beryl Reid made her "Carry On" debut in the film. Reid had made her stage debut in music hall in 1936, and worked consistently in variety throughout the Second World War.

Despite having no formal training, she worked for both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. In 1966, she won a Tony for her role in "The Killing of Sister George"; reprising this in the 1968 film version saw her nominated for a Golden Globe.