Carry on Laughing: A Celebration

by Adrian Rigelsford (Author), Barbara Windsor (Foreword)

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  Hardcover
  1996

  $3.99

  This work chronicles the history of the Carry On phenomenon, which includes 30 feature films, a TV series and stage shows. The book examines the making of the films and TV shows, and looks at censorship problems, reviews, press-campaigns, box office figures and the realms of publicly acceptable taste. It also contains never-before-published interviews with Sid James, Kenneth Williams and Peter Butterworth, alongside photographs taken on the film sets.

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  Paperback
  1997

  $3.39

  With 30 feature films, a television series, TV specials and a stage show under its banner, Carry On has become a British institution notorious all over the world for its inimitable and irrepressible brand of humour. The book captures in words and pictures all the mayhem and mirth, on and off screen, in three decades of comedy-making. The author chronicles the making of each film individually, detailing censorship problems and instances when the team went beyond the realms of publicly acceptable taste. He also includes reviews, press campaigns and box office gross figures. Interviews with Sid James, Kenneth Williams and Peter Butterworth are included along with pictures taken on the sets of all the films. The various TV series and specials that were made in the 1970s are also featured.