Carry On England
1976 | 89m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Gerald Thomas |
|---|---|
| Writer: | David Pursall, Jack Seddon |
| Staring: |
| Captain S. Melly takes over as the new Commanding Officer at an experimental mixed sex air defence base. It's 1940 and England is under heavy bombardment, but the crew seem more interested in each other than the enemy planes above. Captain Melly plans to put a stop to all this, and becomes the target of a campaign to abandon his separatist ideals... | |
| Release Date: | Oct 01, 1976 |
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| Director: | Gerald Thomas |
| Writer: | David Pursall, Jack Seddon |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | The Rank Organisation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Kenneth Connor | Captain S. Melly |
| Windsor Davies | Sergeant-Major 'Tiger' Bloomer |
| Judy Geeson | Sergeant Tilly Willing |
| Patrick Mower | Sergeant Len Able |
| Jack Douglas | Bombardier Ready |
| Joan Sims | Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe |
| Melvyn Hayes | Gunner Shorthouse |
| Peter Butterworth | Major Carstairs |
| Peter Jones | Brigadier |
| Diane Langton | Private Alice Easy |
| Julian Holloway | Major Butcher |
| David Lodge | Captain Bull |
| Larry Dann | Gunner Shaw |
| Brian Osborne | Gunner Owen |
| Johnny Briggs | Melly's Driver |
| Vivienne Johnson | Freda |
| Patricia Franklin | Corporal Cook |
| John Carlin | Officer |
| Linda Hooks | Nurse |
| Michael Nightingale | Officer |
| Jeremy Connor | Gunner Hiscocks |
| Richard Olley | Gunner Parker |
| Peter Banks | Gunner Thomas |
| Richard Bartlett | Gunner Drury |
| Billy J. Mitchell | Gunner Childs |
| Peter Quince | Gunner Sharpe |
| Paul Toothill | Gunner Gale |
| Tricia Newby | Bombardier Murray |
| Louise Burton | A.T.S. Private Evans |
| Jeannie Collings | A.T.T. Private Edwards |
| Barbara Hampshire | A.T.S. Private Carter |
| Linda Regan | A.T.S. Private Taylor |
| Barbara Rosenblat | A.T.S. |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| David Pursall | Screenplay |
| Jack Seddon | Screenplay |
| Gerald Thomas | Director |
| Stella Rivers | Hairdresser |
| Max Harris | Music |
| Geoffrey Rodway | Makeup Artist |
| Roy Goddard | Production Manager |
| Jack Causey | Assistant Director |
| Danny Daniel | Sound Recordist |
| Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Recordist |
| Godfrey A. Godar | Camera Operator |
| Don Picton | Set Dresser |
| Ernest Steward | Director of Photography |
| Richard Marden | Editor |
| Lionel Couch | Art Direction |
| Courtenay Elliott | Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Peter Rogers | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 3 |
| 2024 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Trending Position
I'm afraid that by 1976, this franchise had well and truly run it's course - and this puerile and really quite tacky attempt at a wartime comedy put a final nail in it's coffin. Funnily enough, the innuendo-ridden character names look better on paper than they do when mentioned on screen - as illust ... rated by Kenneth Connor's lead character "Capt. S. Melly" who, alongside his sergeant-major "Bloomer" (Windsor Davies) spend their time trying to keep the men and women from their platoon from getting into any hanky panky. Trousers are constantly up and down, knickers fly from flagpoles, there are even tunnels used in attempt to lift this from the comedy doldrums but unfortunately they just don't work. It's way too predictable and the innocent cheekiness of the earlier films has been replaced by a rather crass degree of smuttiness that just makes this a bit crude. Joan Sims tries hard to bring back some semblance of the old days, but by the end you really do realise just how much better Messrs. James/Hawtrey/Williams and Hattie Jacques actually were at delivering a light-hearted comedy with an hint of naughtiness. I'd just give this a miss, sorry.