The BFI observed that "althoughseemingly anarchic, the Carry On
films were always inherently conser-
vative. This is clearly demonstrated"
here.
This classic British romp was filmed
just after the Summer of Love, at
the height of global student unrest.
Series stalwarts Sid James, Joan
Sims, Bernard Bresslaw, Kenneth
Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie
Jacques, Barbara Windsor, Peter
Butterworth, and Terry Scott all
starred in the seventeenth entry in
the franchise. Released in 1972,
Carry On Camping was the most
successful film at the British box
office that year, and is now regarded as one the best loved titles in the run. Shown today during ITV3's festive Carry On season, the comedy
featured these fourteen Doctor Who cast connections:
- for Windsor see Carry On Spying
- for Derek Francis see Carry On Abroad
- for Sims and Bresslaw see Carry On Nurse
- for Walter Henry see Carry On Cleo
- for Julian Holloway see Follow That Camel
- for Butterworth and Alf Mangan see Carry On Cowboy
- Mike Lucas (Youth) was Tom in The Smugglers
- Georgina Moon (Joy here; Sally in Carry On Behind) voiced Mrs. Middlemint for Big Finish's The Behemoth (2017)
- George [Clinton] Ballantine (Man) was Manservant in The Masque of Mandragora, and Hawker in Snakedance (1)
- Leslie Weeks (Man) was Varga plant in Mission to the Unknown, UNIT Soldier in (episode 3 of) The Mind of Evil, Vogan in Revenge of the Cybermen (1), and Brother/Villager in The Masque of Mandragora
- Elizabeth Knight (Jane here; Nurse in Carry On Again Doctor) was considered for the role of Victoria Waterfield
- for Tina Simmons see Don't Lose Your Head
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