The fifth production from the popular Carry Onstable was released in early 1961, and told the
story of the hapless Helping Hands agency.
By now a regular company was established
with actors Sid James (pictured as Handy),
Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor, Charles
Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, Esme
Cannon, and Bill Owen all having appeared in
previous titles.
Liz Fraser (1930-2018) and Fenella Fielding
(1927-2018) made their series debuts here.
Shown on Film4 today, the comedy featured
Stanley Unwin, Joan Hickson, and eleven
Doctor Who cast connections:
- for Sims (Lily) see Carry On Nurse
- [Christopher] Nicholas Parsosn (Wolf) was Reverend Wainwright in The Curse of Fenric
- Terence [Joseph] Alexander (Trelawney) was Lord Ravensworth in The Mark of the Rani
- for Victor Maddern see Carry On Constable
- Andrew Andreas (Waiter) was an Egyptian Warrior in (episode 10 of) The Daleks' Master Plan, Guard in The Enemy of the World, and German Soldier in The War Games (3)
- Vi Delmar [born Scott] (Shopper here; Woman in Carry On Cowboy) was Old Queen Xanxia in The Pirate Planet
- Carl Conway (Man) was US Correspondent in The War Machines (4), and Control Room Assistant in The Ambassadors of Death
- Arnold Lee (Chinese Man) was a Mongol Warrior in Marco Polo (2), Sweep/Coolie in The Talons of Weng-Chiang, and Seabase Crewman in Warriors of the Deep
- Angus [Wilson] Lennie (Assistant, deleted) was Storr in The Ice Warriors, and Angus McRanald in Terror of the Zygons
- Maxwell Craig (Patron here, Carry On Spying & Carry On Cowboy; Deckhand in Carry On Jack) was Fighter in Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 AD
- for Joan Ellacott see Carry On Sergeant
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