Carry On Laughing
1975 British television comedy series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 1975 TV series. For the stage play, see Carry On Laughing (stage show).
Carry On Laughing is a British television comedy series produced in 1975 for ATV. Based on the Carry On films, it was an attempt to address the films' declining cinema attendance by transferring the franchise to television. Many of the original cast members were featured in the series.
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Carry On Laughing | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Directed by | Alan Tarrant |
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Composers | John Marshall and Ritchie Tattersall |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Peter Rogers |
Producer | Gerald Thomas |
Running time | 24–26 minutes |
Production company | Associated Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 4 January (1975-01-04) – 7 December 1975 (1975-12-07) |
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Carry on Laughing ran for two series, the first for six half-hour episodes and the second for seven episodes. The episode Orgy and Bess featured the final Carry On performances of both Sid James and Hattie Jacques.
The TV series is not as widely known as the original films, which - by contrast - are broadcast regularly on British television.