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In London, a gang of criminals from Australia led by Jack Coombes (Bill Kerr) impersonate policemen to carry out robberies. Local gang leader "Pearly" Gates (Peter Sellers), who operates from the cover of a French couturier, finds his takings cut severely, and blames rival crook "Nervous" O'Toole (Bernard Cribbins). When it emerges they are both being scammed by the same gang, they join forces, along with Lionel Jeffries' Police Inspector "Nosey" Parker, to bring the so-called "I.P.O. mob" (I.P.O. - Impersonating a Police Officer) to justice. - Director:
- Cliff Owen
- Cast:
- Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries, Bernard Cribbins
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Jim Dixon doesn't feel very lucky at all, working as a junior university lecturer with the boring and tiresome Professor Welch. So when Jim finds out he has to spend a whole weekend at his house to help save his job he can't think of anything more unpleasant... But it only goes from bad to worse as he manages to get himself and the family dog blind drunk and falls in love with the rather beautiful Christine, who just happens to be Welch's son's girlfriend... When Jim is given a second chance to save himself and his job all he has to do is deliver a lecture at the university, but some things are easier said than done! - Director:
- John Boulting
- Cast:
- Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith
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Accident-prone Ship Steward, Ordinary Seaman Blissworth (Kenneth Connor), manages to destroy the blueprints to a top-secret homing torpedo project. Along with his equally inadequate commanding officer, Captain Foster (Eric Barker), their only hope is to get another set bound for London. But when Admiral Sir Humphrey Pettigrew (Noel Purcell) turns up they try to cover up their mistake by presenting him with a set of plans that detail the ship's refrigeration system. When they discover a female naval scientist, Miss Potter (Hattie Jacques), is due to arrive for torpedo testing, Blissworth is forced to dress in drag and impersonate her. Blissworth's dilemma is exacerbated when the Admiral himself needs keeping at bay because of his amorous intentions. - Director:
- Gerald Thomas
- Cast:
- Kenneth Connor, Eric Barker, Leslie Phillips
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The Carry On team delve into the sex and scandal of beauty contests when town councillor Sidney Fiddler (Sid James) attracts a bevy of babes to the quiet, rain-sodden seaside resort of Fircombe. Sid's problems soon start with the arrival of glamorous biker, Miss Easy Rider (Barbara Windsor) and her busty rival Miss Dawn Brakes (Margaret Nolan). Befuddled Mayor, Frederic, Bumble (Kenneth Connor) continually loses his dignity and his trousers, while some red-hot controversy appears in the seductive form of Peter Potter (Bernard Bresslaw:) Britain's first beauty drag queen! - Director:
- Gerald Thomas
- Cast:
- June Whitfield, Sidney James, Barbara Windsor
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Peter Sellers plays both Sir John Kennaway and the tragic-comic trade union leader Fred Kite. The result is laugh-out-loud comedy with a satiric edge, lampooning the then-burning issue of industrial relations. Bertram Tracepurcel (Dennis Price) plans to make a fortune from a missile contract, a scheme that involves manipulating his innocent nephew Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) into acting as the catalyst in an escalating labour dispute, from which the socialist Mr. Kite (Irene Handl) is only too keen to make capital. - Director:
- John Boulting
- Cast:
- Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers
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If your funny bone is in need of ticking, this is the prescription you need. Carry On Matron finds the team on top form in Finisham Maternity Hospital where the kindly Matron (Hattie Jacques), panic-stricken surgeon Sir Bernard Cutting (Kenneth Williams) and wacky psychiatrist Dr. F.A. Goode (Charles Hawtrey) rule the roost. It's action stations when Sid Carter (Sid James) leads a gang of incompetent crooks intent on stealing a huge hoard of birth control pills. Joan Sims shines as the ever-expectant mother in this beloved Carry On favourite. - Director:
- Gerald Thomas
- Cast:
- Kenneth Williams, Sidney James, Charles Hawtrey
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Stan and Ollie (2018)Stan & Ollie
"Stan and Ollie" tells the untold story of the world's greatest comedy act - Laurel and Hardy - with exceptional performances from Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly. In the twilight of their careers and facing an uncertain future, Laurel and Hardy set out on a tour of Great Britain and Ireland. After an inauspicious beginning their friendship and performances shine through, making each other and their audiences laugh whilst winning the love and affection of legions of adoring fans. - Director:
- Jon S. Baird
- Cast:
- Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly, Shirley Henderson
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The Carry On team take a package holiday that starts disastrously and rapidly goes downhill. The paradise island of Elsbels is not all it's cracked up to be. The hotel isn't finished, the staff are a bit thin on the ground - in fact Pepe (Peter Butterworth) is the staff and the locals are far from friendly! A catalogue of disasters beset the gang that will keep you in fits of laughter. - Director:
- Gerald Thomas
- Cast:
- Kenneth Williams, Sidney James, Charles Hawtrey
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In this hilarious comedy set in a National Health Service hospital, confused staff resist the temptation to have nervous breakdowns, while neurotic, hypochondriac patients panic over bogus rumors and ridiculous speculations. Wearing faded pajamas and confined to a hospital ward, the three paranoiacs, Archie Glover (Peter Bowles), Roy Figgis (James Bolam) and Norman Binns (Christopher Strauli) are surrounded by inevitable boredom. Feuding over who gets the "daffodil view" from the hospital window, the three conveniently have each other's operations and fight over "girlie" magazines. As Archie, Roy and Norman re-write major chapters in medical history, you'll never look at hospitals the same way again! - Director:
- Vernon Lawrence
- Cast:
- James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli
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Released in 1930 by British International Pictures in response to the lavish revues being produced by the major Hollywood studios, 'Elstree Calling' was Britain's first musical film. This all-star vaudeville show features performers drawn from some of the era's most popular London productions, including Cicely Courtneidge, Anna May Wong, John Longden, and music-hall veterans Will Fyffe and Lily Morris. Compèred by Tommy Handley, the film presents nineteen comedy and musical sketches in the guise of a 'live' television broadcast; Alfred Hitchcock - then under contract to BIP - was responsible for creating the sketches and linking material. - Director:
- André Charlot
- Cast:
- Tommy Handley, Gordon Begg, Teddy Brown
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Enrol at the wacky College of Lifemanship where a senior host of great British comedians teach a completely uproarious course on how to come out tops in any social situation. Study with Alastair Sim and learn his valuable hints on the art of comic One-upmanship. Follow his expert advice to victimised Ian Carmichael about romance and you'll be a top class pupil fully equipped to cope with life's hilarious humiliations without really cheating. - Director:
- Robert Hamer
- Cast:
- Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim
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British India, 1895. The Burpas are revolting but then again 'The Devils In Skirts' who guard the Khyber Pass are not too inviting either! Can Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond (Sid James) prevent the scheming Khasi of Kalabar (Kenneth Williams) from starting a full blown rebellion, ending British rule and making his cushy job obsolete? Can he rely on the help of the wayward Brother Belcher (Peter Butterworth), and prevent the secret concerning the 3rd Foot and Mouth Regiment from becoming common knowledge among the natives? All will be revealed in this masterly tale of passion, greed and missing underpants set in the raging days of the Raj. - Director:
- Gerald Thomas
- Cast:
- Kenneth Williams, Sidney James, Charles Hawtrey
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Richard Todd - Oscar-nominated for his role in 'The Hasty Heart' in 1949 and perhaps best known for his portrayal of Wing Commander Guy Gibson in 'The Dam Busters' - introduces this fascinating and rarely seen documentary from 1952. 'Elstree Story' is a profile of the legendary film studio; of the pictures made there, and the stars and technicians who helped make it one of Europe's greatest film production centres. Starting in 1927 when the first film, 'The White Sheik', was made there, 'Elstree Story' features excerpts from over forty productions - including Hitchcock's 'Blackmail', the first feature-length British talkie ever shown - with early appearances by some of cinema's greatest stars; it is a most memorable and evocative journey through the years. - Director:
- Gilbert Gunn
- Cast:
- Monty Banks, Jack Buchanan, Kenneth Connor
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The Likely Lads: Series 1 to 3 (1966)The Likely Lads: Series 1 to 3: Surviving Episodes
Featuring all the surviving episodes of the classic 60's comedy including the first ever episode and the final instalment. Before 'Whatever Happened To'...came 'The Likely Lads'. A slice of 60's working class life, it slotted in neatly alongside 'Steptoe' and 'Til Death Us Do Part', but this time the focus was on youth and it was set far away from London...These are the same Terry Collier and Bob Ferris we learnt to love in the legendary 70's series - only younger. Two sharp young Geordies, short on cash, hormones buzzing, eager to live their young lives to the full. Terry, though po-faced and cynical, is quick-witted and full of madcap schemes; Bob, cautious and socially ambitious but lacking his mate's self-confidence, is invariably dragged along. Theirs is a responsibility-free world of booze, girls, football and laughs - but somewhere there is also a nagging feeling that their youth won't last forever...
Entente Cordiole (S1-E1 1964)
The boys return from two weeks on the Costa Brava to discover an attractive French girl from the resort is coming over.
Double Date (S1-E2 1964)
Terry comes to the aid of love-lorn Bob by fixing them both up with a date.
Older Women Are More Experienced (S1-E3 1964)
Terry makes a move on the divorcee canteen manager at the factory.
The Suitor (S2-E6 1965)
Terry enlists Bob's help to get rid of his sister's boyfriend.
Lost of the Big Spenders (S2-E4 1965)
The boys try to impress two London girls as they take them out on the town.
Rocker (S3-E3 1966)
Bob invests in a mod scooter.
Goodbye to All That (S3-E8 1966)
When Bob joins the army, Terry secretly decides to join up too.- Director:
- Dick Clement
- Cast:
- James Bolam, Rodney Bewes, Don McKillop
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George (Sidney James) is a chauffeur-cum-dogsbody in the household of Colonel Maynard (John Le Mesurier) who can't recruit a housekeeper because George can't keep his hands to himself. George has a plan to get his cousin the vacancy but is caught unawares when Gabrielle Dragon (Peggy Mount) arrives and tells him firmly that she has been engaged and means to stay. Has George finally met his match? - Director:
- Shaun O'Riordan
- Cast:
- Peggy Mount, Sidney James, John Le Mesurier
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