Fifty Years Of Carry On

In August 1958, the very first Carry On film — a low-budget caper about the adventures of a bunch of dysfunctional national servicemen — was warmly received by British cinemagoers.Over the next twenty years, Rogers and Thomas churned out film after film to the delight of millions of fans around the world. Its seaside-postcard humour, ensemble acting and simple storylines became trademarks of the Carry On films, which have since become embedded in the public’s mind as British cinema classics. Fifty Years of Carry On is Richard Webber’s detailed history of the Carry On phenomenon.