![]() ![]() (The James Bond film series is the longest-running, having started in 1962, four years after the first Carry On, though with fewer films.) ![]() The Carry On series contains the largest number of films of any British film series, and is the second longest running, albeit with a fourteen-year gap (1978–1992) between the 30th and 31st entries. The success of the series led to several spin-offs, including four Christmas television specials (1969–1973), a 1975 television series of thirteen episodes, and three West End stage shows that also toured the United Kingdom. The humour of Carry On was in the British comic tradition of music hall and bawdy seaside postcards. Produced by Peter Rogers, the Carry On films were directed by Gerald Thomas and starred a regular ensemble that included Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Hattie Jacques, Terry Scott, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor, Jack Douglas, and Jim Dale. ![]() Carry On is a British comedy franchise comprising thirty-one films, four Christmas specials, a television series, and stage shows produced between 19. ![]()
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