Writer and producer David Croft had the Midas touch when it came to comedy and the shows that he created and wrote with alternating creative partners Jimmy Perry and Jeremy Lloyd were comedy gold for the decades. But how did two of the most popular fare on the big screen?
Sid James and Hattie Jacques play husband and wife, Charlie and Peggy, who find themselves at odds with each other after Peg, frustrated at constantly playing second fiddle to Charlie's cab company, sets up a rival taxi firm - staffed by glamourous women
"At the turn of the 18th Century, Britain was at war. These were the years when history was written in the blood and smoke of mighty sea battles and the name Nelson typified the spirit of the British Navy. But on the good ship Venus - my, you should have seen us!"
In this hilarious and defining Carry On film, two enslaved Britons are taken to Rome. One of them is mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Caesar. "Infamy! Infamy! They've all got in-for-me!"
The outlaw The Rumpo Kid rides into the frontier town of Stodge City, and immediately guns down three complete strangers. It's time to send for a Marshal. The problem is, Marshal P. Knutt's idea of cleaning up a town is to install a new drainage system!
When French politics got bloody, British dandy Sir Rodney answered with a manicure and mirthful mischief. Heads roll, wigs fly, and the Black Fingernail is pointing trouble away from the guillotine and towards comedic chaos. Vive l'hilarité!
Grab your kepi, stock up on sun cream, and Follow That Camel into a whirlwind of hilarious desert chaos. The Foreign Legion’s never been less disciplined — or more entertaining! But then it never had Bilko carrying on before...
Strap in for a riotous romp through colonial absurdity — where stiff upper lips quiver, secret rebel plots unravel, and the fate of the empire may well rest on the integrity of one's underpants
Dr. Who is not a mysterious, somewhat sinister alien, but a genial old human gent with a passion for invention.”
When a mysterious artifact is unearthed in a London underground excavation, famous scientist Bernard Quatermass is called in. What he uncovers goes back to the very beginnings of mankind and could now lead to its ultimate destruction