The film's premiere was held on a cruise ship in Southampton, England. The "SS Happy Wanderer", including its interiors and decks scenes, is mostly a set constructed at Pinewood Studios. It is affixed atop a hydraulic rig, and is a life size mock-up, complete with all the features of a real cruise ship.
Sims took ill shortly before filming began and was replaced by Dilys Laye, making her Carry On debut, at four days' notice. Hawtrey was dropped for demanding star billing, but returned for the next entry, making this the only entry during Hawtrey's 23-film run which he missed.
All films were made at Pinewood Studios near Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. Budgetary constraints meant that a large proportion of the location filming was undertaken close to the studios in and around south Buckinghamshire, including areas of Berkshire and Middlesex.
High Street, Slough: The Wundatours travel agency shop (the site has since been redeveloped and is now Cornwall House). Pinewood Studios: Elsbels airport terminal building (the studios' security block); the Whippit Inn pub; Elsbels hotel interior and exterior scenes.
Perceval is actually very good (it was his only Carry On appearance), but with no Joan Sims, Jim Dale, Bernard Bresslaw, Hattie Jacques and Barbara Windsor, it's left to Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor and Sid James to carry the weight of the film.
'Carry On' legend Jim Dale, 79, has lifted the lid on the tensions between the cast of the classic British comedy series and revealed how they snubbed him when he was on 'This Is Your life'.
How much money did Barbara Windsor leave when she died?
Her will states that £4.6 million of her estate went to her husband Scott Mitchell whilst she also left money for a number of charities including NSPCC, Breast Care, Help The Aged, showbiz organisation Grand Order Of Lady Ratlings, National Osteoporosis Society, Headley Court wounded soldiers rehab centre and Age UK ...
The `Carry On' regulars embark on a package holiday to the Spanish resort of Elsbels. The revellers find that the Palace Hotel hardly lives up to its name - not least because the builders have not yet finished erecting the place.
The series' humour relied largely on innuendo and double entendre. There were thirty-one films, four TV Christmas specials, one television series of thirteen episodes, and three West End and provincial stage plays, all made on time and to a strict budget.
James and Sims are ridiculously old for their roles as a courting couple still trying to get to first base (he was fifty-five, she thirty-eight), as is Barbara Windsor as a naughty schoolgirl (she was thirty-one!).
The "SS Happy Wanderer", including its interiors and decks scenes, is mostly a set constructed at Pinewood Studios. It is affixed atop a hydraulic rig, and is a life size mock-up, complete with all the features of a real cruise ship.
Series regular Sid James was unavailable for the film due to appearing in the stage play The Mating Season. On the opening night of the play at Sunderland Empire Theatre on 26 April 1976, James suffered a heart attack on stage and died, at the age of 62.
On 27 June 2001, ten minutes before she died, Holland spoke to her gently about Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques and their time on the Carry On films. Sims died from liver failure and diverticulitis, with diabetes and COPD cited as contributory factors.
Jim Dale appeared in 11 Carry On films, but he was convinced he'd ruined his prospects before he'd even started. Dale had a tiny role in Raising the Wind, which isn't officially part of the Carry On series but features many of its stars, including Kenneth Williams.
Madge Darbley-Hardcastle (Joan Sims) – Rocky Hardcastle's equally high-spirited wife, seven years his junior. As Joan died in 2001, it means that she does not appear after series 7, although she continues to be mentioned.
How much was Kenneth Williams paid for Carry On films?
He was quick to find fault with his own work, and also that of others. Despite this, he spoke fondly of the Carry Ons in interviews. Peter Rogers, producer of the series, recollected, "Kenneth was worth taking care of because, while he cost very little—£5,000 a film, he made a great deal of money for the franchise."
The most prolific were the neurotic Kenneth Williams (26 appearances), the libidinous Sid James (19) and the campy Charles Hawtrey (23), while there was formidable female support from Joan Sims (24), Hattie Jacques (14) and Barbara Windsor (10).
The final surviving regular actor who had a lead role in the films is Jim Dale. Now aged 87, Dale - who is also a singer, comedian, narrator, and author - made his first appearance in 1963's Carry on Cabby.
So fancy following in the footsteps of Sid, Babs, Bernie etc and camping at the Paradise Campsite? Well unfortunately you can't. Unlike that other famous camping film, Nuts In May, it wasn't actually filmed at a real campsite, instead the camping scenes were shot in the orchard at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire.
Production. The film was made between 12 July and 3 September 1965. Interiors were done at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire while exteriors were shot on Chobham Common, Surrey and at Black Park, Fulmer, Buckinghamshire.
The Pinewood Studios car-park was covered in sand to portray the Spanish resort of Elsbels. Along with the previous film Carry on Matron (1972), this entry in the series featured the greatest number of "Carry On..." regulars: a total of eleven.
Windsor was best friends with fellow actress Anna Karen, whom she met while filming Carry On Camping and who later went on to play Peggy Mitchell's sister Aunt Sal in EastEnders on and off for 20 years. Windsor was friends with Amy Winehouse, and in 2012 became a patron of the Amy Winehouse Foundation.
Barbara Windsor 'left millions to husband as well as money to seven charities' EastEnders legend Dame Barbara Windsor reportedly left £4.6 million of her estate to her husband Scott Mitchell. She is also said to have shared large amounts of money to a number of good causes.
'At first, a lot of people called me a gold digger,' Scott said. 'What they didn't know behind the scenes is that Barbara had a million pound debt. ' Lorraine jumped in to add that Dame Barbara's debt was through no fault of her own.
