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Apart from a period working on the popular cult television series The Avengers, he’s worked primarily in films with other credits including The Square Peg, Doctor in Love, Crooks Anonymous, Quest for Love, The Eagle Has Landed, The Wild Geese and, in 1982, Witness for the Prosecution.

BAXTER, JOE

Played by Ian Lavender

Goes on holiday to the Riverside Caravan Site with his wife, Norma, and her huge pet dog, Ollie, which is the bane of his life. Seen in Behind.

BAXTER, NORMA

Played by Adrienne Posta

With her frizzy blonde hairdo, Norma is the wife of Joe Baxter. Seen in Behind holidaying at the Riverside Caravan Site with her spouse and their huge pet dog, Ollie, who seems more important to her than Joe.

MEMORIES

‘First and foremost for me was Peter Rogers and Gerry Thomas, two of the nicest men you could wish to meet. The shooting was tough, a rigid budget and a six-week shoot with no overtime. It was non-stop but a continual laugh and some of the days were hysterical.

‘The cast were great. Kenneth Williams never stopped talking, much of it deliciously outrageous. One day, on Matron, he slipped off a rostrum and fell to the floor. Gladys Goldsmith, the continuity girl, sat puce at her typewriter as he regaled her, loudly as ever, with the pain he was suffering from his sexual organs that had found contact with the rostrum on his descent and what the consequences might be. It was utter rubbish, of course.

‘There were so many funny moments that they all blur into each other and it’s difficult after all these years to remember them. One other I recall was on Teacher. Ken Connor had to walk down a corridor, enter the science class, take the stopper off a large glass jar, sniff it and make a face. It was a tracking shot with a low camera, awkward for the camera operator, Alan Hume. We put a stink bomb in the jar and on the first take Alan was shaking so much with anticipatory laughter in his hunched position that he fell off the dolly. I think all of us who saw that can still see Ken’s face as he sniffed the jar.

‘I worked on so many films that unless you keep a list, which I never did, some of them get forgotten, but the one thing you don’t forget is having worked on the Carry Ons with the crazy cast.’

BERT BATT

BAYNTUN, AMELIA

Roles: Mrs Fussey in Camping, Corset Lady in Loving, Mrs Spragg in At Your Convenience, Mrs Jenkins in Matron and Mrs Tuttle in Abroad

A busy stage actress, Amelia Bayntun, born in 1919, also occasionally appeared on the screen. On television, her credits included Dixon of Dock Green, Adamant Lives!, On the Buses and her biggest role, two series as Ada Bissel in Thames Television’s Dear Mother … Love Albert.

She died in 1988, aged sixty-eight.

BBC NEWSCASTER

Played by Tim Brinton

During Emmannuelle he’s seen on the box reporting on the numerous affairs of Emmannuelle, the French Ambassador’s sex-mad wife.

BEACH PHOTOGRAPHER

Played by Alec Bregonzi

On Brighton Pier in At Your Convenience, the Beach Photographer is earning a living taking photos of happy tourists. (Note: the scene was cut.)

WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

EXT. PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOTH. DAY

It has several of those stands with cut-outs to put the face through. Start with a C.S. of Vic, with his eye to a small camera, Myrtle standing bored beside him.

VIC: Hold it!

(And now we see his shot. The stand has a garish painting of a Caveman and a Cavewoman, the latter with large bare breasts. Bernie has his face above the Cavewoman and Popsy has hers above the Caveman.)

VIC: (OVER.) Lovely!

(A click. Bernie and Popsy come out from behind the cut-out, giggling. Bernie points over.)

BERNIE: Here, get a load of them.

(They look that way. This time the painting is of a man and woman in profile, holding hands with their face-slots placed close together. The woman has ridiculously large pert breasts sticking straight out and straining her bikini top. She also has a very pert bottom in a pair of tight red shorts. The man is ridiculously skinny and dressed in a bright blue striped blazer with a pair of shorts down to his knees. A man and a woman have their faces through the holes, and are smiling at the photographer.)

PHOTOGRAPHER: Thank you.

(The man and the woman come out from behind the screens and the joke is that they are dressed like and have exactly the same figures as the cartoon painting. Bernie, Vic and Popsy roar with laughter and even Myrtle has to smile.)

BEALE, JACK

The script for Nurse was based on an idea supplied by Jack Beale and Patrick Cargill, stemming from their stage play, Ring for Catty.

BEAMISH, LEONARD

Played by Ian Curry

Mr Beamish phones Togetherness Marriage Agency in Regardless. He wants a wife in time for a tea party he’s giving his aunt in two weeks so asks the agency for help. But a mix-up finds Delia King arriving at his doorstep, believing she’s been hired to do some housekeeping.

BEAN, MICHAEL

Played by Charles Hawtrey

The French and music teacher at Maudlin Street Secondary Modern School, Mr Bean is seen in Teacher. His other duties include organising and conducting the school orchestra, as well as writing the mournful tunes heard at the school’s annual play.

BEAN, MR

Played by Donald Bisset

A patient at the Long Hampton Hospital, Mr Bean, who’s hospitalised with a kidney stone, is seen in Again Doctor, talking to Dr Carver about his condition.

BEAR CREEK

When Big Heap announces inside Rumpo’s Place that there has been a gold strike at Bear Creek, the hostelry clears within seconds, which is just what the Indian wanted because he aims to pinch some liquor without being shot. It’s not long, though, before the would-be gold diggers realise there isn’t such a place as Bear Creek and head back to the bar. The fictitious place is mentioned in Cowboy.

BEAR PASS

The pass is mentioned in Cowboy and is situated near Stodge City and Sam Houston’s ranch.

BEARDED MAN IN AUDIENCE

Played by Ron Tarr

Seen in Girls this uncredited character is spotted laughing uncontrollably while watching the beauty contest fiasco.

BEASLEY, MRS

Played by Patricia Hayes

In Again Doctor this chatty, loud-speaking woman sees Dr Nookey in the outpatients department about constant ringing in her ears. Mrs Beasley, who’s a hypochondriac, is a regular at the hospital.

BEATIFIC ISLANDS

Sounds like a tropical paradise but far from it, as Dr Nookey and Dr Carver find out in Again Doctor. These far-flung islands are battered by hurricanes for three months of the year and drenched by rain for the remaining nine. Locals call their islands, ‘All rain and wind’. The rich widow, Ellen Moore, established a medical mission there in memory of her husband, who was cared for by the islanders.

BEAUMONT, SUSAN

Role: Frances James in Nurse

Born in London in 1936, Susan Beaumont, daughter of musical comedy actress Roma Beaumont and theatre producer Alfred Black, enrolled at RADA but left after just one term. She soon found employment in pantomime before going on to dance in a Norman Wisdom show at the London Palladium and in a Limelight show on television.

Upon being offered a Rank contract, aged nineteen, she became a leading lady in the 1950s, appearing in a clutch of films, such as Man of the Moment, Simon and Laura, Jumping for Joy, On the Run, No Safety Ahead, Innocent Sinners and The Man Who Liked Funerals.

BECK, JAMES

Role: Mr Roxby in Loving (Note: the scene was cut.)

Born in Islington, London, in 1929, James Beck – who’ll forever be remembered for playing the spiv, Private Walker, in Dad’s Army – graduated from art school and worked as a commercial artist until being called up for National Service.

Upon leaving military life, he pursued a career in the theatre, beginning as a student actor on one pound a week with a small repertory company in Ramsgate. Stints at various reps followed before he moved to London to further his career.

Soon he was appearing on stage and screen, with television credits including Fabian of the Yard, Coronation Street, Romany Jones (playing the lead role), Z Cars, The Troubleshooters, Counterstrike, Beggar My Neighbour, The Motorway Men, Here’s Harry and Taxi.

He died in 1973, aged forty-four.

‘BED OF THE CENTURY’

In Regardless, Sam Twist demonstrates the ‘Bed of the Century’ at the Ideal House Exhibition. Unfortunately it has a few teething problems and Twist gets into a right mess.

BED OF NAILS NATIVE

Played by Hugh Futcher

Seen in Algiers during Spying, he chides Simkins for treading on his bed of nails.

BEDSOP, JAMES

Played by Charles Hawtrey

A private enquiry agent hired in Loving by Sophie Bliss to keep an eye on Sidney, whom she suspects of having affairs with many of the female clients registered with the Wedded Bliss Agency.

Mr Bedsop begins his surveillance in the cocktail bar of the Parkway Hotel where Sophie believes Sidney is planning to meet Esme Crowfoot; he’s hardly subtle in his methods of work, though, making it blatantly obvious later that he’s following Sidney up the road.

He eventually finds himself under arrest: after donning an artificial beard as disguise, he follows Bliss into a public lavatory and begins acting suspiciously by getting down on his hands and knees and peeping under the cubicle doors. Chased out by the attendant, he tells a waiting policeman that he’s looking for a man, which doesn’t go down too well with the bobby.

BEEVERS, DIANA

Role: Penny Lee in Teacher

Born in London in 1944, Diana Beevers joined the Corona Academy at the age of eleven and was soon appearing in the BBC children’s television serial, The Thompson Family, as Susan Thompson, in the late 1950s. She enjoyed other screen work while at the Academy, lastly in Venture, an Associated Rediffusion production.

Upon leaving the Corona at fifteen she went straight into The Visit in the West End; in addition to furthering her acting career, she began studying for O and A-levels and finally, in the 1980s, earning a degree with the Open University.

During the 1960s and ’70s, Beevers appeared in a handful of television and film productions, including Public Eye, Within These Walls and Rumpole of the Bailey. She also had a running part in the ’60s series, Compact, playing Michelle Donnelly. On the big screen, she was seen as a WRNS officer in 1968’s Submarine X-1 and Disney’s Escape to the Dark.

Her last theatre appearance was in the Noël Coward trilogy, Tonight at Eight, in 1971, after which she left the profession to raise her daughter, thereafter only making the occasional television appearance. She returned in the 1980s and directed in various London fringe theatres.

In recent years she ran her own mail order company, selling classical CDs, but has since closed the business and returned to directing professional, amateur and youth theatre groups on the Isle of Wight, where she now resides.

BEHIND, CARRY ON

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BELCHER, BROTHER

Played by Peter Butterworth

Seen in Up The Khyber, Brother Belcher, a missionary, arrives in India’s Himalayan region to preach, claiming, ‘Sinners welcome with open arms’. When a guide is needed for a military operation across the border in Afghanistan, Belcher is blackmailed into taking the job.

BELL, JACK

Played by Leslie Phillips

In Nurse the likeable Jack Bell is admitted to Haven Hospital for a bunion operation. His admission couldn’t have come at a worse time because he was hoping to sneak away for a few days with his girlfriend, Meg, staying at private hotels along the coast. After his operation is cancelled, Jack – while under the influence of champagne his girlfriend sneaked in – asks fellow patient Oliver Reckitt to perform the op, but soon changes his mind when Reckitt and other patients play along with his request and he nearly ends up being put under the knife by a student studying nuclear physics.

BELLA VISTA

The name of the schooner in Again Doctor which sank off the Beatific Islands during a terrible storm. As reported by the Long Hampton Advertiser, one of the schooner’s passengers was Dr Carver, who was returning from the islands at the time. He was a lucky survivor.

BELLE

Played by Joan Sims

Belle, whose intimate friends call her ‘Ding-Dong’, is the respectable owner of Belle’s Place in Stodge City. Seen in Cowboy, she loses her establishment to the ruthless Rumpo Kid when he swaggers into town.

BELLE’S PLACE

A saloon-cum-hotel in Stodge City that is run by Belle until the Rumpo Kid saunters into town and gains control, turning it from a respectable meeting place into a gambling den where the beer flows, fights break out and dancing girls entertain. Seen in Cowboy.

BELLE PARISIENNE

The magazine Professor Tinkle reads in his tent during Up the Jungle while his assistant, Claude Chumley, goes birdwatching.

BELTON, PETE

A corn dealer in Stodge City. He’s not seen in Cowboy but his establishment is.

BENHAM, JOAN

Role: Cynical Lady in Emmannuelle

Born in London in 1918, Joan Benham is probably best known for playing Lady Prudence in the period drama, Upstairs, Downstairs, despite experiencing all media during her long career.

Other television credits included The Troubleshooters, Doctor On the Go, Doctor in Charge, The Duchess of Duke Street, The Sun Trap and Terry and June. On the big screen she was seen in, among others, The Man Who Loved Redheads, It’s Great to be Young, Child in the House, The Bridal Path and Murder Ahoy.

She died in 1981, aged sixty-two.

BENNETT, PETER

Role: Thief in Constable

Born in London in 1917, Peter Bennett appeared in small roles in several films, including Quatermass and the Pit and Lady Chatterley’s Lover, as well as the occasional meatier part, such as the Master of the Otter Hounds in Tarka the Otter.

His television credits ranged from Man in a Suitcase and The Buccaneers to William Tell and several appearances in the 1950s series, The Adventures of Robin Hood. He died in 1989, aged seventy-two.

BENNISON, BILL

Assistant Art Director on Abroad

Other productions Bill Bennison has worked on in the capacity of assistant art director are the films Cromwell and Bless This House, both during the 1970s, as well as The Man in the Iron Mask, a production for the small screen. Promoted to art director, his credits include 1982’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

BENNY

Played by Davy Kaye

The diminutive, cigar-puffing bookmaker has to restrict Sid Plummer’s bets when – with the help of his little budgie, Joey – he nearly bankrupts the bookie. Appears in At Your Convenience.

BENSON, PC STANLEY

Played by Kenneth Williams

A snooty young policeman who’s just graduated from police college when sent to help out at a station where the workforce is severely affected by the ravages of flu. A former Boy Scout, he regards himself as intellectual and an expert in criminology. Believing he can spot a criminal a mile off, he’s embarrassed on more than one occasion, including being taken in by Herbert Hall, the confidence trickster, and accusing a detective-sergeant in the CID of attempting to steal a car.

BENTLEY, MRS

Played by Juliet Harmer

In Matron, Mrs Bentley is informed by Dr Prodd that she’s pregnant before she admits that her husband isn’t the father. (Note: the scene was cut.)

WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

INT. EXAMINATION ROOM. DAY

The doors open and another YOUNG WOMAN comes in.

PRODD: Ah, Mrs Bentley, isn’t it?

WOMAN: That’s right.

PRODD: Well, Mrs Bentley. (He now has her card.) Our suspicions have been confirmed. You are definitely and there’s no doubt about it, you are definitely a teeny, weeny bit pregnant.

WOMAN: Oh, dear.

PRODD: Aren’t you pleased?

WOMAN: I don’t know.

PRODD: It’s nothing to worry about, you know. And you don’t need to feel alone. We’re all with you, you know. We’re all in the same boat in this place. Like peas in a pod. All in the same pod, as you might say.

WOMAN: It’s not that. You’re all very kind, I’m sure. But …

PRODD: Why, if it will make you feel better you can have the father with you during the birth.

WOMAN: Oh, I don’t think that would be very wise.

PRODD: Why not?

WOMAN: I don’t think my husband would like him to be there.

PRODD: What? Oh.

WOMAN: Well thank you, Doctor. When do you want to see me again?

PRODD: Some time next week suit you?

WOMAN: Yes, fine.

PRODD: See you then. And … good luck.

WOMAN: Thanks.

(She goes. PRODD again speaks to the intercom.)

PRODD: Next, please.

BERKELEY NURSING HOME

Mentioned in Again Doctor, the wealthy Mrs Moore, a private patient of Dr Carver’s, convalesces at the nursing home after having her appendix removed.

BERKELEY NURSING HOME MATRON

Played by Faith Kent

Seen briefly in Again Doctor, the Matron employed at the Berkeley Nursing Home ushers Dr Carver along to Ellen Moore’s private room.

BERNARD, BROTHER

Played by Bernard Bresslaw

In Abroad, Bernard has just joined an Order, which was founded by St Cecilia, when he heads off to the Mediterranean resort of Elsbels with Wundatours. The Order he belongs to comprises missionaries, travelling the world doing good deeds, but Bernard realises it’s not the life for him when he falls in love with Marge while on the trip.

BESPECTACLED BUSINESS MAN

Played by Norman Mitchell

Seen in Cabby preparing to jump into a Speedee Taxi until a Glamcab pulls up nearby and he opts for the leggy lovely driver instead, leaving a disgruntled Speedee driver without a fare.

BEST, GLORIA

Roles: Funhouse Girl in Spying, Hand Maiden in Cleo and Bridget in Cowboy.

BEST, PETER

Dubbing Editor on Matron, Dick and Emmannuelle

Other films that the late Peter Best worked on include Kidnapped, Diamonds on Wheels, Tomorrow Never Comes, Nate and Hayes and Second Best.

BETTINA

Played by Barbara Windsor

When Henry VIII first sets eyes on the blonde Bettina at a do he’s arranged, he’s soon drooling over her. He’s in the middle of arrangements to annul his wedding to Queen Marie of Normandy and has his sights set on making Bettina his next bride. When he can’t wait any longer, he performs the marriage ceremony himself and prepares for his wedding night, but while he’s out of the bedroom Bettina, who’s the daughter of Charles, the Earl of Bristol, consults Balls Book of English Law to check the legitimacy of their marriage; Henry tries convincing her it’s all above board as he climbs into bed but she later learns the truth; it’s just as well she resisted his advances because she ends up being whisked off across the channel by Francis, the King of France, to become the country’s Queen. Seen in Henry.

BETTY

Played by Jackie Poole

In Camping, Betty is one of the girls from Chayste Place Finishing School who head for a summer break at the Paradise Camp in Devon.

BEVIS, FRANK

Production Manager on Sergeant, Nurse, Teacher, Constable, Cabby, Jack, Spying, Cleo and Cowboy. Associate producer on Screaming!

Born in Gosport, Hampshire, in 1907, into a naval family, Bevis was educated on HMS Conway, the cadet-training ship, before serving two years in the Royal Navy. After returning to civvy street, he was soon back at sea, working as a navigating officer for Canadian Pacific Steamships. He left the ocean wave behind in his early twenties and found work with a tin-canning company as a trainee production manager until being made redundant when the company was taken over.

He followed friends involved in crowd work in films and gradually forged a new career in the industry. Eventually switching to behind the camera, he gained experience via a host of jobs, including production manager on, among others, The October Man, Odd Man Out and The Way To The Stars. He progressed to associate producer and worked on several films in this capacity, including Cromwell and Nicholas and Alexandra, before retiring in 1980. He died in 2003.

BIDDLE, KEN

Played by Bernard Bresslaw

A patient in Fosdick Ward at the Borough County Hospital, Mr Biddle is seen in Doctor. He was originally admitted to have his appendix removed but fell off the operating table and hurt his leg, prolonging his stay. Falls in love with Mavis Winkle, a patient in Caffin Ward, while he’s hospitalised.

BIDE-A-WEE REST HOME

The home of Dr Olando Watt and his sister, Virula, is seen in Screaming!. It’s situated on Avery Avenue, in the middle of Hocombe Woods.

BIDET

Played by Gertan Klauber

One of the soldiers who arrives in England with Francis, the King of France. Seen in Henry.

CARRY ON BEHIND

A Peter Rogers production

Distributed through Fox / Rank Distribution Ltd

Released as an A certificate in 1975 in colour

Running time: 90 mins

CAST

Kenneth Williams	Professor Roland Crump
Elke Sommer	Professor Anna Vooshka
Bernard Bresslaw	Arthur Upmore
Kenneth Connor	Major Leep
Joan Sims	Daphne Barnes
Windsor Davies	Fred Ramsden
Jack Douglas	Ernie Bragg
Peter Butterworth	Henry Barnes
Carol Hawkins	Sandra
Sherrie Hewson	Carol
Liz Fraser	Sylvia Ramsden
Patsy Rowlands	Linda Upmore
Ian Lavender	Joe Baxter
Adrienne Posta	Norma Baxter
Patricia Franklin	Vera Bragg
David Lodge	Landlord
Marianne Stone	Mrs Rowan
George Layton	Doctor
Brian Osborne	Bob
Larry Dann	Clive
Georgina Moon	Sally
Diana Darvey	Maureen
Jenny Cox	Veronica
Larry Martyn	Electrician
Linda Hooks	Nurse
Kenneth Waller	Barman
Billy Cornelius	Man with Salad
Melita Manger	Woman with Salad
Hugh Futcher	Painter
Helli Louise Jacobson	Nudist
Jeremy Connor	Student with Ice-cream
Alexandra Dane	Lady in Low-cut Dress
Sam Kelly	Projectionist
Johnny Briggs	Plasterer
Lucy Griffiths	Lady with Hat
Stanley McGeagh	Short-sighted Man
Brenda Cowling	Wife
Sidney Johnson	Man in Glasses
Drina Pavlovic	Courting Girl
Caroline Whitaker	Student
Ray Edwards	Man with Water
Donald Hewlett	Dean

PRODUCTION TEAM

Screenplay by Dave Freeman

Music composed and conducted by Eric Rogers

Production Manager: Roy Goddard

Art Director: Lionel Couch

Editor: Alfred Roome

Director of Photography: Ernest Steward BSC

Camera Operator: Neil Binney

Assistant Director: David Bracknell

Make-up: Geoffrey Rodway

Continuity: Marjorie Lavelly

Sound Recordists: Danny Daniel and Ken Barker

Hairdresser: Stella Rivers

Costume Design: Courtenay Elliott

Set Dresser: Charles Bishop

Dubbing Editor: Pat Foster

Titles: G.S.E. Ltd

Processed by Rank Film Laboratories

Assistant Editor: Jack Gardner

Caravans supplied by C I Caravans Limited

Producer: Peter Rogers

Director: Gerald Thomas

Elke Sommer and Gerald Thomas chat before filming

Let the cameras roll

The esteemed archaeologist, Professor Crump, is off on an archaeological dig to Templeton where a Roman encampment has been unearthed next to a caravan site. Assisting him on his dig are a group of eager students from the University of Kidburn and Professor Vooshka, an attractive woman whose mispronunciations of the English language are in danger of landing her in all sorts of trouble, especially when she greets everyone with the phrase, ‘How are your doings?’

Other people heading to this quiet corner of England include Fred Ramsden and his mate, Ernie Bragg, two middle-aged men who tell their wives they’re off on a fishing trip, but it’s birds – and not the feathery kind – rather than fish that Fred’s hoping to catch. Arthur Upmore, meanwhile, is looking forward to a break with his wife, Linda, until he discovers his nagging mother-in-law is joining them. But it’s not the mother-in-law who’ll be causing problems in the Baxters’ caravan, but their enormous dog.

Two late arrivals at the Riverside Caravan Site, which is normally restricted to caravans, are Sandra and Carol, two leggy girls who are hoping to camp. Although Major Leep, the site owner, points out no tents are allowed, he’s quick to bend the rules when Sandra shows a bit of thigh, claims she’s got a bad leg and will need it massaged later. Their cunning gets them through the gates and they pitch their tent next to Fred and Ernie’s caravan, who are soon eyeing them up.

In the Lipmores’ van, Arthur is already fed up to the back teeth with the moaning Daphne Barnes, his mother-in-law; he’s soon getting the blame for the expletives pouring out of the beak of Daphne’s myna bird, and is somewhat relieved when it later escapes from its cage. But Daphne becomes a changed woman when she stumbles across her ex-husband, Henry, who’s working at the site as an odd-job man. Now with nearly £20,000 in the bank, thanks to a win on the Pools, they rekindle their love after ten years apart.

A lack of progress on the girl front sees Fred and Ernie head for a pint at the local where they learn from the landlord that the caravan site is riddled with holes caused by Roman mining; they take little notice but their ignorace comes back to haunt them later.

To liven up the site, Major Leep is planning a cabaret evening and contacts a theatrical agent for a singer. When he interrupts the conversation to talk to his caretaker about paint stripper, the agent gets the wrong end of the stick and thinks he’s after a stripper. Everyone is shocked when the dancer arrives and starts her erotic act, but while the men are lapping it up, the women aren’t so pleased. When some decide to leave they find they’re stuck to the recently painted chairs, tearing their trousers and skirts in the process.

Before the holiday is over, the old Roman mines reveal themselves, swallowing the caravans, just as it’s time to go home.

MEMORIES

‘Some times I would dress the sets and other times just be on the floor as a standby, ready to do whatever was needed. I remember working on Behind and in the scene where Kenneth Williams and Elke Sommer are in a caravan that is leaking, I controlled the drips with the use of intravenous drip feeds, like you have in hospitals. We made little holes in the ceiling of the caravan and had the drips coming through.

‘In another film, I remember having to drop ice-cream down one of the actress’s cleavage. While standing on a lamp stand, hanging over her breasts with a pair of tongs holding a dollop of ice-cream, I waited for Gerald [Thomas] to say: “Action with the cornet”, at which point I dropped it straight down into her breasts. Working on the Carry Ons was certainly great fun.’

WALLY HILL – Standby Chargehand

BIDET, CITIZEN

Played by Peter Butterworth

Seen in Don’t Lose Your Head, Citizen Bidet is the assistant of Citizen Camembert, chief of the secret police. His incompetence drives Camembert mad at times as they set out to stop the Black Fingernail, alias Sir Rodney Ffing, from rescuing the aristocracy from the guillotine.

BIG HEAP

Played by Charles Hawtrey

Chief of a tribe of Indians in Cowboy, Big Heap is an accommodating, well-spoken man who agrees to help Rumpo Kid prevent the new marshal arriving at Stodge City by attacking the stagecoach he’s travelling in. The attack fails, though, when sharpshooter Annie Oakley, who’s also travelling in the coach, puts up strong resistance, shooting several Indians in the process.

BIGGER, FRANCIS

Played by Frankie Howerd

A charlatan spiritualist, Francis Bigger is a firm believer in positive thinking and preaches his message around the country. With his motto, ‘Learn to think the Bigger way’, he tries teaching the power of thinking is the way to health and happiness. Accompanied by his lifeless assistant, Chloe Gibson, he’s telling everyone that nothing will happen to them if they think positive, then falls off a stage and ends up in the Borough County Hospital with a bruised coccyx. When he mishears Dr Tinkle talking to Miss Gibson he thinks he’s only got days to live and deciding to make his loyal assistant happy for the last few days of his life, marries her, only to discover later, to his horror, that his days aren’t numbered at all. Seen in Doctor.

BILIUS

Played by David Davenport

Seen in Cleo, Bilius stands alongside Julius Caesar, acting as his bodyguard. Champion gladiator of Rome, he’s soon ousted from his position by Hengist Pod who’s classed as a hero after inadvertently stumbling across Bilius’s attempts to dispose of the Roman leader.

BILKINGTON RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT

The top secret base in Spying where Professor Stark was developing a secret formula before being blown up while carrying out his duty.

BIND, CHARLIE

Played by Charles Hawtrey

One of the rather green agents who are sent to recover the top secret formula stolen by Milchmann for the detestable Dr Crow in Spying. His codename is Yellow Peril and his agent’s number, 00 – 0.