Carry On Laughing: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Carry On Laughing is a British television comedy series produced in 1975 for ATV. Based on the Carry On films, it was an attempt to address the films' declining cinema attendance by transferring the franchise to television. Many of the original cast members were featured in the series.

Carry On Laughing ran for two seasons, the first for six half-hour episodes and the second for seven episodes. The episode Orgy and Bess featured the final Carry On performances of both Sid James and Hattie Jacques.

Series details

• Title: Carry On Laughing
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1975-01-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 1975-12-07
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11281
• IMDb ID: tt0157218
• TVDB ID: 71599

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1975-01-04; final listed air date 1975-02-08; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 1975-10-26; final listed air date 1975-12-07; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from Carry On Laughing on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.