Product Details

• Actors: Kenneth Williams, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Terry Scott
• Directors: Gerald Thomas
• Writers: Larry, Talbot Rothwell
• Producers: Peter Rogers
• Format: PAL
• Language: English
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004CIG1
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #451,432 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Comedy Classic, April 22, 2000

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This review is from: Carry on Camping [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Number 17 in the Carry On series, this has to be the funniest. I never stop laughing all the way through it! Every time I see Charles Hawtrey, in specs and all legs, looking for somewhere to camp for the night, I'm almost crying with laughter. The plot is simple, it begins with a couple of men, Sid James and Bernard Bresslaw, who want to take their girlfriends on holiday. Then Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jaques want to take their all-girls school on holiday. This likely bunch, along with many others, end up at 'Paradise Holiday Camp'. What follows is British humor at its best, over sexed school girls, randy men and inuendos a-plenty. One of my favourite bits is when Charles Hawtrey finds somewhere to sleep, a tent shared by a henpecked husband and his nagging wife. When the 3 of them are trying to get changed for bed in this tiny orange tent in the middle of a field, I just crack up. One of the most famous scenes is the one where a young Barbara Windsor is doing some morning exercises and in a sudden thrust of excitement, her bikini top flies off, landing in the very camp Kenneth Williams hands. With a cry of, 'ooh, Matron, take them away', Barbara is led away by the matronly Hattie Jaques. It is wonderful, and perfect for someone who has never seen a 'Carry On' film, it is an absolute British classic!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE BEST IN THE SERIES, July 28, 2001

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[e-mail] (BOLTON, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carry on Camping [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Many critics argue that Carry On Camping (1968) was the peak of the series. The Carry On films had enjoyed immense success throughout the 1960's with titles such as the critically acclaimed, Up The Kyber (1968), Doctor (1967), Don't Lose Your Head (1966), Screaming (1966), Cowboy (1965) and Cleo (1964). Many critics savaged the series, but the films proved a popular success. Quite simply the films could be more accuratley described as cheap and cheerful. They might not have been Shakespeare but they did at times come up with films like Carry on Camping which were actually fine blends of comedy.

Sid (Sid James) and his reluctant mate, Bernie (Bernard Bresslaw) decide to take their irresponsve girl friends (Joan Sims and Dilys Laye) to a nudist camp site, only through a misunderstanding they end up at the wrong Paradise Holiday Camp, which was just a perfectly normal camping site. It is run by Mr. Fiddler (a fitting title and masterfully played by Peter Butterworth) who is amusing with his blatant attempts to get as much money as possible from the customers. Meanwhile Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jaques run a strictly run finishing school for young ladies with star pupil being the bubbly Barbra Windsor. She is in whats perharps the most famous Carry On scene, where her bikini top flys off during her morning exercises. There's also Terry Scot, begrudgingly tagging along with his ghastly wife, played marvelously by Betty Marsden who causes much amusement with her horse-like laugh. Amongst the fun and games is also Charles Hawtrey, who is, as ever, hilarious with his flamboyantly camp characterisation. ...

As for Carry On Camping, well this is perfect to introduce a new comer to the series. Although the nudge-nudge wink-wink humour is all laughably innocent now, it still makes amusing viewing, if only for the awfulness of the corny gags which are deliciously delivered by these talented, irreplacable actors. All the carry On greats are included - Sid James, Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jaques, Terry Scott and Bernard Bresslaw. Highly recommended - a classic!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The title says it all., April 23, 2000

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Matthew McWilliams - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carry on Camping [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Yes, the stars camp it up all the way in this, the 15th "Carry On" made in 1969. This is probably the best film to show a newcomer to the "Carry On" world because: a) It was made in 1969 when the stars and films were (in my mind) at their peak. (Carry On Doctor, and Carry On the Khyber from this time are also excellent.) b) It contains nearly all the Carry On stars - Butterworth, Sims, Hawtrey, Jaques, Terry Scott etc and so there is no "there's something missing" feeling. c) It is funny throughout. No flat patches. The film revolves around the expectation Sid James and Bernard Bresslaw have of taking their girlfriends to a nudist colony, but nothing turns out the way they expect it to. Kenneth Williams and Hattie Jaques run a girls school aptly named "Chaste Place" and take the students to the same location. The dialogue is as ridiculously corny as ever. Eg: When Jaques goes after Williams she cries "Haven't I got appeal?" to which he replies "Yes, but so has a banana and I don't even want that." The movie however does have appeal and is a fun ride throughout.