Richard Webber - The Complete A–Z of Everything Carry On

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First published by HarperCollinsEntertainment 2005

Copyright Richard Webber 2005

The Carry On films are protected under copyright

1959 to 1965 films are distributed by Canal Plus Images UK Ltd

1966 to 1978 films are distributed by Granada Ventures Ltd

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Page 19, Keith Turley; 155, J.C. Eyer; 156, Maidenhead Advertiser; 210211, Estate of Geoffrey and Nora Rodway.

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Source ISBN: 9780007182237

Ebook Edition MAY 2017 ISBN: 9780008188962

Version: 2017-06-01

To Ian, Andy and Anna, thanks for all your help.

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There are always plenty of people to acknowledge when compiling a book such as this. First and foremost, Id like to thank Peter Rogers for supporting this project from day one, giving up so much of his time to answer endless questions and for allowing me to publish the unmade film scripts. Thanks also to Audrey Skinner, Peters PA, who was always more than willing to take time out of a busy schedule to encourage and help.

Im grateful to the numerous actors, actresses, crew members, and relatives and friends of deceased cast members who made contact, gave interviews, wrote to me or simply provided their support, especially Valerie James; Liz Bresslaw; Janet Brown; Vince Powell; Nora Rodway, who has now sadly passed away; Amanda Barrie, who very kindly allowed me to quote from her autobiography, Its Not a Rehearsal; John Antrobus, who gave his permission to include his Carry On Sergeant script, and Norman Hudis, with whom I have discussed various aspects of his time working on the Carry Ons I enjoyed our numerous chats, Norman, and appreciate all the advice and information youve supplied.

Special thanks to a host of other people whove helped, particularly Roger Angell; Keith Turley, for allowing me to reproduce his excellent painting; Kevin Snelgrove and Dean Barker, for comparing notes on locations; Graham Walker, Brett Tremble and Paul Burton for helping check the various possible cut scenes to determine if theyd been lost between the many VHS and DVD formats that have been released over the years or were genuinely deleted scenes; Trevor Dolby, Monica Chakraverty, Jane Bennett and Terence Caven at HarperCollins, whove been a pleasure to work with; my agent Jeffrey Simmons; Peter Boita Jnr.; Janet Moat, Vicky Hedley and Carolyne Bevan at the British Film Institute; Scotty Rothwell; John Herron; Rob Fellows; Jonathan Davidson; Charlotte Meyer; Robert Teek; Rita Eyer; and Eric Vasey. Finally, a big thank you to my niece, Anna Webber (I hope you didnt mind spending so many hours stuck in Hereford Library looking through the obituaries?); Ian Abraham, who compiled the merchandise, video, book and DVD lists, and helped select photos for this book; and Andy Davidson, whose web site, www.carryonline.com was a valuable source of information, and who helped in many other ways. Thanks, also, to anybody else who helped in this project. Cheers to you all.

Incidentally, if youre interested in contacting Keith Turley about his painting, you can find his website here