Sid James – In Profile

Comedy Profiles
Sid James, 1913 - 1976 Sid James is perhaps best known for his many appearances in the successful Carry On series and as long suffering Father in Bless This House.James initially made his name as Tony Hanc...

Bless This House, 1971

1970's ITV Comedy
Perhaps Sid James’ finest moment... Bless This House, 1971 Produced for ITV by Thames Television, Bless this House ran for sixty five episodes over six series between 1971 and 1976.  The show rated number 67 i...
kenneth williams utters those immortal words Infamy, infamy, they've all got it infamy

Carry On Cleo – 1964

1960's, Carry On
Carry On Cleo - 1964 We've reached 1964 and the tenth film in the series, Carry On Cleo.  This was the one that produced perhaps the most famous line in comedy history when Kenneth Williams utters those immort...
Geoffrey Hutchings and Samantha Spiro star as Sid james ansd Barbera Windsor in the TV drama Cor Blimey

Cor, Blimey!

Drama
Cor, Blimey! 2000 In all the Carry On Films we see Sid James' character lusting after Barbera Windsor's Character.  Whilst on screen it was for laughs, in real life James fell head first for his co-star.Co...

Hancock’s Half Hour, The Ladies Man

1960's BBC Comedy
Hancock's Half Hour, The Ladies Man,1960 Coming from the sixth and final series of the TV version of Hancock's Half Hour in 1960 (the show was shortened to 25 minutes and renamed Hancock in 1961) comes this li...

All This And Christmas Too

1970's ITV Comedy
All This And Christmas Too, 1971 All This And Christmas Too was a one off TV festive special, screened in 1971.  The setting and characters were very similar to the popular Bless This House series.  Carry On r...

Carry On Camping

Carry On
Carry On Camping, 1969 In Tribute To Dame Barbara WindsorIt's hard to believe this is over fifty years old!  Carry On Camping remains one of the most popular and most iconic of the series, famous of course...