Carry on Camping
Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and Anthea. The boys suggest a camping holiday…
- Director:Gerald Thomas
- Genre:Comedy
- Runtime:88 minutes
Cast
Sid James : Sid Boggle (as Sidney James)
Charles Hawtrey : Charlie Muggins
Joan Sims : Joan Fussey
Kenneth Williams : Doctor Kenneth Soaper
Terry Scott : Peter Potter
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Sid Boggle (Sid James) and his friend Bernie Lugg (Bernard Bresslaw), partners in a plumbing business, take their girlfriends, the prudish Joan Fussey (Joan Sims) and the meek Anthea Meeks (Dilys Laye), to the cinema to watch a film Paradise, about a nudist camp. Sid then gets the idea that the two couples should take a holiday in the camp featured in the film – reasoning that in such an environment their heretofore chaste girlfriends will relax their strict moral standards – a plan that he and Bernie bravely attempt to keep secret from the girls.
They travel to the campsite named Paradise, but after paying the fees, Sid realises it is not the camp of the film but a standard family camp site. Furthermore, it turns out not to be a paradise at all but little more than a damp field in the depths of the country. It has no view and no luxuries – and the only facilities are a basic ablutions block. The site is run by a money-grabbing farmer named Fiddler (Peter Butterworth). They reluctantly agree to stay after Fiddler refuses a refund and the girls approve of the camping ground. The boys are further disappointed when the girls refuse to share a tent with them.
Sid and Bernie soon set their sights on a bunch of young ladies on holiday from the Chayste Place finishing school. They are led by the blonde and bouncy Babs (Barbara Windsor). In charge of the girls is Dr Soaper (Kenneth Williams), who is fervently pursued by his lovelorn colleague, the school’s matron, Miss Haggard (Hattie Jacques). During an outdoor aerobics session led by Dr Soaper, Babs’ bikini top flies off and is caught by Soaper. (The effect was achieved with a fishing rod and line attached to the garment.) Read more
