Carry On Camping is arguably one of the most famous Carry On films, released on 3 July 1969 in the UK, but produced in late 1968. The film stars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor and Bernard Bresslaw Camping is an outdoor recreational activity involving the spending of one or more nights in a tent, primitive structure, a travel trailer or recreational vehicle at a campsite with the purpose of getting away from civilization and enjoying nature. ... The Carry On films were a long-running series of British popular low-budget comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers. ... July 3 is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Sid James (May 8, 1913 - April 26, 1976) was a film and television actor. ... Kenneth Charles Williams (February 22, 1926 - April 15, 1988) was a British comic actor, star of over twenty films and notable radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne, as well as a witty raconteur on a wide range of subjects. ... Barbara Windsor MBE (born Barbara-Ann Deeks on August 6, 1937, in Shoreditch, London) is a British actress. ... Bernard Bresslaw (February 25, 1934 - June 11, 1993) was an English actor who was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. ...

Main plot outline:

Sid Boggle (Sid James), and his friend Bernie Lugg (Bernard Bresslaw) partners in a plumbing business, take their girlfriends, the prudish Joan (Joan Sims) and meek Anthea (Dilys Laye), to the cinema to watch a film Nudist Paradise. After watching the film, Sid gets the idea that the two couples should take a holiday in the nudist 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. Sid James (May 8, 1913 - April 26, 1976) was a film and television actor. ... Bernard Bresslaw (February 25, 1934 - June 11, 1993) was an English actor who was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. ... Irene Joan Marian Sims (May 9, 1930, Laindon, Essex - June 28, 2001) was a British actress. ... Dilys Laye (born March 11, 1934) is a British actress. ...

They travel to the campsite named Paradise, but after paying the fees, Sid realises it is not the nudist 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-grubbing tight-fisted farmer named Fiddler (Peter Butterworth. But they stay anyway, after Fiddler refuses a refund and the girls insist upon staying there. The boys are further disappointed when the girls refuse to share a tent with them. Peter Butterworth Peter Butterworth (February 4, 1919 - January 16, 1979) was an English comic actor who appeared in many of the Carry On films. ...

Sid and Bernie soon set their sights on a bunch of naughty schoolgirls (all of whom are somewhat obviously too old for school!) on holiday from the Chayste Place boarding school, led by the blonde and bouncy Babs (Barbara Windsor). Barbara Windsor MBE (born Barbara-Ann Deeks on August 6, 1937, in Shoreditch, London) is a British actress. ...

In charge of the schoolgirls is Dr Soaper (Kenneth Williams), who is fervently pursued by his lovelorn colleague, the school's Matron, Miss Haggerd (Hattie Jacques). Kenneth Charles Williams (February 22, 1926 - April 15, 1988) was a British comic actor, star of over twenty films and notable radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne, as well as a witty raconteur on a wide range of subjects. ... Josephine Edwina Jacques (February 7, 1922 - October 6, 1980), better known by the stage name Hattie Jacques, was a British comedy actress born in Sandgate, Kent. ...

Others present at the campsite are Peter Potter (Terry Scott) who hates camping but must endure a jolly and domineering wife Harriet (Betty Marsden), and Charlie Muggins (Charles Hawtrey), an naive first-time camper and unwelcome lodger who Harriet invites into their tent when he gets caught in the rain. Terry Scott (May 4, 1927-July 26, 1994) was a comedian who appeared in seven Carry On films. ... Betty Marsden (1919–1998) was a British comedy actress. ... There have been two notable actors named Charles Hawtrey: Sir Charles Hawtrey (1858-1923), stage and silent film actor; Charles Hawtrey (1914-1988), who named himself after the earlier actor, and is best known for the Carry On films. ...

Chaos ensues when a group of hippies arrive in the next field for a noisy all-night rave. The campers club together to drive them away. Hippies (singular hippie or sometimes hippy) were members of the 1960s counterculture movement who adopted a communal or nomadic lifestyle, renounced corporate nationalism and the Vietnam War, embraced aspects of Buddhism, Hinduism, and/or Native American religious culture, and were otherwise at odds with traditional middle class Western values. ...

Trivia:

• The Republic of Ireland rejected the film's distribution in 1969. Malta rated it Adults Only.
• It was top at the UK box office in 1968/1969.
• In Hispanic areas, it was called I want a nudist girlfriend!

1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... The term box office can refer to either: A place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue The amount of business a particular production, such as a movie or theatre show, does. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ...

Classic Quotes

Joan's Mum: Joan may think you're a gentleman but personally I've got sore misgivings.

Sid Boggle: You ought to put some talcum powder on them!

External links

• The Whippit Inn Information on the Carry On film series