The Carry On Christmas Specials were five one-off sitcoms produced for Thames Television between the 1960s and 1980s, and were an attempt to bring the formula of the long running Carry On film series to the small screen. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... The classic Thames Television logo (1969 - 1989), featuring a geographically incorrect montage of London landmarks. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... Carry On was a straight edge hardcore punk band from California. ...

The first, Carry On Christmas, was broadcast in 1969, and featured several familiar faces from the film series: Sid James, Terry Scott, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jacques, Barbara Windsor, Peter Butterworth, Bernard Bresslaw and Frankie Howerd. It was scripted by long-term Carry On author Talbot Rothwell. The story was an irreverent take on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, featuring Sid James as Scrooge. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Sid James (8 May 1913 - 26 April 1976) was a film and television actor. ... Terry Scott (May 4, 1927-July 26, 1994) was a comedian who appeared in seven Carry On films. ... 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. ... 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. ... Barbara Windsor MBE (born Barbara-Ann Deeks on August 6, 1937, in Shoreditch, London) is a British actress. ... Peter Butterworth Peter Butterworth (February 4, 1919 - January 16, 1979) was an English comic actor who appeared in many of the Carry On films. ... Bernard Bresslaw (February 25, 1934 - June 11, 1993) was an English actor who was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. ... Frankie Howerd (born Francis Alex Howard in York, England, 6 March 1917 - not 1922 as he claimed; died in London, 19 April 1992) was a distinctive English comedian and comic actor. ... Charles Dickens was a prolific writer who was almost always working on a new installment for a story and rarely missed a deadline. ... A Christmas Carol frontpiece, first edition 1843. ... Scrooge is the surname of Ebenezer Scrooge, the selfish and miserly protagonist of Charles Dickens 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. ...

The second special, Carry On Again Christmas, which shown the following year. Rothwell did not script this episode, but Sid Colin, who had co-written Carry On Spying with Rothwell, wrote the episode with Dave Freeman, who would go on to script Carry On Behind, several episodes of the Carry On Laughing television series, and the ill-fated 1992 film, Carry On Columbus. Based on the Robert Louis Stephenson story Treasure Island, this episode featured Carry On regulars Sid James, Terry Scott, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Connor, Barbara Windsor and Bernard Bresslaw. It also featured a young Wendy Richard, who would go on to have small roles in Carry On Matron and Carry On Girls. Carry On Spying is the ninth movie in the Carry On movie series. ... courtesy of KSN.com Dave Freeman is the Chief Meteorologist for KSNW-TV in Wichita, KS, and is perhaps one of the best known television personalities in the state of Kansas. ... The Carry On films were a long-running series of British popular low_budget comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rodgers. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson (November 13, 1850 – December 3, 1894), was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer. ... Treasure Island. ... Kenneth Connor, MBE (6 June 1916 – 28 November 1993) was a British comedy film and TV actor, best known for the Carry On films. ... Wendy Richard MBE (born Wendy Emerton on July 20, 1943 in Middlesbrough, England) is a British actress. ... // Plot outline Carry On Girls is the twenty-fifth Carry On film, released in Britain in 1973 and notable for the absence of both Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey for the first time - Williams was appearing in a West End play, My Fat Friend, Hawtrey had been sacked from the...

Strangely, although the 1969 special was broadcast in colour, the 1970 special was shown in black and white. This is thought to be due to the technicians' strikes that plagued British television at the time. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

Ironically, it was due to unions that there was no 1971 Carry On Christmas special. That year the film Carry On At Your Convenience had mocked the union system in Britain, alienating many working-class fans. The poor box-office takings could not justify a television special. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Christmas (literally, the Mass of Jesus Christ) is a traditional holiday observed on 25 December. ... The working class is a social class often contrasted with middle class and upper class in terms of the nature of work undertaken (manual labor or skilled), the level of remuneration (typically low hourly rates although there are exceptions) and access to resources (limited access to capital, education and land). ... 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. ...

In 1972 a new Christmas special was produced, entitled Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing). Unfortunately, two unforseen problems meant that many fans consider this the weakest Christmas special. Firstly, Talbot Rothwell became ill whilst writing the script, and was unable to finish it. Dave Freeman had to be brought in to complete the script, but the two men did not work together. As a result, the script does not flow as easily as the earlier offerings. Secondly, and perhaps most crucially, Charles Hawtrey pulled out of the special at short notice. Having taken third billing to Sid James and Terry Scott in the previous two shows, and knowing they would both be absent, Hawtrey demanded top billing. But Carry On producer Peter Rogers refused, giving top billing to Hattie Jacques instead. Hawtrey's role had to be hastily recast, and was split between Norman Rossington and Brian Oulton, both of whom had played cameo roles in several Carry On films. The special also starred Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth and - in his first Carry On starring role, Jack Douglas. The episode featured a collection of historical sketches. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Peter Rogers (born 20 February 1914 in Rochester, Kent) is a British film producer. ... Brian Oulton (February 11, 1908—April 13, 1992) was a British character actor. ... Irene Joan Marian Sims (May 9, 1930, Laindon, Essex - June 28, 2001) was a British actress. ... Jack Douglas in an influential American record producer. ...

1973 saw the final original Christmas special, Carry On Christmas. Talbot Rothwell made a return, as did Sid James, joined by Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Kenneth Connor, Bernard Bresslaw, Jack Douglas and Peter Butterworth, joined by Julian Holloway, who had made occasional appearances in the film series. This was the only special to have a modern-day setting, featuring Sid James as a department store Father Christmas, although it did feature historical sketches. 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ... Julian Holloway (born 24 June 1944) is a British actor and part of a famous family. ... Interior of a typical Macys department store. ... Father Christmas is a name used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and several other Commonwealth Countries, as well as Ireland, for the gift bringing figure of Christmas or yuletide. ...

It would be ten years before the next Christmas special. Carry On Laughing's Christmas Classics saw Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor introduce some of the funniest moments from the later Carry On films, in a format very similar to the film That's Carry On. Kenneth Charles Williams (22 February 1926 - 15 April 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. ... Carry On was a straight edge hardcore punk band from California. ...

In 2005, the first four specials were released on DVD, featuring special interviews with producer Peter Rogers and stars Jack Douglas and Wendy Richard. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The official DVD logo. ... Peter Rogers (born 20 February 1914 in Rochester, Kent) is a British film producer. ... Jack Douglas in an influential American record producer. ... Wendy Richard MBE (born Wendy Emerton on July 20, 1943 in Middlesbrough, England) is a British actress. ...