Reel 3 - Remove sight of Linda's dangling breasts seen through caravan window.
From IMDb. Furthers cuts rescinded after appeal to censor
The BBFC originally asked for other cuts to shots of topless nudity during the film wrongly shown by Professor Crump in the opening lecture scene. The
producers successfully appealed to censor Stephen Murphy and the cuts to the opening scene were rescinded.
Reel 1: Remove the line: She's been showing me how to stick my pole up
Reel 3: Remove the line: There's quite a lot of difference between our legs
Reel 3: Remove all the dialogue relating to phallic symbols
Reel 7: Delete the line Erection is fairly simple; it's getting it to stay up.
Reel 7:
Re-edit the scene when the two men and two girls are in the tent in such a way as to remove, or greatly reduce, the innuendo in the lines: How about those two things sticking out in front. Get hold of them with both hands. The producers
retained the lines but substituted a more physical visual demonstration of their meaning.
Reel 9 Remove all shots of Peter emerging from the girl's tent, and her dialogue about her having fun
BBFC examiners flagged a remark by Doctor Soaper (Kenneth Williams) - you won't find me stuffing your turkey - as a possible cut. This cut was waived, as it was technically difficult to cut.
The BBFC also question the nudist film being
played at the cinema. This was accepted after it was pointed out that it was from a real nudist film passed A by the BBFC.
Carry on Cleo is a 1964 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas. Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Kenneth Connor.
Cut by the BBFC for 1964 cinema
release and the cuts persisted into all releases since.
Summary Notes
Two Britons are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. Hengist Pod creates useless inventions, while Horsa
is a brave and cunning fighter. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Cleopatra. Cleo doesn't want him around and plots for his sudden demise...
Versions
cut
best available
91:25s =87:46s
submitted 92:05s = 88:24s
UK: The BBFC cut the cinema release and these cuts seem to have persisted since for:
2014 Studiocanal RB Blu-ray
2007 Optimum R2 DVD
2006 TPC R2 DVD
2001 Warner R2 DVD
1997 Warner VHS
1988 Warner VHS
1964 cinema release
Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:
Reel 2 - In They are a very backward people change 'backward' to 'bashful'.
Reel 4 - Remove the line He was Liqui - dicking.
Reel 6 - The
sequence in which Mark Antony falls on top of Cleopatra on the bed, must stop before we see him wriggling his legs.
Reel 6 - Remove Lover , and shorten the scene when Mark Antony comes out of the room, so as
to get rid of the suggestion that he is physically exhausted.
Reel 7 - In the sequence in which the mute is being discussed, remove the dialogue lines I expect he works in a harem, they cut them out so that they
can't talk to the girls.
Reel 7 - Also remove the line No wonder Mark Antony has ants in his pants.
Reel 10 - Remove I bet you didn't know you had it in him.
Carry on Constable is a 1960 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas. Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Eric Barker.
The BBFC made category cuts for 1960
cinema release. The cuts have persisted to all releases since.
Summary Notes
With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. With help
from Special Constable Gorse, they manage to totally wreck the operations of the police force and let plenty of criminals get away, even before they arrive at the station. They all have to prove themselves or else they'll be out of a job and Sergeant
Wilkins will be transferred. Sub-plots include romances between Wilkins and Moon, Constable and Passworthy.
Carry on Cowboy is a 1966 UK comedy western by Gerald Thomas. Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Jim Dale.
BBFC category cuts for an A rated
cinema release in 1966. The cuts have persisted into all home video releases since.
Summary Notes
Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a
"sanitary engineer" (plumber) by the name of Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal! Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids - revenge-seeking
Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise.
Versions
category cuts
best available
90:29s
UK:
The cut cinema version was passed PG without further BBFC cuts for mild language, comic violence and sex references for:
Carry on Cruising is a 1962 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas and Ralph Thomas (uncredited). Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Kenneth Connor.
BBFC category cuts were required for a U rated 1962 cinema release. The cuts have persisted to all releases since.
Summary Notes
Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn't much to choose from. Not only does he get the five most incompetent
shipmates ever to sail the seven seas, but the passengers turn out to be a rather strange bunch too. The SS Happy Wanderer will never be the same.
Carry On Don't Lose Your Head is a 1966 UK action comedy adventure by Gerald Thomas. Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Jim Dale.
Cut by the BBFC for a PG rated 1966 cinema release. Presumably subsequent home video releases are the same cut version.
Summary Notes
The time of the French revolution, and Citizen Robespierre is beheading the French aristocracy. When word gets to England, two noblemen, Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy take it upon themselves to aid
there French counterparts. Sir Rodney is a master of disguise, and becomes "the black fingernail", scourge of Camembert and Bidet, leaders of the French secret police...
Versions
category cuts
best available
86:55s
submitted cinema
88:50s =85:17s
UK: Presumably the cut cinema version was passed PG for:
Reel 1 - Remove "... two digits rampant" and accompanying gesture.
Reel 4 -
Remove Bidet's reaction, and question "Get what out?" after Camembert's line "Get it out!"
Reel 4 - Remove the line "You've always had magnificent balls."
Reel 4 - Remove the line "By the look of him, he isn't even armed."
Reel 5 - Remove the words "... before you feel a big one."
Reel 6 -
Remove the line "You've got two "F's" - surely you can spare an "f" for me?"
Reel 6 - Remove the lines "He's no use with any sort of weapon", "You wouldn't say that if
you'd seen him in the rose arbour."
Reel 8 - Remove the line "I didn't see any harm in letting her have a pluck."
Reel 8 - Remove the line "That was a hair
raising experience."
Braintree commented in March 2015:
The line You've always had magnificent balls is said to be cut but I'm sure its included. That very line is included in the opening montage of the theatrical That's Carry On
so unless it's not in the original film and the cut clip is only seen in the compilation ( which was made 10 years later) it would indicate that at least that cut is restored to the film.
It was the first or second of the Rank
films , now owned by ITV and it wasn't until Carlton/ITV got hold of them that the original 15 version of Carry On England was seen again. Uncut for an AA it lasted about a week in the cinema where it bombed and was withdrawn and recut for an A. It was
the A version that played on tv , was released on video etc. But the uncut version was retained so perhaps the uncut versions of the other Rank films are also in the vaults.
When Carlton released England on dvd well over a decade
ago it was something of a treat to actually get a choice to watch either version. Shame it had to be one of the worst of the series. The disc with dvd/magazine collection only included one version (not sure which one)
Carry on England is a 1976 UK war comedy by Gerald Thomas. Starring Kenneth Connor, Windsor Davies and Judy Geeson.
Originally screened uncut with an 'AA'
rating in 1976. After bombing at the box office the film was withdrawn and rapidly replaced with a cut 'A' rated version. This cut version was released on VHS and was used for TV broadcast. The original uncut version was later passed PG for DVD release
and tagged as the Director's Cut.
Summary Notes
Captain S. Melly takes over as the new Commanding Officer at an experimental mixed sex air defence base. It's 1940 and England is under
heavy bombardment, but the crew seem more interested in each other than the enemy planes above. Captain Melly plans to put a stop to all this, and becomes the target of a campaign to abandon his separatist ideals...
Director's Cut
uncut
run:
88:41s
pal:
85:08s
UK: The Director's Cut was passed PG uncut:
2003 Carlton Visual Entertainment Special Edition [Director's Cut + Cut Version] R2 DVD
at UK Amazon
2001 Video Collection International/Cinema Club
[Director's Cut] R2 DVD
Thanks to Braintree
When Carlton released England on DVD it was something of a treat to actually get a choice to watch either version. Shame it had to be one of the worst of the series.
This was one of the Rank films and it it was
interesting to note that the uncut version was retained in the vaults. Perhaps the uncut versions of the other Rank films are somewhere hidden away in those vaults.
UK: Passed AA (14) uncut:
1976 cinema release
Thanks to Braintree
Originally released 'AA' (14) uncut. It lasted about a week in the cinema where it bombed. It was hastily withdrawn and cut for an 'A'. The BBFC database record for the original AA version seems to have been replaced by
the subsequent cut 'A' rated release
Cut Version
category cuts
cut:
run:
87:44s
pal:
84:13s
UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG :
1987 Futurevision VHS
category cuts
cut:
run:
86:24s
pal:
82:57s
sub:
87:05s
UK: Passed A (PG) after BBFC category cuts:
1976 cinema release
The BBFC cuts were:
Thanks to Vincenzo
Reel 6 - Replace joke about Heinkels and Bristols with cover material which omits the utterance of 'Fokker'.
Reel 6 - Replace shots of bare-breasted women with flash shots of bare breasts to
establishment only. [the topless nudity was in the Trousers and nothing else scene],
Two versions of the warplane recognition scene exist.
The original AA rated Director's cut included a Patrick Mower line: No, but I know a Fokker when I see one.
The cut version used the replacement line: Well, Bristols usually come in pairs
The Bristols version was the one used for BBC TV broadcast.
Carry On Follow That Camel is a 1967 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas. Starring Phil Silvers, Kenneth Williams and Jim Dale.
BBFC category cuts were required for
an 'A" rated cinema release in 1967. The cuts have persisted into PG rated home video releases since.
Summary Notes
Bertram Oliphant West (also known as Bo West) wants to clear
his unjustly smeared reputation. He joins the Foreign Legion, with Simpson his manservant in tow. But the fort they get posted to is full of eccentric legionnaires, and there is trouble brewing with the locals too. Unbeknown to Bo, his lady love has
followed him in disguise...
Versions
category cuts
cut:
~39s
run:
94:48s
pal:
91:00s
sub:
95:21s
UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG
without further cuts:
Carry on Girls is a 1973 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas Starring Sidney James, Barbara Windsor and Joan Sims
Category cuts were required for an 'A'
rated cinema release in 1973. Video releases are PG rated and slightly less cut.
Summary Notes
Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their
rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.
Carry On Jack is a 1964 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas Starring Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey and Bernard Cribbins
BBFC category cuts were required for
an 'A' rated cinema release in 1963. These cits have persisted to all PG rated video releases since.
Summary Notes
This is the tale of Albert Poop-Decker, a newly commissioned
Midshipman (although he took 8 1/2 years to qualify). He joins the frigate Venus, and adventures through Spanish waters, mutinee and Pirates taking his Captain, his sweet-heart and his best-friend with him! With mistaken identities and shipwrecks awash,
it's a surprise any of them live to tell the tale!
Versions
category cuts
cut:
run:
90:43s
pal:
87:05s
UK: The cut cinema version was passed PG for
mild language, innuendo and comic violence:
Carry On Loving is a 1970 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas Starring Sidney James, Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey
BBFC cuts were required for an 'A'
rated cinema release in 1970. The same cut version was released on home video with a PG rating.
Summary Notes
The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely
hearts of Much Snogging on-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but still produces a pamphlet called "The Wit to Woo". The strange collection of hopefuls lead to some outlandish matches, and
jealousies are bound to lead to trouble.
Carry On Nurse is a 1959 UK comedy romance by Gerald Thomas Starring Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques and Kenneth Connor
Cut by the BBFC for U rated cinema
release in 1959. Most of the cuts persisted onto PG rated home video releases.
Summary Notes
An idiosyncratic group of patients wreak havoc in the men's surgical ward of Haven
Hospital. They decide to take their revenge on the frosty Matron, and there is even a spot of DIY surgery!
Versions
best available
cut:
run:
86:37s
pal:
83:09s
UK: Passed PG for mild innuendo and slapstick violence:
From IMDb. Part of the shaving scene cut from cinema release was restored but otherwise the cinema cuts persisted onto video.
category cuts
cut:
run:
85m
pal:
82m
UK: Passed U after BBFC category cuts:
1959 cinema release
Thanks to Vince. The BBFC cuts list read:
Reel 1 - In the scene where the male patient is shaved, end the episode immediately after the words "I'm not going to shave your face" have been spoken. Reel 2 - After the nurse's words "What a fuss about such a little thing", remove the shot of the patient peering under the sheet.
Reel 5 - Remove "Get the doctor to give you something to make you sleep." Reel 7 - Remove "Yes, you can pick up Mr. Hickson's balls."
Carry On Regardless is a 1961 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas, Ralph Thomas Starring Sidney James, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey
BBFC category cuts were required for U rated 1961 cinema release and presumably the same cuts have applied to all releases since.
Summary Notes
The Helping Hands agency employs some very strange people to perform some very strange jobs. Even the simplest of tasks get bungled by the incompetent but lovable staff.
Reel 2 - In the 'Penny Panting' scene, remove shots of Sam lowering his trousers. Reel 3 - Remove "Oh no, there is nothing wrong with my knockers." Reel 4
- Remove "Do you now" and the accompanying visual. Reel 6 - Remove the final shot of Gabriel as he faints in the boxing ring. Reel 7 - Remove "What is it you like doing most of all in bed" and "The bed of the century
helps you do it better." Reel 9 - The scene between Delia and a bachelor who is seeking a wife should be sortened to remove as much as possible of the innuendo.
Carry on Screaming! is a 1966 UK comedy horror by Gerald Thomas
Listed as uncut by the BBFC but the running time of home video releases doesn't stack up with the original cinema release. It
has been suggested that home video releases may be a TV version.
Carry On Spying is a 1964 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas Starring Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor and Bernard Cribbins
BBFC category cuts were required for
an A rated cinema release in 1964. The BBFC cuts have persisted into all releases since.
Summary Notes
Agent Simpkins and trainees chase STENCH (the Society for the Total Extinction
of Non-Conforming Humans) for a stolen chemical formula, using gadgets and disguises to defeat villains The Fat Man, Dr Milchman, and Dr Crow.
Versions
category cuts
cut:
run:
87:02s
pal:
83:33s
UK: The cinema version was BBFC U rated for mild language, innuendo and comic violence:
Reel 5 - Remove the words "more than enough for a fat man with a very small dossier."
Reel 6 - Remove Daphne's line "Most men find her very exciting" and ensuing conversation in
which she whispers to the fat man and he replies, resuming on "Let me see your shimmy."
From IMDb:
A scene - apparently now lost - shows Agent Bind stopping to feed money into a fruit machine as the other recruits are escaping the fun house. It would seem that all existing prints of "Spying"
now fade out just before this occurs but there is anecdotal evidence suggesting that this full version had been shown on British TV at least once during the 70s.
Carry On Teacher is a 1959 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas Starring Kenneth Williams, Leslie Phillips and Kenneth Connor
BBFC cuts were required for 'U' rated
cinema release in 1959. The BBFC cuts have persisted into all releases since.
Summary Notes
Pupils run amok at Maudlin Street School in an attempt to hang on to their headmaster. He
has applied for a new job, but the students like him and don't want to lose him.
Versions
uncut
run:
86:15s
pal:
82:48s
UK: Cut and
BBFC U rated for mild sex references and comic violence:
2006 Optimum Releasing/Studiocanal DVD (rated 11/08/2006) at UK Amazon #ad
UK: Cut and BBFC U rated for:
2001 Warner Home DVD (rated 12/09/2001)
1988 Warner Home VHS (rated 11/07/1988)
cut:
run:
89:00s
pal:
85:26s
UK: A longer version was BBFC U rated for mild sex references and comic violence for mild
sex references and comic violence after BBFC cuts:
1959 Beaconsfield Films cinema release (rated 20/05/1959)
Thanks to Vince. The BBFC cuts list read:
Reel 2 & 3 - Shorten the dialogue between the master and the pupil who objects to the use of the school edition of 'Romeo and Juliet', especially removing the phrase "by her fine foot, straight leg and thigh and the demesnes
that there adjacent lie."
From IMDb:
The name 'Allcock' was questioned by the 1950s' censors, especially how much the characters constantly say it with such precision on the cock part, but they eventually allowed it to pass.
Carry On Up The Jungle is a 1970 UK comedy adventure by Gerald Thomas Starring Frankie Howerd, Sidney James and Charles Hawtrey
BBFC category cuts were required for 1970 cinema release.
Summary Notes
Lady Evelyn Bagley mounts an expedition to find her long-lost baby. Bill Boosey is the fearless hunter and guide. Prof. Tinkle is searching for the rare Oozalum bird. Everything is going swimmingly until a gorilla enters the camp.
Versions
uncut
run:
90:29s
pal:
86:52s
UK: Uncut and BBFC
PG rated:
2003 Carlton Visual Entertainment /ITV Studios Home Entertainment R2 DVD at UK
Amazon #ad
2003 ITV Studios Home Entertainment Amazon VoD [UK] at
UK Amazon #ad
2001 Video Collection International DVD (rated 28/09/2001)
1986 Video Collection International VHS (rated 04/08/1986)
It is not clear if cinema cuts persisted to video releases
cut:
run:
89m
pal:
85m
UK: BBFC A (PG) rated after BBFC cuts:
1970 Rank Film cinema release (rated 21/01/1970)
Thanks to Vince. The BBFC cuts were:
Reel 2 - Remove dialogue line I like to penetrate into parts where man has never been before .
Reel 10 - Remove dialogue line I'm not waiting till mine wears off.
Carry On Up the Khyber is a 1968 UK comedy adventure by Gerald Thomas. Starring Kenneth Williams, Sidney James and Charles Hawtrey.
3 dialogue cuts were made for an 'A' rated 1968 cinema release. One of these cuts was restored for 2001 and 2003 PG rated DVD.
Summary Notes
Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khybar pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe. But the Khazi of Kalabar
has other ideas. He wants all the British dead! But his troops fear the "skirted-devils"; they are rumoured not to wear anything underneath. Then one is caught with his pants on...
Versions
category cuts
best available
85:36s
UK: Passed PG with 1 cut restored for:
2003 Carlton R2 DVD
2001 Video Collection International R2 DVD
at UK Amazon
Bungdit Din's line: He's just a travelling fakir was restored. The BBFC noted that a similar joke with the dialogue: fakir off, already existed in the film.
The other 2 cuts remained though, as these were pre-cut for the the version
submitted to the BBFC:
Remove Governor's wife's remarks to Governor: You never bother to riddle me.
Remove Belcher's line: Just get me a tool to dig with.
category cuts
UK: Passed A after BBFC category cuts for:
1968 cinema release
Thanks to Vincenzo. The BBFC cuts were:
Reel 2 - Remove Governor's wife's remarks to Governor: You never bother to riddle me.
Reel 5 - Remove Belcher's line: Just get me a tool to dig with.
Reel 7 - Remove Bungdit Din's line: He's just a travelling fakir."
All articles are original works compiled by Gavin Salkeld, with occasional help from a small team of researchers. Particular thanks are due to the BBFC for their diligent and helpful explanations of
their interventions.
Gavin has written about film censorship for Melon Farmers since the year 2000. See more on the Cutting Edge Facebook Page.
