Thames Television cashed in on the popularities of the Carry On movies by doing some Christmas specials for television.
They were not directed by Gerald Thomas. Talbot Rothwell was not involved in writing Carry on Again Christmas.
With the Christmas theme, in essence this is a pantomime. Barbara Windsor plays the buxom principal boy, Jim Hawkins.
It really is the adaptation of Treasure Island done the Carry On style, but in a more lower budget television production way.
Sidney James plays Long John Silver. Kenneth Connor steals the scenes as the absent minded, short sighted Dr Livershake.
It actually benefits by being shown in black and white. It starts off brightly enough.
Eventually the lack of sets and the lack of freshness of the script means it runs out of steam.
A shorter running length might have helped. The cast are game as ever.
They were not directed by Gerald Thomas. Talbot Rothwell was not involved in writing Carry on Again Christmas.
With the Christmas theme, in essence this is a pantomime. Barbara Windsor plays the buxom principal boy, Jim Hawkins.
It really is the adaptation of Treasure Island done the Carry On style, but in a more lower budget television production way.
Sidney James plays Long John Silver. Kenneth Connor steals the scenes as the absent minded, short sighted Dr Livershake.
It actually benefits by being shown in black and white. It starts off brightly enough.
Eventually the lack of sets and the lack of freshness of the script means it runs out of steam.
A shorter running length might have helped. The cast are game as ever.