Carry On Carrying On: The best names and places in the comedy movie series

Crass, vulgar and smutty they certainly were, but for a coarse fellow like myself there were a wealth of cheap laughs to be had in Carry On screenwriter Talbot Rothwell's inventive knack for cheeky names and places.

This short digression refers to the classic years of Rothwell (1964-74), when (in my estimation) his powers were at their height.

Top choices in order of release, some rather (or much tbh) funnier than others.

Carry on Cleo (1964)

Places:

The slave-trading firm Marcus et Spencius

People:

No real stand-outs, as based in real historical figures - Caesar, Cleopatra etc

Carry On Jack (1964)

Places:

Dirty Dick's Tavern

People:

Bernard Cribbins as Midshipman Albert Poop-Decker

Carry On Spying (1964)

Places:

STENCH (the Society for the Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans) HQ

People:

Barbara Windsor as Daphne Honeybutt (codename Brown Cow)

Charles Hawtrey as Charlie Bind (codename Yellow Peril)

Bernard Cribbins as Harold Crump (codename Bluebottle)

Victor Maddern as Milchmann

Carry On Cowboy (1965)

Places:

Stodge City

People:

Sid James as Johnny Finger/The Rumpo Kid

Jim Dale as Marshal P Knutt

Kenneth Williams as Judge Burke

Carry On Screaming! (1966)

Places:

 The Bide-A-Wee Rest Home, Hocombe Woods

People:

Charles Hawtrey as Dan Dann - The Lavatory Man

Harry H. Corbett as Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung

Carry On Don't Lose Your Head (1967)

Places:

None of note

People:

Sid James as Sir Rodney Ffing/The Black Fingernail

Kenneth Williams as Citizen Camembert

Charles Hawtrey as Duke de Pommefrite

Peter Butterworth as Citizen Bidet

Carry On Follow That Camel (1967)

Places:

Oasis El Nooki

Fort Soixante-Neuf

People:

Phil Silvers as Sergeant Ernie Nocker

Jim Dale as Bertram Oliphant "Bo" West

Charles Hawtrey as Captain Le Pice

John Bluthal as Corporal Clotski

Carry On Doctor (1967)

Places:

None of note

People:

Frankie Howerd as Francis Bigger

Kenneth Williams as Doctor Kenneth Tinkle

Jim Dale as Doctor Jim Kilmore

Bernard Bresslaw as Ken Biddle

Dilys Laye as Mavis Winkle

Carry On up The Khyber (Pass - ar*e, Cockney rhyming slang) 1968

Places:

Jacksi, the North-West Frontier of India

People:

Sid James as Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond

Kenneth Williams as Randy Lal - The Khasi of Kalabar

Bernard Bresslaw as Bungdit Din

Charles Hawtrey as Private James Widdle

Peter Gilmore as Private Ginger Hale

Carry On Camping (1969)

Places:

None of note

People:

Sid James as Sid Boggle

Kenneth Williams as Doctor Kenneth Soaper

Peter Butterworth as Joshua Fiddler

Carry On Again Doctor (1969)

Places:

Long Hampton Hospital

People:

Sid James as Gladstone Screwer

Jim Dale as Doctor Jimmy Nookey

Barbara Windsor as Goldie Locks (real name Maud Boggins)

Hattie Jacques as Miss Soaper, the Matron

Patsy Rowlands as Miss Fosdick

Elizabeth Knight as Nurse Willing

Carry On Loving (1970)

Places:

Much-Snogging-On-The-Green

Rogerham Mansions

Dunham Road

People:

Kenneth Williams as Percival Snooper

Bernard Bresslaw as Gripper Burke

Carry On Up The Jungle (1970)

Camp ornithologist Professor Inigo Tinkle tells of his most recent ornithological expedition to the most remote regions of the African wilds in search for the legendary Oozlum bird, which is said to fly in ever decreasing circles until it disappears up its own rear end.

Places:

None of note

People:

Frankie Howerd as Professor Inigo Tinkle

Sid James as Bill Boosey

Bernard Bresslaw as Upsidasi

Carry On At Your Convenience (1971)

Places:

Bathroom ceramics factory W.C. Boggs & Son

People:

Sid James as Sid Plummer

Kenneth Williams as WC Boggs

Charles Hawtrey as Charles Coote

Kenneth Cope as Vic Spanner

Carry On Henry (1971)

The film opens with the following passage::

This film is based on a recently discovered manuscript by one William Cobbler, which reveals that Henry VIII did in fact have two more wives. Although it was first thought that Cromwell originated the story, it is now known to be definitely all Cobbler's... from beginning to end.

Places:

None of note

People:

Kenneth Connor as Lord Hampton of Wick

Julian Orchard as Duc de Poncenay

Gertan Klauber as Bidet

Carry On Matron (1972)

Places:

None of note

People:

Terry Scott as Doctor Prodd

Carry On Abroad (1972)

Places:

Elsbels resort, Spain

People:

Sid James as Vic Flange

Kenneth Connor as Stanley Blunt

Carry On Girls (1973)

Places:

Fircombe (On Sea)

People:

Sid James as Sidney Fiddler

Barbara Windsor as Hope Springs (real name Muriel Bloggs)

Margaret Nolan as Dawn Brakes

Angela Grant as Miss Bangor

Wendy Richard as Ida Downes

Jimmy Logan as Cecil Gaybody

Carry On Dick (1974)

Places:

The village of Upper Dencher 

People:

Sid James as The Reverend Flasher/Dick Turpin

Kenneth Williams as Captain Desmond Fancey

Bernard Bresslaw as Sir Roger Daley

Jack Douglas as Sergeant Jock Strapp