Britcom Goes To The Movies – Details, episodes & analysis

And so our Carry On journey comes to an end with Carry On Camping, arguably the most iconic offering of the entire franchise.

 

Hattie Jacques is back, which means our first; "Oooh Maaaatron". The rest of the regular cast is also in attendance for an innuendo-laden laugh fest. Expect Sid James staring at arses, Barbara Windsor's top flying off, and some good old-fashioned hippy bashing.

 

This is Guy's pick to round us off and although we've only managed a mere 3 of 31, Carry On BritCom Goes to the Movies has seen the perfect cross-section of the collection. Go out and watch some more, we'll see you in the autumn for series 3 of BritCom Goes to the Movies!

 

Carry On Camping trailer

https://youtu.be/LDTQW3ztgNc?si=_TUFc4ti2AGBrTmS

 

Carry On Camping tent scene

https://youtu.be/CGUj9OcO0xM?si=70WdhFwJsP7yFwRu

 

Shooting Stars - Carry On Camping

https://youtu.be/6ydD2hizE6g?si=x6QQO253NxPPbODJ

There is no let-off this bank holiday as we hit you with another Carry On straight away.

This time it's Rob's pick. Critic and hipster's choice, Carry On Screaming. It's a Hammer Horror Homage but without the scariest cast member Sid James, replaced to great effect by Harry H Corbett.

There's low budget scares, laughs, and uncredited session musician's theme tunes galore.

Will Rob still rate Screaming as his favourite on second viewing and will Guy enjoy only his second ever Carry On? Join us to find out.

Carry On Screaming - Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwVGuxvhou8&t=29s

Carry On Screaming - Blow on your whistle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9BlgkvENgY&t=69s

Carry On Screaming - Best scenes 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60y0vYxf7PA&t=453s

 

 

Episode three of series two sees us tackle our most recent film. The Covid-delayed darkly comic and borderline (if not out and out) psychological horror, All My Friends Hate Me by the Toms (Stourton and Palmer). Here’s a movie that tackles alienation, anxiety, and (like most good British comedies) the class system.

  Rob and Guy discuss all those topics, plus the university experience, the leg-up in the industry that is public schools, and of course Sandstorm by Darude. That’s not to mention our (kind of) source material, the cringe-core sitcom Siblings, starring Stourton and Charlotte Richie.   The quiz scores are starting to take shape as well. Can Rob claw back his two-point deficit, or will Guy pull even further ahead?   Siblings Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4hW0OAD0ps   Totally Tom - People’s Houses  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG3jvfd_ZDQ   High Renaissance Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJY73GgkvWg   Cardinal Burns Episode 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7caUGv6yY8k   All My Friends Hate Me - Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcLusCip1Gs   All my friends hate me - Norman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odbe6AcFHKc

Episode 2 of Series 2 sees another crossover with the Best Pick Podcast as another of its hosts Jessica Regan (our second guest after Tom Salinsky) joins to talk about the 2012 darkest of dark comedies Sightseers. Jess provided unparalleled insight into director Ben Wheatley’s process, starring as she did in his 2009 sketch show The Wrong Door.

We take a closer look at The Wrong Door, a show in which dinosaurs are dates, Pirates hijack commuter trains and Matt Berry puts John Virgo’s trick shots in the shade, as well as a deep dive into Wheatley’s third feature-length film, which became the first big screen starring roles for comedy collaborators Steve Oram and Alice Lowe.

It helped to have a voice of Irish sanity to help assess a movie that so precisely captures a slice of English eccentricity, repressed anger and downright insanity! We also take a look at the use of double, double pop covers for needle drops and a supporting cast of some of the British movie industry’s very best bit players.

How would Guy and Rob get on with Jess’ questions on the Oram and Lowe and could we have a new contender for the top spot? Find out in episode two. The Wrong Door Episode one - The Wrong Door S01E01 The World's Most Annoying Creature (youtube.com)

The Wrong Door – Train Pirates starring Jessica Regan 2008 The Wrong Door. The Train Pirates! (youtube.com)

Alice Lowe and Steve Oram interviewed by Alan Partridge - EM 10004 Video NA RunEscape GunShot TsktpkV15 Nor Q F NA EN PC A bluedemo (youtube.com) A Dark Song Trailer A Dark Song - Official Trailer I HD I IFC Midnight (youtube.com) Sightseers Trailer Sightseers trailer (youtube.com) Sightseers – Report that to the National Trust - SIGHTSEERS - National Trust - Film Clip (youtube.com)

We're back for our difficult second series. Guy and Rob carefully curated a list of films that span eight decades and showcase all manner of British comedy....or we just picked some random films from the long list. I forget now.

Series two begins with a classic sitcom spin-off. The seventh favourite British sitcom of all time (as recorded in 2004 in a BBC light entertainment list show, so legally binding) the Ronnie Barker vehicle Porridge!

Lots to get through for our intrepid hosts, including pondering the likely career trajectory of Richard Beckinsale (had he not been taken from us so early), the likelihood of being able to stand a 12 month stretch of Norman Stanley Fletcher's wise cracks without lamping him and the continued quest to ascertain exactly what makes the comedy transfer from small to big screen, such a difficult process.

Our master league table continues from series one, but the quiz scores are reset with Rob having narrowly taken victory in series one. So nerks and nerkettes, enjoy Porridge!

Porridge Intro https://youtu.be/nvmYfcQB5HY?si=FOcKacUB1h08h0_E

Porridge Medical Scene https://youtu.be/VEsxfpK_8L0?si=_SctuVtow7vzyks2

Porridge Movie Trailer https://youtu.be/XVaZJEEXUh0?si=KNnpqzUd8oRsNoBp

Two Ronnies - Mastermind https://youtu.be/QRhyc56aVb0?si=ZlWUwn9i_9_bBFpN

Not the Nine O Clock News - The Two Ninnies https://youtu.be/IbC3Fdv5wKU?si=Wed25oMahFl1T_qm

It's not quite time for the second series of Britcom Goes to the Movies yet, but in the meantime, we've prepared a top ten British sitcoms special. In 2004 Jonathan Ross hosted Britain's Best Sitcom on the BBC. Audiences were polled on their favourite British sitcom. A top 50 list was compiled, episode one rattled through numbers 50-11 at a dismissive pace and then audiences were polled once again on the top ten. This time, each sitcom from the top ten had it's own celebrity advocate who would try to persuade you to vote for their favourite. Ranging from Carol Vorderman to David Dickinson. So like a French Presidential run-off (but with few fascists), voters were asked to choose again from a smaller sample. Rob and Guy discuss this poll, the accompanying show, and then after, run down their top 10 British sitcoms. Who (if at all) do you agree with? Get in touch and tell us! Britain's Best Sitcom - Blackadder with John Sargeant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwgFjrfXqYc Britain's Best Sitcom - Yes Minister with Armando Ianucci https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBtKm9HuFs4 Britain's Best Sitcom - Fawlty Towers with Jack Dee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1MOdntdKa8  Britain's Best Sitcom Top 50 sitcoms list https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/top/ Keeping Up Appearances: 30 years of Laughs https://www.channel5.com/show/keeping-up-appearances-30-years-of-laughs

The main series may be over, but we’ve one more festive treat. Guy and Rob joined by actor Monica Sagar to discuss the divisive Christmas classic on its 20th birthday, Love Actually. We also get stuck into the Vicar of Dibley Christmas special, which is perhaps the most tonally similar to Love Actually of all of Richard Curtis’ TV work. A movie that’s been reappraised by both its cheerleaders and detractors over the course of the past two decades, Love Actually has also caused Richard Curtis himself to address things he would rather have changed with his time again. With a multitude of plots, some classic rom-com, some a bit more esoteric, and some just downright weird and difficult to defend, our panel try their best to revisit with an open mind to see where it will place in the final league rankings of series one of Britcom Goes to the Movies. We will also crown the series one winner of the Britcom Goes to the Movies quiz. After episode 10, Guy led for the first time in the series, but who would come out on top? Vicar of Dibley Christmas Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTon56Kb3P0

Vicar of Dibley Christmas Special – Sprout-off https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ck4qRdfGCU Red Nose Day Actually Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9vGoj449s4 Love Actually Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9Z3_ifFheQ Love Actually – Dancing Prime Minister https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcgxBHBsl-4 Love Actually – To me you are perfect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7u6bMBlCXw Lynden David Hall – Sexy Cinderella https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqmsWk2gO3o Martine McCutcheon – This is my Moment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG16jv-itYw 

We've reached the magical tenth installment and what better way to round off the regular series than by following our newest film so far, with our oldest.

The Rebel from 1961 is the earliest example we've found yet of transporting a character (Tony Hancock) out of his usual environment of 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam into new foreign and exotic climes. A blueprint for many, many BritCom adaptations to come. As Guy and Rob discuss, this is not the only thing for which Hancock, Ray Galton, and Alan Simpson set the blueprint.

Join us as we talk all things Hancock up to The Rebel, including his beginnings in panto and variety and his most celebrated work, Hancock's Half Hour.

Hancock's Half Hour - Poetry Society https://youtu.be/lMVmxDwjaJc?si=pL_Li6O65louxjCf

Hancock's Half Hour - How to Win Money and Influence People https://youtu.be/Kcxb4c3jyns?si=JEfoqBQSFy-o2Th2

The Rebel - Trailer https://youtu.be/3V-AXTHnsUY?si=ySeD16-_Gzc3-mE_

The Rebel - Existentialism https://youtu.be/IhXfhYbq92E?si=5TspSXhhkNp9EXfh

The Simpsons - The Bloodening https://youtu.be/pAJPf-I7PkM?si=BKH1nmCEedx3WX6z

Hold tight man like Guy and Rob as Britcom Crew are joined by galdem Daisy Edwards from the W-Rated Possee. That’s right, episode nine is all about People Just Do Nothing and it’s movie spin-off Big in Japan. It was great to have Daisy (a self confessed PJDN fan) to talk about a film she knew she liked as opposed to some of the dross she usually gets served in her W-Rated podcast.   There’s plenty of UK garage chat as Guy looks on in bewilderment with Rob and Daisy chatting about their all-time favourite garage tracks. At Britcom Goes to the Movies we’ve had a mixed bag of direct sitcom spin-offs. Could People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan, tickle our funny bones as much as or more than the Inbetweeners Movie, or will it be a straight-up Man About The House style disappointment? Tune in to find out.   Wasteman TV – People Just Do Nothing first webisode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G65UwuxPOOI   People Just Do Nothing – First Episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up0dG-2mUf8   Chabuddy G’s best bits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obHVXrqogr8   UK Garage Horseracing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq99acy8xdE   Azzido Da Bass – Dooms Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cYwggM2UGk   DJ Deekline – I Don’t Smoke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu7Hyk14s0g   Marcus Brigstocke in Barking – I Don’t smoke the reefer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWQFV9ulV8   Oxide and Neutrino – Bound 4 da Reload https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ-27rdwJPs   The Streets – Dry Your Eyes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyHr-4SeILI   People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan – Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy6cAyHXrE4

Produced by an ex-Beatle, starring an ex-Python, written and directed by an ex-Yes Minister writer. What's not to like about Nuns on the Run? Guy and Rob look to answer that question in episode 8 of Britcom Goes to the Movies.

As well as Nuns on the Run, we delve deeply into Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister and shallowly into the Swiss cheesy electro band Yello. There's plenty about Handmade films and what they did for the British movie industry.

Now we get close to the end of the series, the battle for quiz scores is hotting up, with very little to separate the two hosts. This one gets a bit shouty!

Yes Minister - Who reads the papers?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGscoaUWW2M

Yes Minister - The Best of Sir Humphrey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WupyKCfB_E

Nuns on the Run - Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNkv_-zMElY

Nuns on the Run - Car Chase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feQ3Xnn8WlY

Yello - The Race https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4QbJRAWvRU

Beyonce - He Still Loves Me (Directed by Jonathan Lynn)