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  • Actors: Kenneth Williams, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques
  • Directors: Gerald Thomas
  • Writers: Talbot Rothwell
  • Producers: Peter Rogers
  • Format: PAL, Special Edition
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: ITV DVD
  • DVD Release Date: 7 Jul 2003
  • Run Time: 87 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00009PAJQ
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 16,242 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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In 1971 when Carry On at Your Convenience hit our screens, the series had long since become part of the fabric of British popular entertainment. Never mind the situation, the characters were essentially the same, film after film. The jokes were all as old as the hills, but nobody cared, they were still funny. But it's just too easy to treat them as a job lot of postcard humour and music hall innuendo. This tale of revolt at a sanitary ware factory--Boggs and Son, what else?--certainly chimed in with the state of the nation in the early 1970s when strikes were called at the drop of a hat. Here, tea urns, demarcation and the company's decision to branch out into bidets all wreak havoc. Kenneth Williams as the company's besieged managing director, Sidney James and Joan Sims give their all as usual, but it's the lesser roles that really add some lustre. Hattie Jacques as Sid's budgerigar-obsessed, sluggish put-upon wife and Renee Houston as a superbly domineering battleaxe with a penchant for strip poker remind us that in the hands of fine actors, even the laziest of caricatures become real human beings. --Piers Ford


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The Carry On team throw caution to the wind and present a glorious wallow in good clean lavatorial humour! Kenneth Williams plays W.C. Boggs, the troubled owner of a small company trying to manufacture fine toiletware. Bolshy unionist Vic Spanner (Kenneth Cope) soon has the workforce out on strike and it’s down to Boggs, his son Lewis (Richard O’Callaghan), works foreman Sid Plummer (Sid James) and floral-shirted designer Charles Coote (Charles Hawtrey) to rally the troops. But they soon discover that nothing sends you further round the bend than women scorned!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars What A Carry On!, 10 May 2006
By Ian Phillips (Bolton, Lancashire, UK) - See all my reviews
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Carry On At Your Convenience (1971) drew a mixed response from critics and fans. Some fans claim that this is one of the very finest of the series, displaying the true spirit of the Carry On phemenon. The film however served as a disappointment in Box Office terms with it not nearly enjoying as much success as either Henry (1970) or Loving (1970). However this stands as one of the best of the 1970's Carry On and the usual roster of regulars (apart from Barbara Windsor and Kenneth Connor) are all present and evidently in high spirit.
Long time toilet manufacturers W.C Boggs & Son seems set to crumble as their union representative, Vic Spanner (Kenneth Cope), jumps on every possible excuse that crops up to call a strike. The company chairman Sid Plummer (Sid James) suggests that an annual outing to Brighton might be whats needed to boost work morale.

Of course there is no plot as such and the work outing scenes in Brighton could be described as something of a time-filler but it doesn't matter as there are so many laughs to be endured along the way it really doesn't matter and the cast are all top form. Sid James is his usual, double-dealing, rogue-like self who spends half his cash down at the bookies. Hattie Jaques puts in one of her funniest and most concentrated characterisations as a dowdy housewife who spends most of her time talking to a budgie who Sid discovers (much to his delight) can predict the winners in horse racing. Highly amusing stuff! The Brighton scenes work well and there is some lovely dialogue between Sid James and Joan Sims at the end of the trip where they blatantly comtemplate spending the night together but relent knowing full well that they'd be in trouble with their spouses if one of the neighbours was to see them. Also included are Kenneth Williams as Mr. Boggs, Charles Hawtrey in a small but amusing supporting role, Bernard Bresslaw in one of his more familiar characterisations, Patsy Rolands as Miss. Withering, Jaki Piper as the Canteen girl and daughter of Sid Plummer, Richard O' Callaghan as the pompous Lewis Boggs, Bill Maynard as Joan Sims husband and Renee Houston in a fantastic cameo as Vic Spanners ferocious, domineering mother. Her characterisation is used to great comic effect and her timing is impeccable. All in all a classic entry in the series and one that is highly recommended.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Yes Indeed, this is the Best Carry On EVER!!!, 5 Nov 2001
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Well, Carry On Matron may be just a fraction of a star behind. I think Kenneth Cope is the best, I love him and I think this is why my two favourite Carry Ons are Matron and Convenience. It is wonderful to know that having it on DVD means the quality won't fade, like when you tape it off the telly and watch it over and over and over again.
Carry On at you Convenience certainlly deserves more than 3 1/2 measley stars, it is perfect '70s satire with Union strikes, lower-middle class/working class snobbery and good old fashioned fordist mass production and Carry On bawdiness; a "thinking woman's/man's" Carry On, if you like. All the rest are brilliant too, but this one has just a little more substance and political irony, not all bums and boobs.
Buy It, you won't regret it, it is a jewel in any Carry On fan's collection.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, 23 Feb 2006
By P. Bessant (Portsmouth UK) - See all my reviews
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Apart from 'England','Emmanuelle' and 'Columbus' I love the Carry On films and have seen all of them at least 10 times over the years. Seeing each film is like visiting an old friend and my two favourite mates are 'Screaming' and 'At Your Convenience'.
Possibly the only film in history to be set in a toilet factory this film is pure gold - consistantly funny and despite the doom and gloom of unions and strikes this movie has a definate feel good quality about it. All the cast are clearly having the time of their lives and it's so good to watch them in the various set pieces Talbot Rothwells brilliant script throws at them. Sid and his Budgie are hilarious - "Ta daddy, Ta daddy, TA!!!" (makes me laugh just thinking about it), Richard O'Callaghans pursuit of Jacki Piper (in my opinion the most beautiful Carry On regular) and especially the trip to Brighton are just three good reasons for watching this film - the Brighton section would have made a terrific film in it's own right. Shame they didn't do it. Kenneth Cope plays his part perfectly as does everyone.Bernard Blesslaw is at his bumbling best and Sid James and Kenneth Williams just be themselves but there's nothing wrong with that - it's always a joy to watch them.
Seriously if you only ever watch 2 Carry On movies make sure this is one of them (And 'Screaming'!)
Brilliant film and in my all time top 20 movies list.
Buy it, I'm now off to watch it!!
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