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- The Carry On gang spoofs the London Weekend Television (LWT) series Upstairs, Downstairs.
- A bawdy spoof of the Victorian era when the newspaper reporter Mr. Stanley was sent out to find Dr. Livingstone. Add in a man-chasing beautiful woman, an articulate witch doctor with perfect upper-class English, magic acts and spells, etc.
- The Carry On gang spoofs the Norman Invasion of England in 1066.
- The Carry On gang spoofs Elizabethan England at the time of the Spanish Armada.
- Though all seems to be well in-hand (pun intended. Remember, this IS a 'Carry On'), all is not as it seems. King Arthur & Lady Guenievere arrive at their court- they find out that amongst other problems, Sir Point-Of-No-Return has left the Round Table - with all it's money, and the kingdom is on the verge of collapse. After casting a spell on Lady Guennivere, a spirit voice announces that a man from 'Northern Climes' will come to save the kingdom. A man frm the north does arrive - and after telling the king he's known as the 'boil doctor,' he's dubbed Sir Lancelot. A duel takes place between those who wish to claim the throne, and Sir Lancelot, who ultimately saves the kingdom
- Marie (Barbara Windsor), disguised as French knight Sir Gaston (Brian Osborne, is captured and imprisoned in the castle of Baron Hubert (Sid James) and Lady Isobel (Joan Sims) in order to be ransomed.
- A spoof on Dorothy L. Sayers' mysteries about Lord Peter Wimsey and his valet Bunter. Of course, here they're renamed Flimsy and Punter. Poking fun at Brit class distinctions. Joan Sims was so versatile an actress, she steals the episodes.
- A silly, bawdy spoof on the Lord Peter Wimsey detective stories. Poison, a meal of shellfish, a revenge plot which is rooted in long-gone murders in Bangalore and Calcutta; a villain who revels in disguise and trickery.
- A bawdy spoof on the Lord Peter Wimsey detective stories by Dorothy L. Sayers, with of course his invaluable manservant Bunter. Here they are renamed to Lord Peter Flimsy and his Punter. Silly fun, in a TV series that ran in the mid-1970s.
- A bawdy spoof on The Prisoner of Zenda novel. Sneaky intrigues against the heir-apparent from being crowned King in a foreign country. A hapless new-married couple honeymooning gets pulled into the machinations.
- The Carry On gang spoofs the English Civil War.
- A bawdy spoof on the legend of King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, and the Knights of the Round Table.
- A bawdy spoof on the Age of Empire and on the TV series Upstairs Downstairs. An aging general and his grown son who is evading being shipped out to fight in the Boer War in Africa. Joan Sims as the cook is especially wonderfully apt.