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29/04/08 The Carry On Ultimate DVD set appears to be going up in price at many vendors. Play.com is still offering this great collection for £69.99. Click here to order yours 13/03/08 The BBC reports that Carry On London is all set to commence filming. The script is now approved and pre-production work, already underway for some time, means that the film *could* be in cinemas by the end of the year. 13/02/08 Blimey! It's the Sid James Book is a new biography of Sid, written by Gary Wharton. To find out more, visit www.pagii.com/sidjamesbook 12/02/08 Norman Hudis' autobiography, "No Laughing Matter: How I Carried On" is published on 24th March by Apex Publishing. Play.com are currently offering 25% off the cover price. Click here to order your copy. 12/02/08 The Official Book of Carry On Facts, Figures & Statistics, by Kevin Snelgrove will be published by Apex on 21st March. Play.com currently have 22% off the cover price; click here to order. 12/02/08 Norman Hudis (Carry On scriptwriter and author of 'No Laughing Matter: How I Carried On') will be signing copies of his book at the 50th Carry On anniversary event. Authors Kevin Snelgrove (The Official Carry On Facts, Figures & Statistics) and Chris Cowlin (The Official Carry On Quiz Book) are also going to be signing copies of their books. 11/02/08 A new biography of James Robertson Justice, entitled "What's the Bleeding Time?" is published on 1st March. The book is written by James Hogg and priced £19.99. Play.com is currently pre-ordering with 25% off the cover price. Click here to order your copy. To celebrate the launch of the book, on 2nd March The British Comedy Society will be unveiling a plaque in James' honour at Pinewood Studios. For more information, contact James at hoggers1@ntlworld.com 11/02/08 A limited number of additional tickets for the 50th Anniversary Carry On event are now available. Tickets cost £80 per person and are available at the Licence to Shoot hotline: 01663 751527 10/01/08 The Heritage Foundation has had to step down from 'Charity' coordinator at the forthcoming Carry On 50th anniversary event in March 2008. Licence to Shoot director, Ken Burns confirms that any tickets booked through 'THF' are still valid & looks forward to staging this exciting event for 'Carry On' fans everywhere. A full guest list will be released very shortly. For further details & ticket information please e-mail: licencetoshoot@btinternet.com 18/12/07 HMV is currently selling the Complete Carry On box set for just £79.99. If you haven't picked up a copy of this excellent set of special edition DVDs, there's never been a better time. Click here to order. 18/12/07 Tickets are now available for the 50th anniversary Carry On celebration at Pinewood Studios on Sunday 16th March 2008. You can book yours by calling 07870 155062 or e-mail the organiser Ken Burns at: licencetoshoot@btinternet.com. Further details will be released in the New Year. 27/11/07 Birmingham's Crescent Theatre will play host to a mini season of Carry On-related plays in 2008, including "Cleo, Camping, Emmannuelle & Dick", "Think No Evil of Us" and Norman Hudis' "Seven Deadly Sins". For more information, visit http://www.crescent-theatre.co.uk/index.htm 27/11/07 Birmingham Central Library's Hanging Space Gallery will be home to an exhibition of Steve Lilly's Christmas Comedy Classics from 10th December to 19th January. Prints and cards of Steve's artwork are available and you can find out more at http://www.freewebs.com/stevelilart/ 8/11/07 We have three copies of The Official Carry On Quiz Book up for grabs in our new competition. To be in with a chance, answer this question, taken from the book: How much did Carry On Sergeant cost to make? Email your answer to quiz@carryonline.com by Friday 30th November. The winners will be chosen at random from all correct entries. Good luck! 6/11/07 HMV is currently selling the Complete Carry On box set for just £84.99 - that's less than half price. If you haven't picked up a copy of this excellent set of special edition DVDs, there's never been a better time. Click here to order. 6/11/07 Paul Burton and Chris Cowlin, will be signing copies of The Official Carry On Quiz Book on 7th December at Waterstone's, Market Street in Leicester. 29/10/07 If you don't already have a copy of The Ultimate Carry On Quiz DVD game, there's never been a better time. Amazon are currently selling it for just £3.97! Click here 12/10/07 Peter Rogers is once again throwing the doors of Pinewood Studios open for his traditional Christmas Party, on Sunday 9th December. For more details and ticketing, click here 12/10/07 The eagerly-awaited autobiography of Norman Hudis, writer of the first six Carry Ons, will be published on March 24, 2008, the 50th anniversary of the legendary films. Entitled "No Laughing Matter" and priced at £9.99, fans can pre-order their copy by clicking here 12/10/07 The Royal Mail will issue a set of commemorative stamps celebrating 50 years of the Carry Ons in June 2008 20/09/07 To accompany the launch of The Official Carry On Quiz book, the authors, Chris Cowlin and Paul Burton, will be signing copies of the book at WH Smith, Gallowtree Gate, Leicester on 27th October from 1.30pm - 2.30pm. To order your copy of the book for just £6.49, click here On the same day the authors will be at An Audience With Brian Murphy and Linda Regan, hosted by Paul, at St. Peter's Church Hall, Wigston Road, Oadby, Leicester. For more information, click here. 11/09/07 Andrew Lynford's production of Ken Hill's comedy The Curse of the Werewolf is currently playing at the Union Theatre in Waterloo SE1 until 22nd Sept and stars, amongst others, Carry On regular Hugh Futcher. Fore more details, contact the box office at 0207 261 9876 07/09/07 Carry On Line now has its very own group on Facebook. Click here to signup 31/08/07 The 2008 Carry On Calendar is now available for pre-order. Play.com are the cheapest supplier at the moment, at £5.99, with 25% off and free delivery. Click here to order your 2008 Carry On Calendar. You can see a larger picture of the cover here. 31/08/07 Hattie Jacques; the Authorised Biography, written by Andrew Merriman, will be published on 15th September, Play.com is currently offering the book for pre-order at £12.99 with free postage. Click here to order your copy 31/08/07 The Official Carry On Quiz book, by Chris Cowlin and Paul Burton is published on 23rd November. Play.com is currently offering an 18% discount on pre-orders. To order your copy for just £6.49, click here 31/08/07 Amazon.co.uk is currently offering the Carry On Ultimate DVD Quiz for just £3.97; a whopping £16 off the original price. Click here to order yours 30/08/08 Bear A Thought are releasing a Carry On-themed calendar for 2008. Each month features an illustration of a teddy in a typical Carry On situation. The calendar is priced £4.99 and available from www.bearathought.co.uk 28/08/07 Peter Rogers has been interviewed for an upcoming edition of British Film Forever. The September 8th edition of the show (BBC2, 2115 - 2245) is entitled "Sauce, Satire & Silliness - story of the Comedy Film". The programme is follwed by a screening of Carry On Camping. 12/08/07 The Royal Mail has commissioned a set of six stamps to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Carry On and Hammer films in 2008. The set will be released next June 1/8/07 Dennis Heymer has commissioned a cider to celebrate what would of been Frankie Howerd's 90th Birthday this year. It has been crafted by The West Monkton Cider Co in Somerset, not far from Frankie's former home and now museum. The cider is called UP THE APPLES and is a traditional farm house blend 6%, launched on the 4th Aug to coinside with the Jazz in the garden event at Wavering Down,where Frankie's home will be open to the public. 13/07/07 Two new CDs are on the way featuring classic performances from two well-loved members of the Carry On team. Frankie Howerd at the Establishment and Kenneth Williams: Interesting Facts are both released on 23rd July, priced £7.99. Click on either title to pre-order your copy. 07/06/07 Leslie Phillips' autobiography "Hello" is published in paperback on 22 August, priced £8.99. Amazon are currently offering 40% off the cover price. Click here to pre-order your copy for just £5.38. The hardback edition is also still available, here 24/05/07 Jim Dale's two 1960s LPs, "Meet Jim Dale" and "This is Me" are due to be released as a combined CD on 18th June. Click here to order a copy 10/05/07 Carry On London news. Producers Intandem Films have updated their synopsis of the proposed film. You can read the latest here 18/02/07 ITV Local has published a short but fascinating documentary on the history of Pinewood studios, featuring a certain well-known series of films. You can view it here. 6/02/07 A new biography of Kenneth Williams is heading our way. "Remembered Laughter" by James Ruddick promises new insights into the mind of Kenneth Williams, featuring interviews with many of his friends and previously unseen diary extracts. More news when we have it |
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