Carry On Collection

Comedy

Carry On Teacher

Beaconsfield Productions

Peter Rogers Productions

Anglo-Amalgamated

United Kingdom

English

Kenneth Connor

Charles Hawtrey

Leslie Phillips

Joan Sims

Kenneth Williams

Hattie Jacques

Rosalind Knight

Cyril Chamberlain

Ted Ray

George Howell

Diana Beevers

Jacqueline Lewis

Roy Hines

Carol White

Richard O'Sullivan

Francesca Annis

Lorna Henderson

Diane Langton

Jane White

Paul Cole

Larry Dann

Joyce Adams

Laurence Archer

Julia Atkinson

Josephine Bailey

Michael Barnes

David Barry

Alan Beaton

Paul Beradi

Ernest Blyth

Sandra Bryant

Jeremy Bulloch

Nigel Bulloch

Stephanie Bulloch

Anne Chapman

Peter Cleall

Alan Coleshill

Terry Cooke

Leonard Davey

Keith David

Barry Delaney

Harry Drew

Jennifer Edwards

Jane Evans

Roy Everson

Daphne Foreman

Irene French

Patricia Garwood

Kenneth Gouge

Alex Graham

Richard Greenford

Victoria Harrington

Linda Hayne

Jack Hetherington

Ian Hobbs

George Holdcroft

Shirley Ladd

Ted 'Kid' Lewis

Theresa Maynard

John Payne

Lionel Pope

Ian Selby

John Smart

Barrie Smith

Peter Soule

Pat Symons

Kit Terrington

David Tilley

James Ure

Pearl Walters

Mary Weekes

Joey White

Ross Yeo

Norman Hudis

Gerald Thomas

Lionel Couch

Olga Angelinetta

George Blackler

Gordon K. McCallum

Peter Rogers

Bruce Montgomery

John Shirley

Reginald H. Wyer

Ding Dong and Allcock.

The third of the Carry On series finds the gang up to their necks in strife at Maudlin Street Secondary Modern School. Headmaster William Wakefield (Ted Ray) is a fine and good man who doesn't believe in corporal punishment, this has endeared him to the children of the school. However, he is considering moving on to another school to further his career, but first he has to oversee the arrival of two school inspectors and hope all goes smoothly. Fat chance of that happening, the kids have got wind or Wakefield wanting to leave and start to sabotage everything, with the teachers suffering the brunt of things.

"Teacher" is a warm hearted entry in the series, choosing prat-falls and genial set-pieces for its comedy. The teachers bicker and crack under the strain of the kids pranks and sabotages, while there's also a couple of nice romantic threads bubbling away. Also of note is the not so sly debate on corporal punishment, Wakefield is firmly against it, while robust Maths teacher Grace Short (Hattie Jacques) is the other end of the scale - she's cane mad! There's a feminist angle as well, adding some more depth to Norman Hudis' screenplay.

Ultimately though it's about the laughs, about the chaos, and watching the series regulars go about their way with skill and tongues in cheek. A hit at the box office, Carry On Teacher is quintessentially an early Carry On movie, with wry social observations and a harmless naivety towards the education system, there's not much to dislike here. 8/10

Carry On... Teacher [Original Trailer]

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Carry On Teacher

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Kenneth Connor

Charles Hawtrey

Leslie Phillips

Joan Sims

Kenneth Williams

Hattie Jacques

Rosalind Knight

Cyril Chamberlain

Ted Ray

George Howell

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