
December 10, 1920 · 105 years old
Gerald Thomas (10 December 1920 – 9 November 1993) was an English film director, born in Hull. He began his film career in 1946 as an editor for Two Cities Films at Denham Studios. His editing work included many films directed by his brother, Ralph. Despite a fairly varied early career, Thomas is no…

Sid and Bernie plan a camping trip with girlfriends Joan and Anthea, hoping to visit a nudist camp. They stumble upon a bizarre group of campers, including sex-starved schoolgirls and hippie bands, leading to hilarious misadventures.

The sinister Dr Watt has an evil scheme going. He's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores.

Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the outpost near the Khyber Pass in British India. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe, but the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideas.

Two Britons, Hengist and Horsa, are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Ca...

A group of tourists arrive at a half-finished hotel in Spain where the oddly identical staff and bad weather threaten the building's stability.

Dr Kilmore is sacked after being discovered in a compromising position on the roof of the nurses' home. The patients are determined not to lose him, and so take on the might of the "cutting" Dr Tinkle and the overpowering Matron.

WC Boggs' Lavatory factory faces industrial unrest, with union rep Vic Spanner frequently calling strikes, eventually everyone has to get fed up with him. This is also the ideal opportunity for lots of lavatorial jokes.

Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a "sanitary engineer" (plumber) by the name of Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal! Being the conscientious sort, Marshal...

A gang of thieves plans to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and infiltrate the hospital, but everything doesn't go according to plan.

An idiosyncratic group of patients wreak havoc in the men's surgical ward of Haven Hospital. They decide to take their revenge on the frosty Matron, and there is even a spot of DIY surgery!

Aboard cruise ship SS Happy Wanderer, Capt. Crowther faces incompetent replacements for crew like cook, doctor, officer. Passengers turn out bizarre too, compounding Crowther's frustrations as voyage progresses.

Sidney Fiddler organizes a beauty contest for a seaside town, but faces opposition from Councillor Prodworthy, who leads a women's liberation group aiming to sabotage the competition through disruption tactics.

Henry VIII marries Marie of Normandy but struggles with her garlic consumption. He seeks to annul the marriage without angering her cousin, the French king, by finding legal grounds for the annulment to avoid political conflict.

Lady Evelyn Bagley mounts an expedition to find her long-lost baby. Bill Boosey is the fearless hunter and guide. Prof. Tinkle is searching for the rare Oozalum bird. Everything is going swimmingly until a gorilla enters the camp.

A taxi company is threatened when an all-female firm sets itself up in business and starts to steal their customers.

During French Revolution, English nobles Sir Rodney and Lord Darcy aid French aristocracy against Robespierre. Disguised as "Black Fingernail", Sir Rodney battles Camembert and Bidet, French secret police leaders.

Agent Simpkins and trainees chase STENCH (the Society for the Total Extinction of Non-Conforming Humans) for a stolen chemical formula, using gadgets and disguises to defeat villains The Fat Man, Dr Milchman, and Dr Crow.

Dr Nookey, disgraced, is sent to remote island hospital. Staff member Gladstone Screwer gives him secret slimming potion. Nookey flies to England for fame and fortune. Others try to cash in or bring him down.

Sergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen. But what a motley bunch they turn out to be.

Dick Turpin terrorizes Upper Dencher. Fancey and Strapp enlist Flasher, who leads a double life, to stop Turpin. Amidst intertwining lives, Madame Desiree's "Birds of Paradise" arrive as Turpin's reign continues.

Two professors visit an archaeological dig near a caravan park. Amidst eccentric characters and sexual humor, the caravan site sinks, leading to a striptease performance instead of the planned cabaret.

With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. They manage to totally wreck the operations of the police force and let plenty of criminals get away.

Dating agency owner Sidney faces challenges pairing unconventional clients, causing romantic turmoil in a quaint town. Personal entanglements arise as peculiar matches ignite jealousies and conflicts within the local romantic land...

A bogus legionnaire proves his mettle during an Arab attack.

History is only slightly rewritten: instead of experienced sailors, there are only convicts whose last and only meeting with H2O was their prison diet of bread and water. And Columbus doesn't have his own map.

Pupils run amok at Maudlin Street School in an attempt to hang on to their headmaster. He has applied for a new job, but the students like him and don't want to lose him.

The Helping Hands agency employs some very strange people to perform some very strange jobs. Even the simplest of tasks get bungled by the incompetent but lovable staff.

Captain S Melly has been sent to a mixed anti-aircraft battery. His mission? To instil a sense of order in the troops, who are more concerned with capturing the opposite sex than the enemy.

Emmanuelle Prevert struggles with an uninterested husband. She pursues affairs with influential men. A jealous lover exposes her infidelities, causing a scandal. Her goal remains igniting passion with her spouse.

Kenneth and Barbara introduce clips from all the Carry On movies. The two regulars converse at the Rank Film building to host the film with their own running gags involving Barbara's "assets" and Kenneth's desperate need of a toilet.

Young nurse Joanna relocates with her troubled mother, gains skeptical patients' trust, becoming their preferred healthcare provider, while romantically involved with local farmer in rural village setting.

A boy is accidentally locked in a bank vault. With less than ten hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy.

In order to cut costs and conduct practice sessions, a group of students studying at an elite music school decide to stay together. Soon, one of them finds himself in trouble.

In this fourth and final annual Christmas TV special, Sid is a working as saucy Santa in a department store grotto. He reflects on how Christmas has been celebrated though the ages, aided by sketches from the team set in prehistor...

A young, married couple inherit an estate and decide to turn it into a summer camp for children.

In this third seasonal helping of festive Carry On fun, set at an eighteenth-century banquet, the team's sketches include a pantomime performance of Aladdin, a rip-roaring Elizabethan sing-song, and biblical goings-on in the Garde...