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The film was poorly received by the public and was pulled by some cinemas in England three days after opening. It only recovered the production cost after sales to television companies and international releases. It was the worst performing "Carry On" movie at the box office since Carry on at Your Convenience (1971).

Tricia Newby replaced Carol Hawkins in the role of Bombardier Murray. Hawkins refused to appear in the film due to the excessive nudity.

The part of Private Alice Easy was written for Barbara Windsor but in the end was cast with Diane Langton. The personalities of the two actresses were uncannily quite similar.

The main cut of this film was Reel 6: Joke about Heinkels and Bristols replaced with cover material which omits the utterance of "Fokker". Shots of bare-breasted women replaced by flash shots of bare breast to establish only.

When the gigantic gun arrived at Pinewood Studios, producer Peter Rogers wrote to Imperial War Museum Department of Exhibits curator Peter Simkins, and said "...when it came through the Studio gates [the gun] drew gasps of approval. No one in the studios has a bigger gun at the moment, not even Bond" as 007: Spioon, kes mind armastas (1977) starring Roger Moore was about to start shooting in a few months and was in pre-production.

One of the most expensive Carry On films of all time at £250,000.

The Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe role was originally offered to Penelope Keith but in the end was cast with series regular Joan Sims.

Kenneth Connor's line, "I've been regular for eighteen years," is also an in-joke about his time in the "Carry On..." movies. He started in 1958, and when the film was made in 1976, he was in the films for eighteen years.

The Brigadier part was written for Kenneth Williams but he was unavailable due to stage commitments, so Peter Jones stepped in to the role, as Williams could not schedule in the three weeks shooting required.

The idea for Carry on England (1976) started as a script for the television programme Carry on Laughing! (1975), which was expanded for cinematic release.

An early publicity campaign, pitched to the Rank Organisation, claimed that the film would star Kenneth Williams, Carol Hawkins and Penelope Keith (all of whom declined roles) as well as Adrienne Posta, James Bolam, Ian Lavender, Susan Penhaligon and Anne Aston (none of whom were eventually cast).

Because of two shots of nudity this was first released in England as a "AA" certificate (Suitable for those aged 14 and older) uncut on 29th June, 1976, to keep up with the then "Confessions..." films. The "AA" certificate proved "difficult to accommodate at the Box Office" as this "AA" award, and its nudity, was out of character with previous Carry On films and thus resubmitted to the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) in December 1976 with cuts. On 11th January, 1977 it was re-classified, and re-released, as an "A" certificate (Those aged 5 and older admitted, but parents advised that they may not wish children under 14 to watch the film).

Twenty-eighth "Carry On" movie in the British comedy film franchise series.

The only ever "Carry On" movie where series regular Kenneth Connor was top first-billed in the cast list.

Actor Kenneth Connor was the only cast member who had appeared in the earlier "Carry On" army barracks series entry Carry On Sergeant (1958), the first every "Carry On" movie, which had been made and released around eighteen years earlier.

The names of the three characters together who were in simple last-name terms collectively known as "Ready, Willing & Able" were Bombardier Ready (Jack Douglas), Sergeant Tilly Willing (Judy Geeson) and Sergeant Len Able (Patrick Mower).

"Carry On" series regular star Sidney James died on 26 April 1976 just about a week before filming on this movie started on 3rd May that year. James had appeared in nineteen movies in the series. The pre-production meeting for the film was actually held at 11am at Pinewood Studios on the morning of the same day that James died in the evening.

This is the only "Carry On" film in which Judy Geeson, Melvyn Hayes and Patrick Mower appear.

This "Carry On" movie, likes its successor Carry on Emmannuelle (1978), attempted to be more risqué and bawdy than earlier "Carry On" films. It was during this mid-1970s era that it has been considered that the series became influenced by the new sexy-comedy "Confessions Of" series. Prior to making Carry on England (1976), producer Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas had viewed both Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974) and Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975). Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976) theatrically debuted in the UK just six weeks before Carry on England (1976).

Producer Peter Rogers registered the film's "Carry on England" title with the British Film Producer's Association about fifteen years before the movie was made in 1961.

Two other World War II comedies were in development by producer Peter Rogers in early 1976 just before the time that this Second World War "Carry On" movie was green-lit. One was called "Carry On Escaping" about the prisoner of war camp effort written by series regular Talbot Rothwell, which had been an unused script for the series, and the other was a movie entitled "We Haf Ways Of Making You Larf".

Of the first 28 "Carry On" films, this is the only one which was not represented through clips in That's Carry On! (1977).

Peter Jones was filming in the day and was in Ludlow rehearsing Hamlet.

The opening credits declared: "We would like to thank The Imperial War Museum for the loan of the gun". This was the gigantic artillery 3.7 inch anti-aircraft gun seen in the movie and was loaned to the production by its Department of Exhibits' reserves collection. The enormous weapon had a 24/7 security detail put on it whilst at the Pinewood Studios and was insured for UK £5,000. The gun remains on display at The Imperial War Museum to this day.

Final "Carry On" film appearance for Windsor Davies who had also appeared recently in Carry on Behind (1975) and also the last for Julian Holloway who had appeared in one "Carry On" tele-movie and seven cinema movies in the series.

Windsor Davies, who plays Sergeant Major 'Tiger' Bloomer, was well known for playing a raucous military figure from the British television series It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974). According to the book "What a Carry On", Davies' character in this film was "a variation of his popular TV role" as Battery Sergeant-Major 'Shut Up' Williams in that TV series, a character who had the same last name as "Carry On" series regular 'Kenneth Williams', who didn't appear in Carry on England (1976).

Before production started Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas took a visit to the cinema to watch Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974), which prompted them to inject more risqué qualities in to the film.

There was ongoing correspondence between producer Peter Rogers and the actor's union Equity about lunch breaks during filming.

Regular "Carry On" composer Eric Rogers refused to work on the film when told that budget cuts would reduce the orchestra from 40 to 20 musicians. He suggested Max Harris as his replacement. However, Rogers returned for the next in the series, Carry on Emmannuelle (1978)

Some of the film's literal English language translations of its foreign language titles were "Mixed Barracks" (Italy), "Now we take England" (Sweden), "Saviour of the Nation" (Germany), "Lets Go England" (Finland), and "Way to Go . . . England" (Portugal).

Second army barracks "Carry On" movie after twenty-seven films in the series after the black-and-white shot Carry On Sergeant (1958) made and released about eighteen years earlier and which had been the very first movie in the series.

New creative team crew personnel working on this their very first "Carry On" picture were editor Richard Marden, musical director Max Harris and screenwriters Jack Seddon and David Pursall.

Sergeant Tilly Willing was portrayed by Judy Geeson in her only ever "Carry On" movie; she was the real-life sister of Sally Geeson who had appeared in Carry on Girls (1973), Carry on Abroad (1972) and uncredited in Carry on Regardless (1961).

World War II footage of British and German aircraft were borrowed from the Second World War movie the Battle of Britain (1969).

"Carry On" series regular Sidney James was unavailable to be in the film because of his stage commitments performing in a revival tour of Irish playwright Sam Cree's "The Mating Season" (1969) at the Sunderland Empire Theatre where sadly he died of a heart attack on stage about a week prior to principal photography on this picture.

Some cinemas took the film off the screens after 3 days due to it's poor performance.

The film was originally rated an 'AA', but after a disastrous performance at the box office, it was quickly re edited into the usual 'A' certificate.

Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas personally put up 50% of the budget for the film and despite them not liking the title it was never replaced.

It's never explained in the film why Judy Geeson is missing when all the girls appear on parade topless. Despite her stripping in the film 'Three Into Two Won't Go (1969) she refused to do it for this film. The defiant lines written for her character (Sgt Tilly Willing) were spoken by the low ranked Private Murray (Tricia Newby).

The name of the barbed-wire wall construction put up to stop after-hours fraternization (referred to as "snoggery") between the men and women on the barracks was "The Chastity Fence".

This "Carry On" movie featured such series regulars as Kenneth Connor, Joan Sims, Jack Douglas and Peter Butterworth.

The film takes place in 1940.

This motion picture's opening title card reads: "1940 - Somewhere in England".

The nick-name of Sergeant Major Bloomer (Windsor Davies) was "Tiger".

The character of Captain S. Melly portrayed by Kenneth Connor was pun on the word "smelly".

The original cast list for the movie which was pitched to the Rank Organisation was Windsor Davies, Kenneth Connor, Jack Douglas, Bernard Bresslaw, James Bolam, Kenneth Williams, Ian Lavender, Joan Sims, Penelope Keith, Adrienne Posta, Susan Penhaligon, Anne Aston, and Carol Hawkins. Some and not all of these ended up appearing in the picture.

Winston Churchill: Uncredited, as himself, via archival stock footage.