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32-497: Follow That Camel is a 1967 British comedy film directed by Gerald Thomas . It is the 14th in the series of 31 Carry On films (1958–1992). Like its predecessor Carry On Don't Lose Your Head , it does not have the words "Carry On" in its original title (though for screenings outside the United Kingdom it was known as Carry On In The Legion , and it is alternatively titled Carry On ... Follow That Camel ). It parodies

64-439: A dozen of so episodes a year. Following the success of Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son , sitcoms became a part of some television schedules. The BBC has generally been dominant in television comedy , but the commercial stations have also had some successes. Other formats have also been popular, such as with sketch shows , stand-up comedy , impressionists , and puppet shows . Notable satirical comedies are

96-616: A kind of puppet equivalent to our political cartoons." — Punch and Judy showman Glyn Edwards British comedy history is measured in centuries. Shakespeare incorporated many chase scenes and beatings into his comedies, such as in his play The Comedy of Errors . Punch and Judy made their first recorded appearance in Britain in 1662, when Samuel Pepys noted a "pretty" puppet play being performed in Covent Garden, London . The various episodes of Punch and Judy are dominated by

128-515: A large overflow one, all opposite Central car park and its overflow. A third, smaller car park is on Old Lydd road. Central has main access to the beach; one can negotiate quite long, steep sandy paths over dunes from Western car park. These paths are unsuitable for prams, or wheelchairs. The Western car park closes at 8pm in the summer. Camber Sands railway station was the terminus of the Rye and Camber Tramway . It opened on 13 July 1908 and closed, with

160-405: A marching song made popular by German military and police units after World War II . British comedy "[Pulcinella] went down particularly well with Restoration British audiences, fun-starved after years of Puritanism . We soon changed Punch's name, transformed him from a marionette to a hand puppet, and he became, really, a spirit of Britain - a subversive maverick who defies authority,

192-528: A period drama about the life of Nelly Ternan , has several scenes on the sand. Scenes from The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner were filmed here in early 1962. The film's main character (the runner), Colin Smith, portrayed by actor Tom Courtenay , and his friend take their girlfriends to Skegness for a weekend, and some scenes were filmed on this beach and in the dunes. Camber Sands

224-429: A sand castle building competition gone wrong decimates the force to a handful. The remaining members reach the fort to find that they are too late; the attack has already occurred and the garrison wiped out. After learning that Abulbul's celebration of the successful attack includes marrying Lady Jane, Bo, Burger, Nocker and Simpson rescue her from his tent, leaving Simpson behind dressed as a decoy. When Abulbul discovers

256-489: A son by the late Burger. Bo is batting, but when he hits the ball, it explodes. The bowler is then shown to be Abulbul having gained his revenge, to which Bo, with a broken bat and burnt clothes, good-naturedly responds "Not out!" Location work was shot during the early months of 1967 when scenes set in the Sahara were filmed at Camber Sands near Rye, East Sussex , England. Shooting had to be halted several times because there

288-413: A total of seven men drowned at Camber Sands, five of them on one day. There was controversy over the lack of lifeguards, and inquests returned verdicts of death by misadventure . At low tide, remains of a shipwreck can be seen, tentatively identified as the brig "Avon" which sank in 1852. Camber Sands, with its wide bay and large dune system, has been used in a variety of creative media. The beach

320-638: Is a beach in East Sussex , England, in the village of Camber , near Rye . It is the only sand dune system in East Sussex. Located east of the estuary of the River Rother at Rye Bay, it stretches 3 miles (4.8 km) to just beyond the Kent border, where shingle (pebbles) take over again. It is one of three stretches of sand above the high tide mark east of Poole Bay on England's south coast,

352-523: Is mentioned in various songs such as " Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) " by Squeeze (also covered by Head Automatica ), "Diamonds and Pearls" by The Holloways , " Heavyweight Champion of the World " by Reverend and The Makers and "Caravan" by Nick Heyward . It was also used as a title to Fatboy Slim 's EP single Camber Sands . Feeder 's 2003 video for " Forget About Tomorrow ", was partially shot on

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384-544: The Craven A brand, which had a cork tip. Phil Silvers was paid £30,000 which was a great deal more than any other cast member, which provoked animosity among the regular Carry On team. Silvers also could not, or would not, learn his lines, so boards were placed behind the camera so he could read them as shooting was taking place. Despite Talbot Rothwell writing in January 1967 that the part "simply yells for Phil Silvers all

416-596: The 1890s, and Chaplin and Laurel were among the young comedians who worked for him as part of "Fred Karno's Army". Radio comedy in Britain has been almost exclusively the preserve of the BBC . In the 1940s and 1950s, variety dominated the schedules, and popular series included It's That Man Again and Much Binding in the Marsh . In the 1950s, the BBC was running Hancock's Half Hour starring Tony Hancock . Hancock's Half Hour

448-465: The 1960s series That Was The Week That Was , the 1980s series Not the Nine O'Clock News , and ITV 's puppet show Spitting Image . The show of the 1980s and early 1990s, Spitting Image , was a satire of politics, entertainment, sport, and British culture of the era, and at its peak, it was watched by 15 million people. British satire has also gone over into quiz shows ; popular examples include

480-492: The Commandant about Nocker's true destination when on patrol, and therefore upon his return his story is not believed. It is only when Nocker mentions Lady Jane that they realise he was telling the truth and the Commandant organises a force to reinforce the fort. Along the way they discover Bo and Simpson staked to the ground at the now abandoned oasis. The relief column marches on towards the fort but heat, lack of water and

512-567: The anarchic clowning of Mr. Punch. Satire has been a major feature of comedy in the British Isles for centuries. The pictorial satire of William Hogarth was a precursor to the development of political cartoons in 18th-century England. The medium developed under the direction of James Gillray from London, who has been referred to as the father of the political cartoon. In early 19th-century England, pantomime acquired its present form, which includes slapstick comedy and featured

544-558: The beach. Nine years later, Feeder referenced Camber Sands in "Oh My", the opening track of their Generation Freakshow album. The song "On Camber Sands" appears on Gordon Giltrap 's album Troubadour . The cover of the 1980 LP record Beat Boys In The Jet Age by mod revival band, The Lambrettas , was photographed on Camber Sands. The cover of the Bucks Fizz album I Hear Talk , was photographed at Camber Sands. The cover of Dream Theater's 1997 album Falling Into Infinity

576-521: The deception, he chases Simpson back to the fort where, through the imaginative use of a gramophone and a German marching song, gum arabic , coconuts, gunpowder and a cricket bat, the group holds off Abulbul's army until a relief force arrives. However, Commandant Burger ends up as the sole casualty among the protagonists. Back in England the group reunites for a game of cricket, with Nocker having been promoted to Commandant and Lady Jane having conceived

608-503: The fact that she is naive and travelling alone. After several such run-ins, including with the Legion fort's Commandant Burger (who coincidentally had once been her fencing instructor, and joined the Legion in self-imposed shame after he had inadvertently cut her finger during a lesson), she meets Sheikh Abdul Abulbul and ends up becoming a part of his harem and planned 13th wife. Nocker and Bo are kidnapped by Abulbul after being lured to

640-491: The first mainstream clown, Joseph Grimaldi , while comedy routines also featured heavily in British music hall theatre which became popular in the 1850s. British comedians who honed their skills at pantomime and music hall sketches include Charlie Chaplin , Stan Laurel , George Formby , and Dan Leno . The English music hall comedian and theatre impresario Fred Karno developed a form of sketch comedy without dialogue in

672-568: The home of Corktip, a belly dancer at the Café ZigZig. Simpson follows them to the Oasis El Nooki but is also captured. After entering Abulbul's harem and discovering Lady Jane, Bo and Simpson give themselves up while Nocker escapes (or rather is allowed to by Abulbul) back to Sidi Bel Abbes to warn Commandant Burger of Abulbul's plans to attack Fort Soixante-Neuf (i.e. 69, the sexual position ). However, during this time Zig-Zig has told

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704-666: The line, in September 1939. The beach has become a popular location for kitesurfing , kite landboarding and kite buggying due to its sand and favourable wind conditions. Kite launches are only allowed in the designated area at the eastern end of the beach near the Jury's Gap car park. There is also an annual professional darts tournament held at the Pontins resort by the British Darts Organisation . In 2016,

736-502: The much-filmed 1924 book Beau Geste , by PC Wren , and other French Foreign Legion films. This film was producer Peter Rogers 's attempt to break into the American market; Phil Silvers (in his only Carry On ) is heavily featured in a Sergeant Bilko -esque role. He appears alongside Carry On regulars Kenneth Williams , Jim Dale , Charles Hawtrey , Joan Sims , Peter Butterworth and Bernard Bresslaw . Angela Douglas makes

768-419: The news quiz Have I Got News for You , 8 out of 10 cats , and Shooting Stars . In the 1980s, alternative comedy was spearheaded by Ben Elton and The Comic Strip group, which included Alexei Sayle , Rik Mayall , and French and Saunders . The 1990s and 2000s also have those that have used editing , surreal humour , and cultural references to great effect. Camber Sands Camber Sands

800-485: The others being West Wittering and Avon Beach . Two holiday resorts near Camber Sands were operated by Pontins and Parkdeans resorts, just off New Lydd Road and Lydd Road, respectively, in the adjoining village of Camber (the Pontins site closed on 30 November 2023). A large section of the western end of the dunes lies within the Camber Sands and Rye Saltings Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), while

832-468: The pair eventually enlist and are helped in surviving Legion life by Sergeant Nocker, although only after they discover that when he is "on patrol" he is actually enjoying himself at the local cafe with the female owner, Zig-Zig. Meanwhile, Lady Jane, having learnt that Bo was really innocent, heads out to the Sahara to bring him back to England. Along the way she has several encounters with men who exploit

864-869: The rest is designated a Site of Nature Conservation Importance . The dunes are getting larger by accretion . The dunes are managed to prevent problems with wind-blown sand. The dunes were fortified and used for exercises in the Second World War. There is a roughly square MoD danger area and base inland of the east of the area. The dunes resemble topographically those seen in parts of Normandy and also in challenging desert terrain. Similar training facilities exist at Braunton in North Devon , in Scotland, and in Pembrokeshire . Three main car parks co-exist. Western car park on New Lydd road has

896-602: The third of her four Carry On appearances. Anita Harris makes the first of her two Carry On appearances. The film was followed by Carry On Doctor 1967. His reputation brought into disrepute by Captain Bagshaw, a competitor for the affections of Lady Jane Ponsonby, Bertram Oliphant "Bo" West decides to leave England and join the French Foreign Legion , followed by his faithful manservant Simpson. Originally mistaken for enemy combatants at Sidi Bel Abbès ,

928-511: The way along. I just can't get this Bilko image out of my mind", the central role of the fast-talking Foreign Legion Sergeant had originally been earmarked for Sid James. However, with a commitment to the ITV sitcom George and the Dragon , James's part was recast. The song used by Bo and the others to trick Abdul into thinking there are reinforcements coming is " Heideröslein  [ de ] ",

960-468: Was later transferred to television. One of the notable radio shows was the double entendre -laden Round the Horne (1965–1968), a sequel to the earlier series Beyond Our Ken , which ran from 1959 to 1964. Later radio shows made use of the panel game format, including the long-running Just a Minute (1967–), I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (1972–), and The News Quiz (1977–), which often broadcast

992-471: Was snow on the sands. Other shots occurred at Birkdale beach near Southport , Lancashire . Some of the town sets were reused the year after in the production of Carry On Up the Khyber . Interiors : Exteriors : The character named "Corktip" is a parody of "Cigarette" in the 1936 film Under Two Flags , a film about the French Foreign Legion in the Sahara. The name refers to cigarettes, such as

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1024-521: Was used in the 1958 film Dunkirk starring John Mills to recreate Operation Dynamo . They were used again as Normandy beaches during D-Day in the 1962 film The Longest Day . Follow That Camel was shot here during the early months of 1967, with Camber Sands representing the Sahara Desert , although filming had to be stopped several times because the dunes were covered in snow. The Invisible Woman (filmed in 2012, released in 2013),

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