Carry On Laughing which - by contrast - are broadcast regularly on British television. It is also considered much less successful at transferring the established formula to the small screen than the "Carry On Christmas specials". The series was conceived after the departures of two long-serving "Carry On" contributors: writer Talbot Rothwell and actor Charles Hawtrey. Furthermore, Kenneth Williams declined to appear in the series. Other "Carry On" regulars only appeared in a minority of episodes: Sid James in only the first four, Hattie Jacques in only one; and Bernard Bresslaw appeared only in the second series. In the absence of Rothwell, other
June Whitfield This House" and "The Pallisers". She appeared in the spin-off film of "Bless This House" (1972), with Terry Scott as her husband, and "Carry On Abroad" (also 1972), followed by an appearance in "Carry On Girls" (1973). Whitfield starred in a "Comedy Playhouse" sitcom pilot called "Happy Ever After" (1974) again alongside Scott. Later that year a first series of this was screened, and it continued for five series until 1978. The following year, they appeared together in the first series of "Terry and June". "Happy Ever After" and "Terry and June" were very similar, with only a change of