Carry On Christmas Specials Christmas special, "Carry On Christmas". Talbot Rothwell made a return as the writer, as did Sid James. This was the only special to have a modern-day setting, featuring Sid James as a department store Father Christmas, although it did feature historical sketches. It would be ten years before the next Christmas special. "Carry On Laughing's Christmas Classics" saw Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor introduce some of the funniest moments from the later Carry On films, in a format very similar to the film "That's Carry On!". In 2005, the first four specials were released on DVD, featuring interviews with film
Brian Osborne "Tales of the Unexpected", "Minder" (as Joe Harrison, episode "Get Daley!", 1983), "Shine on Harvey Moon", "The Bill", "Sorry!", "Juliet Bravo", "Casualty" and "Lord Peter Wimsey". His other film roles included "Under Milk Wood" (1972), "Bless This House" (1972), "Nighthawks" (1981), "Haunters of the Deep" (1984) and "Last Orders" (2001). Brian Osborne Brian Osborne (born 1940) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "The Sandbaggers". Osborne has also had minor roles in six "Carry On" films as well the TV series "Carry On Laughing". Brian Osborne was born in 1940 in Bath,