Carry On Laughing to play leading characters. ATV had already helped to bring the "Carry On"s to the small screen in 1973, when it broadcast "What A Carry On", a one-off show hosted by Shaw Taylor featuring clips from the stage play "Carry On London" and interviews with its stars - Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Bernard Bresslaw, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth and Jack Douglas. It is believed that this footage is missing from the archives. "What A Carry On" was also the title of a BBC series of classic clips from the films. The title "Carry On Laughing" was also used for: The
Bless This House (UK TV series) in place for a 7th and an 8th series and a second feature film at time of James' death. In an ironic twist of fate, James had told his co-star Diana Coupland, "We'll keep making this until one of us kicks the bucket." "Bless This House" centres on life in Howard Road, Putney, where travelling stationery salesman Sid Abbott (note: the spelling of their surname varies; the opening credits of early series one episodes spell it "Abbot" while in the closing credits it is spelt "Abbott") and his wife Jean live with their teenagers: Mike is fresh from art college