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
Bless the Beasts and Children (film) Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Grammy Award for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special. Bless the Beasts and Children (film) Bless the Beasts and Children is a 1971 film adaptation of the novel of the same name written by Glendon Swarthout. It was directed by Stanley Kramer and starred Bill Mumy (customarily credited then as Billy Mumy; this was one of the earliest known times he was credited as "Bill" Mumy) and Barry Robins. The central characters in "Bless the Beasts and Children" are six adolescent boys, whose preoccupied parents send