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 'Em All an origin". However the 'ocean' referred to, given a British-Indian origin, is much more likely to be the Indian Ocean - although the English Channel would do just as well for the purposes of the song. "Bless 'em all",<br> "Bless 'em all".<br> "The long and the short and the tall", "Bless all those" "Sergeants" "and WO1's",<br> "Bless all those" "Corporals" "and their blinkin'/bleedin' sons",<br> "Cos' we're saying goodbye" "to 'em all".<br> "And back to their" "Billets they crawl",<br> "You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean",<br> "So cheer up my" "lads bless 'em all" A satirical version of the