Carry On Cruising Carry On Cruising Carry On Cruising is the sixth in the series of "Carry On" films to be made and was released in 1962. It was based on an original story by Eric Barker. P&O – Orient Lines were thanked in the credits. Regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams and Kenneth Connor appear in the movie whereas Joan Sims and Charles Hawtrey do not. Sims took ill shortly before filming began and was replaced by Dilys Laye, making her "Carry On" debut, at four days' notice. Hawtrey was dropped for demanding star billing, but returned for the next entry, making this
Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! is a 2006 BBC Four television play starring Michael Sheen as the English comic actor Kenneth Williams, based on Williams' own diaries. Cheryl Campbell plays Williams's beloved mother, Lou. Michael Sheen performed extensive research for the role, watching hundreds of hours of archive footage and reading dozens of books. He also followed the cabbage soup diet to lose to play Williams. The drama received good reviews, with "The Observer "singling out Sheen's performance as "a characterisation for which the description tour-de-force is, frankly, pretty faint praise". "The Times" compared Sheen's performance to "a diamond