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
Kenneth Charles Brown Kenneth Charles Brown Kenneth Charles Brown (February 13, 1925–June 24, 2016) was a Canadian diplomat. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, he was the son of George Williams Brown and Vera Beatrice Kenny. He grew up in Toronto, Ontario, and attended the University of Toronto Schools. He graduated in Modern History and Modern Languages from Victoria College, University of Toronto in the class of 1945. In 1944, he joined the Canadian Army, serving in the Intelligence Corps in Northwestern Europe. In 1946, he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship (Canadian Forces Overseas) to study at Balliol College, Oxford. He read Philosophy,