The Complete A–Z of Everything Carry On. Richard Webber
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Barrie in fine form as Cleo
Hengist Pod’s simple life as a wheelmaker specialising in making square wheels is forever changed when the Romans arrive and ransack his village. While his new neighbour, Horsa, stays with the rest of the villagers to try and fight off the Romans, Hengist jumps on his square-wheeled contraption and heads off to seek help. He hasn’t gone far before his fragile vehicle collapses and he ends up thumbing a lift; when he gratefully accepts a ride in a wagon, he jumps in the back only to find he’s in the company of his fellow cavemen, including Horsa, who’ve been taken prisoner by the Romans.
As they head for Rome, Julius Caesar is anxious to leave the damp British climate behind for sunnier skies back home; when a message arrives warning that Brutus might be planning to take over the throne in his absence, he rushes back to be met by a less than rapturous welcome.
Caesar has become so unpopular that even his father-in-law, Seneca, is having premonitions about his impending doom. Caesar consults the Vestal Virgins but as he enters the Temple of Vesta, Bilius, his personal bodyguard, takes out his sword with the intention of slaying his leader. Unbeknown to Caesar, Horsa and Hengist Pod have escaped from the slave market and are hiding with the Vestal Virgins, and a mix-up leaves numerous Roman soldiers dead and Hengist hailed as the hero by Caesar who, believing he saved his life, makes him a centurion and personal bodyguard.
Treachery is rife. When Mark Antony is sent by Caesar to see Cleopatra, the Queen of the Nile, he succumbs to her charm and beauty; when Cleopatra mentions how good they could be together if Mark Anthony was emperor of Rome, he plans to topple Caesar. Upon returning to Rome, he tells the Roman leader that Cleopatra wants to meet him, although the plan is for Caesar to be killed en route. The Roman soldiers on the ship who intend murdering Caesar are all killed by the galley slaves who manage to escape; Caesar, however, doesn’t know this and, thinking the soldiers are out to get him, pushes Hengist out to deal with the rebels. A quivering wreck, Hengist soon perks up when he finds the soldiers already dead, so pretends to have killed them himself, thereby gaining even more respect from his new boss.
When Mark Antony’s plans to kill Caesar at sea are thwarted, he hatches another one with Cleopatra inviting him to her bedchamber. But when he’s told of a premonition depicting his death, Caesar decides against going and sends Hengist Pod instead. When he climbs on the bed with Cleopatra it collapses on top of Mark Antony, who was waiting underneath to kill Caesar. Before long, Horsa and the other galley slaves, who’ve entered the palace in search of food, come to Hengist’s rescue again.
Despite surviving all the failed murder attempts, it isn’t long before Caesar bites the dust, leaving Mark Antony free to team up with Cleopatra, Horsa to marry his long-lost love, Gloria, and Hengist to become a new man and father plenty of kids.
CLULOW, JENNIFER
Role: 1st Lady in Don’t Lose Your Head
Born in Grimsby, Humberside, in 1942, Jennifer Clulow trained at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama before beginning her career on a world tour of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s King Lear and Comedy of Errors. Further West End work followed including a leading role in the musical 4000 Brass Halfpennies, as well as repertory work.
She began appearing on screen from the mid-1960s. She presented the children’s series, Disney Wonderland, a cookery series for ATV and read the news for Westward Television. When TVS opened its doors, Clulow – who played Catherine in the famous Cointreau adverts – worked as an announcer.
Other television credits include The Baron, The Avengers, Department S, Lovejoy, Bergerac and, in 1993, Keeping Up Appearances. For two years she played Claire Clarkson in The Troubleshooters and Jessica Dalton in Granada’s series, Mr Rose.
COACH AND HORSES, THE
A pub mentioned by WPC Passworthy in Constable. It’s where she arrested the infamous Mrs May for smashing a bottle over a barman’s head just because he asked her to leave.
COACH DRIVER
Played by Barrie Gosney
Seen sitting on top of a stagecoach in Jack, this cheeky chappie tells Albert Poop-Decker to hurry up when he’s alighting from the coach at Plymouth.
COBLEY
Played by Richard Wattis
This bespectacled official reports to the Director of Security Operations in Spying.
COBURN, BRIAN
Roles: Trapper in Cowboy and Highwayman in Dick
Born in Scotland in 1936, Brian Coburn’s hefty frame meant he was instantly recognisable on stage and screen. He worked throughout the world during his career and clocked up over 200 television appearances, his favourite show being BBC’s God’s Wonderful Railway, in which he played the lead.
A steady supply of theatrical and film work came his way: among his credits on the big screen were Octopussy, Trenchcoat, Trial by Combat, Love and Death and Fiddler On the Roof.
Coburn was returning to the Royal Shakespeare Company when illness caused him to cancel the engagement. He died in 1989, aged fifty-three, from a diabetic-related illness.
COCCIUM-IN-CORNOVII
Hengist’s and Horsa’s home town in Cleo.
COCKBURN, PETER
Role: Commentator in Camping
He was also seen as a commentator in 1971 episodes of Paul Temple and On the Buses, while his voice was heard on Marillion’s 1983 album, Script for a Jester’s Tear.
Marian Collins played a bride in two Carry Ons (Cabby)
COCK INN
The inn is mentioned by James Bedsop, the ineffective private investigator hired by Sophie Bliss to spy on Sidney, who, she feels, is seeing women behind her back. In Loving, Sidney was spotted in the establishment’s saloon bar by Bedsop who then followed him back to his office.
CODE CLERK
Played by Gertan Klauber
Seen in Spying the Code Clerk brings a message to the Director of Security Operations (alias The Chief). It’s from Carstairs, the Vienna-based agent, reporting the arrival of Milchmann, a wanted criminal. The Chief questions the validity of appointing foreign subjects in the decoding department.
COE, CAPTAIN
This captain’s epic journey is mentioned by Captain Fearless in Jack. In an open boat, six sailors set out and were at sea for seventy-three days. Only three reached home shores, having survived by eating the three comrades that didn’t make it. Fearless refers to the event when, together with some of his crew, he’s hopelessly lost in a rowing boat, miles from anywhere. The captain isn’t seen in the film.
COLE, PAUL
Role: Atkins in Teacher
As a child actor, Paul Cole appeared in a handful of productions between 1959 and ’63, including, on television, The Four Just Men and The Pursuers, as well as the films Dracula, Next To No Time, Please Turn Over and The Mouse on the Moon.
COLETTE
Played by Suzanna East
Seen in Richmond’s flashback sequence in Emmannuelle in which he describes his most amorous experience. Colette is the niece of the French parson who takes pity on Richmond and provides him with shelter when a German soldier chases him. Colette, though, is the reason Richmond didn’t return to England until eight years after the war ended.
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