The Complete A–Z of Everything Carry On. Richard Webber

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      Away from work, the sports-car-driving young executive (car registration VOP 436J) is smitten with Myrtle Plummer, the canteen girl who happens to be daughter of the works foreman; his determination in the race to secure a place in Myrtle’s heart eventually pays off when he buys a special marriage licence and they tie the knot.

      BOGGS, WILLIAM C.

      Played by Kenneth Williams

      The managing director of W.C. Boggs and Son, makers of fine toilet ware. The company has been in the family since it was established in 1870, and heading it nowadays is William, supported by his son, Lewis. Their views on how the company should operate differ considerably, causing friction from time to time. While the forward-thinking Lewis wants the firm to keep up with the times, William prefers the cautious approach, sticking with the tried and tested styles and designs that have served the company well for years. Lewis eventually gets his way, though, over the long-disputed issue of whether Boggs should sell bidets in its range; but even with customers queueing up to order, William takes some convincing that it’s right for the firm’s image.

      While he’s ably assisted in the office by the devoted Miss Withering, he conducts his personal life without the support of his wife, whom he refers to while testing a newly designed loo. He tells others attending the meeting during At Your Convenience how she had a terrible experience of what happens when a toilet cracks because it can’t take the weight.

      BOITA, PETER

      Editor on Sergeant and Emmannuelle

      Born in London in 1924, Peter Boita completed his education at the Westminster City School and worked in a factory before joining the RAF in 1942. During his five years’ service he was posted to Singapore and Hong Kong.

      Back on civvy street, a friend of his father’s landed Boita a job at Islington Studios, assisting the dubbing editor. When the studio closed, he moved to Shepherd’s Bush Studio and assisted film editor, Jimmy Needs, on a host of pictures, such as Jassy and Snowbound. He later followed Needs to Pinewood and continued working as his assistant until eventually branching out and working for other editors, including Gerald Thomas, who was responsible for giving Boita his big break.

      When commissioned to direct a film, Circus Friends, for the Children’s Film Foundation, Boita was offered the chance to edit the picture, the first of many in a long and distinguished career. His credits include The Horsemasters and Third Man On the Mountain for Disney, The Duke Wore Jeans, The Traitors, Jane Eyre, Doctor in Trouble and The Jewel of the Nile. For television, he edited such productions as The Far Pavilions and Lace.

      He died in 1997.

      BOLTON, PETER

      Assistant Director on Cabby, Spying, Cleo, Cowboy and Screaming!

      Born in Bradford in 1914, Peter Bolton spent the lion’s share of his career as an assistant director, working variously on comedies, documentaries and dramas, primarily for the big screen. His credits in this medium include Hungry Hill, Sleeping Car to Trieste, Tottie True, A Day to Remember, Saint Joan, Left Right and Centre, The Big Job, A Severed Head and, in 1972, Pope Joan.

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      BOON, ERIC

      Roles: Shorty in Constable and Second in Regardless

      Born in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, in 1920, Eric Boon reigned as British lightweight boxing champion between 1938–44. Just eighteen when crowned champion, Boon served in the RAF during the war and went on to box in Canada, Australia and America before retiring from the ring.

      He made a handful of television and film appearances, including playing Clinker in 1944’s Champagne Charlie. He died in 1981, aged sixty-one.

      BOOSEY, BILL

      Played by Sid James

      Bill ‘Rattlesnake’ Boosey leads the expedition into the African jungle in Up the Jungle. Not the bravest of men: upon hearing the drums of the infamous Nosha tribe reverberating around the jungle, he wants to head back, but Lady Bagley’s and Professor Tinkle’s insistence leaves him little option but to continue. When he later finds himself in the hands of the all-female Lubidubies tribe, he’s soon glad he continued with the expedition.

      BOROUGH COUNTY HOSPITAL

      The setting for Doctor, where the likes of Doctor Tinkle and Doctor Kilmore are employed.

       BOROUGH COUNTY TIMES

      A newspaper in Again Doctor carrying news of the mayhem Dr Nookey causes at the Long Hampton Hospital.

      BORTHWICK HECK

      A firm of estate agents based in Chiswick, London, whose ‘For Sale’ board is seen in Constable outside a property in Church Road where the criminals involved in a wages snatch dump their car.

      BOTTOMLEY, MRS

      An unseen character in Constable, Mrs Bottomley, who’s referred to as living at number twenty-four, asks the police to call around because she’s concerned about suspicious activities in the rear of her premises. Mentioned by Sergeant Wilkins, who asks one of the policemen to investigate.

      BOURNE AND JONES

      A milliner’s shop in Screaming!.

      BOWLER

      Played by Edmund Pegge

      Seen in the opening scenes of Follow That Camel bowling to Captain Bagshaw at the cricket match.

      BOY

      Played by Larry Dann

      In Teacher the bespectacled, sallow-faced boy puts his hand up in class because he’s desperate to use the loo, just when Alistair Grigg and Felicity Wheeler, two important visitors at the school, have popped in to the class to observe. He’s later seen pounding away at the drum in the school play.

      BOY LOVER

      Played by Mike Grady

      For the ‘Boy Lover’ in Loving, see ‘Girl Lover’.

      BRACKNELL, DAVID

      Assistant Director on Follow That Camel, Loving, Henry, At Your Convenience, Abroad and Dick

      David Bracknell has been working as an assistant director since the early 1960s, with credits including The Boys, Serena, A Shot in the Dark, Funeral in Berlin, Lust for a Vampire, Bless This House, Swallows and Amazons, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Murrow.

      BRADLEY, C.

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