Carry On at Your Convenience
A strike-prone shop steward turns a British lavatory factory into the chaotic battleground for broad workplace satire and toilet humor.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- None
- irreverent
- bawdy
- witty
- classic comedy night
- lazy afternoon
What critics said
Critics generally regard the film as a scrappily assembled and weakly written Carry On entry whose occasional comic set pieces cannot overcome repetitive lavatorial humor.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The lavatory factory provides the central setting for the strike, management problems, worker disputes, and comic routines.
Vic Spanner’s repeated strike calls and the workers’ growing frustration drive the film’s central comic conflict.
The lavatory-manufacturing premise and repeated toilet jokes define the film’s signature comic register.
The factory strike storyline is interwoven with the works outing, domestic comedy, romance, and other loosely connected comic episodes.
Films like Carry On at Your Convenience, and why
Carry On Camping
shared british slapstick, workplace farce, bawdy humor, and ensemble comic performances
Carry On Again Doctor
shared carry on-style innuendo, chaotic ensemble comedy, and broad social satire
I’m All Right Jack
shared industrial workplace setting, class tensions, and british comic farce
Movie Details
- Director
- Gerald Thomas
- Release Date
- 1971-12-10
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (67)
Cast
- Sidney James
- Kenneth Williams
- Charles Hawtrey
- Joan Sims
- Hattie Jacques
- Bernard Bresslaw
- Kenneth Cope
- Patsy Rowlands
- Jacki Piper
- Richard O'Callaghan
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Carry On at Your Convenience about?
- A strike-prone shop steward turns a British lavatory factory into the chaotic battleground for broad workplace satire and toilet humor.
- What is Carry On at Your Convenience like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Carry On at Your Convenience as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Carry On at Your Convenience violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Carry On at Your Convenience.
- What did critics think of Carry On at Your Convenience?
- Critics generally regard the film as a scrappily assembled and weakly written Carry On entry whose occasional comic set pieces cannot overcome repetitive lavatorial humor.
- Which films are like Carry On at Your Convenience?
- Films with a similar feel include Carry On Camping, Carry On Again Doctor, and I’m All Right Jack.
- How long is Carry On at Your Convenience?
- Carry On at Your Convenience runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch Carry On at Your Convenience?
- In United States, Carry On at Your Convenience is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video.
