The Best Of British [Box Set] DVD

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Certificate:	U

Cast List:	Peggy Cummins, Frankie Howerd, Shirley Eaton, Eunice Gayson, A.E. Matthews, Peter Sellers, David Tomlinson, Wilfrid Hyde White, Brian Reece

Director:	Val Guest

Special Features:	Up the creek!:, - exclusive interview with Val Guest., , Further up the creek!, - exclusive interview with Val Guest., ,

Region:	Region 2

Aspect Ratio:	Aspect Ratio 2.35:1

Number of Discs:	3

Main Language:	English

Series:	Best Of British

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Contains
- Carry on Admiral
- Up the Creek!
- Further up the Creek!

Carry on Admiral:
After a hard night's drinking, old friends Lt. Commander Peter Fraser RN (Brian Reece) and Parliamentary Secretary to the First Sea Lord, Tom Baker M.P. (David Tomlinson) somehow end up swapping hotel rooms - and clothes.
The next Morning, still in a drunken haze, Tom the M.P. is accidentally mistaken for his naval friend - and is put in charge of the fighting ship HMS Sherwood!
There's more confusion when Peter the ship's captain is mistaken in turn for the Parliamentary Private Secretary and whisked off to Admiralty House for high level political debates on the future of the Navy!
Meanwhile, a little accident involving a live torpedo and the First Lord's barge gets poor Tom sent to a naval psychiatric hospital - where his insistence that he's not a navy captain but an M.P. just makes him look even crazier!
Doddery old Admiral Godfrey (A. E. Matthews) hasn't got a clue what's going on, so it's left to his sharp-witted granddaughter Jane (Eunice Gayson) and her friend Susan (Peggy Cummins) to save the day - and the reputation of the Navy!

Up the creek!:
Bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is disciplined after his pet guided missile project goes awry and he blows up a fellow officer's bathroom. The top brass decide to stick him where he can do no more harm, in charge of the mothballed destroyer HMS Berkeley.
However, due to a typical navy oversight, HMS Berkeley hasn't had a commanding officer for over three years, and its crew are now used to a cushy way of life. Led by Chief Petty Officer Docherty (Peter Sellers), they've converted their ship into a highly profitable farm, laundry and bakery and are now making a fortune selling off excess naval rations and supplies to the local village.
At first, poor Fairweather hasn't a clue about what's going on all around him, but as the truth starts to dawn he suddenly finds himself an unwilling accomplice. Of course, that would be the moment when the Admiral (Wilfred Hyde White) decides to make a snap decision...

Further up the Creek!:
Crikey! The Royal navy has finally entered the nuclear age and is selling off its obsolete old frigates to the Arabs.
First to go is HMS Aristotle the secret shame of the fleet! Under the temporary command of Bosun Dibble (Frankie Howerd), the ship is a hive of vice with its crew willing to do anything to make a few quid. When they hear they will be sailing for the Mediterranean nation of Algerrocco, they see one last chance to make a few bob by pretending their frigate is really a luxury cruise liner and selling tickets!
Of course, new Captain Humphrey Fairweather RN (David Tomlinson) knows nothing of the crew's schemes, but with a wild bunch of passengers including Thora Hird chasing the Bosun and Shirley Eaton threatening to strip off and sunbathe, how long can he be kept in the dark?
The sequel to the Hammer Films' smash hit Up the Creek!