Stars: Frankie Howerd, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Terry Scott, Kenneth Connor, Bernard Bresslaw, Jackie Piper

Director: Gerald Thomas

Summary: In this episode of the quintessentially British comedy series, the gang are on safari. They're on the hunt for the rare Oozulum bird, but instead come across all other types of wildlife. Parodies of Tarzan and other jungle films continue the fine Carry On tradition as Frankie Howerd, Sid James and the other regulars ham it up for all they're worth!

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Carry On Up the Jungle has worn less well than some of the others in the series, simply because the African exploration genre it parodies--with its cannibals, great white hunters and lost Amazon tribes--is so entirely out of fashion. Still, Frankie Howerd made so comparatively few films that one which has him as an ornithologist searching for rare birds in the company of Joan Sims and Sid James is not going to be entirely without interest; he has few great moments here, but runs through his usual repertoire of groans and horse-faced sorrowful expressions with brio. The idea of Terry Scott playing Tarzan is in itself such a good joke that it hardly matters that most of what follows is him swinging, on ropes, into obstacles.

On the DVD: The DVD has no special features whatever. It is presented in 1.77:1 ratio with mono sound. --Roz Kaveney

Aspect Ratio:	1.77 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Subtitles:	None
Year:	1970
Release Date:	August 27, 2001
Runtime:	87 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C C D 8325
Label:	Carlton
Keywords:	Comedy, General, Jungle, Carry, Wide, Screen, Up
Genre:	Comedy