Carry On Henry

Mercilessly spoofing the Richard Burton/Geneviève Bujold historical drama Anne of the Thousand Days, this raucous history lesson from the Carry On crew is something of an on-off affair, rather like Henry's marriage to Marie of Normandy. For once, Talbot Rothwell's script isn't as sharp as an executioner's axe, but there are still plenty of wicked one-liners and savage parodies. Sid James makes a suitably merry monarch, while Joan Sims gives her best performance of the series as his garlic-gobbling queen. Exceptional support is provided by Kenneth Williams as Thomas Cromwell and Charles Hawtrey as the wonderfully named Sir Roger de Lodgerley.