Carry On Out-takes and Missing Scenes.

I often wondered why there had never been a DVD released of out-takes and/or missing/deleted scenes from the Carry Ons. I sent Robert Ross (that's him on the left) an email about this (he's a Carry On enthusiast and has written many books on the subject). I'm sure he wouldn't object to me sharing his email reply with you. This was the response I got,

''Alas, the out~takes and missing scenes don't exist. I know. I've looked! :-) Producer Peter Rogers always maintained that the film out~takes were destroyed out of respect for the actors. The deleted scenes went the same way. Thus, short of a hidden, miracle archive, treasures like Terry Scott's cut performance from Carry On At Your Convenience are gone forever ~ save the photograph and script I included in 'Carry On Uncensored' (Boxtree, 1999). Gerald Thomas kept everything for up to ten years after a film was completed and then signed the paper~work to see the un~used material junked. Usually to make space in the studio. They were a working unit, afterall, and had no idea how valuable and interesting this material would be.
Anyway, continue to enjoy them and I hope you have managed to listen to some of the current Radio 2 documentary.
All the best, Robert.''

I think this is quite an interesting piece of information and something fans would like to know.

If you're interested in his book that he mentioned in the email then you can get it here