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Hammer Volume 7: Ships & Giggles (Limited Edition) Blu-Ray Box Set (UK Import)
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Pre-sale - Release date: 18.05.2026
Original title: The Ugly Duckling / Don't Panic Chaps / A Weekend with Lulu / Watch It, Sailor!
Year: 1961 - 1964
Country: UK
Region code: B
Contents: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5060697923858
Image: 1080p
HDR: -
Audio: English - Original Mono
Subtitles: English SDH
Age rating: 12
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Jon Pertwee, Dennis Price, George Cole, Bob Monkhouse
Director: Lance Comfort, George Pollock, John Paddy Carstairs, Wolf Rilla
Synopsis:
Hammer Volume Seven: Ships & Giggles takes a look at the lighter side of the legendary film studio's diverse output, with a quartet of comic classics starring a roll-call of British comedy greats.
The Ugly Duckling sees Carry On legend Bernard Bresslaw develop a split personality in this outrageous take on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , also starring future Doctor Who Jon Pertwee ( Adventures of a Private Eye ). Dennis Price ( Fortune Is a Woman ) and George Cole ( A Prize of Gold ) play feuding officers in the military farce Don't Panic Chaps . Bob Monkhouse ( Carry On Sergeant ), Leslie Phillips ( You Must Be Joking! ), and Shirley Eaton ( The Blood of Fu Manchu ) are stranded in France during a disastrous holiday in A Weekend with Lulu . Finally, Price returns as a seaman who is late for his own wedding in the marital farce Watch It, Sailor! , which also stars the legendary Liz Fraser ( The Smallest Show on Earth ) and Irene Handl ( Confessions of a Driving Instructor ).
This collection of long-overdue UK and world Blu-ray premieres contains a wealth of new and archival extra features, including appreciations and interviews with members of the cast and crew, and extensive booklets. Strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.
Extras:
- High Definition masters of The Ugly Duckling , Don't Panic Chaps , A Weekend with Lulu , and Watch It, Sailor!
- Original mono audio
- Archival Interview with Vera Day (2016): the Watch It, Sailor! actor in conversation with filmmaker Derek Pykett
- Jonathan Rigby on Hammer Comedies (2026): the author of English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897–2015 provides a wide-ranging history of Hammer's forays into comedy films
- Robert Shail on Lance Comfort (2026): the film history discusses the director of The Ugly Duckling and his impressive career
- Introductions by Stephen Laws (2026): appreciations for all four films by the acclaimed horror author
- The BEHP Interview with Len Harris (1991): archival audio recording, featuring The Ugly Duckling 's camera operator in conversation with Alan Lawson and Manny Yospa
- The BEHP Interview with Alfie Cox (1992): archival audio recording, featuring the editor of Watch It, Sailor! in conversation with Alan Lawson and Syd Wilson
- The BEHP Interview with Tilly Day (1988): archival audio recording, featuring the Watch It, Sailor! continuity supervisor in conversation with Alan Lawson and Sidney Cole
- David Benson on Frankie Howerd (2002): archival audio recording of a presentation by the actor, comedian, and author of To Be Frank , staged at BFI Southbank, London
- Leslie Phillips Asks… (1960): charity appeal film for the Royal National Institute of Blind People featuring the A Weekend with Lulu star
- Up in the Air (1969): feature-length Children's Film Foundation production set in a Victorian boarding school and guest starring The Ugly Duckling 's Jon Pertwee
- Don't Panic Chaps theatrical trailer
- Image galleries
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited edition exclusive booklets with new essays by Josephine Botting, Melanie Williams, David Cottis, and Mark Fryers, an archival article on The Ugly Duckling , extracts from the original pressbooks, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
- World premieres on Blu-ray for Don't Panic Chaps and Watch It, Sailor!
- UK premieres on Blu-ray for The Ugly Duckling and A Weekend with Lulu
- Limited edition set of 6,000 individually numbered units for the UK
