There are running Carry On gags throughout the film series. Sid James is always the sex-mad girl chaser. No matter how aged and craggy his face becomes, he's always on the pull. Barbara Windsor is always the dumb, buxom young blonde. She's always chased (not chaste) by any red-blooded male in the films. When she played the role of Babs the schoolgirl in Carry On Camping (1969), she was actually 32. Kenneth Williams' distinctive voices and vast array of accents are prominent in the series, as are his flared nostrils and those classic catchphrases, 'Stop messing about!' and 'No. Don't be like that!'

There are the other regulars, too:

• Charles Hawtrey's camp, wimpish little characters
• Hattie Jacques' matronly characters, always seeking love, ('Ooh, Matron!').
• Bernard Bresslaw's dumb but good-natured gentle giant.
• Joan Sims, playing any character asked of her — sexy, dragon-like or innocent.

All of the films in the series are completely filled to the brim with scatological humour. Carry On At Your Convenience is about a lavatory manufacturing company, so you can imagine the level of toilet humour in that one (if that's anything to go on!)

Don't look for any philosophical messages or social comment in these films. If you are looking for a film or a story with a moral, you won't find any morals in a Carry On movie. Sure, the jokes wouldn't stand up in today's comedy world. In fact, they would probably be too politically incorrect for even the likes of The Footy Show.

It's good to see these politically incorrect, sexist, rude and disgusting comedy films come back in favour. Sometimes the films are parodies — Carry On Up the Jungle has a Tarzan spoof element to it. Often the films poke fun at urban myths and legends, such as what exactly does a Scotsman wear under his kilt? (Carry On Up The Khyber)

Thirty Carry On films were made, not including the compilations, and including the 1992 Carry On Columbus. Like the alternative comedy era of the 80s and today's satirical, over-the-top, absurd comedy, Carry On films poked fun at the establishment — such as the NHS, royalty, colonialism, the police and the military. Remembering when they were made, from 1958 to 1978 (and one in 1992), they were of their time and deserve a place in the annals of great British comedy.

As I write this, I have only bought six issues of the Carry On Film Collection, and I am looking forward to buying rest of them. There are a number of dud films. For example I am not really looking forward to Carry On Columbus, starring a smattering of alternative comedy players, Rik Mayall, Peter Richardson, Keith Allen and Alexei Sayle. It didn't work without the 'real' Carry On regulars. It's Carry On by name, but not by nature.

The Carry On magazine is interesting in itself, without taking the attached DVD into account. Although only 16 pages, it is packed with Carry On information. It includes a synopsis, a full description of the characters, extra facts and trivia about each film and, in each issue, a different biography of a Carry On regular. An interesting feature is the extensive history of the era, whichever year the featured film was made. The magazine looks at the pop culture of the year: the fashions, the music, sporting highlights, movie releases, big news stories and comedy news associated with the stars. For a comedy lover or recent history buff, it makes great reading.

This series really is a nostalgia trip for me, and probably for other comedy buffs too. I wasn't even ten when my dad let me see my first Carry On film. It was Carry On Jack. Perhaps some would think him a bad parent for exposing his young daughter to such unadulterated filth. But I love him for it. He introduced me to a wide variety of British comedy, from Carry On, Benny Hill and The Two Ronnies, to Dave Allen and The Goodies. My dad opened my mind to a world of laughter, fun, humour and disgustingly rude comedy — for which I will be eternally grateful.

So, members of the comedy jury, my case to you is this. The Carry On series is a valid, funny and historic form of 20^th century comedy films and, as a lover of all comedy that is rude, crude and naughty, I feel justified in the purchase of this non-politically correct series of films. If you don't agree, all I can say is, 'No. Don't be like that!'