Carry On Regardless

At the local labour exchange, the air is filled with grumbles about the lack of decent jobs. Bert Handy and his secretary Miss Cooling decide to launch Helping Hand to fill vacancies. Word spreads and a crowd of hopeful workers rush to the agency.

Bert Handy announces the creation of Helping Hand and hires a full roster of staff: Sam Twist, Francis Courtenay, Delia King, Gabriel Dimple, Lily Duveen, Mike Weston and Montgomery Infield-Hopping. The new agency buzzes with activity as everyone settles into their roles. The crowd of workers grows the hope of steady work.

Their first client speaks gobbledygook, making communication nearly impossible. Staff scramble to find a suitable assignment despite the language barrier. The confusion sets the tone for the chaotic, comedic operation ahead.

Delia is sent to arrange a women's wardrobe for Mr. Delling, who plans a surprise for his wife. The plan runs into trouble when the wife arrives home unexpectedly. Delia improvises to salvage the situation.

Sam Twist is dispatched to a babysitting job, but there is no baby to watch. Mrs. Panting uses the setup to try to make her husband jealous, and Sam ends up with a black eye. The mishap showcases the staff's tendency for chaotic outcomes.

Francis is assigned to take a pet for a walk, only to discover it is a chimpanzee. The staff learns transport workers have an aversion to apes, escalating the chaos. The day ends at a chimp tea party where the staff unwind amid the odd spectacle.

Lily Duveen attends a wine tasting, collecting invitation cards from attendees. She samples some wines and ends up making a spectacle of herself. The event showcases the team's knack for turning ordinary gigs into comic farce.

A man from Amalgamated Scrap-Iron asks for someone to queue at the hospital outpatients department. Bert promises to send someone, but the top man insists on doing the job himself. Bert ends up queuing and is mistaken for an eminent diagnostician, receiving a tour of the hospital.

Francis is selected as a model, only to discover the job is an advertisement for a bee-keeper's helmet. He experiences crestfallen disappointment, but the situation offers comic potential. The others find humor in the predicament.

A bickering couple argues as the husband cannot understand his wife when she speaks German. Francis gets involved and helps, causing the wife to switch to English and the couple to reconcile. The moment highlights the team’s knack for smoothing over domestic chaos.

Boxer Vincent arrives needing four helpers as seconds for his fighter Dynamite Dan. Dan, terrified of his opponent Mickey McGee, pretends to sprain his finger, cancelling the bout. Gabriel Dimple volunteers to take on McGee, turning the contest into a comic showdown.

Sam thinks he is on a secret spying mission to the Forth Bridge, but the task is simply to make up a fourth in a game of bridge. He returns to find the Helping Hand crew engaged to demonstrate exhibits at the Ideal House Exhibition. The day’s misdirections fuel more chaotic humor.

The team is hired to demonstrate exhibits at the Ideal House Exhibition. Every demonstration ends in calamity, underscoring the club of misfit talents at Helping Hand. Sam steels himself for the next assignment as the chaos continues.

Sam takes a job at an exclusive men's club where silence is a strict rule. No matter how hard he tries, his talkative nature keeps breaking the club's code. The gag reinforces the ongoing theme of mismatched professionalism.

Miss Cooling introduces a new filing system, but a cleaner knocks over the box and the cards get mixed, leaving everyone with the wrong assignments. Gobbledygook man returns and Francis translates; their landlord reveals he wants them out to make way for development. The staff rally, demolish the old house, and the landlord later changes his mind about the project, planning luxury flats instead, bringing the story to a comic close.