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Carry On Doctor DVD

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Bedpan humour rules in Carry On Doctor, the vintage 1968 offering from gang, assisted by guest star Frankie Howerd as bogus faith healer Francis Bigger. Hospitals, of course, always provided the Carry On producers with plenty of material. Today, these comedies induce a twinge of serious nostalgia for the great days of the National Health Service when Matron (Hattie Jacques, naturally) ran the hospital as if it was a house of correction, medical professionals were idolised as if they were all Doctor Kildare and Accident and Emergency Departments were deserted oases... of calm. But even if you aren't interested in a history lesson, Talbot Rothwell's script contains some immortal dialogue, particularly when Matron loosens her stays. "You may not realise it but I was once a weak man", says Kenneth Williams' terrified Doctor Tinkle to Hattie Jacques. "Once a week's enough for any man", she purrs back. Other highlights include Joan Sims, excellent as Frankie Howerd's deaf, bespectacled sidekick, Charles Hawtrey suffering from a phantom pregnancy, 1960s singer Anita Harris in a rare film role, and Barbara Windsor at her most irrepressible as nurse Sandra May. --Piers Ford [show more]

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Released
17 February 2003
Directors
Actors
Format
DVD 
Publisher
Carlton Visual Entertainment Ltd 
Classification
Runtime
90 minutes 
Features
PAL, Special Edition 
Barcode
5037115033734 
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Frankie Howerd is the guest star in this classic 'Carry On..' He plays Francis Bigger, a charlatan faith healer who ends up in hospital, and what a hospital it is! Dr. Kilmore (Jim Dale) seems more interested in the staff nurses, and Dr. Tinkle (Kenneth Williams) dismisses all ill health as a weakness. The Matron (Hattie Jaques) can cure any medical problem with a frosty glance and the nurses are always raising the blood pressure of the patients in the male ward.... much to their delight of course. 'Carry On Doctor' is a classic case history of rude health that will have you in stitches!

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