Carry On Doctor (DVD)

Dr Kilmore is sacked for being found in an uncompromising situation with the nurses, and the patients revolt. Here is one of the funniest British comedy films ever, starring as always Kenneth Williams and Hatti Jacques. This film came after the success of Carry on Nurse, and shows that even ten years on the idea of comedy in a hospital, and sexually charged, risque comedy at that, is as funny as ever. This film is very funny, and that is achieved largely through inspired performances. Hatti Jacques makes the perfect bossy matron. It's a role we see her in time and time again, and it suits her so well. Her whole physical presence, body language and ...  Read the complete review

The fifteenth Carry On film directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers is often considered to be the best of the bunch, the signature entry to the series of seaside postcard humour with its plethora of regular cast members. Returning to the hospital-scene after many a historical jaunt, the Carry On team produce a sort-of sequel to "Carry On Nurse" released eight years previously, and things have changed a lot since then. Frankie Howerd is Francis Bigger, a faith healer who preaches a philosophy of mind-over-matter, "What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind," believing himself to be impregnable to health ...  Read the complete review