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Carry On Nurse

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 Laughter Is The Best Medicine Carry On Nurse was the second in the long line of Carry On comedies that started in the late 1950s, continued throughout the 1960s and ended in the late 1970s, turning its stars into household names, entertaining millions and finding it's way into the hearts of the nation and abroad. After the surprise success of Carry On Sergeant in 1958 the team both infront and behind the camera were reunited for what would be the most successful of all Carry On films, Carry On Nurse, becoming the most successful film at the British Box Office in 1959, proving that laughter really is the best medicine with over 10.4 million tickets sold, roughly a fifth of the population at the time. Charles Hawtrey Improving His Immune System The early Carry On films seemed to poke fun at British institutions, its army, its education system and its police force but nothing is more of a British institution than it's health system and the NHS. Among the returning actors were Cha