Carry On Laughing which - by contrast - are broadcast regularly on British television. It is also considered much less successful at transferring the established formula to the small screen than the "Carry On Christmas specials". The series was conceived after the departures of two long-serving "Carry On" contributors: writer Talbot Rothwell and actor Charles Hawtrey. Furthermore, Kenneth Williams declined to appear in the series. Other "Carry On" regulars only appeared in a minority of episodes: Sid James in only the first four, Hattie Jacques in only one; and Bernard Bresslaw appeared only in the second series. In the absence of Rothwell, other
Carry On (franchise) in "Carry On Constable". Attempts to revive "Carry On Spaceman" in 1962 under Denis Gifford, again by Hudis, failed, and the project was subsequently abandoned. Three scripts were written for an intended sub-sequel to the successful "Carry On Nurse", the second instalment of the "Carry On" series. The first film was renamed, and the other two never made. The first intended "Carry On Again Nurse" was made in 1967, but released as "Carry On Doctor". "Carry On Nurse" was alluded to twice in "Carry On Doctor", firstly with the sub-titles (one reading "Nurse Carries On Again" and "Death of a