“It’s matron’s round!” “Mine’s a pint!” Following on from ‘Sergeant, this first of the hospitalised ‘Ons is top stuff, with Hattie’s first appearance in uniform, Charles Hawtrey playing imaginary pianos, Shirley ‘Goldfinger’ Eaton as lead nurse, and Bill “unfunny matchbox schtick” Owen, Leslie Phillips, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Joan ‘Marple’ Hickson, Norman ‘Simon Simon’ Rossington, Irene Handl, June Whitfield, Frank Forsyth and, of course, Marianne Stone.
