6.6 /10 1 Votes
6.4/10 Country of origin United Kingdom Number of series 4 | 6.9/10 First episode date 29 October 1979 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by Vernon LawrenceGraeme Muir Starring James BolamPeter BowlesChristopher StrauliRichard WilsonDerrick Branche Cast |
Only When I Laugh is a British television sitcom made by Yorkshire Television for ITV. It aired between 29 October 1979 and 16 December 1982 and was set in the ward of an NHS hospital. The title is in response to the question, "Does it hurt?"
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It starred James Bolam, Peter Bowles, and Christopher Strauli as patients Roy Figgis, Archie Glover, and Norman Binns. Mr. Gordon Thorpe, their consultant surgeon, was played by Richard Wilson; and Gupte, the staff nurse from Delhi, was played by Derrick Branche.
The show was one of many successes for writer Eric Chappell, and has been repeated on ITV3 since 2007.

Only when i laugh
Reception
In a discussion of Eric Chappell's work in The Guinness Book of Classic British TV, Only When I Laugh was described as "intermittently rewarding".
Cast
Guest appearances
Episodes
29 episodes were broadcast over four series including a Christmas special.