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Written by
  
Eric Chappell

Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

Number of series
  
4

6.9/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Sitcom

Theme music composer
  
Ken Jones

First episode date
  
29 October 1979

Network
  
ITV

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Directed by
  
Vernon LawrenceGraeme Muir

Starring
  
James BolamPeter BowlesChristopher StrauliRichard WilsonDerrick Branche

Cast
  
James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Richard Wilson, Christopher Strauli, Derrick Branche

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.

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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


  • James Bolam as Roy Figgis
  • Peter Bowles as Archie Glover
  • Christopher Strauli as Norman Binns
  • Richard Wilson as Gordon Thorpe
  • Derrick Branche as Gupte

    • Guest appearances


  • Gwen Taylor - (Series 3, Episode 7: "These You Have Loved"; she played hospital radio nurse Victoria Plumtree)
  • John Quayle
  • Neil McCarthy
  • Patrick Troughton - (Series 2, Episode 2: "Where There's A Will"; he played Joe Perkins)
  • Moira Lister
  • Pat Ashton
  • Neil Connery - (Series 2, Episode 7: "Last Tango"; he played Neil Niren MD-CT)
  • Pamela Cundell
  • Brenda Cowling
  • Reginald Marsh
  • Rosalind Ayres
  • Ann Beach
  • Mary Tamm - (Series 3, Episode 4: "Postman's Knock"; she played escort Leonora)
  • Karl Howman
  • Isla Blair
  • Ronnie Stevens
  • Stephen Greif
  • Robert Gillespie
  • Frank Middlemass

    • Episodes

    29 episodes were broadcast over four series including a Christmas special.

    DVD release

  • In region 2 all four series of Only When I Laugh have been released on DVD by Network, and a complete series box set has also been released.
  • In region 1 series 1 & 2 have been released in individual DVDs (now discontinued). A complete 5 disc box set was released on 10 March 2009.
  • Region 4 has only released the complete series box set.

    • References

    Only When I Laugh (TV series) Wikipedia
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