Only When I Laugh

Only When I Laugh is an ITV1 sitcom broadcast from 29 October 1979 to 16 December 1982 for four series with seven episodes each, and a Christmas special in 1981. The title is the answer to the question, "Does it hurt?" A naïve middle-class man is admitted to an NHS hospital ward, shared with a working-class layabout and an upper-class hypochondriac. The trio never fail to cause a nuisance for the poor, unsuspecting staff.

★ 6.7/10 · 15 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

• James BolamRoy Figgis
• Peter BowlesArchie Glover
• Christopher StrauliNorman Binns
• Richard WilsonGordon Thorpe

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