Only When I Laugh (TV series)

Only When I Laugh is a British television comedy produced by Yorkshire Television. The series is set in an NHShospital. The main roles are played by James Bolam, Peter Bowles and Christopher Strauli as patients Roy Figgis, Archie Glover and Norman Binns. Mr Gordon Thorpe, their surgeon, is played by Richard Wilson; assisted by his Indian nurse Gupte, played by Derrick Branche. A total of 29 episodes were made, which are between 29 October 1979 and 16 december 1982 broadcast by ITV. The title is the answer to the question "Does it hurt?" ("Does it hurt?").

In Netherlands, the series was broadcast under the title Only when I laugh by the AVRO.



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 * 2 Episodes
 * 2.1 Series 1 (1979)
 * 2.2 Series 2 (1980)
 * 2.3 series 3 (1981)
 * 2.3.1 Christmas special (1981)
 * 2.4 Series 4 (1982)
 * James Bolam as Roy Figgis
 * Peter Bowles as Archie Glover
 * Christopher Strauli as Norman Binns
 * Richard Wilson as Gordon Thorpe
 * Derrick Branche as Gupte