Only When I Laugh

6.7 (15 votes)• 1979• 30m•Ended

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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.

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Languages: English

Starring Cast: James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli, Richard Wilson

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James Bolam

Roy Figgis

Peter Bowles

Archie Glover

Christopher Strauli

Norman Binns

Richard Wilson

Gordon Thorpe

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