Only When I Laugh is a British sitcom starring James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli, Richard Wilson and Derrick Branche. It was first broadcast on ITV between 1979 and 1982. The series revolves around Roy Figgis (Bolam), Archie Glover (Bowles) and Norman Binns (Strauli) who were long-term residents at an NHS hospital, the other regular characters were NHS surgeon Gordon Thorpe (Wilson) and nurse Gupte (Branche). Each episode was written by Eric Chappell.