Only When I Laugh (TV series)
| Only When I Laugh | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Written by | Eric Chappell |
| Directed by | Vernon Lawrence Graeme Muir |
| Starring |
James Bolam Peter Bowles Christopher Strauli Richard Wilson Derrick Branche |
| Theme music composer | Ken Jones |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 29 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Vernon Lawrence |
| Editor(s) | Phil Cooke Keith Coppock Jim Molyneux Trevor Pugh Stuart Quarmby Lance Tattersall |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Yorkshire Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original release | 29 October 1979 – 16 December 1982 |
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?"
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.
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".
29 episodes were broadcast over four series including a Christmas special.
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