| 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 |
| 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 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original run | 29 October 1979 – 16 December 1982 |
Only When I Laugh is a British television sitcom made by Yorkshire Television for ITV between 29 October 1979 and 16 December 1982. It was set in the ward of an NHS hospital. The title is the answer 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 was rerun on ITV3 in 2007.
Contents |
Overall 29 episodes were broadcast over four series including a Christmas special.
| DVD Title | No. of Discs | Year | Episodes | DVD release | |||
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| Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||||
| Complete Series 1 | 1 | 1979 | 7 | 23 September 2003 | 8 July 2006 | — | |
| Complete Series 2 | 1 | 1980 | 7 | 16 September 2003 | 15 November 2007 | — | |
| Complete Series 3 | 1 | 1981 | 8 | — | 21 July 2008 | — | |
| Complete Series 4 | 1 | 1982 | 7 | — | 15 September 2008 | — | |
| Complete Series 1–4 | 4 | 1979–1982 | 29 | 10 March 2009 | 15 September 2008 | 12 April 2008 | |
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