Only When I Laugh
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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James Bolam
Roy Figgis · 29 eps
Peter Bowles
Archie Glover · 29 eps
Christopher Strauli
Norman Binns · 29 eps
Richard Wilson
Gordon Thorpe · 29 eps
Derrick Branche
Gupte · 22 eps
Alexandra Brook
Nurse · 2 eps
Patsy Smart
Lady · 1 ep
Elin Jenkins
Anna · 1 ep
Stephen Greif
Nicos · 1 ep
Robert Gillespie
Clegg · 1 ep
Pamela Cundell
Cook · 1 ep
Sally Osborne
Sally · 1 ep
John Junkin
Landlord · 1 ep
John Moore
Customer · 1 ep
Arnold Diamond
Customer · 1 ep
Naomi Buch
Customer · 1 ep
John Rapley
Customer · 1 ep
Moira Lister
Gloria Robbins · 1 ep
Patrick Troughton
Joe Perkins · 1 ep
Ronnie Stevens
Hargreaves · 1 ep
