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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.

James Bolam
Roy Figgis

Peter Bowles
Archie Glover

Christopher Strauli
Norman Binns

Richard Wilson


Eric Chappell
Vernon Lawrence
Gordon Thorpe

Season 1
7 episodes
October 29, 1979

Season 2
7 episodes
April 29, 1980

Season 3
8 episodes
September 2, 1981

Season 4
7 episodes
November 4, 1982

Yorkshire Television
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