Only When I Laugh (TV series) Only When I Laugh (TV series) 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 a 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
Laugh? I Nearly Bought One! playing a concert in Glasgow, Scotland. Contrary to popular belief, the priest in the picture was not Pope Pius XII, but German Nazi abbot Alban Schachleiter. Ned Raggett of AllMusic wrote, "not the best compilation that could have been assembled [...] "Laugh?" is still a reasonable overview of the first decade of Killing Joke and its checkered but still important history". "Trouser Press" called the album "commendable", but "a few obscure tracks take the place of more essential choices". Laugh? I Nearly Bought One! Laugh? I Nearly Bought One! is a compilation album by English rock band Killing Joke, released