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
The Beiderbecke Affair are just over the road in The Leonardo Building which wasn't there at the time of filming back in 1984. The six episodes are titled by incipit, that is, the title is simply the first spoken words heard in each episode. All three series are available on DVD as individual boxed sets, and as a Collection DVD Set (the "Beiderbecke Trilogy"), with an additional 6 Disc Set, the "Beiderbecke Trilogy 21st Anniversary Edition" (containing the "Beiderbecke Trilogy" plus "Get Lost!", CD Soundtrack, cast interviews and commemorative booklet as special features) released for Region 2. "The Beiderbecke Tapes" was released in