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 Trilogy with few ambitions or principles. Trevor's main interest is jazz, however he is also interested in football and snooker (his footballing allegiances are unknown, he is known to be a Geordie, but seen in the opening sequences of "The Beiderbecke Affair" to possess a Leeds United mug. In one sequence reference is made to him using the phrase "Howay the lads!", a common cry of both Newcastle United and Sunderland F.C. fans. Trevor at first lives in a rented flat at the top of a large Victorian house, in which he resides in squalor. Trevor later moves into Jill's house