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
Only When I Laugh (TV series) for writer Eric Chappell, and has been repeated on ITV3 since 2007. In a discussion of Eric Chappell's work in "The Guinness Book of Classic British TV", "Only When I Laugh" was described as "intermittently rewarding". Guest appearances have been made by Gwen Taylor, John Quayle (actor), Neil McCarthy, Patrick Troughton, Moira Lister, Pat Ashton, Neil Connery, Pamela Cundell, Brenda Cowling, Reginald Marsh, Rosalind Ayres, Ann Beach, Mary Tamm, Karl Howman, Isla Blair, Ronnie Stevens, Stephen Greif, Diane Bull, Robert Gillespie and Frank Middlemass. 29 episodes were broadcast over four series including a Christmas special. Only When I Laugh (TV