Only When I Laugh (TV series)

Only When I Laugh
Genre Sitcom
Written by Eric Chappell
Directed by Vernon Lawrence
Graeme Muir
Starring James Bolam
Peter Bowles
Christopher Strauli
Richard Wilson
Derrick Branche
Theme music composer Ken Jones
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 4
No. of episodes 29 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s) Vernon Lawrence
Editor(s) Phil Cooke
Keith Coppock
Jim Molyneux
Trevor Pugh
Stuart Quarmby
Lance Tattersall
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Yorkshire Television
Release
Original network ITV
Picture format 4:3
Original release 29 October 1979 (1979-10-29) – 16 December 1982 (1982-12-16)

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 an 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 for writer Eric Chappell, and has been repeated on ITV3 since 2007.

Reception

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".[1]

Cast

Guest appearances

Episodes

29 episodes were broadcast over four series including a Christmas special.

DVD release

DVD Title No. of Discs Year Episodes DVD release
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
Complete Series 1 1 1979 7 23 September 2003 8 July 2006
Complete Series 2 1 1980 7 16 September 2003 15 November 2007
Complete Series 3 1 1981 8 21 July 2008
Complete Series 4 1 1982 7 15 September 2008
Complete Series 1–4 4 19791982 29 10 March 2009 15 September 2008 12 April 2008

References

  1. The Guinness Book of Classic British TV, by Paul Cornell, Martin Day and Keith Topping, Second Edition.Guinness Publishing Ltd., 1996 ISBN 0851126286 (p.67).
  2. News on "Only When I Laugh" DVD release

External links

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