Only When I Laugh (1979)
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Only When I Laugh is an ITV1 sitcom broadcast from 29 October 1979 to 16 December 1982 for four series with seven episodes each, and a Christmas special in 1981. The title is the answer to the question, "Does it hurt?" A naïve middle-class man is admitted to an NHS hospital ward, shared with a working-class layabout and an upper-class hypochondriac. The trio never fail to cause a nuisance for the poor, unsuspecting staff.
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James BolamRoy Figgis
Peter BowlesArchie Glover
Christopher StrauliNorman Binns
Richard WilsonGordon Thorpe
Derrick BrancheGupte
Patsy SmartLadyElin JenkinsAnna
Stephen GreifNicos
Robert GillespieClegg
Pamela CundellCookSally OsborneSally
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Only When I Laugh is an ITV1 sitcom broadcast from 29 October 1979 to 16 December 1982 for four series with seven episodes each, and a Christmas special in 1981. The title is the answer to the question, "Does it hurt?" A naïve middle-class man is admitted to an NHS hospital ward, shared with a working-class layabout and an upper-class hypochondriac. The trio never fail to cause a nuisance for the poor, unsuspecting staff.
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Only When I Laugh has a runtime of 30 minutes.
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