Only When I Laugh. Image shows from L to R: Dr. Gordon Thorpe (Richard Wilson), Roy Figgis (James Bolam), Norman Binns (Christopher Strauli), Archie Glover (Peter Bowles). Copyright: Yorkshire Television
Only When I Laugh
- TV sitcom
- ITV
- 1979 - 1982
- 29 episodes (4 series)
Roy Figgis, Norman Binns and Archie Glover are long-term residents of the NHS. Despite this, they never fail to get themselves into trouble. Stars James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli, Richard Wilson and Derrick Branche
Only When I Laugh. Roy Figgis (James Bolam). Copyright: Yorkshire Television
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1979 - 1982
- Channels
- ITV
- Episodes
- 29 (4 series)
- Stars
- James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli, Richard Wilson and Derrick Branche
- Writer
- Eric Chappell
- Director
- Vernon Lawrence
- Producer
- Vernon Lawrence
- Companies
James Bolam plays Roy Figgis, a long-term NHS hospital bed occupant. Archie Glover (Peter Bowles) and Norman Binns (Christopher Strauli) are his wardmates, all suffering from extreme cases of hypchondria.
Despite being apparently 'ill', the three don't just get themselves into trouble, but seem to have difficulty behaving.
Richard Wilson plays Dr Gordon Thorpe, and Derrick Branche is Gupte, the ward orderly, who are both the bane of the three's lives, and they the bane of theirs.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 29th October 1979 at 8pm on ITV
- Last new broadcast
- Thursday 16th December 1982 at 7:30pm on ITV
- Most recent repeats
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- Friday 23rd April 2021 at 6:00am on ITV4 - Series 3, Episode 5
- Thursday 22nd April 2021 at 6:00am on ITV4 - Series 3, Episode 4
- Wednesday 21st April 2021 at 6:00am on ITV4 - Series 3, Episode 2