Series·1979·30 min episodes

Only When I Laugh

Name: Only When I Laugh
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1979-10-29
Cast: James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli, Richard Wilson

Only When I Laugh streams in the US on Amazon Prime Video, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, Fawesome and 3 more apps, as of October 5, 2026.

6.7 / 10 · TMDB

Comedy

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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