Only When I Laugh

Season 41979

Only When I Laugh is a British television sitcom. It is set in the ward of an NHS hospital. The title is the answer to the question, "Does it hurt?"

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7 Episodes

E01 A Bed With A View

Norman arrives at the ward and is given the bed next to the window. A game of musical beds ensues as Figgis and Archie want it too...

October 29, 1979

E02 Operation Norman

Norman's due for his appendix operation and is rather upset about it. He turns to Figgis for comfort in his hour of need...

November 5, 1979

E03 The Rumour

Thorpe is waiting for an important call from his wife as Victor, their dog, is seriously ill. Gupte misunderstands, thinking Victor is the Thorpes' son (actually named Tarquin); Figgis, smoking in a lavatory cubicle, overhears the resultant conversation and assumes that they are talking about him and that he is going to die. As the situation develops, both Norman and then Glover think they are under the shadow of death. When Gupte tells Glover he may be sent home at the end of the week, Glover decides to phone his hated boss and tell him exactly what he thinks of him.

November 12, 1979

E04 The Man With The Face

Archie's lothario-like tendencies are coming back to haunt him when he's convinced he's being stalked by a Greek madman for besmirching his fiancée...

November 19, 1979

E05 Let Them Eat Cake

There's a lot of disatisfaction with the food being served in the hospital. The trio can stand the daily menu no longer and go on hunger strike. What they hadn't bargained for, however, was how hungry they would get...

November 26, 1979

E06 Tangled Web

Norman is reading a book about a pretty nurse when one actually comes onto the ward.

December 3, 1979

E07 Is There A Doctor In The House?

Fed up with lying in bed all day, Figgis gets hold of his outdoor clothes and sets off for a wander around the hospital. Naturally, he is mistaken for a doctor.

December 10, 1979

Only When I Laugh

E01 A Bed With A View

E02 Operation Norman

E03 The Rumour

E04 The Man With The Face

E05 Let Them Eat Cake

E06 Tangled Web

E07 Is There A Doctor In The House?

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E01 A Bed With A View

E02 Operation Norman

E03 The Rumour

E04 The Man With The Face

E05 Let Them Eat Cake

E06 Tangled Web

E07 Is There A Doctor In The House?