
Overview
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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Seasons
Season 17 episodes1979
Season 27 episodes1980
1
Whatever Happened to Gloria Robins?
1980-04-29
30m0.0es560313
2Where There's a Will
1980-05-06
30m0.0es560314
3It Can Damage Your Health
1980-05-13
30m0.0es560315
4The Cosmic Influence
1980-05-20
30m0.0es560316
5The Visitors
1980-05-27
30m0.0es560317
6The Lost Sheep
1980-06-03
30m0.0es560318
7Last Tango
1980-06-10
30m0.0es560319
Season 38 episodes1981
1
A Day in the Life Of
1981-09-02
30m0.0es560320
2Adam's Rib
1981-09-09
30m0.0es560321
3The Right Honourable Gentleman
1981-09-16
30m0.0es560322
4Postman's Knock
1981-09-23
30m0.0es560323
5Accident
1981-09-30
30m0.0es560324
6Dear Diary
1981-10-07
30m0.0es560325
7These You Have Loved
1981-10-14
30m0.0es560326
8Away for Christmas
1981-12-24
30m0.0es560327
Season 47 episodes1982
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