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Only When I Laugh (1979–1982)

4 seasons29 episodes30 min per episode★ 6.8 · 1,118 votes

• 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.

First aired

October 29, 1979

Last episode

December 16, 1982

Network

ITV1

Country of origin

United Kingdom