Only When I Laugh (Complete Series) - 4-DVD Set

Only When I Laugh (Complete Series) - 4-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
725 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1979 - 1982 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Vernon Lawrence
Graeme Muir

Written By:
Eric Chappell

Actors:
James Bolam ..... Roy Figgis (29 episodes, 1979-1982)
Peter Bowles ..... Archie Glover (29 episodes, 1979-1982)
Christopher Strauli ..... Norman Binns (29 episodes, 1979-1982)
Richard Wilson ..... Dr. Gordon Thorpe (29 episodes, 1979-1982)
Derrick Branche ..... Gupte (24 episodes, 1979-1982)

Synopsis:

This hilarious hospital-based sitcom, starring James Bolam (New Tricks), Peter Bowles (To The Manor born) and Richard Wilson (One Foot In The Grave), features a trio of very different patients forever playing a game of one-upmanship and getting into scrapes with each other, at the same time causing grief to the overworked and irritable hospital staff. A huge ratings success for the ABC when it originally aired from 1979-1982, Only When I Laugh was written by Eric Chappell (Rising Damp, Home to Roost) and directed by Vernon Lawrence (The Bounder). This 4-DVD special edition set brings you the entire 28 episodes of the classic UK series available for the first time on DVD.

Only When I Laugh was a screamingly funny show from 'Rising Damp' author Eric Chappell. Three patients from differing social backgrounds - trouble making lorry driver Roy Figgis ( James Bolam ), naive Norman Binns ( Christopher Strauli ), and rich hypochondriac Archie Glover ( Peter Bowles ) - share a hospital ward. Their 'nemesis' is the pompous Dr.Gordon Thorpe ( Richard Wilson in what was his best television role before 'One Foot In The Grave' ). The Indian male nurse Gupte ( Derrick Branche ) was well-meaning but incompetent, and this led to the series being branded 'racist' in some quarters. Gupte mysteriously vanished from the later episodes. Bolam's 'Figgis' wasn't far removed from 'Terry Collier' of 'Likely Lads' fame, while Bowles' 'Glover' was a try-out for his later series 'The Bounder'.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 02 March, 2022.