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Only When I Laugh

A trio of very different patients (James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli) play a never-ending game of sickbed one-upmanship and cause all kinds of grief for the overworked and irritable hospital staff.
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  1. S4 E1 - Blood Brothers

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    November 4, 1982
    25min
    13+
    When Glover finds out he needs a blood transfusion and Figgis is the likely donor, he is not happy to be the recipient, especially when he hears that Figgis has received a transfusion himself from a West Indian.
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  2. S4 E2 - Conduct Unbecoming

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    November 11, 1982
    25min
    13+
    Nymphomaniac patient Fiona threatens Dr. Thorpe with a complaint letter to the hospital board lest he give into her romantic demands.
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  3. S4 E3 - All in the Mind

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    November 18, 1982
    25min
    13+
    After reading just one book on psychology Figgis declares himself an expert and begins to analyze his fellow patients, alleging that Glover has a persecution complex and Norman is sexually repressed.
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  4. S4 E4 - In Sickness & in Health

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    November 25, 1982
    25min
    13+
    Norman is less than thrilled about finally marrying his fiancé Deirdre, but when Glover tries to flatter Deirdre to improve her personality, it backfires on everyone.
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  5. S4 E5 - Escape

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    December 2, 1982
    25min
    13+
    A getaway driver is admitted to the hospital - in handcuffs - for surgery. He manages to persuade the patients to cover for him while he escapes to visit his wife for the night, but will the convict return for surgery the next day?
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  6. S4 E6 - When Did You Last See Your Father?

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    December 9, 1982
    24min
    13+
    Elderly drunk Charlie arrives at the hospital looking for his son, from whom he has long been estranged.
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  7. S4 E7 - The Reunion

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    December 16, 1982
    25min
    13+
    The patients are at last discharged and decide to have a reunion that very same evening at a local restaurant, but when Dr. Thorpe arrives with a mysterious woman named Hilary, relationships will be tested.
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Directors

Vernon LawrenceGraeme Muir

Producers

Vernon Lawrence

Cast

James BolamPeter BowlesChristopher StrauliRichard Wilson

Studio

FilmRise
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