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S1 E5 Let Them Eat Cake

Comedy

TV-PG

25 minutes

Nov 25, 1979

The patients decide to go on a hunger strike to protest the abysmal hospital food.Featuring: James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli, Richard Wilson, Derrick Branche

Season 1, 7 Episodes

Only When I Laugh - A Bed with a View

A Bed with a View,

Young Norman Binns is admitted to Dr. Thorpe's hospital ward.

Only When I Laugh - Operation Norman

Operation Norman,

Norman's nerves get the best of him before surgery when Figgis scares him with doom-laden talk.

Only When I Laugh - The Rumour

Dr. Thorpe tells Gupte that "Victor" is at death's door and the nurse believes he's talking about his son.

Only When I Laugh - The Man with the Face

The Man with the Face,

Glover has a tryst with a woman named Anna, but her fiancé Nico arrives at the hospital for revenge.

Only When I Laugh - Let Them Eat Cake

Let Them Eat Cake,

The patients decide to go on a hunger strike to protest the abysmal hospital food.

Only When I Laugh - Tangled Web

Norman forms a crush on the new nurse Sally but faces stiff competition from Glover, Dr. Thorpe and Gupte.

Only When I Laugh - Is There a Doctor in the House?

Is There a Doctor in the House?,

An unhappy Figgis disguises himself as a doctor and goes to a nearby pub to prescribe fake diagnoses.

Details

Only When I Laugh

Comedy

TV-PG

4 Seasons

25 minutes

A trio of very different patients play a never-ending game of sickbed one-upmanship and cause all kinds of grief for the overworked hospital staff.

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