ONLY WHEN I LAUGH. (1979-1972) WRITTEN BY ERIC CHAPPELL.
DIRECTED BY VERNON LAWRENCE AND GRAEME MUIR.
THEME MUSIC COMPOSED BY KEN JONES.
STARRING JAMES BOLAM, PETER BOWLES, CHRISTOPHER STRAULI, RICHARD WILSON AND DERRICK BRANCHE.
REVIEW BY SANDRA HARRIS. ©
I absolutely loved every second of this bitingly witty hospital comedy, filmed from the point of view of the patients, rather than that of the staff. It comprises three patients-slash-perpetual-hypochondriacs, one womanising doctor-surgeon and an Indian orderly all the way from Delhi.
The title of the show, which has a terrific theme tune, is the answer to the medical question, does it hurt? The patients squabble endlessly- and hilariously- with each other and sometimes the doctor and orderly as well, with the great questions of the day being debated over a barium enema and two pints of fresh blood, please, milkman.
James Bolam plays Roy Figgis, the sort of ‘shop steward’…
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