6.9/1043 votes#1 - A Bed With A View
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/29/1979
Norman arrives at the ward and is given the bed next to the window. A game of musical beds ensues as Figgis and Archie want it too...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1032 votes
#2 - Operation Norman
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/5/1979
Norman's due for his appendix operation and is rather upset about it. He turns to Figgis for comfort in his hour of need...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1033 votes
#3 - The Rumour
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/12/1979
Thorpe is waiting for an important call from his wife as Victor, their dog, is seriously ill. Gupte misunderstands, thinking Victor is the Thorpes' son (actually named Tarquin); Figgis, smoking in a lavatory cubicle, overhears the resultant conversation and assumes that they are talking about him and that he is going to die. As the situation develops, both Norman and then Glover think they are under the shadow of death. When Gupte tells Glover he may be sent home at the end of the week, Glover decides to phone his hated boss and tell him exactly what he thinks of him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1028 votes
#4 - The Man With The Face
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/1979
Archie's lothario-like tendencies are coming back to haunt him when he's convinced he's being stalked by a Greek madman for besmirching his fiancée...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1028 votes
#5 - Let Them Eat Cake
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/1979
There's a lot of disatisfaction with the food being served in the hospital. The trio can stand the daily menu no longer and go on hunger strike. What they hadn't bargained for, however, was how hungry they would get...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1027 votes
#6 - Tangled Web
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/3/1979
Norman is reading a book about a pretty nurse when one actually comes onto the ward.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1029 votes
#7 - Is There A Doctor In The House?
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/10/1979
Fed up with lying in bed all day, Figgis gets hold of his outdoor clothes and sets off for a wander around the hospital. Naturally, he is mistaken for a doctor.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Only When I Laugh Season 1
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Only When I Laugh is a British television sitcom. It is set in the ward of an NHS hospital. The title is the answer to...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ITV1
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"A Bed With A View" is the best rated episode of "Only When I Laugh" season 1. It scored 6.9/10 based on 43 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/29/1979. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Operation Norman".