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The Best Episodes of Only When I Laugh Season 3

Every episode of Only When I Laugh Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Only When I Laugh Season 3!

The Best Episodes of Only When I Laugh Season 3

Only When I Laugh is an ITV1 sitcom broadcast from 29 October 1979 to 16 December 1982 for four series with seven episodes each, and...
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Only When I Laugh Season 3 Episode 1 - A Day in the Life Of
    6.7/10(32 votes)

    #1 - A Day in the Life Of

    S3:E1

    A TV crew arrive to shadow Thorpe for a day. He has primed Norman to give a glowing report but Norman keeps fluffing his lines, leaving Glover is only too keen to take over.

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  2. Only When I Laugh Season 3 Episode 2 - The Right Honourable Gentleman
    6.6/10(27 votes)

    #2 - The Right Honourable Gentleman

    S3:E2

    Extreme right-wing MP Sir Julian Briggs is admitted to the ward, angering socialist Figgis, though Thorpe is anxious to get him on side as the hospital faces closure.

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  3. Only When I Laugh Season 3 Episode 3 - Adam's Rib
    6.6/10(27 votes)

    #3 - Adam's Rib

    S3:E3

    When new doctor Amy Glossop starts on the ward, Thorpe is initially hostile due to her gender, though both Glover and Norman have fallen in love with her.

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  4. Only When I Laugh Season 3 Episode 4 - Postman's Knock
    7.3/10(28 votes)

    #4 - Postman's Knock

    S3:E4

    Believing that Glover is lonely, Figgis writes an anonymous letter in character as Glover to agony aunt Clare Butterfield, who is annoyed by the writer's arrogance. However, Glover has answered an ad and is expecting a visit from the free-thinking Leonora.

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  5. Only When I Laugh Season 3 Episode 5 - Accident
    6.7/10(27 votes)

    #5 - Accident

    S3:E5

    Norman witnesses an accident outside the hospital gates involving Thorpe and young speed freak Ronnie, though it is the doctor who would appear to be in the wrong when his breath sample proves positive. Figgis and Glover stage a mock trial to get Norman to divulge the truth.

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  6. Only When I Laugh Season 3 Episode 6 - Dear Diary
    6.9/10(32 votes)

    #6 - Dear Diary

    S3:E6

    Norman has been keeping a diary and Figgis and Glover are anxious to see what he's written about them. On stealing the diary, they find that most of the entries are fantasies in which Norman is the brave patient soothing everybody else's nerves, as well as inventing a romance between himself and the notoriously icy Nurse Bradley.

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  8. Only When I Laugh Season 3 Episode 7 - These You Have Loved
    6.5/10(28 votes)

    #7 - These You Have Loved

    S3:E7

    Figgis takes exception to the hospital radio run by nurse Victoria and, when she accidentally leaves her recording equipment, spices things up by taping and broadcasting one of Thorpe's tirades.

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  9. Only When I Laugh Season 3 Episode 8 - Away for Christmas
    5.6/10(38 votes)

    #8 - Away for Christmas

    S3:E8

    On Christmas Eve, the ward gets a new patient, eight year old elected mute Danny, a known arsonist whose parents are abroad. Figgis dresses up as Santa Claus to steal presents for him from the children's ward but is rumbled and has to escape, getting the benefits of kisses from nurses who mistake him for the hospital's other Santa.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"A Day in the Life Of" is the best rated episode of "Only When I Laugh" season 3. It scored 6.7/10 based on 32 votes. Directed by Vernon Lawrence and written by Eric Chappell, it aired on 9/2/1981. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Right Honourable Gentleman".