A Bit of Fry & Laurie

Name: A Bit of Fry & Laurie
Released: 1989-01-13T08:00:00.000Z
Cast: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Geoff McGivern

TV Show · Comedy

This comedy sketch show is responsible for making former Cambridge University mates Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie household names. It gleefully combines slapstick, Fry’s love of clever wordplay, and Laurie’s musical parodies.

1989 · 29m

Starring Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Geoff McGivern

EPISODE 1

Pilot

The comedy duo imagines what life would be like with a privatised police force and offer their take on Australian soap operas in their first episode, a Christmas special from 1987.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

A man with an unpronounceable name calls on his local constabulary and a weathly man has a disagreement with a begger over the quality of his harmonica playing.
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Fry steals Laurie's brain as a practical joke, but Laurie doesn't notice and two men go out for a meal at a Greek restaurant.
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

A teacher takes a pupil to task over his prize-winning poem, a drug dealer tries to get a bank loan, and there's a discussion about madness.
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

Stephen confuses lavatories with cars, fridges and estate agents. Meanwhile, in court, a woman is cross-examined by a very peculiar Counsel.
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

Hugh and Stephen discuss the important issue of imitative behaviour and violence. Meanwhile, a care worker in a retirement home brings an objectionable resident his cocoa.