A Bit of Fry and Laurie
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

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    Hugh meets an obsequious barber and chooses a suitably short poem for the modern reader who's pushed for time, while Stephen interviews a man who claims to be able to bend spoons.
    29m
  • 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.
    29m
  • 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.
    28m
  • 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.
    29m
  • 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.
    29m
  • 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.
    25m

Box Set

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Cast & Crew

  • Hugh Laurie
    Various Characters
  • Stephen Fry
    Various Characters
  • G‌M
    Geoff McGivern
    Actor
  • Kevin Bishop
    Producer
  • N‌S
    Nick Symons
    Producer
  • R‌O
    Roger Ordish
    Producer
  • Stephen Fry
    Writer
  • Hugh Laurie
    Writer
  • Stephen Fry
    Creator
  • Hugh Laurie
    Creator

About

A Bit of Fry and Laurie

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.

Information

Studio
BritBox
Released
1989
Rated
14+
Region of Origin
United Kingdom
© 1989 BBC

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Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio

English (United States) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United Kingdom) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
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