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

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

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