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A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989 - 1995 7.9 (120 votes) 4 Seasons
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Genres
Comedy
Networks
BBC One
BBC Two
Created By
Hugh Laurie
Stephen Fry

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

Overview

A British comedy television series with turns of phrase and elaborate wordplay, written by and starring former Cambridge Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

Key Crew

Producer: Jon Plowman

Top Cast

Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry

Hugh Laurie
Hugh Laurie

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1989)

No overview available.

6 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: SAS
1989-01-13

Fry as a put upon headmaster and Laurie as a Puritanical parent who wants to exchange his 'soiled' son kicks off the premiere episode. Useful tips for making poetry convenient is followed by a bookshop in which all the books have been edited for greater British glory. Laurie turns in a great performance as a fraudulent psychic, and the duo round out the episode with description of a censored sketch and its boorish replacement.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: America
1989-01-20

Fry is an information stand attendant who knows too much. A man whose last name is the sound of a cigarette lighter dropping on a desk tries to file a police report. A cad of a talk show host gets his desserts. We meet the very pleasant and expositional commander of the M.I.5 and his assistant. The episode ends with an aerobic workout for hands, and a very dramatic corporate takeover.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Doctor Tobacco
1989-01-27

Fry steals Laurie's brain as a practical joke, but Laurie never notices. A pleasant Greek lunch is spoiled by Laurie's insecurity and lack of self-esteem. A tobacconist posing as a doctor prescribes cigarettes. The commander of the M.I.5 and his assistant are back for a chat. Two unwavering detectives demand to know the whereabouts of an unmarried woman's husband.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Trouser Competition
1989-02-03

An episode rife with controversy: several of the sketches are canceled after an audience member demands they are his stolen intellectual property. A teen poet helps his headmaster to accept the head's own repressed longing to express himself in metaphor. The polite M.I.5 boys return, and a young entrepreneur is denied a bank loan for his drug operation. Fry names his nipples, and, with Laurie's help, tells us how a floppy hat can save you from being killed by a bus.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Christening
1989-02-10

As a service to the public, Fry and Laurie provide two TV critics to deride the show. A lesbian-obsessed lawyer, a miserable English teacher, and a young couple who baptize their infant for business reasons provide plenty of fodder for the critics' self-absorbed rambling. As an added bonus, Laurie walks us through his very favorite sketch, and, with Fry's help, celebrates Swiss week.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Marjorie's Fall
1989-02-17

A waiter keeps interrupting the punchline of a joke and a care worker in a retirement home brings an objectionable resident his cocoa.

Runtime: 30 min

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