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A Bit of Fry and Laurie

1987 • BBC
4.6
29 reviews
15
Rating
Eligible

Season 4 episodes (7)

1 Episode 1
2/12/95
Stephen and Hugh present their Comedy Charter, to ensure that all jokes arrive on time and are of sufficient quality. 'It's a Wonderful Life' is retold with the story of a powerful media mogul named Rupert and a brutal murder takes place over a flat tonic water.
2 Episode 2
2/19/95
The quiz show Going for Gold is spoofed in a new version titled 'English People Appear to be the Most Ignorant in Europe'. Hugh performs a special song dedicated to the tennis player Steffi Graf and a young couple take the advice from their Lover's Helper video a bit too literally.
3 Episode 3
2/26/95
Stephen and Hugh are joined by special guests Clive Mantle and Imelda Staunton to discuss everything from getting drunk to opening supermarkets. Stephen tosses a salad as he expresses his anger about a Shakespeare play he watched at the Royal National Theatre.
4 Episode 4
3/5/95
Hugh performs a rap song about being nice to an old lady on the bus and Stephen puts forward his idea for growing a small but attractive town in garden in his freshly washed hair. The show closes with Hugh playing the piano as Stephen mixes his latest cocktail creation 'A Quick One for you Stephen'.
5 Episode 5
3/19/95
In a parody of the Oprah Winfrey Show a woman confesses the problems she's been having with low self-esteem and receives a pointless round of applause. Guests Stephen Moore and Phyllida Law join in some of the sketches including a dilemma with a wasps nest.
6 Episode 6
3/26/95
The Young Tory of the Year National finals are taking place with contestants including Andrew Treadgold, who is reading Bigotry and Libertarian Nonsense at Exeter University. Hugh receives a death threat and Stephen warns him that it might not be safe for him to do his song.
7 Episode 7
4/2/95
Hugh sings a special song about sophistication and Stephen delivers a monologue at extremely high speed. Meanwhile, a school truant explains that he hasn't been to school in four years because he's been playing a computer game, he's on level nine though.

About this show

Written by and starring former Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, with Deborah Norton as everyone else, this sketch show brings to life a wonderful collection of truly eccentric characters in a world that mixes subtle word play with slapstick humour.

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