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A Bit of Fry & Laurie

Release

13 Jan 1989

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Production

BBC OneBBC Two

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.

Series 1

Air Date:14 Jan 1989
Available

Seasons

4 Seasons and a Special Season

Series 1

Series 1

Series 2

Series 2

Series 3

Series 3

Series 4

Series 4

SAS

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:30m
Air Date:14 Jan 1989Available

Episodes of Series 1

6 episodes

EP 1
EP 2
EP 3
EP 4
EP 5
EP 6
S1 E1