A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - BBC2 Sketch Show - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

A Bit Of Fry & Laurie. Image shows from L to R: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry

Genre

Sketch Show

Broadcast

1987 - 1995

Channels

BBC 2, BBC 1

Episodes

26 (1 pilot + 4 series)

Stars

Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and Deborah Norton

Writers

Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie

Directors

Kevin Bishop, Bob Spiers and Roger Ordish

Producers

Roger Ordish, Jon Plowman, Nick Symons and Kevin Bishop

Company

A sketch series starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

The sketches in "A Bit Of Fry & Laurie" (note the quotation marks) often involved mocking the posh, the upper classes, espionage and the moneyed.

The show featured a only a few recurring characters, such as Peter and John, the yuppie-like owners of a health centre in Utoxeter (Damn it!), the insipid spies Tony Merchenson and Control, and Tony Inch-Practice host of such chat shows as Photocopying My Genitals With....

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First broadcast

Saturday 26th December 1987 at 11:55pm on BBC One

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