Fry & Laurie
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Are these the greatest comedy double acts of all time?
In a festive episode of BBC Radio 4's Screenshot, Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode look at the history of the double act and its evolution through the decades, speaking to comedy aficionados and performers, including Stephen Fry (no stranger to a comedy double act himself). Here are eight of the greatest pairings ever.
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode, BBC, 21st December 2023Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie reunite for new film
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are reuniting on screen for the first time in more than a decade. Animated film The Canterville Ghost, based on the short story by Oscar Wilde, has been in development for 11 years but is only now in production.
British Comedy Guide, 1st June 2021The show that shaped me: Joel Morris on Fry & Laurie
Stephen and Hugh's barking businessmen saved the Philomena Cunk writer from joining the corporate world.
Joel Morris, Broadcast, 11th April 2019Fry & Laurie sketch going viral, as it sums up Brexit
It's called 'A Good Deal for Britain' and as Times columnist Caitlin Moran pointed out on Twitter, it's the news right now, boiled down into a two and a half minute sketch.
The Poke, 27th November 2018New book to publish unseen Fry & Laurie material
Previously un-seen Fry & Laurie scripts are to be published in Soupy Twists!, a new book about the work of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.
British Comedy Guide, 17th May 2016Hugh Laurie: A bit more Fry & Laurie would be great
Hugh Laurie would "absolutely" like to perform again with his former comedy partner Stephen Fry, but worries the pair are too old for political satire.
BBC News, 23rd June 2013Fry & Laurie Reunited - Review
It wasn't the most in-depth piece of documentary film-making I've ever seen. Though, what it was; was a nice snap-shot of a journey two very diverse men took to get to where they are today.
Comic Book and Movie Reviews, 16th January 2013PG Wodehouse feels like one of the less frequently adapted British literary totems. On one hand, it's surprising, given that his light, deft comedy seems perfect for TV formats. But set against that is Wodehouse's remarkable facility for language - it takes an intrepid writer to attempt to do him justice, and quite a cast too. This, the first TV Wodehouse since Fry & Laurie's 1990s adventures, is underpinned by Timothy Spall's gleeful portrayal of the amiable but befuddled Lord Emsworth, and promises tales of various misadventures involving underfattened pigs, unsuitable suitors and ineffectual fops. It's minor fare but the jauntily affectionate silliness might just get you in the end. Anyone disenchanted by the will-this-do? cynicism of the Downton Christmas special could do worse than give this a go.
Phil Harrison, Time Out, 13th January 2013A bit more Fry & Laurie, please...
Stephen Fry says he and Hugh Laurie are working together again. For F & L superfan Jack Seale, that's enormous news...
Jack Seale, Radio Times, 15th May 2012Video: 20 of Fry & Laurie's best bits
Hurrah, and indeed, huzzah. As either Stephen Fry or Hugh Laurie themselves might say.
Andrea Mann, The Huffington Post, 15th May 2012