A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - BBC2 Sketch Show

TV sketch show
BBC Two / BBC One
1987 - 1995
26 episodes (4 series)

A TV sketch show which helped launch the careers of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie and set them on their way to comedy super-stardom. Also features Deborah Norton.

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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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