A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989)

Genre

comedy television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

4 seasons, 25 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 131 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a British sketch comedy show written by and starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. It features wordplay, innuendo, and characters who break the fourth wall or drop their roles mid-scene. The sketches are punctuated with random vox pops and musical comedy numbers.

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What happens

A Bit of Fry & Laurie is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring former Cambridge Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, broadcast on both BBC1 and BBC2 between 13 January 1989 and 2 April 1995. It ran for four series with 26 episodes, including a 36-minute pilot episode on 26 December 1987. As in The Two Ronnies, elaborate wordplay and innuendo were staples. It frequently broke the fourth wall; characters would revert to their real-life actors mid-sketch, or the camera would often pan off set into the studio. The show was punctuated with non sequitur vox pops in a style similar to those of Monty Python's Flying Circus, often making irrelevant statements and wordplay. Laurie was also seen playing piano and other instruments and singing comical numbers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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