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A Bit of Fry and Laurie : Season 1
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Air date: 13 Jan '89 - 6 episodesA 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 1989 and 1995. It ran for four series and totalled 26 episodes, including a 35 minute pilot episode in 1987. As in The Two Ronnies, elaborate wordplay and innuendo were staples of its material. It frequently broke the fourth wall; characters would revert into their real-life actors mid-sketch, or the camera would often pan off set into the studio. In addition, the show was punctuated with non-sequitur vox pops in a similar style to those of Monty Python's Flying Circus, often making irrelevant statements, heavily based on wordplay. Laurie was also seen playing piano and a wide variety of other instruments and singing comical numbers.
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List of Episodes (6)
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A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1989)
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1. Episode One
13 Jan '89Sketches include "Mr. Smear Confronts the Headmaster," "Hugh Laurie's Short Poetry Reading," "Politician Insists, 'Stop Breaking into My Car," "SAS Application/Library Books on Cricketers," "Spoon Bender," "Apology," and a barbershop piece called "Bitch Mother Come Light My Bottom" by Sir William (now Lord) Rees-Mogg.
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A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1989)
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2. Episode Two
20 Jan '89Sketches include: "Information Desk," "My Name is Derek Nippl-e," "Flexibility of the English Language," America, "The Richard Morley Interview," "Tony Gives Control a Flash," "The Mouth Organist Gets Reprimanded," "Hands Exercise," and "Peter and John."
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A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1989)
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3. Episode Three
27 Jan '89Includes: * Hugh's Brain * Gordon and Stuart Eat Greek (2nd Gordon & Stuart) * Costume Design * Doctor Tobacco * Open University * Spies Two (2nd Control & Tony) * Special Squad
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A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1989)
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4. Episode Four
03 Feb '89Includes: * Trouser-Competition Introduction * Prize Poem * Awful Smell (Stole My Sketch 1) * Madness * Antique Shop (Stole My Sketch 2) * Spies Three (3rd Control & Tony) * Light Metal (The Bishop & The Warlord) (song) * Bank Loan * Nipples * Inspector Venice (Stole My Sketch 3) * Tomorrow's World
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A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1989)
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5. Episode Five
10 Feb '89Includes: * Lavatories * Critics One * Judge Not * Critics Four * Ignored Teacher * That's It (Silhouettes 1) * Hugh's Favourite Sketch * Critics (heavily edited mixture between Critics Two and Critics Three) * The "Burt" * Christening * Swiss Comedy (Heidi and Johann Smell Just Right)
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A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1989)
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6. Episode Six
17 Feb '89Includes: * Marjorie's Fall * Puppy Appeal * Leave It Out (Silhouettes 2) * Girlfriend's Breasts * Spies Four (4th Control & Tony) * Violence * Chicken * Cocoa * Tony of Plymouth (Sword Fight)
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