A Bit of Fry and Laurie 35 years old

A Bit of Fry and Laurie

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 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.

Credits

Cast

Name Character
Phyllida Law She was 56 , now 91 years old
Kevin McNally He was 32 , now 68 years old
Hugh Laurie He was 29 , now 64 years old
Rowan Atkinson He was 34 , now 69 years old
Stephen Fry He was 31 , now 66 years old
Imelda Staunton She was 33 , now 68 years old
Caroline Quentin She was 28 , now 63 years old
Anne Reid She was 53 , now 88 years old
Robert Daws He was 29 , now 64 years old
Janine Duvitski She was 37 , now 72 years old
Nigel Havers He was 37 , now 72 years old
Clive Mantle He was 31 , now 66 years old
Camille Coduri She was 23 , now 59 years old
Patrick Barlow He was 41 , now 77 years old
Deborah Norton She was 46 , now 81 years old
John Bird He was 280 , 67 years old when he died
Dimitri Andreas

Crew

Name Job title
Bob Spiers Directing He was 43 , 63 years old when he died Director
Hugh Laurie Writing He was 29 , now 64 years old Writer
A Bit of Fry and Laurie poster
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (35 years)

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  • First Air Date: 1989-01-13
  • Runtime: [30] minutes
  • Number of Episodes: 25