Box set: A Bit Of Fry & Laurie The Complete Collection

A Bit Of Fry And Laurie: Season 2

BBC Home Video (1990)

Comedy

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Plot

A Bit Of Fry And Laurie was witty and sophisticated entertainment of consistently high quality, with an old-fashioned revue-type atmosphere and oddly 'British' sketches that rejoiced in literary turns of phrase and elaborate wordplay. The delicate innuendos, coupled with Fry's ability to suggest hidden meanings in everyday phrases, gave the impression that bubbling below the innocent surface were lewd undercurrents threatening to burst through, although they never did. To add to this mix, Hugh Laurie demonstrated his keyboard talents with parodies of musical genres.

Cast

	Stephen Fry	Various Roles
	Hugh Laurie	Various Roles
	Bit of Fry & Laurie
	Jacqui Boatswain
	Chantelle
	Paulette Minott
	John Kyriacou
	Matthew Shoobridge
	Maria Aitken
	Ralph Michael
	Anne Reid
	Eileen Maciejewska
	Geoffrey McGivern

Crew

Director

Peter Orton
Kevin Bishop

Producer

Roger Ordish

Writer

Stephen Fry

Musician

Philip Pope

Episodes

Disc 01

1

Episode One

30 mins 09/03/1990

Stephen and Hugh incorporate the song Time, Where Did You Go? and ""Dancersize"" in their opening gambit. Sketches include ""Hardware Store,"" ""Peter and John #2,"" ""Letter to Stephen's Grandfather,"" ""Arthur Meets the Psychiatrist,"" ""The Sportscasters Cover Everyday Life,"" ""Control and Tony Talk About Lies,"" ""Hugh Interviews 'Michael Jackson.'""

Director: Roger Ordish

Writer: Stephen Fry / Hugh Laurie

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Episode Two

30 mins 16/03/1990

The BBC must find new places for funding. Thus this episode is sponsored by Tideyman's Carpets, which ingratiates itself in almost all the sketches: ""The Spillage That Wasn't,"" ""Control Talks of the Open Window,"" ""A Right Way and a Wrong Way to Deal with Trick-or-Treaters,"" ""The Tideyman's Test,"" ""Piano Standards,"" ""Nazi Interrogates Englsih Major,"" ""John and Peter #3,"" and ""The Improvised End Sketch.""

Director: Roger Ordish

Writer: Stephen Fry / Hugh Laurie

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Episode Three

30 mins 23/03/1990

Fry and Laurie have gags over their mouths to protests the censors' ban on traditional swearwords. Thus Fry and Laurie create new swearwords for their sketches: ""Testimony,"" Over to You, ""The Jeweller's Shop,"" ""Girlfriends,"" ""Mystery Object,"" ""Westminster Society,"" ""Peter and John #4,"" and ""What People Find Funny.""

Director: Roger Ordish

Writer: Stephen Fry / Hugh Laurie

4

Episode Four

30 mins 30/03/1990

Fry and Laurie want to be big enough for Marlon Brando to notice them. Thus come the sketches: Dinner with Digby, ""Department Store Changes,"" ""Interrogation in the Car,"" ""An Elf or a Pixie,"" ""Peter and John #5,"" ""The Robert Robinsons,"" ""Control's Telescupe,"" and the ""Bigometer Update.""

Director: Roger Ordish

Writer: Stephen Fry / Hugh Laurie

5

Episode Five

30 mins 06/04/1990

Includes: MBE Introduction, This is Dominic Appleguard, Rhodes Boysons, Amputated Genitals, The Cause (1st Jack & Freddy/Neddy), (3rd Gordon & Stuart), Where Eagles Dare.

Director: Roger Ordish

Writer: Stephen Fry / Hugh Laurie

6

Episode Six

30 mins 13/04/1990

Includes: Satire/Tribute ("Where is the Lid?" song), Yellow Pages, Beauty and Ideas (Continued from Series One's "Language Conversation"), Anarchy, Dammit Church (6th John & Peter), First Kiss, Borrowing A Fiver Off, Spies/Firing (8th Control & Tony), Introducing My Grandfather To.., A Vision of Britain, Wrong Directions (follows the end credits).

Director: Roger Ordish

Writer: Stephen Fry / Hugh Laurie

Edition Details

Series	A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Release Date	2006
Packaging	Custom Case
No. of Disks/Tapes	1

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