Rent A Bit of Fry and Laurie: Series 1 (1989)
3.6 of 5 from 23 ratings
3h 31min
- General info
- Available formats
- All series
- Synopsis:
Stephen Fry (Bright Young Things) and Hugh Laurie (House) were among the most successful acts of the alternative comedy show Saturday Live/Friday Night Live. After a Christmas pilot in 1987, the BBC commissioned a series in 1989. Witty and urbane, Fry and Laurie explored a seemingly inexhaustible list of subjects with a delicious turn of phrase and elaborate wordplay. Regular sketches included insipid MI5 agent Tony Mercheson and his fervently patriotic boss Control; yuppies, John and Peter, intent on "putting Utoxeter on the map - dammit"; Hugh Laurie's razor-sharp music parodies and bizarre mock interviews including the famous 'Photocopying My Genitals With... ' - all punctuated with hilarious vox-pops as 'ordinary members of the public' fired-off such gems as "They'll be saying Hitler's a racist next". For the first time, mainstream audiences enjoyed their emerging talents, and Fry and Laurie would soon take their place among Britain's favourite comedians. - Actors:
- Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Deborah Norton, Mark Arnold, Charles Laurie, Benjamin Whitrow, James Ottaway
- Directors:
- Roger Ordish
- Producers:
- Roger Ordish
- Writers:
- Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
- Studio:
- BBC
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Comedies
