A Bit of Fry & Laurie was a British television sketch comedy show, starring and written by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, broadcast by the BBC between 1989 and 1995. Running for four series, it totalled 26 episodes (including a 36-minute special in 1987).
The following is a list of episodes of the programme and the sketches in each one.
Pilot (26 December 1987) Customs Camera Holiday Photographs Problems around the Eye Area The Privatisation of the Police Force Critics ("Argue the Toss", "Up the Arts", "Oh No, Not Another One") Deodorant - William Wegman from "Selected Video Works 1970-78" "How Lovely I Was" Soup/Suit Mystery (song) You Can't Make an Omelette without Breaking Eggs (1st Gordon & Stuart) The word, "Gay" Toy Car Showroom Tales of War Australian Soap Opera
Series one (1989) Episode 1 (13 January 1989) Parent Power Hugh's Poem Young People SAS The West Indies: A Nation of Cricketers Spoonbending with Mr Nude Censored Haircut Episode 2 (20 January 1989) Information Sound Name (Derek Nippl-e) Language Conversation (Continued in Series Two's "Beauty and Ideas") America (song) Chatshow Spies One (1st Control & Tony) Beggar Hand Exercise Troubleshooters (1st John & Peter) Episode 3 (27 January 1989) Hugh's Brain Gordon and Stuart Eat Greek (2nd Gordon & Stuart) Costume Design Doctor Tobacco Open University Spies Two (2nd Control & Tony) Special Squad Episode 4 (3 February 1989) 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 Episode 5 (10 February 1989) 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) The "Burt" Christening Swiss Comedy (Heidi and Johann Smell Just Right) Episode 6 (17 February 1989) 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)
Series two (1990) Episode 1 (9 March 1990) Time Where Did You Go (Introduction/Dancercises) Flushed Grollings Dammit 1 (2nd John & Peter) Fast Talker Grandfather's Things Psychiatrist Commentators Spies/Pulse (5th Control & Tony) "Michael Jackson" performing Move It On Out Girl Episode 2 (16 March 1990) Tideymans Carpets Introduction/The Spillage That Wasn't (Tideymans) Spies/Pigeons (6th Control & Tony) Trick or Treat (Tideymans) Play It Again, Sam Major Donaldson Dammit 2 (3rd John & Peter) (Tideymans) "Improvised" Sketch/First Lines (Tideymans) Episode 3 (23 March 1990) Swearing Witness Over to You Jewellery Hugh's Girlfriends Mystery Objects Society Dammit 4 (4th John & Peter) Bottom Fondling Episode 4 (30 March 1990) "Big" Introduction Dinner With Digby Returning suits Hard Man's Record (1st Alan) Small Talk Dammit Lavatories (5th John & Peter) The Robert Robinsons Spies/Telescope (7th Control & Tony) Stephen and Hugh become big/"A Bit of Little & Large" Episode 5 (6 April 1990) MBE Introduction This is Dominic Appleguard Rhodes Boysons Amputated Genitals The Cause (1st Jack & Freddy/Neddy) (3rd Gordon & Stuart) Where Eagles Dare Episode 6 (13 April 1990) 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)
Series three (1992) Episode 1 (9 January 1992) A Word, Timothy Very Upset Love Me Tender (song) (serenading Nicholas Parsons) Milk Pot The Department (2nd Alan) Stephen's Song (song) Psychiatrists Cocktail Ending: Whiskey Thunder Episode 2 (16 January 1992) Condom Quickie Embassy Ampersands Duel There Ain't But One Way (Kickin' Ass) Song (song) Petrol Attendants Jobs European Deal Cocktail Ending 1: A Slow Snog with a Distant Relative Episode 3 (23 January 1992) We Haven't Met Names The Other Department (3rd Alan) Hey Jude (song) The Day I Forgot My Legs Firing Question of Sport Balloon-o! Shoe Shop (1st Mr Dalliard) Cocktail Ending: Everything in the Till and No Sudden Moves
The 'Hey Jude' sketch was not included on the Region 1 DVD release due to rights restrictions. The sketch remained intact on the Region 2 DVD, as well as on the streaming services Netflix and BritBox.