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The Best Episodes of A Bit of Fry & Laurie

Every episode of A Bit of Fry & Laurie ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of A Bit of Fry & Laurie!

A British comedy television series with turns of phrase and elaborate wordplay, written by and starring former Cambridge Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.
Genre:Comedy

Best Episodes Summary

"Psychiatrists" is the best rated episode of "A Bit of Fry & Laurie". It scored 8.2/10 based on 121 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/9/1992. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Petrol Attendants".

  • Psychiatrists
    8.2/10121 votes
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    #1 - Psychiatrists

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/1992

    A man tells his son of his true identity, while a pint of milk finds itself before a medieval court.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Petrol Attendants
    8.1/10112 votes
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    #2 - Petrol Attendants

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/1992

    Two former estate agents attempt to run a petrol station, while the language barrier causes problems for a businessman sealing a deal with a foreign colleague.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Too Long, Johnny
    8.0/10105 votes
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    #3 - Too Long, Johnny

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/1992

    An elderly man looks for a get well card, a man has trouble asking his wife to pass him the marmalade at breakfast, and there's the scary tale of the Red Hat of Patferrick.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

  • Sophisticated Song
    8.0/10105 votes
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    #4 - Sophisticated Song

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 4/2/1995

    A school teacher sets up a new religion, a father tries to talk sense into his son who has played truant for years, and Stephen recites a monologue very quickly.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dancercises
    7.9/10142 votes
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    #5 - Dancercises

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/9/1990

    By and with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. The first of a new experimental series in which Stephen Fry will be played by Hugh Laurie and Hugh Laurie will be played by Stephen Fry. The part of A Bit will be played by And and the part of Of will be played by Paddy Ashdown. The BBC takes no responsibility for articles of clothing removed on the premises.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

  • Tideymans Carpets
    7.9/10131 votes
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    #6 - Tideymans Carpets

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/16/1990

    The duo demonstrate how to deal with trick or treaters, a German officer interrogates a British soldier, and the over-dramatic businessmen are back.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

  • Over to You
    7.9/10131 votes
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    #7 - Over to You

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/23/1990

    Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie revisit some of our favourite sketches in this episode, including the jewellery store where Hugh Laurie becomes rather exasperated.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

  • Countdown
    7.9/10107 votes
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    #8 - Countdown

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/6/1992

    A reader is disappointed by Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and contestants avoid the obvious on Countdown.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

  • Devil's Music
    7.9/10107 votes
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    #9 - Devil's Music

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/1992

    Two men with no experience of flying go up in a light aircraft, a bishop and part-time heavy metal singer finds himself in court, and two pedantic customers make life difficult for a waitress.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

  • Barman
    7.9/10105 votes
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    #10 - Barman

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 2/26/1995

    A man confides in a barman about the state of his marriage, while contestants try to keep it clean on game show parody 'Don't Be Dirty'.

    Director: Bob Spiers

    Writer: N/A

  • America
    7.8/10198 votes
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    #11 - America

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/20/1989

    Fry is an information stand attendant who knows too much. A man whose last name is the sound of a cigarette lighter dropping on a desk tries to file a police report. A cad of a talk show host gets his desserts. We meet the very pleasant and expositional commander of the M.I.5 and his assistant. The episode ends with an aerobic workout for hands, and a very dramatic corporate takeover.

    Director: Roger Ordish

    Writer: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

  • The Cause
    7.8/10125 votes
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    #12 - The Cause

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/6/1990

    A doctor breaks bad news to a patient, the duo poke fun at former Tory MP Rhodes Boyson, and Paul Eddington guest stars in a sketch set in a restaurant.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

  • Firing
    7.8/10106 votes
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    #13 - Firing

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/1992

    A man gets more than he bargained for when he goes to buy a pair of shoes and the Department are on the lookout for a missing file.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

  • Steffi is an Angel
    7.8/10116 votes
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    #14 - Steffi is an Angel

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 2/19/1995

    Anne Charleston, Kevin McNally and Fiona Gillies join in the fun with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. A man recounts a childhood memory to his therapist and Hugh sings about his love for Steffi Graf.

    Director: Bob Spiers

    Writer: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

  • Doctor Tobacco
    7.7/10185 votes
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    #15 - Doctor Tobacco

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/27/1989

    Fry steals Laurie's brain as a practical joke, but Laurie never notices. A pleasant Greek lunch is spoiled by Laurie's insecurity and lack of self-esteem. A tobacconist posing as a doctor prescribes cigarettes. The commander of the M.I.5 and his assistant are back for a chat. Two unwavering detectives demand to know the whereabouts of an unmarried woman's husband.

    Director: Roger Ordish

    Writer: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry

  • Trouser Competition
    7.7/10179 votes
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    #16 - Trouser Competition

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/3/1989

    An episode rife with controversy: several of the sketches are canceled after an audience member demands they are his stolen intellectual property. A teen poet helps his headmaster to accept the head's own repressed longing to express himself in metaphor. The polite M.I.5 boys return, and a young entrepreneur is denied a bank loan for his drug operation. Fry names his nipples, and, with Laurie's help, tells us how a floppy hat can save you from being killed by a bus.

    Director: Roger Ordish

    Writer: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry

  • Christening
    7.7/10170 votes
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    #17 - Christening

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/10/1989

    As a service to the public, Fry and Laurie provide two TV critics to deride the show. A lesbian-obsessed lawyer, a miserable English teacher, and a young couple who baptize their infant for business reasons provide plenty of fodder for the critics' self-absorbed rambling. As an added bonus, Laurie walks us through his very favorite sketch, and, with Fry's help, celebrates Swiss week.

    Director: Roger Ordish

    Writer: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry

  • Marjorie's Fall
    7.7/10160 votes
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    #18 - Marjorie's Fall

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/17/1989

    A waiter keeps interrupting the punchline of a joke and a care worker in a retirement home brings an objectionable resident his cocoa.

    Director: Roger Ordish

    Writer: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry

  • Dammit Church
    7.7/10129 votes
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    #19 - Dammit Church

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 4/13/1990

    A discussion about the concept of beauty and Stephen expounds on his vision of Britain.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

  • All We Gotta Do
    7.7/10114 votes
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    #20 - All We Gotta Do

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 2/12/1995

    Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie welcome John Bird and Jane Booker to their sketch show. Featuring Hugh's protest song 'All We Gotta Do'.

    Director: Bob Spiers

    Writer: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

  • Soccer School
    7.7/10103 votes
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    #21 - Soccer School

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 3/5/1995

    Stephen and Hugh rap, and wash their hair.

    Director: Bob Spiers

    Writer: N/A

  • Tribunal
    7.7/10103 votes
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    #22 - Tribunal

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 3/19/1995

    A dilemma with a wasp’s nest and a parody of the Oprah Winfrey show that resounds with pointless applause.

    Director: Bob Spiers

    Writer: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

  • The Duke of Northampton
    7.7/10100 votes
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    #23 - The Duke of Northampton

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 3/26/1995

    A visit to the national finals of the Young Tory of the Year competition and a parody of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads series.

    Director: Bob Spiers

    Writer: N/A

  • SAS
    7.6/10242 votes
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    #24 - SAS

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/13/1989

    Fry as a put upon headmaster and Laurie as a Puritanical parent who wants to exchange his 'soiled' son kicks off the premiere episode. Useful tips for making poetry convenient is followed by a bookshop in which all the books have been edited for greater British glory. Laurie turns in a great performance as a fraudulent psychic, and the duo round out the episode with description of a censored sketch and its boorish replacement.

    Director: Roger Ordish

    Writer: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry

  • Returning Suits
    7.5/10129 votes
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    #25 - Returning Suits

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/30/1990

    A skit on dinner party conversation and a sketch where a hard man is needed for a very special assignment.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie