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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.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 3 Episode 3 - Firing
    6.0/10(115 votes)

    #1 - Firing

    S3:E3

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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  2. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 3 Episode 4 - Too Long, Johnny
    6.0/10(114 votes)

    #2 - Too Long, Johnny

    S3:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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  3. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 4 Episode 2 - Steffi is an Angel
    6.0/10(124 votes)

    #3 - Steffi is an Angel

    S4:E2

    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
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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  4. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 4 Episode 6 - The Duke of Northampton
    6.0/10(107 votes)

    #4 - The Duke of Northampton

    S4:E6

    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:Unknown

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  5. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 2 Episode 6 - Dammit Church
    6.3/10(140 votes)

    #5 - Dammit Church

    S2:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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  6. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 3 Episode 1 - Psychiatrists
    6.3/10(130 votes)

    #6 - Psychiatrists

    S3:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 2 Episode 2 - Tideymans Carpets
    6.5/10(142 votes)

    #7 - Tideymans Carpets

    S2:E2

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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  8. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 2 Episode 3 - Over to You
    6.5/10(144 votes)

    #8 - Over to You

    S2:E3

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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  9. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 3 Episode 6 - Devil's Music
    6.5/10(116 votes)

    #9 - Devil's Music

    S3:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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  10. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 1 Episode 2 - America
    7.0/10(214 votes)

    #10 - America

    S1:E2

    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
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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  11. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 1 Episode 3 - Doctor Tobacco
    7.0/10(202 votes)

    #11 - Doctor Tobacco

    S1:E3

    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
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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  12. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 1 Episode 4 - Trouser Competition
    7.0/10(198 votes)

    #12 - Trouser Competition

    S1:E4

    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
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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  13. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 1 Episode 5 - Christening
    7.0/10(188 votes)

    #13 - Christening

    S1:E5

    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
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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  14. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 1 Episode 6 - Marjorie's Fall
    7.0/10(175 votes)

    #14 - Marjorie's Fall

    S1:E6

    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
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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  15. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 2 Episode 1 - Dancercises
    7.0/10(153 votes)

    #15 - Dancercises

    S2:E1

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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  16. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 2 Episode 5 - The Cause
    7.0/10(138 votes)

    #16 - The Cause

    S2:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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  17. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 4 Episode 1 - All We Gotta Do
    7.0/10(123 votes)

    #17 - All We Gotta Do

    S4:E1

    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
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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  18. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 4 Episode 3 - Barman
    7.0/10(113 votes)

    #18 - Barman

    S4:E3

    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:Unknown

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  19. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 4 Episode 4 - Soccer School
    7.0/10(110 votes)

    #19 - Soccer School

    S4:E4

    Stephen and Hugh rap, and wash their hair.

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 4 Episode 5 - Tribunal
    7.0/10(111 votes)

    #20 - Tribunal

    S4:E5

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

    Director:Bob Spiers
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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  21. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 4 Episode 7 - Sophisticated Song
    7.0/10(113 votes)

    #21 - Sophisticated Song

    S4:E7

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 2 Episode 4 - Returning Suits
    7.5/10(141 votes)

    #22 - Returning Suits

    S2:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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  23. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 3 Episode 2 - Petrol Attendants
    7.5/10(121 votes)

    #23 - Petrol Attendants

    S3:E2

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 3 Episode 5 - Countdown
    7.5/10(116 votes)

    #24 - Countdown

    S3:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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  25. A Bit of Fry & Laurie Season 1 Episode 1 - SAS
    7.6/10(270 votes)

    #25 - SAS

    S1:E1

    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
    Writers:Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Firing" is the worst rated episode of "A Bit of Fry & Laurie". It scored 6/10 based on 115 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, it aired on 1/23/1992. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Too Long, Johnny".