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The Best Episodes Written By Hugh Laurie

Every TV Episode Written by Hugh Laurie Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

  1. 7.8/10(5 votes)

    #1 - 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.

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    Director:Roger Ordish
  2. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Returning Suits

    S2:E4

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

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    Director:N/A
  3. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Countdown

    S3:E5

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

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  4. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - 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.

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  5. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - 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.

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  6. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - 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'.

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    Director:Bob Spiers
  7. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Tribunal

    S4:E5

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

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    Director:Bob Spiers
  8. 6.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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    Director:Roger Ordish
  9. 6.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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    Director:Roger Ordish
  10. 6.5/10(1 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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    Director:Roger Ordish
  11. 6.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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    Director:Roger Ordish
  12. 6.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - 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.

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    Director:Roger Ordish
  13. 6.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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  14. 6.5/10(1 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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  15. 6.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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  16. 6.3/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Dammit Church

    S2:E6

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

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  17. 6.3/10(6 votes)

    #17 - Episode 3

    S1:E3

    As Frankie and Bobby dig deeper, they begin to uncover a dark conspiracy. Will they finally find the meaning behind that fateful question?

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    Director:Hugh Laurie
  18. 6.2/10(6 votes)

    #18 - Episode 1

    S1:E1

    Along the rugged Welsh coastline, Bobby Jones finds a dying man at the bottom of the cliffs. As Bobby tries to ease his final moments, the dying man utters a mysterious question.

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    Director:Hugh Laurie
  19. 6.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - 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.

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  20. 6.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - 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.

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  21. 6.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - 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.

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    Director:Bob Spiers
  22. 6.0/10(6 votes)

    #22 - Episode 2

    S1:E2

    Following a shocking death thought to be suicide, Bobby and Frankie are convinced it was murder. Together, they hatch a plan to infiltrate Frankie into the home of their prime suspect.

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    Director:Hugh Laurie

Hugh Laurie Ratings Summary

"SAS" is the best rated episode written by Hugh Laurie. It scored 7.8/10 based on 5 votes. It was directed by Roger Ordish. It aired on 1/13/1989 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Returning Suits".