Episode #2.6 (13 Apr. 1990)

Director:

Roger Ordish

Writers:

Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie

Stars:

Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Rowan Atkinson

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Stephen Fry	...	Various Characters
Hugh Laurie	...	Various Characters
Rowan Atkinson	...	Nigel Havers
Nigel Havers	...	Paul Eddington
Ralph Michael	...	Man in Bookstore

Storyline

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Release Date:

13 April 1990 (UK)

Company Credits

User Reviews

Farewell

Season 2 of "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" picks up right where Season 1 left off: our old friends Control, Tony, Peter, and John are back, as are the vox pop crowd. Season 2 features the same witty wordplay, gleeful slapstick, and excellent rapport between the actors. In this season, Stephen and Hugh also do a brief introduction (in character as "themselves") before the sketches begin. These introductions mark the start of Stephen's trademark finger quotes.

This, the final episode of season 2, contains a fair amount of nostalgia. I was really sad to see the last of John, Peter, Tony, and Control. Hugh opens the episode by railing against the powers that be (in his own strange way) and attending his own memorial, and Stephen closes with a rather melancholy meditation on modern Britain. Although this episode is as funny as ever, it left me feeling sad, and relieved that there's a season 3.

The sketches are: Intro: Rage/Hugh Sings "Where is the Lid?"/A Bit of Fry and Laurie (Deceased); Yellow Pages; Beauty of Ideas; Anarchy!; John & Peter Join the Church; Monologue: Hugh's First Kiss; Trying to Borrow a Fiver Off; Control & Tony; Introducing My Grandfather To; Outro: A Vision of Britain.