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    A Bit of Fry and Laurie

    Episode #4.2

    • Episode aired Feb 19, 1995
    • TV-PGTV-PG
    • 30min
    IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    96
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    Hugh Laurie in A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1987)
    Comedy

    The quiz show Going for Gold is spoofed in a new version titled 'English People Appear to be the Most Ignorant in Europe'. Hugh performs a special song dedicated to the tennis player Steffi ... Read allThe quiz show Going for Gold is spoofed in a new version titled 'English People Appear to be the Most Ignorant in Europe'. Hugh performs a special song dedicated to the tennis player Steffi Graf.The quiz show Going for Gold is spoofed in a new version titled 'English People Appear to be the Most Ignorant in Europe'. Hugh performs a special song dedicated to the tennis player Steffi Graf.

    IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
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    • Director
      • Bob Spiers
    • Writers
      • Stephen Fry
      • Hugh Laurie
    • Stars
      • Stephen Fry
      • Hugh Laurie
      • Fiona Gillies
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    • Director
      • Bob Spiers
    • Writers
      • Stephen Fry
      • Hugh Laurie
    • Stars
      • Stephen Fry
      • Hugh Laurie
      • Fiona Gillies
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    Stephen Fry
    Stephen Fry
    • Various Charactersas Various Characters
    Hugh Laurie
    Hugh Laurie
    • Various Charactersas Various Characters
    Fiona Gillies
    Fiona Gillies
    • Selfas Self
    Kevin McNally
    Kevin McNally
    • Selfas Self
    Anne Charleston
    Anne Charleston
    Rowland Rivron
    • Self (drummer)as Self (drummer)
    • Director
      • Bob Spiers
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      • Stephen Fry
      • Hugh Laurie
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    The quiz show Going for Gold is spoofed in a new version titled 'English People Appear to be the Most Ignorant in Europe'. Hugh performs a special song dedicated to the tennis player Steffi Graf.
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      • Comedy
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      • TV-PG
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    • Trivia
      In one of the episode's vox pops, Stephen Fry plays a depressed man who describes the suicide method which would be attempted by Fry hours after the episode's air date, 19 February 1995. Fry describes his suicide attempt in the opening of Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive (2006).
    • Quotes

      Stephen: I think animal testing is a terrible idea. They get all nervous and give silly answers.

    • Connections
      References Blue Peter (1958)
    • Soundtracks
      Rocket Man
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      Written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin

      Performed by Kevin McNally

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    5/10
    Mediocre episode
    The first three seasons of "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" were highly enjoyable - hilarious, clever, inventive sketches performed to perfection by the gleeful duo Fry and Laurie. The fourth season, however, gets off to a disappointing start. I've heard that the show moved to a different channel for this season, and thus had access to more funding and different standards. That may explain why season 4 starts off on such a different tack from the previous 19 episodes.

    Episode 2, like episode 1, features underused guest stars and poorly-planned sketches. Fry and Laurie appear to have trouble adjusting to writing for four actors instead of two. (Luckily, the show gets back into its hilarious groove in episode 4.3.)

    The sketches are: Cold Open: Hamper (Hugh); Intro: Hugh's Head Wound (Hugh & Stephen); Child's Therapist (Stephen & Hugh); Guests: Kevin McNally & Fiona Gillis; The Local News at Ten-Thirty-Three and a Bit (Stephen & Hugh); English People Appear to be the Most Ignorant in Europe (all four actors); Hugh Sings "Steffi Graf" (Hugh); The Lover's Helper Cassette (Fiona & Kevin); Fascism (Hugh & Kevin); Lovers' Reunion (Fiona, Stephen, & Hugh); A Sketch in a Hospital (all four actors); Cocktail: A Long, Confident Suck (all four).
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    • Release date
      • February 19, 1995 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • England, UK
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      • 30min
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      • Mono

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