Episode #4.2

Name: Episode #4.2
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1995-02-19
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Fiona Gillies

Episode aired Feb 19, 1995
TV-PGTV-PG
30min

S4.E2

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.

7.7/10

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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.

Genre
- Comedy
Certificate
- TV-PG
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

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
(uncredited)
Written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Performed by Kevin McNally

Top review

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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