Fry and Laurie
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| Fry and Laurie | |
|---|---|
| Medium | Television, film, radio |
| Nationality | English |
| Years active | 1981–2010 (intermittent since early 1990s) |
| Genres | Sketch comedy Character comedy |
| Subject(s) | Class relations British culture |
| Notable works and roles | A Bit of Fry & Laurie Jeeves and Wooster Blackadder |
Fry and Laurie are a successful English comedy double act, mostly active in the 1980s and 1990s. The duo consisted of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, who met in 1980 through mutual friend Emma Thompson whilst all three attended the University of Cambridge. They initially gained prominence in a television sketch show, A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1987, 1989–1995), and have collaborated on numerous other projects including, most notably, the television series Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993) in which they portrayed P. G. Wodehouse's literary characters Jeeves (Fry) and Wooster (Laurie).
Since the conclusion of A Bit of Fry and Laurie, both have gone on to have successful solo careers in television, acting and writing, amongst other things, though they still remain friends. They reunited for a retrospective show in 2010 titled Fry and Laurie Reunited. On 14 May 2012, Fry announced on Twitter that he and Laurie are working together on a new project.[1] Various press sources have since announced that it is to be an adaptation of The Canterville Ghost (1887) by Oscar Wilde and had been scheduled for release over Christmas 2014,[2] but this animated film is still reported by IMDb to be in pre-production as of December 2014 and scheduled for release in 2016.[3]
Contents
Collaborations
Television programmes
- Cambridge Footlights Revue (1981) (BBC2)
- There's Nothing to Worry About! (1982)
- Alfresco (1983) (ITV)
- The Crystal Cube (1983) (BBC2)
- The Young Ones (1984) (BBC2) (appearing in the episode "Bambi")
- Weekend In Wallop (1984) (ITV)
- Saturday Live (1986) (C4)
- Blackadder II (1986) (BBC1) (two episodes together)
- Filthy Rich & Catflap (1987) (BBC2) (appearing in the second episode)
- First Aids (1987) (ITV)
- Blackadder the Third (1987) (BBC1) (one episode together)
- The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (1987) (ITV)
- A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1987 pilot, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995) (BBC2, BBC1)
- Hysteria! Hysteria! Hysteria! (1988)
- Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) (BBC1)
- The New Statesman (appearing in the episode "The Haltemprice Bunker") (1989)
- A Night Of Comic Relief 2 (1989) (BBC1)
- Blackadder Goes Forth (1989) (BBC1)
- The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball (1989) (ITV)
- Hysteria 2 (1989) (C4)
- Jeeves and Wooster (1990–93) (ITV)
- Comic Relief - 1991 (1991) (BBC1)
- Hysteria III (1991) (C4)
- Fry and Laurie Host A Christmas Night with the Stars (1994) (BBC2)
- Live from the Lighthouse (1998)
- The Nearly Complete And Utter History Of Everything (2000) (BBC1)
- Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999) (Sky One)
- Fortysomething (2003) (one show together)
- QI (2003) (BBC2) (one episode together)
- Fry and Laurie Reunited (2010) (Gold)
- Fry and Laurie worked with magician and sceptic James Randi on an episode of Randi's British television show.[4]
Films
- Peter's Friends (1992)
- Spiceworld (1997) (cameos)
Radio shows
- Saturday Night Fry on BBC Radio 4 in 1988 (five shows together)
- Whose Line is it Anyway? on BBC Radio 4 in 1988 (one show together)
Published materials
- Published television scripts
- A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1990)
- A Bit More Fry & Laurie (1991)
- 3 Bits of Fry & Laurie (1992)
- Fry & Laurie Bit No. 4 (1995)
Miscellaneous
Fry and Laurie have also appeared together in various television advertisements, interviews, audio books and other projects.
References
- ↑ Tweet dated 14 May 2012
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