Queye TV Tribunal
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
Tribunal
30m
19 March 1995
★ 7
Season 4, Episode 5: A dilemma with a wasp’s nest and a parody of the Oprah Winfrey show that resounds with pointless applause.

Episodes

SAS
Episode 1

SAS

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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America
Episode 2

America

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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Doctor Tobacco
Episode 3

Doctor Tobacco

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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Trouser Competition
Episode 4

Trouser Competition

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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Christening
Episode 5

Christening

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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Marjorie's Fall
Episode 6

Marjorie's Fall

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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Dancercises
Episode 1

Dancercises

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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Tideymans Carpets
Episode 2

Tideymans Carpets

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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Over to You
Episode 3

Over to You

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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Returning Suits
Episode 4

Returning Suits

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

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The Cause
Episode 5

The Cause

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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Dammit Church
Episode 6

Dammit Church

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

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Psychiatrists
Episode 1

Psychiatrists

A man tells his son of his true identity, while a pint of milk finds itself before a medieval court.

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Petrol Attendants
Episode 2

Petrol Attendants

Two former estate agents attempt to run a petrol station, while the language barrier causes problems for a businessman sealing a deal with a foreign colleague.

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Firing
Episode 3

Firing

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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Too Long, Johnny
Episode 4

Too Long, Johnny

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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Countdown
Episode 5

Countdown

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

30m
Devil's Music
Episode 6

Devil's Music

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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All We Gotta Do
Episode 1

All We Gotta Do

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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Steffi is an Angel
Episode 2

Steffi is an Angel

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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Barman
Episode 3

Barman

A man confides in a barman about the state of his marriage, while contestants try to keep it clean on game show parody 'Don't Be Dirty'.

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Soccer School
Episode 4

Soccer School

Stephen and Hugh rap, and wash their hair.

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Tribunal
Episode 5

Tribunal

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

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The Duke of Northampton
Episode 6

The Duke of Northampton

A visit to the national finals of the Young Tory of the Year competition and a parody of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads series.

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Sophisticated Song
Episode 7

Sophisticated Song

A school teacher sets up a new religion, a father tries to talk sense into his son who has played truant for years, and Stephen recites a monologue very quickly.

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