Season 1
Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Dec 26, 1987 (36 min)
Pilot episode of the comedy sketch show with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. The duo imagine what life would be like with a privatised police force, take arts criticism to its natural conclusion, and offer their take on Australian soap operas.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jan 13, 1989
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie kick off their eccentric sketch series. Hugh reads a poem and meets an obsequious barber, while Stephen interviews a man who claims to be able to bend spoons.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jan 20, 1989
Two spies discuss a colleague's failed mission, a wealthy man has a disagreement with a beggar, and two over-dramatic businessmen discuss the future of their company.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jan 27, 1989
Two men go out for a meal at a Greek restaurant, a patient gets an unexpected prescription from his doctor, and Stephen has a laugh about an Open University blooper.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Feb 3, 1989
A teacher takes a pupil to task over his prize-winning poem, a drug dealer tries to get a bank loan, and there's a discussion about madness.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Feb 10, 1989
A lawyer cross-examines a witness, an actor reminisces about the people he's worked with over the years, and a couple at a christening can't decide what to name their child.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Feb 17, 1989
A waiter keeps interrupting the punchline of a joke and a care worker in a retirement home brings an objectionable resident his cocoa.
Season 2
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Mar 9, 1990
The first programme of the series of comedy programmes written by and starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, originally shown in March 1990.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Mar 16, 1990
The second in a series of comedy programmes starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. The duo demonstrate how to deal with trick or treaters, a German officer interrogates a British soldier, and the over-dramatic businessmen are back.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Mar 23, 1990
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie revisit some of our favourite sketches in this episode, including the jewellery store where Hugh Laurie becomes rather exasperated.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Mar 30, 1990
More laughter with Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, including a skit on dinner party conversation, and a sketch where a hardman is needed for a very special assignment.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Apr 6, 1990
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.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Apr 13, 1990
The final episode this series of Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry's comedy sketch show. There's a discussion about the concept of beauty and Stephen expounds on his vision of Britain. Nigel Havers and Rowan Atkinson guest-star.
Season 3
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Jan 9, 1992
Comedy sketch series with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, plus guests Nicholas Parsons and Morwenna Banks. A man tells his son of his true identity, while a pint of milk finds itself before a medieval court.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Jan 16, 1992
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie present more eccentric comedy sketches. 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.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Jan 23, 1992
Alternative comedy series with Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry. 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.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Jan 30, 1992
More alternative comedy with droll duo Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. 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.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Feb 6, 1992
Another half-hour of events designed to make you laugh, with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. A reader is disappointed by Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and contestants avoid the obvious on Countdown.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Feb 13, 1992
Last in the third series of comedy sketch programmes starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. 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.
Season 4
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Feb 12, 1995
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie welcome John Bird and Jane Booker to their sketch show. Featuring Hugh's protest song 'All We Gotta Do'.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Feb 19, 1995
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.
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Feb 26, 1995
Imelda Staunton and Clive Mantle guest on Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie's comedy show. 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'.
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Mar 12, 1995
Comedienne Caroline Quentin and actor Patrick Barlow guest star in this episode of the comedy show. Fry and Laurie also rap, and wash their hair.
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Mar 19, 1995
Guests Stephen Moore and Phylidda Law join in the sketches, including a dilemma with a wasp's nest and a parody of the Oprah Winfrey show that resounds with pointless applause.
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Mar 26, 1995
Penultimate episode of the comedy series with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. Featuring a visit to the national finals of the Young Tory of the Year competition and a parody of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads series.
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Apr 2, 1995
Janine Duvitski and Robert Daws join Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry for the final show. A schoolteacher 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.
Specials
Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: Nov 24, 2010 (68 min)
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie reunite on screen for the first time in 15 years to talk about their comedy collaborations and enduring friendship.