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  • Actors: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie
  • Directors: Peter Orton, Kevin Bishop (IV), Bob Spiers, Roger Ordish
  • Format: Full Screen, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 5
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 30 Oct 2006
  • Run Time: 767 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000I2IP2K
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,470 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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All four series of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie's witty sketch show. All your favourite characters are present and counted for, including yuppy couple John and Peter and secret agent Tony Mercheson.

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94 of 98 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Damn, double damn, and an extra pint of damn!, 2 Dec 2006
I'd already purchased the first three when this came out, but I got it anyway. There are five discs for four series, with series four comprising two discs, but really, the only thing I can see different is the box; there are no bonuses, unless you count the box.

Series one and two flow into each other quite well with recurring characters such as the yelling promoters of Utoxeter (Daaaaamn!!!) and Tony and Control of MI5, but it seems Fry and Laurie had not expected to continue on to three and four, and so came up with conclusions for many of their regular sketches. Holding this thought, series three has a very different air. For instance, there are more musical segments (like my favorite "Kickin' Ass"), and Mr Music playing out each episode while Stephen Fry mixed a strange (often frightening) concoction. I thought they had found their groove in this series... Only to lose it in series four.

Word is that the series was moved to BBC1, and Fry and Laurie lost much of their creative freedoms. For example, they now had guest stars, such as Caroline Quentin (Men Behaving Badly) and Robert Daws (Jeeves and Wooster), who didn't really play any vital roles. Hugh Laurie did a musical segment in each episode, all of which were wonderful and helped the series like a crutch. While series four was awkward, it still had its moments (usually having nothing to do with the guest stars). Why seven episodes had to be broken into two discs, I don't know.

While series one and two were united by recurring characters, series three and four were connected by Mr Music. But what made this programme "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" (besides Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, duh) were the vox pops between sketches.

This is definitely a must-have for fans of Fry and Laurie.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for fans of british comedy, 15 Jan 2008
By smkemper (Kemper, Brittany) - See all my reviews
I agree with the previous reviews. This box set is a must have.
I've discovered Hugh Laurie only in 2007 (yes, I know....) and saw those sketches in a place you know. If I had never seen the sketches on this place I wouldn't have known they existed.
It's a pleasure to have them all. I just have a complaint : there's no booklet with the titles of the sketches, the titles of the songs (once again, there's a place where you can find them...).
As I'm french, I appreciate the english subtitles.
There's another extra : The Cambridge Footlights review (1982) on disc 2.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Super, top-drawer alternative comedy!, 12 Sep 2008
By Irish Reader (Bastardstown, Republic of Ireland) - See all my reviews
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie are two phenomenally talented comedian/actors. I'd first seen them acting in various episodes of Blackadder. Then one Friday night early in 1989 I stumbled across their first full "Bit of Fry & Laurie" series. From that moment I've been a huge fan!

There's a classic send-up of the OTT drama "Howard's Way", in which a Uttoxeter health-club is run as though it were a huge multi-national! There's hilarious, deliberate bad acting when Tony Merchison (Laurie) works for the Secret Service and reports to his incredibly naïve boss "Control" (Fry). But my personal favourites are the "one-off" sketches; Mr. Nipple is embarrassed about his surname so calls himself "Mr..." then drops a stapler on the table. Gelliant Gutfright tells us the spooky tale of "Pat Ferrick and his red hat". You'll find clever, original dialogue popping up in a Head-teacher's office, in restaurants, on airfields, in courtrooms, at baptismal fonts, around shopping malls and at a myriad of other locations. There's also convincing impersonations of David Coleman, Richard Whitely, Jonathan Ross, Robert Robinson, Henry Kelly and many others...

This tastefully presented boxed-set also contains some bonus material, such as the 1987 "Pilot" plus the 1982 "Cambridge Footlights Review", which includes Tony Slattery and the exceptionally talented Emma Thompson (Hugh Laurie's girlfriend at the time).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Funny funny men!
This is a wonderful Box Set. If you like Fry OR Laurie and have not seen these, or even if you have, owning the set is wonderful. Read more
Published 24 days ago by cosmicsunshine

5.0 out of 5 stars Forgive the pun, oh, there wasn't any...
Wisely played with language, making a pun about just anything and anybody, 'A Bit of Fry and Laurie' makes one of the best comedy shows ever. Read more
Published 5 months ago by F. Klepacki

4.0 out of 5 stars two brilliant comedians' work worth having on your bookshelf
Anyone interested in British comedy and in Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie in particular must want to be in possession of these DVDs. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Andreas Hug

4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining although self-indulgent
I'm generally a fan of both of the stars of this series, having watched much of their work and read most of their books. Read more
Published on 24 Jun 2007 by Jonathan Oakey

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