A Bit of Fry and Laurie was a BBC comedy series produced from 1989 to 1995. It starred Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, two of Britain's leading comic actors.

Fry and Laurie met while students at Cambridge University. They were introduced to each other by Emma Thompson, who appeared with them in the Cambridge Footlights comedy review.

Stephen Fry is a bestselling author as well as a great comic actor. He first became known as "Melchitt" in the various Blackadder series, and is probably best known as the incomparable butler Jeeves in Jeeves and Wooster. He has also portrayed Oscar Wilde in a biopic.

Hugh Laurie has appeared with Stephen Fry in many productions since they met at Cambridge University. Laurie first came to world attention as the "George" characters in the various Blackadder series. He seemed born to play Bertie Wooster, the classic upper class twit character from the P.G. Wodehouse stories.

Hugh Laurie had been concerned about being typecast as the dimwitted type of character he played as Bertie Wooster, but he need not have worried. Laurie is currently starring as the brilliant, but caustic Dr. Gregory House in the hit American medical drama, House MD.

A Bit of Fry and Laurie is a sketch comedy show, with many recurring sketches. Some of them include:

• Tony Murchison and Control - British spy leader Tony Murchison (Laurie), who reports to his coffee-obsessed boss Control (Fry).
• John and Peter - John (Fry) and Peter (Laurie) find themselves in various executive situations (but mostly as operators of a small town health club), where they spout cliches and attempt to overcome the machinations of the evil Marjorie.

Fry and Laurie's comedy features great wit in the finest English tradition. Stephen Fry specialises in portraying sophisticated characters, which can range in temperment from quiet and dainty to loud and bullying. Hugh Laurie seems to be most at home playing confused characters, although he also does "high and mighty" very well.

For anyone who likes British comedy - particularly Blackadder or Jeeves and Wooster, this show is highly recommended. The first two seasons are currently available on DVD.