Mail on Sunday, April 8th, 2007
In 2007 they stride across the cultural landscape like twin titans: Hugh Laurie, a double Golden Globe Best Actor winner for his role in House, and Stephen Fry, universally in demand as Britain's renaissance man, from novelist to actor-director to awards host. Twenty years ago, they were snapped up by the BBC for a sketch pilot, which in turn led to four series of A Bit Of Fry Laurie. But despite some classic moments this never reached the pantheon of true comedy greats, perhaps because neither Fry nor Laurie was a natural comic, and their humour was cerebral and loquacious. Taking on all 76...
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