Saturday Night Fry

Saturday Night Fry was a six part comedy series on BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 1988.

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BBC Radio 4 - 1988

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Hosted by Stephen Fry—accompanied each week by a selection of guests including Jim Broadbent, Emma Thompson, Phyllida Law and longtime collaborator Hugh Laurie—the show took the form of a round table discussion and sketches which veered tangentially from the sublime to the ridiculous.

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Stephen Fry - Jim Broadbent - Emma Thompson - Phyllida Law - Hugh Laurie

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Snippets of classical music were used to mark breaks between items, usually succeeded by Stephen's voice saying, "And as the strains of the fade away we turn to..."

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Although slightly different in format the series could be seen as a direct precursor to A Bit of Fry and Laurie, the 1990 TV Series, which employed a very similar style of humour and wordplay.

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A Bit of Fry and Laurie - 1990

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The signature tune, opening each episode was "Saturday Night Fish Fry" by Louis Jordan.

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There was also a show of the same name running on BBC Radio 4 in 1998, again hosted by Stephen Fry. This was a completely different show, however, being a series of 45 minute serious debates interspersed with the occasional sketch or piece of music.

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