Hugh appeared on several charitable benefit programs in the UK during the
1980s and 90s. Some of these programs were released on VHS or DVD (most in the
UK and now out of print); others are only available as aging VHS recordings of
over-the-air (OTA) broadcasts. Fortunately some fellow fans have provided copies
of their recordings and permission to post AVI conversions.
|
Program |
Aired |
Description |
File Size (MB) |
Links |
|
Secret Policeman's Third Ball |
1987 |
3:04 "Hedge
Sketch" featuring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. The video is a bit jittery in
places, but worth a look as this was not included on the "Comedy" VHS
released by Virgin. captured from OTA
VHS recording supplied by Tourmaline. |
23.6 |
AVI
screencaps |
| 4:56 segment with
Fry & Laurie presenting an award to "Jim" Cleese. More or
less... let's just say that I wouldn't want them presenting an award to me
:) captured from VHS released by
Virgin Video
(now out of print). |
38.0 |
AVI
screencaps |
|
Comic Relief |
5 Feb 1988 |
3:40 segment of
Fry & Laurie manning the Gunk Tank. First BBC Children's TV presenter Andy Crane
is gunked by Stephen Fry. Then Hugh dumps Mike {somebody} in the tank.
Capped from NTSC DVD of PAL recordings by Cathie. |
28.7
36.9 |
AVI
MOV
screencaps |
| 2:04 complete 2nd
segment with Fry & Laurie manning the Gunk Tank & dumping BBC Radio 1 DJ
Mike Smith into the tank. Hugh gets to talk a bit more in this complete
segment. Clipped from MP4 of VHS recording supplied by an anonymous
fan. |
17.1
6.66
8.70 |
AVI
FLV
IPOD |
|
Hysteria! Hysteria! Hysteria! |
1988 |
5:30 R-rated introduction to
the program by Stephen Fry, followed by the "Safe Sex" sketch performed by
Stephen, Hugh, Dawn French, and "Mr. R." captured from VHS released by Palace Video
(now out of print). |
42.4 |
AVI
screencaps |
| 5:06 "Piano Master Class"
sketch performed by Fry & Laurie. captured from VHS released by Palace Video (now
out of print). |
39.5 |
AVI
screencaps |
|
Comic Relief |
Mar 1989 |
2:59 "Critics"
sketch performed by Fry & Laurie. captured from OTA VHS recording
supplied by Tourmaline. |
23.0 |
AVI
screencaps |
|
Hysteria 2! |
1989 |
2:54 segment of Hugh Laurie
singing "Mystery." Re-encoded from MPEG supplied by lozz (edge noise
removed). |
22.6 |
AVI
screencaps |
| 5:50 "Shakespeare" sketch
featuring Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Laurie. captured from VHS released by Palace Video
(now out of print). |
45.1 |
AVI
screencaps |
| The "Shakespeare"
sketch was included in audio form on The Comedians Guide to Royalty
and on a BBC radio Monday Night Standup program on Rowan
Atkinson. captured from BBC Radio 7 |
4.04 |
MP3 |
| 5:10 segment of
Stephen Fry filling space and time while waiting for "two dearest
ex-friends" Rowan and Hugh to be ready with the "Shakespeare" sketch.
captured from VHS released by Palace Video (now out of print). |
40.1 |
AVI |
| 2:07 "Language" sketch with
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie discussing how the meaning of words gets
perverted.
captured from VHS released by Palace Video (now out of print). |
16.4 |
SendSpacePro
screencaps |
|
Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball |
1989 |
5:43 "Headmaster
& Pupil" sketch with Stephen Fry as the headmaster and Hugh Laurie as Terry,
winner of the school poetry prize. captured from DVD (SVideo/stereo)
released by Umbrella Entertainment. |
44.2 |
AVI
screencaps |
|
Comic Relief |
Mar 1991 |
2:33 segment of
Stephen Fry ("Tall-and-Cleverer-Man-Than-You") and Hugh Laurie
("Tall-and-Just-as-Clever-as-Him-Honest") manning the Gunk Tank. The person
in the hot seat is Sarah Greene, a children's TV presenter. captured from OTA VHS recording
supplied by Tourmaline. |
19.8 |
AVI
screencaps |
| 5:02
"Masturbation" sketch with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie seated on the horns
of a dilemma. (Ouch!) A 1:13 segment from this sketch was included on
The Very Best of Comic Relief; this clip is the complete sketch. captured from OTA VHS recording
supplied by Tourmaline. |
38.8 |
AVI
screencaps |
| 1:50
"Newsreader" sketch performed by Hugh. The sports portion of this sketch is
available on The Pick of the Nose and an even shorter bit from
the sports portion is on Seriously Funny.
Capped from NTSC DVD of PAL recordings by Cathie |
14.1
18.5 |
AVI
MOV
screencaps
Partial sketch on UK VHS
The Pick of the Nose and UK DVD
Seriously Funny |
|
Hysteria 3! |
Autumn 1991 |
3:30 "Hedge
Sketch" featuring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. captured from OTA VHS recording
supplied by Tourmaline. |
26.8 |
AVI
screencaps |
| 7:10 "Condom
Language" sketch featuring Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Rowan Atkinson, Craig
Ferguson, and Emma Freud explaining, in the words of well-known authors, how
to use a condom. Stephen MCs and the others read in pairs. Hugh gets to read
once with each of the others. captured from OTA VHS recording
supplied by Tourmaline. |
55.2 |
AVI
screencaps |
| 3:21 "Army
Officer" sketch featuring Hugh Laurie as an army officer (duh...) discussing
homosexuals in the armed forces. captured from OTA VHS recording
supplied by Tourmaline. |
25.9 |
AVI
screencaps |
| The "Army
Officer"
sketch was included in audio form on The Comedians Guide to Sex (1995, now out of
print). |
2.95 |
MP3
|
|
Comic Relief |
12 Mar 1993 |
3:22 segment of
Hugh performing "All We've Gotta Do", as part of Friday Night
Live - Lives Again! There's a sync/tracking problem for a
few seconds at the beginning, but it clears up before Hugh starts singing. captured from OTA VHS recording
supplied by Tourmaline. |
26.2 |
AVI
screencaps
|
| 0:39
excerpt from "Bohemian Rhapsody" video, which featured many stars of British
TV lip-synching to Queen, including Fry & Laurie in character as Jeeves &
Wooster. The complete video is considerably longer; this is the only part
with Hugh. captured from "The Pick of the Nose" VHS (BBCV 5963, 1996,
now out of print) |
5.20
6.70 |
AVI
MOV
Complete video on UK VHS
The Pick of the Nose |
|
3:21 "Stick it Out" charity single by Right Said Fred & special guests
for Comic Relief. Hugh is one of the backing vocalists/dancers in the video. |
available on
YouTube |
| The CD single has
4 different mixes, with different bits of Hugh on each. Ripped from
Stick it Out CD. |
49.5 |
ZIP |
|
Comic Relief |
17
Mar 1995 |
0:37
selection from "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" by Phil Collins and a bevy of
celebrities making animal noises. See if you can spot Hugh :) Captured
from VCI DVD VCD0238. |
4.66
6.24 |
AVI
MOV
available on the UK DVD
Seriously Funny |
|
Comic Relief |
Mar 1997 |
4:54 segment from
"The Empire Strikes Back" with Poor White Trash and Lulu performing "Love
Train." Hugh is on keyboards. captured from OTA VHS recording supplied by Tourmaline. |
38.0 |
AVI
screencaps |
| 1:24 excerpts
from Comic Relief Goes to the Movies, with Hugh selecting his
favorite comedy moment on film, Stephen Fry complaining Hugh already picked
his first choice, and Hugh announcing the number to call to make a donation. hughlaurie.net has a MOV
version of the bit where Hugh introduces his comedy moment plus the clip
from This is Spinal Tap.
Clipped from NTSC DVD of OTA PAL recording provided by Jennifer. |
10.9 |
AVI
screencaps
Hugh
Laurie .net Videos |
| Comic
Relief's Complete Fluff-Ups included outtakes from Blackadder II, III, and IV
featuring Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Rik Mayall, Stephen Fry, and Hugh
Laurie.
Clips and screencaps are on the Blackadder details page. |
|
more details also available on the UK DVD
Seriously Funny. |
|
Live from the Lighthouse |
1998 |
star_firechild
posted a clip of Fry & Laurie performing "The Hedge Sketch" (1:49) to
the Hugh Laurie FAQ forum.
screencaps from star_firechild's clip. |
screencaps |
|
Comic Relief Singles Mix |
1 Apr 2006 |
1:11 mix of
singles released to raise money for Comic Relief. This mix closed out Emma
Freud's recent stint as BBC Radio 7's Comedy Controller. See
if you can pick out Hugh's voice :) Capped from BBC Radio 7 webcast |
0.8 |
MP3 |
|
Comic Relief |
16 Mar 2007 |
About 4 minutes
into the "Ricky Gervais Goes to Kenya" segment, there's a mention of Hugh
and Stephen. |
available on
YouTube |
|
American Idol |
25
Apr 2007 |
Hugh was one of
several celebrities in a special music video, dancing and lip-synching (or
something...) to "Stayin' Alive." |
|
screencaps |
| 0:19 segment with
Hugh asking for donations. |
7.18
3.24 |
AVI
MOV
screencaps |
|
American Idol |
28 Feb 2008 |
2:25 segment about
"Idol Gives Back" includes a couple seconds of Hugh miming to call in from
last year's show. (Hugh is at the 1:34 mark.) |
18.6 |
AVI |
|
Talk About It |
Jan 2009 |
0:20 promo for
TalkAboutIt.org starts with Hugh. |
available on
YouTube |
| On the
TalkAboutIt.org home page, if you click on the Pimlico station sign, a short
clip of Hugh plays. |
Talk About It |