Stephen Fry on House MD in 2012? Want to see Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry Reunited on House?

Welcome to the 2011 Fry on House MD page. With the 30th anniversary of the duo's partnership, a one-off reunion special was broadcast in the UK November 24th, 2010 on UKTV Gold. Check out Hint Watch and add any info you have, too. There are 2010 and 2009 2011 Fry on House MD pages. Links are here.

Video clips from the UKTV reunion show are below. "Now, in Fry And Laurie Reunited, the pair talk exclusively about their friendship, their personalities and talk through some of their favourite sketches. With plenty of clips and rare material, this is the ultimate celebration of two of Britain's favourite sons." -- From UKTV site

We continue to see more is petitions and polls, this page included, contemplating whether Fry will appear on House, if you want to see him on the show, and so forth. On various discussion boards and lists for the program, it remains a topic to discuss. So far, Laurie has been on Fry's program, QI.

The colleagues have discussed working together since the mid-1990s when we last saw A Bit of Fry & Laurie. This page will pick up on Rumor Watch for 2010. Be sure to write and add any new news in the comments section at the end of this lens. The earlier page was getting too long, so here's a fresh page for a fresh year. I appreciate the positive feedback. Hugh Laurie Let Them Talk is now available in the US.

There are a lot of biographical and fan sites online with information on Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry. The pair met while at Cambridge University around 1980, and performed together in the famous Cambridge Footlights comedy troupe.

Hugh Laurie asked his girlfriend, Emma Thompson, to introduce him to Stephen Fry. with Emma Thompson, Fry & Laurie wrote the sketch The Cellar Tapes, which they entered in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. They won the Festival's first Perrier Award. The honor resulted in a tour across England and Australia.

Comedy partners and best friends, the pair has worked together on three famous television shows, Blackadder, Jeeves & Wooster and A Bit of Fry & Laurie.

BBC2 offered a one-off half-hour show called A Bit of Fry & Laurie in December 1987. The first six-part series aired in 1989, with new series in 1990, 1991 and 1995. They have continued to appear together sporadically for one-off charity events and the like. There was a special Y2K episode, Blackadder Back & Forth, part of Black Adder: The Complete Collector's Set.

But fans have been eagerly awaiting the colleagues' big television or film reunion. A 2010 UK Gold TV reunion special celebrated the 30th reunion of their partnership. The duo continue to tease fans about whether or not they will work together or not. Seeing them on the special, video is below, was a real treat.

Will Stephen be in the cast when Hugh's book, The Gun Seller, hits the big screen? Could there possibly be another special chunk of Fry & Laurie sketch shows? The quickest and most expected way we'll see them together, the hints are all over the place, is Fry's making a guest appearance on Hugh Laurie's hit US TV show, House MD.

Speculation as to when and if that will happen has been going on by fans at least from about the time the show premiered! There's at least one petition online to bring the partners back together on House. When will this reunion take place? And do you think they'll publicize it well enough in advance?

This page will be updated regularly. Please comment with any news. Thanks for your participation.

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"The two are often found at one another's houses in North London, especially when they are working on A Bit of Fry and Laurie. 'Even if we're not writing the same thing together, we can be in the same room writing separate things together, so we can kind of pull out of the atmosphere of despair.'" Stephen Fry, The Washington Post, December 27, 1993.

"'Hugh is my best friend,' says Stephen. 'That is what is so pleasing about working with each other. We do it because we enjoy it. We make each other laugh. We couldn't do it as a job if we didn't like each other. We see each other a lot in our spare time. Part of the way you write comes from humorous things that happen when you do things together.'

"He adds, 'Working together is our number one priority. We organise our yearly calendar around it. Our commitment to working together comes before accepting other work engagements.'" Daily Express, March 31, 1990.