TV, Radio & Film Credits
| Year | Production | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Year | Production | Role |
| 2018 | Two Down | Executive Producer |
| 2017 | The Hippopotamus | Writer | 2016 | Richard E. Grant On... Ealing Comedies | Self | 2016 | Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Series 4 | Guest |
| 2016 | Some Hay In A Manger | Narrator | 2016 | The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 10 | Guest |
| 2015 | Danger Mouse - Series 1 | Colonel K (Voice) | 2015 | Just A Minute - Series 71 | Guest |
| 2015 | A Life On Screen - Stephen Fry | Self |
| 2015 | QI - Series M | Host / Presenter | 2015 | The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 8 | Guest | 2014 | The Graham Norton Show - Series 16 | Guest | 2014 | Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 13 | Guest |
| 2014 | Marked | Father Christmas |
| 2014 | Marked | Executive Producer | 2014 | Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly) | Self |
| 2014 | QI - Series L | Host / Presenter | 2014 | This Is Jinsy - Series 2 | Dr Bevelspepp |
| 2014 | Warhorses Of Letters - Series 3 | Marengo |
| 2013 | QI - Series K | Host / Presenter |
| 2013 | Frost On Sketch Shows | Self |
| 2013 | The Look Of Love | Barrister |
| 2013 | A Liar's Autobiography | Various (Voice) |
| 2013 | Sir David Frost: That Was The Life That Was | Host / Presenter |
| 2012 | QI - Series J | Host / Presenter |
| 2012 | Walking The Dogs | Executive Producer |
| 2012 | QI - Shakespeare Season Special | Host / Presenter | 2012 | Just A Minute | Guest | 2012 | Wordaholics - Series 1 | Guest |
| 2012 | Warhorses Of Letters - Series 2 | Marengo |
| 2011 | QI - Series I | Host / Presenter | 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 1 | Guest |
| 2011 | QI - Making Of Special | Host / Presenter |
| 2011 | Chris Moyles Quiz Night - Series 4 | Self |
| 2011 | Horrible Histories With Stephen Fry | Host / Presenter | 2011 | The Graham Norton Show - Series 9 | Guest |
| 2011 | Ben Elton: Laughing At The 80s | Self | 2011 | I've Never Seen Star Wars | Guest | 2011 | The Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff | Malifax Skulkingworm | 2011 | Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2011 | Executive Producer | 2011 | What's So Funny? - Series 2 | Guest |
| 2011 | Warhorses Of Letters - Series 1 | Marengo |
| 2011 | Holy Flying Circus | God | 2010 | The Rob Brydon Show - Series 1 | Guest |
| 2010 | QI - Series H | Host / Presenter |
| 2010 | Pete And Dud: The Lost Sketches | Self | 2010 | Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010 | Narrator | 2010 | Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010 | Executive Producer |
| 2010 | Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010 | Writer |
| 2010 | Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010 | Headmaster | 2010 | The Graham Norton Show - Series 8 | Guest | 2009 | Walk On The Wild Side - Series 1 | Panda (Voice) |
| 2009 | The Art Of Laughter | Self | 2009 | Just A Minute - Series 55 | Guest |
| 2009 | Kingdom - Series 3 | Peter Kingdom |
| 2009 | I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Series 51 | Host / Presenter |
| 2009 | Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened | Narrator | 2009 | The Now Show - Series 27 | Self | 2009 | Chris Moyles Quiz Night - Series 1 | Guest |
| 2009 | Not Again: Not The Nine O'Clock News | Self |
| 2009 | QI - Series G | Host / Presenter | 2009 | The Graham Norton Show - Series 6 | Guest | 2009 | The Unbelievable Truth - Series 4 | Guest | 2009 | Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 16 | Guest | 2008 | Footlights At 125: A Retrospective | Writer |
| 2008 | Blackadder Rides Again | Self |
| 2008 | QI - Series F | Host / Presenter | 2008 | Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 22 | Team Captain |
| 2008 | Kingdom - Series 2 | Peter Kingdom |
| 2007 | QI - Series E | Host / Presenter | 2007 | Make 'Em Laugh, Make 'Em Laugh | Self | 2007 | Kingdom - Series 1 | Executive Producer |
| 2007 | Kingdom - Series 1 | Peter Kingdom |
| 2007 | St Trinian's | Self - School Challenge Host |
| 2006 | QI - Series D | Host / Presenter |
| 2006 | The Story Of Light Entertainment | Narrator |
| 2006 | Absolute Power - Series 5 | Charles Prentiss |
| 2006 | A Cock And Bull Story | Patrick Curator & Parson Yorick | 2005 | Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 9 | Guest |
| 2005 | QI - Series C | Host / Presenter |
| 2005 | Absolute Power - Series 2 | Charles Prentiss | 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - The Quandary Phase | Murray Bost Henson |
| 2005 | The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy | Narrator | 2004 | Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 7 | Guest |
| 2004 | Absolute Power - Series 4 | Charles Prentiss |
| 2004 | QI - Series B | Host / Presenter | 2004 | Britain's Best Sitcom | Guest |
| 2003 | QI - Series A | Host / Presenter | 2003 | Comedy From Merton To Enfield | Self (Archive Material) |
| 2003 | Absolute Power - Series 1 | Charles Prentiss | 2002 | Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 2 | Guest |
| 2002 | Absolute Power - Series 3 | Charles Prentiss | 2001 | Have I Got News For You - Series 21 | Guest | 2001 | Room 101 - Series 6 | Guest |
| 2001 | Absolute Power - Series 2 | Charles Prentiss | 2000 | Have I Got News For You - Series 19 | Guest | 2000 | Blackadder - Blackadder Back & Forth | All Melchetts | 2000 | Blackadder - Blackadder Back & Forth | The Duke of Wellington |
| 2000 | Blackadder - Blackadder Back & Forth | Lord Melchett |
| 2000 | Absolute Power - Series 1 | Charles Prentiss | 1999 | Have I Got News For You - Series 17 | Guest | 1998 | Blackadder - Prince Of Wales Gala Special | King Charles II | 1997 | Shooting Stars - Series 3 | Guest | 1996 | Shooting Stars - Series 2 | Guest |
| 1995 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 4 | Writer |
| 1995 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 4 | Various | 1995 | The Thin Blue Line - Series 1 | Brigadier Blaster Sump |
| 1993 | Jeeves And Wooster - Series 4 | Jeeves |
| 1992 | Jeeves And Wooster - Series 3 | Jeeves |
| 1992 | Peter's Friends | Peter | 1992 | Have I Got News For You - Series 4 | Guest |
| 1992 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 3 | Writer |
| 1992 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 3 | Various |
| 1991 | Jeeves And Wooster - Series 2 | Jeeves | 1990 | The News Quiz - Series 23 | Guest |
| 1990 | Jeeves And Wooster - Series 1 | Jeeves |
| 1990 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 2 | Writer |
| 1990 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 2 | Various |
| 1989 | Blackadder - Blackadder Goes Forth | General Melchett | 1989 | The New Statesman - Series 2 | Piers Lonsdale |
| 1989 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 1 | Writer |
| 1989 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Series 1 | Various |
| 1988 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Series 1 | Self | 1988 | Blackadder - 1988 Specials | Frondo | 1988 | Blackadder - 1988 Specials | King Charles I |
| 1988 | Blackadder - 1988 Specials | Lord Melchett |
| 1988 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Team Captain | 1987 | Blackadder - Black Adder The Third | The Duke of Wellington |
| 1987 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Pilot | Writer |
| 1987 | A Bit Of Fry & Laurie - Pilot | Various | 1987 | Filthy Rich & Catflap | P'Farty |
| 1987 | Saturday Night Fry | Writer |
| 1987 | Saturday Night Fry | Host / Presenter |
| 1987 | First Aids | Crew |
| 1987 | First Aids | Unknown |
| 1986 | Blackadder - Blackadder II | Lord Melchett | 1984 | The Young Ones - Series 2 | Lord Snot |
| 1983 | The Crystal Cube | Dr. Adrian Cowlacey and other parts |
| 1983 | The Crystal Cube | Writer |
| 0 | QI - Pilot | Host / Presenter |
Rows styled with emboldened text indicate a regular/leading role.