Stephen Fry

The start of A Bit Of Fry And Laurie (BBC1) a couple of weeks ago was so self-absorbed, so steadily unfunny, that, as Bertie Wooster used to say, only the fact that I couldn't think of anything refrained me from saying something pretty stinging. Frankly, I thought it might be me. Perhaps, like a vulture with a heavy head cold, I couldn't distinguish between a smash hit and a nasty accident. Circumstances were guaranteed this week's show a rating which should dinge the feeling. Luckily, it is better. Or my head cold is.

I can't but feel that Fry is wrong for Jeeves. Too young for one thing but he will still be wrong when he is too old. However, Fry and Laurie are probably indissoluble like Damon and Pythias or Crosse & Blackwell.