Kenneth Williams Interviews Stephen Fry

[@TheFith67]

It's very odd to think that Stephen Fry was ever 28

[@scratchfg212]

he was never 28. This video is proof of that!

[@TheFith67]

@@scratchfg212 He's not a very convincing 28yo, and he's supposed to be an actor.

[@Kirsten_is_cursed10]

I’m 28 now and don’t buy it for a second...

[@hellsbunniestv584]

He's two years older than Kenneth as there.

[@thecultofjohnnydelr.soulsw7010]

28, going on a 108

[@redstar1223]

Sometimes on KZbin you come across a gem. Two awesome conversationalists. Gold. Pure pure gold

[@andynixon2820]

That was an excellent way to spend 9 mins of my life .

[@miaschu8175]

Kenneth Williams was an excellent interviewer. And Stephen Fry an excellent interviewee. This was utterly charming!

[@cBearTV-]

It's a real treat to see Kenneth in conversation with someone who is on his wavelength, and of course Stephen intellectually holds his own... A longer conversational set up would have been brilliant.

[@eatmywords]

i'm pretty sure they're not.

[@majesticwolf-q6u]

It was light

[@JackCaliber]

This is the dandiest clip in history.

[@martinmcdonald4207]

I think even Oscar would have approved!

[@EmmaRiddle543]

@@martinmcdonald4207 Definitely 😊

[@the_trooper_72]

No, it's not. The dandiest clip ever is a recent interview with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart.. 👊🏻

[@dwch1986]

An aging legend and an emerging legend... What a wonderful pair!

[@SpeccyMan]

Both these legends would correct your appalling misspelling of the word ageing.

[@BaddaBigBoom]

@@SpeccyMan No they wouldn't, they're too nice ;-) (*Both *of* these legends)

[@bread1939]

@@SpeccyMan "Aging" is just the American/Canadian way of spelling it, I'm sure the legends will understand :))

[@lucasmele4303]

@@SpeccyMan Maybe Fry would. But Williams was not so expensively educated and didn't find writing so easy.

[@aaronharris102]

@@lucasmele4303 Ooh Matron

[@paulcowell7588]

Never has there ever been anyone like Kenny Williams. Maestro.

[@charlesdavis7087]

These two old darlings really knew how to pile it on; didn't they? God bless Kenneth where ever he is and love remains.

[@tefferteff85]

Love the fact that Stephen frys fashion sense hasn't changed what so ever.

[@LeonDonnelly23]

molly6106 It is not a ‘fashion sense’ it is class uniform. Fry is dressed as a member of the upper classes. A country gent. Most of his friends from boarding school and university will hVe dressed and probably do still dress like this. Nothing original in his dress, it just costs a bit more than most have to spend .

[@hanselmansell7555]

Maybe it's because he lives in Norfolk 🤔

[@jambutty2218]

@@LeonDonnelly23 well said

[@joshsmith7678]

@@LeonDonnelly23 there appears to be a rather large chip on your shoulder 🥴

[@davideldred.campingwilder6481]

@@LeonDonnelly23 actually, although I agree with the basis of your argument, the lapel, shirt, and tie are all 80's style. An interesting fact about how Fry gets his ties, but I have forgotten it...

[@terranceparsons5185]

Stephen Fry reached 9 years old and then turned 43 the following year! I never really had him on my radar until I binge-watched series A of QI and watched his Mycroft Holmes in Game of Shadows, now I consider him the daddy of English broadcasting talent.

[@padraicodomhnall2760]

Lovely comment, Terrance. I too, enjoyed binge-watching QI during lockdown.

[@Yickbob]

How fascinating to see 2 men similar in many ways, but to contrast their lives based on circumstance - Williams lived mostly in a time where homosexuality was vilified (& even illegal til 1967) & had a bully of a father. During Fry's lifetime things improved (but clearly have a ways to go, as reflected in some comments here...). While both suffered depression, it seems fair to say that Stephen gets more respect (& is paid accordingly) & has more chance for happiness than poor Kenneth ever did.

[@naly202]

honestly, i don't think they were similar. Ken was clever but funny, Stephen was clever but smug (and kind of unfunny. well, i guess the comedy of Fry and Laurie or Blackadder is certainly not in my taste).

[@karimtabrizi376]

very valid points. Still a lot of hypocrisy in the UK and barriers put up my media now more than ever towards people who are different.

[@johnj.anthonymcquade6876]

@@karimtabrizi376 like who

[@elbecko7969]

@@johnj.anthonymcquade6876 Yeah, in the absence of express opinions from others, all you can assess is your own attitudes. You can march, protest, speak out, but actually a lot of acceptance is advanced by just being accepting in everyday life. If that comes naturally or is innate in someone, then being accepting takes no effort at all. It's simple really if the vast majority of people were like that. It's easier than getting exorcised about differences that don't actually matter for all intents and purposes and produce no victims. Just live your life and let people be.

[@gaskellr44]

@@naly202 I think smugness by him is a put-on persona. He genuinely comes over as a lovely person as ive seen him in quite a few programs....loads of QI episodes. An acquaintance of mine met him at a party and said he and Hugh Laurie were very pleasant people.

[@MrJakeKale]

I remember crying my eyes out when Kenneth Williams died. I was about 9 and had been practically raised on Carry On films, and that was my first real experience with death. Such a talented man, yet such a sad life.

[@hanniffydinn6019]

Sad we don’t have many articulate british gentleman anymore. It’s all so low brow and vulgar these days. At least we still have Fry, who’s a delight to listen to.

[@davedogge2280]

@@hanniffydinn6019 I don't see many people with wit and class on TV or out in the real world these days come to think of it. Jacob Rees-Mogg maybe the last of his kind.

[@petehouse8380]

Dave Dogge Jacob Rees-Mogg? Really?

[@mazzab1970]

He died on my 18th birthday. I was sad as I was a fan.

[@kelman727]

Dave Dogge What?

[@mollyfilms]

Both legends in there own lifetime. Kenneth Williams, like Fry, quite awkwardly out of their comfort zones but still highly entertaining. I was worried Ken would upstage him with his longevity of Anecdotes, but he gave Fry a good amount of air time and respect.

[@heiltd1286]

THEIR lifetime

[@kenpudsey6435]

I just came across this by accident...Stephen being interviwed by the brilliant Kenneth Williams..I bet this is something he'll never forget..excellent post!

[@noveltybobel]

"He's since been gathered to god". What a great way of sayind "died"

[@blackmore4]

'Specially from an atheist.

[@kelman727]

blackmore4 Euphemism...

[@blackmore4]

@@kelman727 I know what you mean but I'm not so sure. Consider the dictionary definition of 'euphemism': _"A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing."_ Personally, I consider God to be way more potentially unpleasant than unconsciousness.

[@Xfranman]

@@blackmore4 Wait till you meet Satan 😄

[@Xfranman]

Very congregational. Not to insult him, but I suspect Fry is not nearly as atheistic as he likes to imagine he is. Unless on his stone is inscribed: "All dressed up and no place to go." His tweed likely will have been "run in" by then.

[@Iloveflowers2024]

This is fantastic. Two brilliant people. ❤ I could have listened to them for much longer. I wish there was more.

[@hayleyanna2625]

How delightful to see these two fabulous men in conversation. Thank you for sharing this.❤

[@cBearTV-]

Wow this an amazing interview, a real treat for British comedy lovers. 👍💛

[@sillybollox2244]

Stephen was in the Upper VI at my school - finishing off his A Levels after a spot of bother while at his former school. Wherever he went, a hush descended as we all became aware of his height, beauty, and the awkward discomfort that he emanated. His image is burnt into my memory, even tho he wasn't famous at the time. Slightly infamous, perhaps. Years later I would see him on his own, waiting for someone at the Groucho Club, and he still radiated a discomfort with himself. I hope he is happy, now. He lives quite near me in Norfolk.

[@ushoys]

What kind of 'bother' at his former school?

[@sillybollox2244]

@@ushoys Not sure - he was expelled from 2 schools - think the details are in his 'Moab' autobiography.

[@greenaum]

@@sillybollox2244 Ah yes, from his days working developing heavy bombs.

[@dannyeglen4750]

Had the pleasure of a small chat with fry while working at the kings lynn morrisons store. I said mr fry, thanks for all the laughs and education you have given me over the course of my life. He replied, thank you, that's ok but can you show me where the potatoes are! I loved his answer. He was friendly with a lady I worked with who had very severe depression. He would sit with her on her break, if he was able and just listen to her. Great man

[@ladyi7609]

@@ushoys, he had untreated bipolar disorder. And he spent a couple of months at a juvenile detention center for credit card theft, so he's actually got a little street cred for having been in prison.

[@chrisevans5259]

Lovely clip , so British , and to here them talk about greats like Olivier , Tracy and Gielgud is a fascinating insight into their acting methods and prep work. Good stuff.

[@JohnnyF71]

I wonder if Kenneth Williams got the sense he was in the presence of someone destined to become a national treasure like he was and still is.

[@robertpayne4435]

You can see the true respect and love Kenneth has for Stephen. The man himself can see himself in some elements particularly in intelligence .

[@manbeast]

Or maybe Kenneth just had a little man-crush on Stephen

[@Brad4Ellis]

Hmm… I listened, rather than watched, and what I got from KW was a great (and largely successful) effort at restraint from upstaging his guest. You hear him thinking ‘no, don’t tell a story here, no matter how great it would be - ask a question, ANY question!’ But I could be projecting this on to KW.

[@cutekanjii]

amazing to see both of them together having a conversation, They are 2 people you would have imagined had never met and were from different generations of actors/comedians. I honestly never knew they had crossed paths, its a true one of those moments you think if only such and such were able to have met due to one being dead or both, its never going to be possible but here I can see that moment I never believed had happened or would ever!

[@omp199]

It is quite spooky. I was alive in the '80s and might even have seen this interview at the time, although it wouldn't have meant much to me as a child, and it wouldn't have stayed in my mind. Finding out about it now, all these years later, now that I am more interested in the history of British comedy, it seems quite jarring. On an intellectual level, I know that they were both alive in the '80s, but they occupy such different spaces in my mind that to see them together still feels unreal.

[@hpoonis2010]

I have not encountered many famous folk but Kenneth Williams appeared from a taxi outside Capital Radio in London whilst I and a colleague were dealing with work on the building next door. I spied Stephen Fry heading in my opposite direct in Holborn. On both occasions I did not interfere with their day.

[@davideldred.campingwilder6481]

I'm thinking of Hitler Working class and Churchill upper

[@elikay65]

Wonderful to see someone dominate a conversation with Kenneth Williams! Both fantastic raconteurs

[@charlesdavis7087]

I fell in love with Kenneth via You Tube. His presence is a growing joy and an education. He lives still.

[@juliegriffiths9089]

I love him I loved the carry on movies he was in

[@celtictillidie67]

@@juliegriffiths9089 ooo matron.....

[@juliegriffiths9089]

@@celtictillidie67 Matron was a good character

[@celtictillidie67]

@@juliegriffiths9089 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3-xmaispN1naas

[@juliegriffiths9089]

@@celtictillidie67 they all have good characters but in my opinion some are better than the others

[@robertpayne4435]

Two highly intelligent wits. Great to see both together.

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Oscar Wilde would've loved this.

[@thoskel1]

I wonder did they know each other were gay?

[@ruzziasht349]

@@thoskel1 of course they did, gee whizz man.... use your imagination.

[@digginyourscene4058]

In his autobiographies, Fry talks about how he hates his own smug look and that he always seems to come across that way. He has agonized over it.

[@maninchair6648]

I was thinking of that same thing when Stephen was introduced! Poor thing he looks so smug , I hope he never re-watches this.

[@aaronwalderslade]

It's all a facade. It doesn't reveal any of his inner turmoil, of which I'm sure there is plenty. I see someone quite shy from the way he makes this facade so strong.

[@WM37980]

They were both hiding in plain sight. Not an easy life for either of them.

[@lpsp442]

A shame! There was nothing immodest about it, and he oozed with stature.

[@aidy6000]

I'd be smug too in his position at that age

[@jamdodgeismyname1]

how incredibly british this clip is

[@RonWylie-gk5lc]

At the time of watching this I have just spent a full week following the last days of the Trump and I cant tell you how fantastic and healing watching this truly "British" piece was

[@VaguelyIrish]

Eh, not enough tea!

[@robmaddison8645]

how incredibly Gay you mean. What's British to you? Innuendos, Carry On films and twats doing impressions?

[@user-xo4mg2ij3t]

@@robmaddison8645 That is one aspect of older british comedy, yes

[@carmelellis817]

That's because it is a British clip....doh

[@grohlbabe]

Thanks so much for uploading two of our national treasures together. Mind Fry probably was quite unknown then.But still his humour exhuded from him

[@meadowlane37]

Kenneth Williams was a legend.

[@gtaylor331]

No, is a legend.

[@garymiles484]

And like all the others, wil still be remembered when the recent pretenders are long gone and forgotten.

[@chez300]

i never knew that kenneth williams died before i was born, i honestly feel like i've grown up with him around me, my whole family is such a huge fan of the carry on shows

[@ILoveMinnimoo]

What a legend he is - He made my day in the Carry On films!

[@Anuskasv0]

Two brilliant minds... Great interview.

[@fadge4105]

Class, pricless stuff in 2023 love these guys...Kenneth Williams was a genius.❤

[@HaroldWright_09]

I love how Stephen Fry will always do somebody's accent, no matter how many times he has to keep coming back to it.

[@RIXRADvidz]

all of 28. and timeless Kenneth. Truly, One from the Vaults.

[@andydixon2980]

Dear old kenneth, i feel was a bit out of his comfort zone being the host. He was always an entertaining guest. Fascinating character that he was.

[@mazza4190]

Not certain he would appreciate the "old". Brilliant guest on shows slipping in and out of characters.

[@DeFactoLeader]

Bloody Hell Stephen looks young there. Ahh, Kenneth Williams. Poor man had a tough life. Comedians always seem to have a bad run in their personal life.

[@Red_Beard2798]

Hilarity often comes from tragedy

[@21stcenturyozman20]

@@Red_Beard2798 I've personally known quite a few comedians / entertainers / funny people and they've all been bipolar (or, as we used to say, manic-depressive). Some of them are unbearably miserable when not making us laugh.

[@cogidubnus1953]

To judge by his diaries I'd say that Kenneth was sincerely disappointed and embittered with himself and people around him for his life as a "comedian"...he seems to have despised himself for having to live on (and support his mother) on what he could make in comic roles. He saw himself first and foremost as a serious actor (cf his early and much praised role as the Dauphin) and was ashamed of his failure to make a worthwhile living thereby. Add to that his repressed sexuality, the horrific gap between himself and his father, and the continuing strangeness of his relationship with his mother....small wonder he seems to have had strained and confused relationships even with professionals around him...I always felt he was at heart a very sad man...

[@Sameoldfitup]

“Nothing can be loved or hated unless it first understood.” ― Leonardo da Vinci.

[@eckyducky]

I must say that as an Australian, I was most pleased to hear Mr Fry's accent impressions.

[@lewisham]

He’s not bad right

[@magnoliabird]

Yes but the same tired joking about the antipodes makes me vomit a bit. Can't they just stop hassling and realise they also created this. Which is a wonderful legacy. Personally I believe one of their best. Built on something they really should apologise for in a way. Cruelly treating many people who were so poor they couldn't eat. Of course bad ones too but. Sorry feel a bit about this clap trap. Worked in London in the early 80's and it was a very tired trope they kept bringing out. Not helped by some of our own artists who made money from a bunch of people able to laugh vicariously at their own

[@beckyenglish4783]

Yes - one of the best non-Aussie Aussie accents!

[@philipmonihan8222]

Wow. There was a time when Stephen Fry was 28... Anyway, that might be the greatest assessment of method acting ever.

[@danielburger1775]

One of the funniest, wittiest men who ever lived...and Stephen Fry.

[@likklej8]

Going to the library and writing great chunks out of a book great thanks Steven took me right back to my History of Art essays

[@redroger7745]

Reflects its time - will they laugh with me or at me. Brave men, both of them.

Dude, here is a 28 year old successful TV actor and writer. Of course he is to be a little bit smug. Have you seen him lately?! Not so much. As you get older, you get a little more refined. But I disagree, he comes across quite well.

[@joanbrown6580]

dinnynosher &

[@th-pw8pn]

That is an astonishing amount of tweed, corduroy, cardigan, clashing shirt and tie, and calf high sock for a single gentleman... :-/

[@kanifuker721]

Could listen to these two chatting to each other for hours and never realised Stephen Fry was so tall. Great clip.

[@johnodee100]

Two bloody funny men. And brilliant. Quintessentially English.

[@vilandes]

He's Welsh

[@foddyfoddy]

donkey To be strictly accurate, Kenneth Williams was born and raised and lived and died in England, so he was English (although, because of his family name, he thought he might have had Welsh ancestry going far enough back).

[@TheClassicWorld]

Of course, Fry, if I am not mistaken, is not English, which is the crazy thing. Fry is European-Jewish if I can recall. He spoke about it before, you know, how he rather forged himself an Englishman. Obscenely English, all the same.

[@foddyfoddy]

@@TheClassicWorld Stephen Fry is about as English as it's possible to be, although his grandparents on his mother's side were originally from Hungary, moving to England in 1927.

[@chatsidefires]

This is fascinating to me. This is a year before him and Hugh's first 'A Bit' episode - a one-off 1987 Xmas special. It's truly great to see this: thank you very much! This is the kind of "citizens archive" use of KZbin that makes it so wonderful: people using what they can to keep these kind of clips available to all who are interested. Really is only as good as the work put into it, so thank you for your efforts!

[@Sapphonouveau]

My God, two icons in one room... I never realised that such a meeting took place! Fantastic!

[@SpaceCattttt]

One must never stop acting. Every syllable of every word one utters must be savoured with the utmost thespian delight at all times.

[@jeraldbaxter3532]

The expression on Kenneth William's face, while Stephen Fry was describing the proffessor handing out pornography, was priceless!

[@michaelritchie2968]

The looks that Williams gives Fry are amazing.

[@S7EVE_P]

From a time when interviews said something and were interesting.

[@boliussa]

ROGAN

[@TheDjackso1]

And not there just to promote whatever movie they are there for like graham nortons guests are

[@colinluckens9591]

Absolutely!!....

[@elbecko7969]

28 years of age and he says "I think he's since been gathered to God."

[@omp199]

An odd line for one so young. From the mouth of an atheist, too!

[@MrDorbel]

@@omp199 I think you may have missed the mildly satirical intent......

[@omp199]

@@MrDorbel He says it at about 4:10. There's no hint of satire at that point. I think he just liked the phrase.

[@davidwhite4874]

@@omp199 .....and a Jew.

[@omp199]

@@davidwhite4874 How does that make a difference?

[@sleepypoodle]

Thanks for uploading this, if only Stephen Fry appreciated himself as much as we do, he has such extraordinary talent on so many levels and is incredibly gracious and humble to work with. What an incredible opportunity to see these remarkable and original men together. Ken's death was such a tragic waste, had he been brave enough to have surgery for his gastric ulcer and had the opportunity to live without excruciating pain which undoubtedly contributed to his depression he might still be alive.

[@paulmasterson386]

So grateful to see this, I had no idea that Kenneth Williams had an interview show and I think this was a gem!

[@stephenc6648]

He was standing in for Terry Wogan

[@tastymedleys]

Stephen Fry is just so beautiful here. Well he always is, but he's especially lovely in this video.

[@ripvanjonesy]

It was a few years back, I was walking to my polytechnic of central london faculty building and kenneth and his mate breezed past me on a quiet pavement, I turned, thinking wow! That was him, and he'd turned as well..

[@greegm3304]

Only if you're a lawnmower.

[@johnmc3862]

British x 100,000,000.

[@ruzziasht349]

How lovely do you imagine he was when doing bird for credit card fraud, especially when you consider he stole a family friend's card?

[@tastymedleys]

@@ruzziasht349 I mean, considering that was when he was a teenager and it was followed by him getting his shit together first in his studies and then in building a respectable career and life, it doesn't really change much.

[@pappyreeves6988]

What a fantastic double treat of vast wit and intelligence in this clip...and Stephen..well, he is so fine and attractive now in 2019 but when he was 28 he was positively stunning..and with beautiful Kenneth too..just wonderful.

[@Fedaykin24]

He is only 28....I feel so old!

[@andrewtongue7084]

Two immensely talented individuals - each with their own take on life, yet not necessarily based on their respective backgrounds...."play on", indeed :)

[@MisAnnieB]

I randomly typed into KZbin "Kenneth Williams and Stephen Fry" because they both just happen to be two of my favourite people in the whole world... and this came up.. I was like.OMG THEY DID AN INTERVIEW WITH EACH OTHER! :D

[@chrisdavie8163]

Wow. This exists??? I've watched a lot of Kenneth Williams but I didn't know he hosted this and even met Stephen Fry.

[@johnking5174]

Yes, he guest hosted for Terry Wogan quite a bit, and he was very good at it. Terry and Kenneth got on well.

[@tocino415]

What a treat to see them together. I can see where Paul O'Grady took lessons, too!

[@entropy5431]

Exactly my thought on O'Grady.

[@kristinbrowne8756]

I love Kenneth Williams face! :D

[@paulphilipempey1]

Anecdote city! Thanks for the upload.

[@nickclapton]

very surprising that kenneth managed to keep quiet throughout this. as someone who is famous for always having something to say he makes a very good interviewer

[@kailasac6532]

This interview was surprising, Kenneth's respectful distance and relative seriousness, he just throws questions in and let's Stephen tell his stories... I expected two funny guys overacting but this is quite the opposite

[@morganfjp]

I think it was great to see Kenneth actually talking in a normal voice to Stephen. Kenneth has about four or five voices that he pulls out at the drop of a hat and it’s always a kind of act which is a very funny act, however I felt he was more real than usual in this video. And of course at the end when he speaks to the camera and the audience out comes another of those voices and the act is on again.

[@curtismorris1347]

It was a pleasant surprise. He knew how to handle Stephen.

[@marcjames3487]

@@curtismorris1347 Yes indeed you could see that initial fear in Stephens' eyes slowly melting as the conversation warmed.

[@JollyRodders]

Kenneth Williams is always funny when he's the one being interviewed. He used to host a morning phone in show for Radio London which could be very entertaining. He seemed at home talking to ordinary people as much as fellow entertainers. I bet he was a bit of a laugh down at the pub...As I believe Sid James could be too.

[@chokesmc]

2 people I could listen to all day

[@czeshirecat6278]

I didn’t know Kenneth had been an interviewer. I wish I’d been aware at the time, or he’d gone on longer. He was so clever and needed to spread his wings

[@Steve27775]

Oooh, 'ello Mr Fry, so bona to vada your dolly old eek again!

[@graememorrison333]

😍

[@kimsung2384]

Excellent - thanks so much for uploading

[@Lewellah]

Interesting interview turn around, and interesting that Stephen is an amazing story teller then when only in his late twenties

[@colinluckens9591]

Interviews were in general A LOT more intelligent then than they are now😔😔.....

[@ycylchgames]

I had no idea Kenneth Williams was so patriotic about his Welsh roots. Kenneth am Byth!

[@organisationxiv2927]

'You should try acting, it's so much easier' - Hahahaha *eyes watering with mirth*

[@paulhignett378]

The best interview I have seen in years!

[@EmmaRiddle543]

Stephen has always been a 100year old man in a younger mans body

[@Babsza]

As I was thinking , he always did seem older than his years as a young man with the intelligence , wisdom and talent of someone much older with many more years experience in entertainment and writing .

[@justacrocodile9486]

@@Babsza I am continually amazed at Stephen Fry's knowledge and intellect. Earlier I watched a short clip of him speaking in a debate on the topic 'The catholic church is a force for good in the world'. He took took the opposing view and his arguments and reasoning were so strong that a poll taken from the audience proved he had won over those who previously thought the church was a force for good... Stephen is just staggeringly intelligent and his wit is extraordinary, I have laughed and laughed while watching clips from QI where he does impressions and accents, just have to marvel at how accurate he is.

[@Robretty]

Brilliant! Both of them! Thank you for uploading.

[@Mama_Peach]

I miss Kenneth Williams. :(

[@daisydeb]

How I miss Kenneth Williams. How nervous Stephen Fry seemed but brilliant too.

[@edhurst3480]

Perhaps self-conscious rather than entirely nervous, as though he were still trying to work out how to inhabit his own self in public. Enjoying the awareness of his own brilliance and oddity, without ever quite relaxing about it. He still has some of that quality today. Mind you, it was only about ten years before this interview that he was in prison!

[@BenjaminNavillus]

I remember hearing Ben Miller saying that he saw this interview (on KZbin, in fact) and thought how much Stephen Fry wasn't suited to his age then, but somehow fits perfectly into being in his forties and fifties. Seeing this, I couldn't agree more - he used to come across as horribly smug back then and doesn't at all now...

[@accountholder365]

Eh, he is still smug.

[@loftyskies3956]

I was never convinced Kenneth Williams was really interested in his guests. But certainly was with Stephen.

[@sqeaston]

I loved watching these two legends. Fry looked so cute but his eyes showed how rehearsed his anecdotes were. I wonder what KW thought at the time.

[@michaelmcgovern7139]

Yup. I've seen Valerie Singleton do it less transparently (now here's one I prepared earlier)

[@robertwilloughby8050]

i think there might be a line in KW's diary where he says he liked him.

[@davidwhite4874]

Probably 'did the Barclay's' when he got home.

[@DarylBaines]

A KZbin post from 16 years ago! Amazing the stuff still floating around and coming up in the suggested clips.

[@fredthebluetakman]

Kenneth was fabulous:)

[@alfamale9555]

Such a shame Kenneth never realised how much we all loved him! Legend

[@elizebethjames]

he has always been amazing. his manner suits him now he is more mature in years, but put a pin in the timeline of his life and i would immortalise him at any point.

[@dougler500]

They are SO ENGLISH I love it. They amplify each others English Gentleman.

[@DJ-Brownie-UK]

kenneth is welsh like he says if you actually listen

[@mustaffaleak9247]

It amazes me how alike Steven Fry and Hugh Laurie's mannerisms are.

[@davidsanderson5918]

Interesting dynamic. Never seen Kenneth Williams so rapt!! I'm sure the older, relaxed and more secure Stephen Fry would've made eye contact with him a lot more than he does here.

[@JinxMinxNYC]

These two are just too divine to believe

[@shieldaigbencher]

I absolutely love both of these men. Amazing to see both of them at the same time.

[@please42]

"Eating my own abortion..." God! There's a phrase you don't here on BBC1 at 7.00pm very often.

[@colinluckens9591]

People weren't completely HYPERSENSITIVE then as they are now😔😔😔.....

[@ruzziasht349]

Christ Barney - you of all people should know how to spell Hear.

[@spinout3]

wow..great to see 2 comic icons together, i didnt even know they had met . thanx for upload.

[@hymnforlorca]

Oh yes, I too love that sketch! As a fan of both Mr Fry & Harry Potter, I must also say that I absolutely adore his readings of the series. Just wonderful.

[@justacrocodile9486]

I listened avidly to all Stephen Fry's audiobooks of Harry Potter. His accents and voices were brilliant, just loved them. It was a sad day when I heard the last chapter of the last book...

[@gavinpowers1217]

Superb stuff. Fry and Williams. Beautiful. Imagine the line 'eating my own abortion' on the One Show! same time slot!

[@emalexeii]

Two of our greatest. Shine forever guys

[@lagerhound]

fashion-wise he does his own thing, suits his style, always interesting on chat shows and not some boring guest.