''This is David Lander'' is a

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that parodies Roger Cook style doorstepping investigative journalism shows, starring

Stephen Fry Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. He first came to prominence in the 1980s as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring ...

as David Lander and written by Tony Sarchet. It began as the

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...

show '' Delve Special'', which became this six-part

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series in 1988.

This is David Harper

For the 1990 series, Stephen Fry was too busy with other work commitments and the series was renamed ''This is David Harper'' with

Tony Slattery Tony Declan James Slattery (born 9 November 1959) is an English actor and comedian. He appeared on British television regularly from the mid-1980s, most notably as a regular on the Channel 4 improvisation show '' Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' His ...

replacing Fry's character with a minor name-change.

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Delve Special/This Is David Lander/This Is David Harper information at the BBC
* * Channel 4 original programming Television series based on radio series Television series by Hat Trick Productions 1988 British television series debuts 1990 British television series endings 1980s British comedy television series 1990s British comedy television series British parody television series English-language television shows {{UK-tv-prog-stub