This Is David Lander

This Is David Lander is a comedy TV show starring Stephen Fry playing an investigative reporter.^[1] It parodies Roger Cook style doorstepping investigative journalism shows. It was written by Tony Sarchet.

This Is David Lander
Starring	Stephen Fry Tony Slattery
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Running time	30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company	Hat Trick Productions
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	31 October 1988 (1988-10-31) – 7 December 1990 (1990-12-07)

It began as the BBC Radio 4 show Delve Special, which became this six-part Channel 4 series in 1988.

This Is David Harper

For the 1990 series, Stephen Fry was engaged with other work commitments and the series was renamed This Is David Harper with Tony Slattery replacing Fry's character with a minor name-change.