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Derek Nippl-e
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Derek Nippl-e

Played by Hugh Laurie

Hugh Laurie’s fictional visitor to a police station in A Bit of Fry & Laurie. His surname is pronounced as the clatter of a dropped lighter, while giving his address requires a short dance and a slap.

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