Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry - Fry's English Delight: Series Two (2010)

The second series of Stephen Fry's witty and incisive programs looking at the oddities of the English language. The three 30-minute episodes include:So Wrong It's Right—Fry examines how "wrong" English can become right English. With help from a lexicographer, an educationalist, a Times Sub Editor, and a judge, Fry examines the way usage changes language. Speaking Proper—Fry looks at the changes in what we used to call "elocution. «Hello» — Fry offers a "sweetie" in the form of an investigation into the planet's most universally understood word.

Stephen Fry - Fry's English Delight: Series Three (2010)

Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these four programmes, as heard on BBC Radio 4.
- 'The Trial of Qwerty' - The 'Qwerty' keyboard faces charges of conspiracy to obstruct the English language. But who was Mr Qwerty?
- 'He Said, She Said' - Do men and women really say what they mean? Also Stephen investigates sex, domination, gender, power, and sex changes (as only he can).
- 'Accentuate the Negative' - We discover that 'no' can mean 'yes'. And why you should never mess with Mr In Between…
- 'Future Conditional' - Stephen looks to the future with some predictions. Will robots be able to read novels? How much will our computers be able to understand us? Will English rule - or change? And then there's a question about a duck…

Stephen Fry. Wagner & Me - by Patrick McGrady (2010)

Actor and writer Stephen Fry explores his passion for the world's most controversial composer - Richard Wagner. But Stephen is Jewish and lost family members in the Holocaust, so can he salvage the music he loves from its dark association with anti-semitism and the Nazis?