Fry's Planet Word
Fry's Planet Word sees Stephen Fry finding out more about linguistic achievements and how our skills for the spoken word have changed. He dissects language in many of its guises.
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Trailer Planet Word met Stephen Fry
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Babel
25-09-201160mIn this first episode, Stephen seeks to uncover the origins of human language and how and why we are the only species on the planet to have this gift.
- Ep 2
2.Identity
02-10-201160mWhat is it that defines us? Stephen argues that above all, it is the way we speak. Be it a national language, a regional dialect or even class variation - we interpret and define o...
- Ep 3
3.Uses and Abuses
09-10-201160mThis programme looks at the ways language is used and abused. While not everyone approves of 'bad' language, Stephen learns that swearing plays an important part in human communica...
- Ep 4
4.Spreading the Word
16-10-201160mIn this programme, Stephen Fry explores 'the written word'. Writing is a great invention - making it possible to communicate across space and time. Without writing we would have no...
- Ep 5
5.The Power and the Glory
23-10-201160mIn this programme, Stephen Fry celebrates storytelling. It has been with us as long as language itself and as a species, we love to tell our stories. This desire to both entertain...
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