Documentary

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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Created By

Stephen Fry

Status

Ended

Original Name

Fry's Planet Word

First Air Date

September 25, 2011

Last Air Date

October 23, 2011

Seasons

1

Episodes

5

Language

English

Production Companies

Networks

BBC Two

S01E05

The Power and the Glory

In 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 and explain has resulted in the flowering of language to describe every aspect of the human condition.

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