Fry's English Delight
Encyclopedia
Fry's English Delight is a BBC Radio 4
documentary series in which language enthusiast Stephen Fry
explores various aspects of the English language.
The title is a pun on the chocolate sweet Fry's Turkish Delight
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BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
documentary series in which language enthusiast Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry
Stephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. He first came to attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation "The Cellar Tapes", which also...
explores various aspects of the English language.
The title is a pun on the chocolate sweet Fry's Turkish Delight
Fry's Turkish Delight
Fry's Turkish Delight is a chocolate sweet made by Cadbury, and formerly by J. S. Fry & Sons. It was launched in 1914 and consists of a rose-flavoured Turkish delight surrounded by milk chocolate....
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Episode guide
Series | Episode | Title | First broadcast |
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1 | 1 | Metaphor | 25 Aug 2008 |
2 | Quotation | 1 Sep 2008 | |
3 | Cliché | 8 Sep 2008 | |
2 | 1 | So Wrong It's Right | 11 Aug 2009 |
2 | Speaking Proper | 18 Aug 2009 | |
3 | Hallo! | 25 Aug 2009 | |
3 | 1 | The Trial of Qwerty QWERTY QWERTY is the most common modern-day keyboard layout. The name comes from the first six letters appearing in the topleft letter row of the keyboard, read left to right: Q-W-E-R-T-Y. The QWERTY design is based on a layout created for the Sholes and Glidden typewriter and sold to Remington in the... |
11 Aug 2010 |
2 | He Said, She Said | 18 Aug 2010 | |
3 | Accentuate the Negative | 25 Aug 2010 | |
4 | Future Conditional | 1 Sep 2010 | |
Winter Special | Word Games | 28 Dec 2010 | |
4 | 1 | The Mouth | 11 Jul 2011 |
2 | Brevity | 18 Jul 2011 | |
3 | Persuasion | 25 Jul 2011 | |
4 | Class | 1 Aug 2011 | |
Audio Books
Every episode of Fry's English Delight has been released on CD, and is also currently available in the form of audio downloads.Series | CD release date |
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