Fry's Planet Word(2011)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2011-09-25
Average Runtime: 59m
Rating: 8.2
Votes: 6
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 5
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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miniseries
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 5E01
Babel
Air Date: 2011-09-25
In this first episode, Stephen seeks to uncover the origins of human language and how and why we are the only species...
E02
Identity
Air Date: 2011-10-02
What is it that defines us? Stephen argues that above all, it is the way we speak. Be it a national language, a regio...
E03
Uses and Abuses
Air Date: 2011-10-09
This programme looks at the ways language is used and abused. While not everyone approves of 'bad' language, Stephen ...
E04
Spreading the Word
Air Date: 2011-10-16
In this programme, Stephen Fry explores 'the written word'. Writing is a great invention - making it possible to comm...
E05
The Power and the Glory
Air Date: 2011-10-23
In this programme, Stephen Fry celebrates storytelling. It has been with us as long as language itself and as a speci...
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