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Fry's Planet Word

Fry's Planet Word

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Word Planet Frys

Stephen Fry dissects language in all its guises, journeying from the thousands of years since man first mastered speech, through the glories of world literature, right up to the cyber world of today with its html codes and texting. He begins by asking why man is so advanced in his levels of communication compared with the rest of creation. He also explores the history of feral children and sign-language, and follows a child learning to speak over the course of nine months, giving him an idea of how language itself is constructed

Fry's Planet Word History & Civil Business Politics

Fry's Planet Word Season 1 Episode 2 - Stephen Fry explores the relationship between speech and identity, whether through people's native tongues, regional dialects or class variations. From markets in Kenya to call centres in Newcastle, the actor charts the shifting patterns of hybrid languages, learns how TV soaps are keeping Irish alive and visits Bradford to be taught the subtle variations of dialect by Barnsley poet Ian McMillan

Word Planet Frys

Fry's Planet Word Season 1 Episode 4 - Stephen Fry continues his exploration of language with a look at the written word, which has made it possible to communicate across space and time. He discovers the earliest known form of writing - cuneiform - at the British Museum, learns where the English alphabet came from and meets experts in dyslexia to find out why some people have trouble reading. Stephen also considers the importance of printing and the way writing evolves in parallel with language