AuthorStephen Fry
NarratorStephen Fry
Duration28m
CategoriesAdult Non-Fiction, British Radio Comedy Shows
PublisherAudio Go Ltd
VersionUnabridged
The "Qwerty" keyboard faces charges of conspiracy to obstruct the English language. But who was Mr. Qwerty?
Author: Stephen Fry
Author Stephen Fry
Narrator Stephen Fry
Duration 9h 52m
For Ned, 1980 seems a blissful year. Handsome, charming, popular and talented, his life is progressing smoothly, effortlessly, happily. And when he meets the lovely Portia Fendeman his personal jigsaw appears complete. But timing is everything in life, and his life is about to change for ever. Things are going to get very bad indeed for innocent yo...
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Fry's English Delight, Series 3; the Complete Series
Author: Stephen Fry
Author Stephen Fry
Narrator Stephen Fry
Duration 1h 50m
Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these four programmes, as heard on BBC Radio 4. The Trial of Qwerty - The "Qwerty" keyboard faces charges of conspiracy to obstruct the English language. But who was Mr. Qwerty? He Said, She Said - Do men and women really say what they mean? Also Stephen investigates sex, domin...
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Stephen Fry On the Phone, the Accidentaldiscoveroftext
Author: Stephen Fry
Author Stephen Fry
Narrator Stephen Fry
SeriesStephen Fry on the Phone Series, Book 3
Duration 13m
Stephen Fry meets the brains behind the mobile phone. In this third episode, he looks at the discovery of text messaging. The engineers who designed the early texting facilities didn't imagine that anyone might want to reply. (Just in case, they added a short list of possible pre-set answers: yes, no and maybe). In the eighties, when network covera...
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Author: Stephen Fry
Author Stephen Fry
Narrator Stephen Fry
Duration 9h 1m
Ted Wallace is an old, sour, womanising, cantankerous, whisky-sodden beast of a failed poet and drama critic, but he has his faults too. Fired from his newspaper, months behind on his alimony payments and disgusted with a world that undervalues him, Ted seeks a few months repose and free drink at Swafford Hall, the country mansion of his old friend...
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Stephen Fry On the Phone, Shrinking the Handset
Author: Stephen Fry
Author Stephen Fry
Narrator Stephen Fry
SeriesStephen Fry on the Phone Series, Book 4
Duration 13m
Stephen Fry meets the brains behind the mobile phone. In this third episode, he looks at the discovery of text messaging. The engineers who designed the early texting facilities didn't imagine that anyone might want to reply. (Just in case, they added a short list of possible pre-set answers: yes, no and maybe). In the eighties, when network covera...
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Author: Stephen Fry
Author Stephen Fry
Narrator Stephen Fry
Duration 15h 33m
No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly and brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. They are like us, only more so - their actions and adventures scrawled across the heavens above. From the birth of the universe to the creation of humankind, Stephen Fry - who fell in love with these stories as a child - retells these myths for ou...
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Stephen Fry On the Phone, the Chips That Smartphones Smart
Author: Stephen Fry
Author Stephen Fry
Narrator Stephen Fry
SeriesStephen Fry on the Phone Series, Book 5
Duration 13m
Stephen Fry meets the brains behind the mobile phone. Today, 85% of the silicon chips inside all mobile phones are designed by one Cambridge-based company, ARM. Two computer engineers needed some micro-processors but didn't like what they saw and decided to make their own. Strapped for cash, they designed chips that were small, cheap and exceptiona...
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Fry's English Delight Series 3: He Said, She Said
Author: Stephen Fry
Author Stephen Fry
Narrator Stephen Fry
Duration 26m
Do men and women really say what they mean? Also Stephen investigates sex, domination, gender, power, and sex changes (as only he can).
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Author: Stephen Fry
Author Stephen Fry
Narrator Stephen Fry
Duration 9h 49m
Stephen Fry invites readers to take a glimpse at his life story in the unputdownable More Fool Me. 'Oh dear I am an arse. I expect there'll be what I believe is called an "intervention" soon. I keep picturing it. All my friends bearing down on me and me denying everything until my pockets are emptied. Oh the shame' In his early thirties, Stephen Fr...
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Author: Stephen Fry
Author Stephen Fry
Narrator Stephen Fry
Duration 15h
There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes. In this companion to his bestselling Mythos, Stephen Fry brilliantly retells these dramatic, f...
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