Fry's Planet Word

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Fry's Planet Word

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  • Series 1, Episode 1

    Babel

    In this first episode Stephen seeks to uncover the origins of human language.

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  • Series 1, Episode 2

    Identity

    What is it that defines us?

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  • Series 1, Episode 3

    Use & Abuse

    This programme looks at the ways language is used and abused.

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  • Series 1, Episode 4

    Spreading The Word

    In this programme, Stephen Fry explores ‘The Written Word’.

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  • Series 1, Episode 5

    The Power and the Glory

    Stephen uncovers why certain words can make us laugh, cry or tear our hair out.

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Stephen Fry explores linguistic achievements and how our skills for the spoken word have developed in a new five-part series for BBC Two. In Planet Word, Stephen dissects language in all its guises with his inimitable mixture of learning, love of lexicon and humour. He analyses how we use and abuse language and asks whether we are near to beginning to understand the complexities of its DNA. From the time when man first mastered speech to the cyber world of modern times with its html codes and texting, Planet Word takes viewers on a journey across the globe to discover just how far humans have come when it comes to the written and spoken word.

Originally Broadcast: 2011

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