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    Fry's Planet Word
    Fry's Planet Word
    Documentary

    Fry's Planet Word

    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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    Created By

    Stephen Fry

    Status

    Ended

    Original Name

    Fry's Planet Word

    First Air Date

    September 25, 2011

    Last Air Date

    October 23, 2011

    Seasons

    1

    Episodes

    5

    Language

    English

    Production Companies

    Networks

    BBC Two

    S01E05

    The Power and the Glory

    In this programme, Stephen Fry celebrates storytelling. It has been with us as long as language itself and as a species, we love to tell our stories. This desire to both entertain and explain has resulted in the flowering of language to describe every aspect of the human condition.

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