Fry's Planet Word
Episode 1: Babel
1 hour
Documentary series focusing on language. Stephen Fry seeks to uncover the origins of language and how and why we are the only species on the planet to have this gift. Show more
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Fry's Planet Word
Episode 3: Uses and Abuses
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC HD
Documentary series. Stephen learns that swearing plays an important part in human communication, and that slang and jargon can both aid and thwart clarity. Show more
Fry's Planet Word
Episode 2: Identity
1 hour
Documentary series. Stephen Fry argues that the way we speak defines us above all - be it a national language, a regional dialect or even class variation. Show more
Fry's Planet Word
Episode 4: Spreading the Word
1 hour
Stephen Fry looks at the written word, starting with the earliest form of writing - cuneiform, and ending with the modern inventions of blogging and twittering. Show more
A decade on from when Stephen Fry spoke about manic depression in his award-winning series, this film returns to the subject to understand where he and others with bipolar are now. Show more
Documentary revealing the frightening rollercoaster journey of two mums for whom childbirth triggers postpartum psychosis, one of the most severe forms of mental illness. Show more
Stephen Fry: Out There
Episode 1
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Persian TV
Stephen Fry discovers what it means to be gay around the world. He travels to Uganda, where the government is considering a law that would make homosexuality a capital crime. Show more
Crime drama directed by Idris Elba, centring on the life of a young Jamaican man who has never fully recovered from the murder of his older brother Jerry Dread. Show more
Genevieve is a bright, musically-talented 17-year-old. Her teenage years seem to be panning out just fine, until she experiences the first manic episode of her bipolar disorder. Show more
Fry's Planet Word
Episode 5: The Power and the Glory
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Northern Ireland
Stephen Fry explores language. He looks at our desire to entertain and explain through stories, and why any attempt at formula is doomed to fail. Show more
Stephen Fry: Out There
Episode 2
1 hour
First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales
Stephen discovers what it is like to be gay in Brazil, Russia and India, countries which have seen great changes in attitudes towards gay rights - not all of them positive. Show more
Drama starring Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman. An autistic woman develops a friendship with a man who is traumatised after a fatal car accident involving her daughter. Show more