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''Fry's English Delight'' is a
BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station replaced the BBC Home Service on 30 September 1967 and broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasti ...
documentary series in which language enthusiast
Stephen Fry Sir Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer. He came to prominence as a member of the comic act Fry and Laurie alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring in ''A Bit of ...
explores various aspects of the English language. The title is an allusion to the British confectionery
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Episode guide


Audiobooks

Up to series 7, every episode of ''Fry's English Delight'' has been released on CD and is also currently available in the form of audio downloads. The first series also contains the 2007 documentary ''Current Puns'' presented by Fry on Radio 4 on 26 December 2007. The second series contains the 2006 documentary ''The Joy of Gibberish'', presented by Fry on Radio 4 on 3 January 2006.


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* {{BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 programmes Works by Stephen Fry