Fry's English Delight: Series 1, part 2 - HMS Metaphor
| Auteur | Stephen Fry |
|---|---|
| Voorlezer | Stephen Fry |
| Speelduur | 25m 17s |
Beschrijving
Stephen Fry hosts this programme on the joys of the English language - as heard on BBC Radio 4.
The English language is chock-full of maritime metaphors: cock up, taken aback, chip on your shoulder and show a leg. And, with the help of a Greek removals firm, we also find the origin of the word 'metaphor'.
Details
| Uitgever | BBC Audiobooks |
|---|---|
| Publicatiedatum | 17 augustus 2012 |
| ISBN | 9781408438886 |
| Taal | Engels |
| Speelduur | 25m 17s |
| Bestandsgrootte | 19 MB |
| Formaat | mp3 download en geschikt voor de Luisterrijk app |
Trefwoorden
Recensies uit de pers
'… this four-programme set is an utter delight and quite fascinating' (South Wales Argus)
Over de auteur
Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry (1957) is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club.
After a troubled childhood and adolescence, during which he was expelled from a number of schools and eventually spent three months in prison for credit card fraud, he was able to secure a place at Queens' College, Cambridge where he studied English Literature.
He first came to public attention in the 1981 Cambridge Footlights Revue presentation The Cellar Tapes, which also included Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Tony Slattery. With Hugh Laurie, as the comedy double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and co-starred in A Bit of Fry & Laurie, and took the role of Jeeves (with Laurie playing Wooster) in Jeeves and Wooster.
As an actor, Fry played the lead in the film Wilde, was Melchett in the BBC television series Blackadder, starred as the title character Peter Kingdom in the ITV series Kingdom, has a recurring guest role as Dr. Gordon Wyatt on the Fox crime series Bones and appeared as rogue TV host Gordon Deitrich in the dystopian thriller V for Vendetta. He has also written and presented several documentary series including the 2008 television series Stephen Fry in America, which saw him travelling across all 50 US states. Since 2003 he has been the host of the quiz show QI.
As well as his work in television, Fry has contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines, and has written four novels and two volumes of autobiography, Moab Is My Washpot and The Fry Chronicles. He also appears frequently on BBC Radio 4, starring in the comedy series Absolute Power, being a frequent guest on panel games such as Just a Minute, and acting as chairman for I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, where he was one of a trio of hosts who succeeded the late Humphrey Lyttelton. Fry is also known for his voice-overs, reading all seven of the Harry Potter novels for the UK audiobook recordings, and as the narrator in the Little Big Planet series of video games.