Frys English Delight (2009 BBC Audiobooks Ltd UK) - Stephen Fry
Category: Radio Productions
Narrator: Stephen Fry
Tags: Radio Productions, Documentary, Humor, Adults
Stephen Fry - Frys English Delight (2009 BBC Audiobooks Ltd UK), Stephen Fry hosts four programmes on the joys of the English Language - as heard on BBC Radio 4., 1. Current Puns, Why does our language groan with the weight of puns? What exactly is a pun? And who, or what, is the Thief of Bad Gags?, 2. Metaphor, 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., 3. Quotation, The uses and misuses of quotations are revealed, and there is also a frank confession from a quotation compiler, which we cannot divulge here., 4. Clich, Featuring sick parrots and the clich crisis that affected the writing of Flaubert, Joyce and Eliot, and helped shape modern language and culture., Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2008. The documentary Current Puns presented by Stephen Fry on Radio 4 on 26 December 2007., TRACKS:, 01 - Current Puns 02 - Metaphor
