English Delight: Series 3


Stephen Fry, English Delight: Series 3
7 Oct 2010 | MP3 | 100 MB

Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these four programmes published in October2010, as heard on BBC Radio 4.

The Trial of Qwerty - The 'Qwerty' keyboard faces charges of conspiracy to obstruct the English language. But who was Mr Qwerty?

He Said, She Said - Do men and women really say what they mean? Also Stephen investigates sex, domination, gender, power, and sex changes (as only he can).

Accentuate the Negative - We discover that 'no' can mean 'yes'. And why you should never mess with Mr In Between...

Future Conditional - Stephen looks to the future with some predictions. Will robots be able to read novels? How much will our computers be able to understand us? Will English rule - or change? And then there's a question about a duck...