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Fry's Planet Word is a documentary series about language. Written and presented by Stephen Fry, five hour-long episodes were first broadcast in September and October 2011 on BBC Two and BBC HD. The series was produced and directed by John-Paul Davidson who worked with Fry on two other documentaries: Stephen Fry In America (2008) and Last Chance to See (2009). There is a book to accompany the series published by Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Group.
Original Release
09/25/2011 on BBC
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Stephen Fry | Self - Presenter |
| Brian Blessed | Self |
| Steven Pinker | Self / Self - Professor of Psychology, Harvard University |
| Robert McCrum | Self |
| Cathy Price | Self - Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging / Self - Clinical Psycholinguist |
| David Tang | Self |
| Johnson Chang | Self |
| David Tennant | Self |
| Mark Rylance | Self |
| Peter Jackson | Self |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babel | Sunday, 25 September 2011 |
| 2 | Identity | Sunday, 02 October 2011 |
| 3 | Uses and Abuses | Sunday, 09 October 2011 |
| 4 | Spreading the Word | Sunday, 16 October 2011 |
| 5 | The Power and the Glory | Sunday, 23 October 2011 |
Directors
John-Paul Davidson, Helen Williamson
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Stephen Fry | Self - Presenter |
| Brian Blessed | Self |
| Steven Pinker | Self / Self - Professor of Psychology, Harvard University |
| Robert McCrum | Self |
| Cathy Price | Self - Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging / Self - Clinical Psycholinguist |
| David Tang | Self |
| Johnson Chang | Self |
| David Tennant | Self |
| Mark Rylance | Self |
| Peter Jackson | Self |
| Richard Curtis | Self |
| Armando Iannucci | Self |
| Omid Djalili | Self |
| Simon Russell Beale | Self |
| William Goldman | Self |
| Guillaume Gallienne | Self |
| Stephen K. Amos | Self |
| Hanif Kureishi | Self |
| Ian Hislop | Self - Editor of Private Eye |
| Bette Bourne | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Gina Carter | Executive Producer |
| Mark Bell | Executive Producer |
| Cassian Harrison | Executive Producer |
| Lucy Wallace | Producer |
| John-Paul Davidson | Producer |
| Annie Macnee | Producer |
| Helen Williamson | Producer |
| Clare Bennett | Producer |
