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Stephen Fry hosts four programmes on the joys of the English language - as heard on BBC Radio 4. Current Puns Why does our language groan with the weight of puns? What exactly is a pun?

A second BBC Radio 4 series of Stephen Fry's witty and incisive programmes looking at the oddities of the English language.

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

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

A fifth series from BBC Radio 4 in which Stephen Fry examines, with the help of experts, the highways and byways of the English language.

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

Speaking Proper - Stephen Fry looks at the changes in what we used to call 'elocution'.