Fry's Planet Word Spreading the Word
The history of written language, from the earliest writing to blogging, and tweeting.
Fry's Planet Word sees Stephen Fry finding out more about linguistic achievements and how our skills for the spoken word have changed. He dissects language in many of its guises.
Primary Title
- Fry's Planet Word
Episode Title
- Spreading the Word
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 27 January 2013
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 21 : 35
Duration
- 65:00
Episode
- 4
Channel
- BBC Knowledge
Broadcaster
- Sky Network Television
Programme Description
- Fry's Planet Word sees Stephen Fry finding out more about linguistic achievements and how our skills for the spoken word have changed. He dissects language in many of its guises.
Episode Description
- The history of written language, from the earliest writing to blogging, and tweeting.
Classification
- 16
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Language and languages--Origin
- Linguistic change
- Oral communication
- Visual communication
Genres
- Documentary
Hosts
- Stephen Fry (Host)
Contributors
- Stephen Fry (Writer)
- John Paul Davidson (Producer)
- John Paul Davidson (Director)
- Sprout Pictures (Production Unit)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (Funder)
Subjects
- Language and languages--Origin
- Linguistic change
- Oral communication
- Visual communication