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Word Games

Audiobook

Is English an innately playful language? Are word games good for you? Do we divide into number and word players? And could Scrabble have been invented in any other language?

In this special programme, Stephen examines many word games, and we'll hear some familiar voices playing unfamiliar games—Sheila Dillon from The Food Programme plays Font or Cheese against miscellanist Ben Schott. Phill Juptitus talks about his personal word game habits, and we'll remember the late Humphrey Lyttelton's scurrilous account of Una Stubbs on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

We'll travel deep inside the mind of puzzle-setter Chris Maslanka and visit the Comedy Store in London to experience the lightning reflexes of some top word-athletes. Plus, we'll examine an extraordinary claim—that the fashion for increasingly cryptic crosswords helped to defeat Hitler.

Stephen Fry celebrates the fun side of the English language in this exclusive extended edition of a BBC Radio 4 special.


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Series: Fry's English Delight Publisher: AudioGO Ltd Edition: Unabridged

OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781408472415
  • File size: 23543 KB
  • Release date: July 6, 2011
  • Duration: 00:49:02

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9781408472415
  • File size: 23547 KB
  • Release date: July 6, 2011
  • Duration: 00:49:02
  • Number of parts: 1

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OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook

Languages

English

Is English an innately playful language? Are word games good for you? Do we divide into number and word players? And could Scrabble have been invented in any other language?

In this special programme, Stephen examines many word games, and we'll hear some familiar voices playing unfamiliar games—Sheila Dillon from The Food Programme plays Font or Cheese against miscellanist Ben Schott. Phill Juptitus talks about his personal word game habits, and we'll remember the late Humphrey Lyttelton's scurrilous account of Una Stubbs on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

We'll travel deep inside the mind of puzzle-setter Chris Maslanka and visit the Comedy Store in London to experience the lightning reflexes of some top word-athletes. Plus, we'll examine an extraordinary claim—that the fashion for increasingly cryptic crosswords helped to defeat Hitler.

Stephen Fry celebrates the fun side of the English language in this exclusive extended edition of a BBC Radio 4 special.


Expand title description text